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I have doubts about the accuracy of this article on ITV regional broadcasting. Are they actually a single business? I know they often co-operate and exchange programmes, but I thought franchises were still allocated on a regional basis. Also, a linked page has a link to Scottish Television, which just links to Scottish generally. A clean-up by somebody who knows more would be helpful.
- There are fifteen Channel 3 / ITV1 regional licences, of which
twelveeleven are currently contolled by a single company: ITV plc, formed from the merger of Carlton and Granada. [1] Hence it says, "Almost all of these companies have now merged into a single business" (my emphasis). (Update: ITV.com says twelve are owned by ITV plc; in fact ITV plc owns eleven and a 16.9% share in SMG which owns two more).[2] --rbrwr± 10:51, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- By the way, Scottish Television does exist as an article in its own right. --rbrwr± 11:12, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I agree this article needs a major clean-up. Also can we have it moved to Television in the United Kingdom, as ITV, BBC etc. broadcast in Northern Ireland too. Y control 20:55, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Question about Television in the UK.
Hey I have a question about Television over in the UK, from what I've been reading it sounds like various stations sign off, but what happens durring the period when thier signed off is it just a blank screen or are they infomercials? Also what's up with stations like BBC Four and CBees sharing the same frequency does that mean after one signs off the other comes on that channel?Deathawk 00:32, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
- Very, very few stations "sign off" anymore in the classical sense. Some stations stop their regular programming overnight and show a logo, screengrabs of their teletext, infomercials (rare, mind), music videos, upcoming programme schedules, etc.
- BBC 4 and CBeebies timeshare, one ends at 6:55PM, the other starts at 7PM, and then theres a handover again some time in the early morning. Its a quick and hacky way of saving bandwidth, its been done for years - in the very early 1990's channels were doing it to get "More channels" onto the limited space on Astra 1A, CBeebies + BBC4 do it due to lack of space on DTT. --Kiand 00:41, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
- What USED to happen in the old days when stations did shut down overnight was that they'd show the test card, or just blank carrier. The transmitters were never powered down. Graham 00:54, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
- Examples of Shutdown, over night BBC One simucasts BBC News 24; BBC Two shows educational programmes on behalf of the Open University (in addition sometimes shows cycling screengrabs of teletext pages usually between 05h00' and 07h00'); ITV1 shows ITV Nightscreen which is a simply graphic presentation highlighting future programming; As far as I know Channel 4 and five have no shutdown at all. Long gone are the days of testcards being shown during downtime. Y control 11:37, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
- Also, did not the national anthem get palyed upon shut down? I'm only in my early 20s but I'm sure I remember it happening a few times hen I was really young. Or am I mistaken? Either way, I'm sure a lot of this stuff here should be put in the article. It doesn't look like we have a History of British Television so much of this could be included here. The article appears to concentrate on the current state of television, but could be expanded (by those in the know) to have a solid over view of the history and development it has made over the best part of a century. Evil Eye 14:24, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
- BBC One used to play the national anthem before closedown every night. However, this stopped in 1997 when it started simucasting News 24 overnight. After the national anthem finished playing (IIRC) the BBC 1 globe faded out and the screen went blank. A few minutes after that it switched to the Test Card and Tuning Signal. I'm not sure that BBC Two played the national anthem. I have no idea what ITV used to do as it has broadcast 24hrs since the 80s, so I'm too young.
- Can certainly remember that C4 didnt used to start until about 1pm though.Pit-yacker 23:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Also, did not the national anthem get palyed upon shut down? I'm only in my early 20s but I'm sure I remember it happening a few times hen I was really young. Or am I mistaken? Either way, I'm sure a lot of this stuff here should be put in the article. It doesn't look like we have a History of British Television so much of this could be included here. The article appears to concentrate on the current state of television, but could be expanded (by those in the know) to have a solid over view of the history and development it has made over the best part of a century. Evil Eye 14:24, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
