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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 6h

🟥 REWIND | An RTÉ News item here from this day in 1986 about satellite TV channel availability in Ireland.

And no surprise, a scan around the channels and we see both RTÉ 1 and RTÉ 2 showing the test card.
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Satellite TV Comes To Ireland

People in Ireland will soon be able access a wide range of international television stations.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 8h

🟦 CLEAN FEED | News | Sky satellite EPG changes for kids section this Thursday.
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Sky satellite EPG changes for kids section this Thursday - Clean Feed

Some Sky customers will notice changes to the channel numbers of some kids' channels from Thursday morning.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 9h

🟦 CLEAN FEED | News | New channels coming to Freely in 2026.
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New channels coming to Freely in 2026 - Clean Feed

Everyone TV has announced new content partnerships for Freely, the free streaming platform backed by BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 15h

🟦 CLEAN FEED | The logo in full. Various colour combinations - this is one of them.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 2d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | Opinion | STV starts search for redundancies but Ofcom decision could be months away.
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STV starts search for redundancies but Ofcom decision could be months away - Clean Feed

A trawl for volunteers for redundancy at STV was due to close on Friday. The firm is planning to cut about 60 jobs including around 30 in news. The main cut the company is planning is, of course, the ...

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 2d

🟫 SHOWREEL | It's being reported online that Philip Elsmore - former senior announcer at Thames TV - died in August, aged 87.
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Elsmore, Philip - Showreel

Profile for former TV announcer/presenter, Philip Elsmore.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 2d

🟥 REWIND | On This Day in 2023 | RTÉ's teletext service Aertel ceased broadcasting.

Aertel test transmissions began in late 1985.

Aertel was switched off in stages during the day on 12th October 2023.

See the phased shutdown here:
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RTÉ Aertel: Going, Going, Gone - Rewind

Thursday 12th October 2023 marked the end of the road for RTÉ's teletext service, Aertel.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 2d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | And the first signs of the branding for STV Radio has appeared on social media sites this afternoon.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 2d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | A development in this story today.

Leaders of the five main Scottish parties - SNP, Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Labour, Scottish Liberal Democrats and Scottish Greens - sign a letter to TV watchdog Ofcom condemning STV's proposal.

>> Via BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 2d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | Opinion | STV starts search for redundancies but Ofcom decision could be months away.
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STV starts search for redundancies but Ofcom decision could be months away - Clean Feed

A trawl for volunteers for redundancy at STV was due to close on Friday. The firm is planning to cut about 60 jobs including around 30 in news. The main cut the company is planning is, of course, the ...

cleanfeed.thetvroom.com

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 3d

Indeed!

The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 3d

🟥 REWIND | That’s TV are showing Grange Hill from the start. Weekdays at 6.05pm starting this Wednesday.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 3d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | And 'the other side' reacts...

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 3d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | With Stefan Dennis pulling out of tonight's Strictly due to ill health, the programme will finish 10 minutes early.

So The Weakest Link now starts at 8.30pm.

Though somehow, by the time we get to the late news, we're only 5 minutes ahead of the original schedule.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 5d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | It's being reported in the press tonight that MTV is planning to close all but one of its linear channels in the UK.

MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and Live HD will close on 31st December.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 4d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | Following yesterday's shock departure of presenter Ray D'Arcy, RTÉ Radio 1 announced a new schedule today.

It's unclear when the new schedule comes into effect.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 5d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | It's being reported in the press tonight that MTV is planning to close all but one of its linear channels in the UK.

MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and Live HD will close on 31st December.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 5d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | There's been speculation for some time about Sky Replay closing down.

Advance listings show the channel switching to all-day Teleshopping from 6am on 30th October.

No official confirmation yet from Sky regarding the channel's future.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 5d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | STV accused of financial mismanagement over plan to cut news show.

- Critics question decisions to cut news operation, weeks after announcing a "significant investment", and to set up a new radio station.

>> Via BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

STV accused of financial mismanagement over plan to cut news show

The broadcaster is planning to axe its Aberdeen news programme as part of proposals to save £2.5m.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 5d

People sometimes ask about Ceefax stats:

- The current instance of the PFC stream has had 42,400 views in its 248 day runtime - or around 170 per day

- About 130 people per day read Ceefax via the interactive viewer

- Around 20 people use Ceefax on a Raspberry Pi (via feeds.nmsni.co.uk) every day

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Andrew Wiseman @aswiseman.bsky.social · 10d

Oct. 4th 1997 was also the first day of the main network's new name: "BBC ONE". (A similar update befell BBC2.) Here's the main network clock... 625.uk.com/tv_logos/svg...

BBC1 Balloon Clock

The BBC1 network clock, introduced in October 1997, reproduced in SVG format for viewing on phones and tablets.

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Andrew Wiseman @aswiseman.bsky.social · 10d

WEBSITE UPDATE: On this day in 1997, the balloon idents launched, on which the BBC showed off its new corporate logo. To celebrate, here's the balloon-era clock from Northern Ireland re-created. Thanks to @nmsni.co.uk for the background image. 625.uk.com/tv_logos/svg...

BBC1 Northern Ireland Balloon Clock

The BBC1 Northern Ireland clock, based on the network clock introduced in October 1997, reproduced in SVG format for viewing on phones and tablets.

625.uk.com

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 5d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | STV accused of financial mismanagement over plan to cut news show.

- Critics question decisions to cut news operation, weeks after announcing a "significant investment", and to set up a new radio station.

>> Via BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

STV accused of financial mismanagement over plan to cut news show

The broadcaster is planning to axe its Aberdeen news programme as part of proposals to save £2.5m.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 8d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | Behind-the-scenes at the filming of the original title sequence, which saw Graham submerged in a water tank.

>> CLIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-03...

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 8d

🟥 REWIND | Examples of the "hidden" teletext-based "IDENT" service on Channel 4 from 1988, with detailed schedule timings communicated to the ITV regions for commercial break playout.

ZXGuesser @zxguesser.bsky.social · 8d

Now we're cooking! This is the sort of recovery quality I wanted to see from these recordings 😀

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