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1991 In British Television
This is a list of British television related events from 1991. Events January *1 January **The Independent Television Commission (ITC) replaces the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA). On the same day, the Broadcasting Act 1990 takes effect, thus beginning the deregulation of British television and radio. **New Year's Day highlights on BBC1 include the network television premieres of the science fiction drama ''SpaceCamp'' and the 1987 cult vampire film ''The Lost Boys''. *3 January **The sitcom ''The Brittas Empire'' makes its debut on BBC1, starring Chris Barrie and Pippa Haywood. The first episode is called ''Laying the Foundations''. **The puppet Gordon the Gopher returns to television with a 13-episode series on BBC1. *7 January – BBC1 launches the local news programme, ''East Midlands Today'' for the East Midlands region. News coverage for the area had previously been provided by a seven-minute opt out from the Birmingham-based ''Midlands Today''. *8 January **Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television
Regular television broadcasts in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection of free-to-air, free-to-view and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there are basically 485 TV channels, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010 for consumers as well as on-demand content. There are six main channel owners who are responsible for most material viewed. There are 27,000 hours of domestic content produced a year, at a cost of £2.6 billion.Taki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
