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1959 In British Television
This is a list of British television related events from 1959. Events January *1 January – The first broadcast of the Vienna New Year's Concert from Austria airs on BBC Television. *15 January – Tyne Tees Television, the ITV (TV network), ITV franchise for North East England, goes on air. February *No events. March *No events. April *No events. May *No events. June *1 June – ''Juke Box Jury'' premieres on the BBC Television Service. July *No events. August *No events. September *25 September – 5th series of ''Hancock's Half Hour'' begins broadcast, all made as telerecordings. It includes, on 16 October, the classic parody episode "Twelve Angry Men (Hancock's Half Hour), Twelve Angry Men". Tony Hancock, Anthony Hancock decides that he no longer wishes to work with Sid James. October *8–9 October – The BBC and, for the first time, ITV broadcast live coverage of the results of the 1959 United Kingdom general election. The BBC keeps the overnight coverage but does ... [...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] |
