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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] |
DEF II
DEF II was a programming strand on BBC2, which aired at 6 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 May 1988 to 23 May 1994, to serve the teenage market. It was produced by Janet Street-Porter, and followed on from her influential youth TV show ''Network 7'' on Channel 4. Many of the presenters and staff on ''DEF II'' started their careers on ''Network 7'' and had followed Street-Porter when she was "poached" by the BBC. It had an ident featuring a barcode which differed from the usual idents used on BBC2. DEF II shows Programmes shown as part of DEF II included both original content, such as Reportage, as well as those from other sources, such as American sitcoms and programmes from Europe (as seen in Jovanotti's Gimme 5). These included: References External links''Les Lives'' at BBC Online Comedy Guide (Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Computer Originated World
The Computer Originated World (COW) was the method of creating the BBC1 symbol that was used between 18 February 1985 and 16 February 1991. It was later used by the international, commercial television service BBC World Service Television from its launch until 26 January 1995. BBC1 Launch The Computer Originated World replaced the previous ''Noddy'' globe symbols at 7 pm on 18 February 1985. Unusually, the new look was unveiled whilst the channel was still on the air rather than waiting for the following morning to launch it. The globe was created by the BBC graphics and BBC computer departments and work began in 1983. The need to replace the ''Noddy'' globes came about as the globes were the only mechanically produced idents around on national television, as more and more television companies started to use computer graphics, made popular by the launch of Channel 4. The COW was originally planned to launch on 1 January 1985, but Michael Grade, then controller of BBC1, dela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
