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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 10h

🟦 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 · 13h

🟦 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 · 21h

🟦 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 · 17h

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 · 5d

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.

625.uk.com

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Andrew Wiseman @aswiseman.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 21h

🟦 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 · 3d

🟦 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 · 3d

🟥 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 · 3d

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

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Jump @jumpdesign.bsky.social · 3d

The best show on TV!

Could easily be the longest running TV title sequence???

The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 3d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | Graham Norton has agreed a new three-year deal with the BBC for his chat show, from 2026.

@jumpdesign.bsky.social's title sequence still going in 2025, albeit an edit of the original (launched in 2007).

And Chris Webster's 2007 set design also still lives, with tweaks.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 3d

Probably a more accurate teletext interpretation of the 4 logo than I recall from the 4-Tel service.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 3d

🟥 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 · 3d

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

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 3d

🟦 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 · 3d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | Graham Norton has agreed a new three-year deal with the BBC for his chat show, from 2026.

@jumpdesign.bsky.social's title sequence still going in 2025, albeit an edit of the original (launched in 2007).

And Chris Webster's 2007 set design also still lives, with tweaks.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 4d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | Opinion | Ofcom decision regarding STV News could set precedent for other ITV regions.
cleanfeed.thetvroom.com/23250/opinio...

Ofcom decision regarding STV News could set precedent for other ITV regions - Clean Feed

Ofcom's decision on STV's proposal to stop providing a distinct news service for the north of Scotland could set a precedent.

cleanfeed.thetvroom.com

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 4d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | Opinion | Ofcom decision regarding STV News could set precedent for other ITV regions.
cleanfeed.thetvroom.com/23250/opinio...

Ofcom decision regarding STV News could set precedent for other ITV regions - Clean Feed

Ofcom's decision on STV's proposal to stop providing a distinct news service for the north of Scotland could set a precedent.

cleanfeed.thetvroom.com

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 4d

🟥 REWIND | Brian Baines on announcer and local news duty for this late BBC One North junction. Curiously someone else is operating the con desk for the local news.

And we get a look at the IBA caption broadcast during the ITV strike re the Yorkshire Ripper.

Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 4d

A slice of BBC1 North from this day in October 1979.

In the Look North headlines, the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper leads to a special appeal during the ITV strike.

@whydontyoutube.bsky.social @tvlive.site @transdiffusion.org @thetvroom.com @ukpres1.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9sH...

05 10 1979 BBC1 North Close Up North Late Look North National News Headlines

YouTube video by Kaleidoscope's Presentation Vault

www.youtube.com

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 6d

🟪 TX | Storm Amy has knocked out power to a number of transmitter sites in Ireland (details via link below).

No weather-related transmitter issues in the UK that we're aware of at present.
tx.thetvroom.com/storm-amy-tr...

Storm Amy: Transmitter Outages - TX

This page provides the latest information about transmitter outages caused by Storm Amy.

tx.thetvroom.com

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 6d

Little snippet here from Radio Times on how Patricia Routledge came to accept the role of Kitty. #PatriciaRoutledge

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 6d

"I never speak behind people's backs. If I've anything nasty to say, I pop it on a postcard"

RIP to the greatest to ever do it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wisQ...

Kitty 2 - With Patricia Routledge - BBC

YouTube video by maxinebendix

www.youtube.com

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 7d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | Extremely disappointing outcome regarding this historically significant site.

C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 7d

NEWS: DCMS has rejected the historic BBC Brookmans Park Transmitting Station in Hertfordshire (1928) for listing, overruling the recommendation of Historic England and C20 to designate the site Grade II. The decision is the latest in a spate of controversial ministerial interventions in heritage.

BBC Brookmans Park Transmitting Station, Hertfordshire - Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie, 1928-29
Image © Tony Summers (Flickr)

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 7d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | BBC News has apologised for the playout error that affected last night's #Panorama on BBC One.

In a change to the schedule, the edition of Panorama will be repeated tonight on BBC Two at 9pm.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 7d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | BBC News has apologised for the playout error that affected last night's #Panorama on BBC One.

In a change to the schedule, the edition of Panorama will be repeated tonight on BBC Two at 9pm.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 7d

Droitwich hasn't closed Chris. There's still no official word from the BBC re closure of long wave services. But they are expected to continue into 2026.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 7d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | Extremely disappointing outcome regarding this historically significant site.

C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 7d

NEWS: DCMS has rejected the historic BBC Brookmans Park Transmitting Station in Hertfordshire (1928) for listing, overruling the recommendation of Historic England and C20 to designate the site Grade II. The decision is the latest in a spate of controversial ministerial interventions in heritage.

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