The history of the BBC trade test transmission (part 4/4)
Our history of the BBC trade test transmission concludes.
The history of the BBC trade test transmission (part 3/4)
Our history of the BBC trade test transmission continues.
The history of the BBC trade test transmission (part 2/4)
Our history of the BBC trade test transmission continues.
The history of the BBC trade test transmission (part 1/4)
This page contains examples of the various tuning signals and test cards used on BBC Television …
RTÉ TV daily start-ups
Long after elaborate daily start-up routines were dispensed with on British TV, the tradition …
Early in-vision teletext in Ireland
Until the late-1980s, the test card filled most of the daytime hours on RTÉ One and RTÉ 2. Until the …
Archive find highlights poor technical quality of BBC NI 80s presentation
A rare find on YouTube highlights the poor technical quality of BBC One Northern Ireland continuity …
The history of Pages from Ceefax (part 3/3)
Change is on the way During the summer of 1989, the initial signs of preparations for a Ceefax …
The history of Pages from Ceefax (part 2/3)
New prominence for Ceefax in the daytime schedule On Monday 28th February 1983 at 6am, Ceefax AM was …
The history of Pages from Ceefax (part 1/3)
The world’s first teletext service, BBC Ceefax (“See Facts”), was launched on 23rd …
Pres fans await the new look BBC One
Recently we looked at the benefits of a big relaunch – schedule changes along with a new look …
ATV brand needlessly consigned to history?
Today station rebrands are ten a penny but the most radical rebrand of all came at the instigation …