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On BBC One, the sequence was as follows.It began with a rundown of the following evening's schedule, the national weather forecast, a public information film (Monday to Thursday nights only), a closing announcement wishing goodnight to viewers and pointing them towards BBC radio services on air through the night, made over the clock and finally a rendition of the National Anthem (God Save the ...
The UK government announces plans to give Ofcom more powers over the BBC's online content, including BBC News. [ 29 ] The UK government rejects calls from Welsh MPs to add the Six Nations Championship to the list of guaranteed free-to-air sporting events on British television.
February – British Medical Television is officially launched, ahead of it commencing broadcasting later in the year as a subscription service during BBC1's overnight closedown period. [8] 15 February Channel 4 starts broadcasting into the early hours every night, closing down between 2am and 3am.
Everyone TV (formerly Digital UK), the body in charge of digital switchover of television in the UK Producers Association for Cinema and Television Royal Television Society (RTS), a society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future, which formed in 1927
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is considering a U-turn on closing BBC4 as a television channel amid solid ratings and a backlash against cuts at the corporation. The BBC said last year that it would shut down ...
BBC One/BBC Two Notes : At least two Muhammad Ali boxing matches were reported to have been watched by at least 26 million viewers in the United Kingdom: the Fight of the Century (Ali vs. Frazier) was reported to have been watched by 27.5 million British viewers in 1971, [ 9 ] and The Rumble in the Jungle (Ali vs. Foreman) was reported to have ...
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In the UK, as well as on Freeview, satellite and cable services, the BBC's licence-funded television channels and their programmes can be watched live and on demand via BBC iPlayer. They can also be seen in Ireland and some parts of mainland Europe.