Timeline: 2024 Week 1

A round-up of the week’s stories and observations.

• MON 1ST JAN (11PM)
  ITV News trail fails to appear
• WED 3RD JAN (8AM)
  North West Today breakfast bulletins off air
• FRI 5TH JAN (9.15AM)
  STV to close SD services on satellite
• SAT 7TH JAN (11.10PM)
  BBC TV/radio to disappear from SD-only satellite boxes

Monday 1st January

11pm ITV News trail fails to appear

A minor blip on ITV 1 earlier when the usual 20-second preview of the late ITV News failed to appear at 9.30pm.

Wednesday 3rd January

8am North West Today breakfast bulletins off air

BBC North West Today is unable to broadcast its usual service of TV breakfast bulletins on BBC One, due to technical difficulties.

We apologise but we are unable to bring you our local news from the North West at the moment during @BBCBreakfast due to a technical problem, but you can keep up to date with our local news online https://t.co/WdY0OZ2Kk0

— BBC North West (@BBCNWT) January 3, 2024

Friday 5th January

9.15am STV to close SD services on satellite

STV will close two SD regions on satellite on Tuesday:

• STV West (Glasgow).
• STV Dundee.

With the closure of STV Dundee, it will be the first SD region closure where the replacement HD region isn’t free-to-air.

STV Dundee HD is currently encrypted on a pan-Europe beam satellite transponder, which can’t go free-to-air without licensing/broadcast rights issues.

STV Dundee is the southern sub-region of STV North, formerly Grampian TV.

Courtesy @a516digital.

Sunday 7th January

11.10pm BBC TV/radio to disappear from SD-only satellite boxes

A reminder that BBC TV and radio services will no longer be available on SD-only satellite receivers from tomorrow.

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