A round-up of the week’s stories and observations.
- MON 29TH SEP (9.50PM)
Caitriona Perry fights off lantern beetle during live broadcast - WED 1ST OCT (1PM)
Disney returning to linear TV? - THU 2ND OCT (12.55PM)
DCMS rejects historic BBC transmission site for listing - FRI 3RD OCT (7.30PM)
Storm Amy knocks out transmitters in UK and Ireland
Monday 29th September
9.50pm Caitriona Perry fights off lantern beetle during live broadcast
BBC News presenter Caitriona Perry was seen battling with a lantern beetle during a live opening link for the 9pm news programme on the BBC News channel.
Wednesday 1st October
1pm Disney returning to linear TV?
30 years ago today, The Disney Channel began broadcasting in the UK and Ireland, as a subscription-only service. Linear Disney services ceased in 2022.
Now, online speculation suggests testing is underway for a return to linear.
A test channel has appeared on the Sky platform. Although encrypted, EPG data shows a number programme titles previously broadcast on linear Disney channels.
Thursday 2nd October
12.55pm DCMS rejects historic BBC transmission site for listing
Twentieth Century Society has reported that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has rejected BBC Brookmans Park Transmitting Station for listing.
“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.
“Remarkably the station and masts at Brookmans Park have been broadcasting continuously for nearly a century. They pioneered global advances in mass media communication and were the site of the first public transmission of simultaneous sound and vision in the world, in 1930.”
Source: C20 Society.
Friday 3rd October
7.30pm Storm Amy knocks out transmitters in UK and Ireland
Storm Amy has knocked out power to a number of transmitter sites in the UK and Ireland.
Our TX website is reporting on outages at transmitting stations – details here.
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Acknowledgements
FEATURE IMAGE:
PICTURED: Ben Brown and Caitriona Perry during a live BBC News broadcast; with Caitriona fighting off a lantern beetle. COPYRIGHT: BBC.
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