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 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 …
Mid-80s BBC One: the benefits of one big relaunch over piecemeal changes
18th February 1985 was a red letter day for BBC One. A “new look” to the channel was …
Engineering information for the TV and radio trade
Other than TV and radio tradesmen and engineers – and presentation enthusiasts – few …
General election treats for pres fans
General elections are big events for broadcasters. Huge efforts go into mounting the overnight …
Archive footage provides evidence of early use of STV branding
A great little find from the archives was recently shared on Twitter by STV Footage Sales. …
The BBC test card and in-vision teletext
TV Presentation has a cousin – trade test transmissions and in-vision teletext pages.
BBC Two clock goes electronic
The project to replace the Noddy-based clock caption device (where a camera was placed in front of a …
The mystery of the additional mechanical BBC clocks
Until the early 1980s, BBC One and BBC Two made use of mechanical clock devices as a means of …
ITV: uniting the network (Part 2)
A few weeks ago I took a look at the ultimate failure of the first attempt to create a unitary image …