When TnaG (now TG4, the Irish equivalent of S4C) launched, they used QVC as overnight filler. The QVC presenter would greet the Irish viewers and they would occasionally change the on-screen phone number to the Irish one; I remember Kara Tritton butchering the name of the channel a few times. 😂
a friend of mine had cable TV from a operator in Newbridge in Gwent, back in the late 80's, he told me he could get 2 sports channels, the Childrens channel and Entertainment which i guess was the Sky Channel, once Sky launched on Astra 1A in 1989 his mother couldn't afford it because he was at school back then, so they had the cable TV removed and made do with the 4 terrestrial channels they could get,
I had cable in Northampton in 1986, basically 3 itv regions, plus sky channel and super channel. It wasn't fantastic, but it was better than just using the aerial (just)
Sky Channel was scrambled for cable distribution initially using Oak Orion encryption but later on they pulled the scrambling and went free to air all over Europe via the ECS-F1 satellite
Loved Sky in the early days...l got to watch all the best old American shows l missed out on first time around...they also had all the best cartoons on Fun Factory & DJ Kat...l always assumed it was originally based in Holland though.
![British Satellite Broadcasting [BSB] D MAC Presentation - August 1988](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9Pn46qmBTW4/mqdefault.jpg)
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"hello to all our new viewers in Swindon!" It's like someone from a Ricky Gervais sitcom!
When TnaG (now TG4, the Irish equivalent of S4C) launched, they used QVC as overnight filler. The QVC presenter would greet the Irish viewers and they would occasionally change the on-screen phone number to the Irish one; I remember Kara Tritton butchering the name of the channel a few times. 😂
@@steeviebops Really? Didn’t know that!
This is wonderful, history. Thank you.
This has just got into my TH-cam notices for some reason. RIP Sissons.
I always associated him with BBC News so it was a surprise to see the Channel 4 idents.
a friend of mine had cable TV from a operator in Newbridge in Gwent, back in the late 80's, he told me he could get 2 sports channels, the Childrens channel and Entertainment which i guess was the Sky Channel, once Sky launched on Astra 1A in 1989 his mother couldn't afford it because he was at school back then, so they had the cable TV removed and made do with the 4 terrestrial channels they could get,
I had cable in Northampton in 1986, basically 3 itv regions, plus sky channel and super channel. It wasn't fantastic, but it was better than just using the aerial (just)
Sky Channel was scrambled for cable distribution initially using Oak Orion encryption but later on they pulled the scrambling and went free to air all over Europe via the ECS-F1 satellite
Loved Sky in the early days...l got to watch all the best old American shows l missed out on first time around...they also had all the best cartoons on Fun Factory & DJ Kat...l always assumed it was originally based in Holland though.
A young Peter Sissons at the beginning of the clip.
Those were the days.
0:38 Keith Mansfield - Lifeforce
6 YEARS ON IT really started.
I remember when i changed to SKY digital i lost all the foreign channels i was gutted!
Especially the German channels 😉😉🤣🤣🤣
Interesting nothing changed but the prices
cant believe the one and only kate bush set foot and even said the word swindon im gobsmacked as a swindonian we do not deserve this
This entire video is utterly bizarre.
It'll never catch on.
Not BSB?
It'll never take off.
Swindon is always the guinea pig town