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Possibly relating to the regionalisation on Freeview:
DigitalBitrate is now showing a new blank data service on PSB3/BBC-B from transmitters in England.

Seeing as this place covers both TV and Radio I spotted there wasn't a place for those of us who love a good jingle package. So I have remedied that.

Jingles are the lifeblood of how a station sounds, feels and states itself publicly. So which are strong and which are weak.

My first entry into the strong category is this package from IQ Beats for LBC. It is a strong package that has a sense of gravitas.

IQ Beats: LBC News

Any others. Over to you.

The RTL Nederland/Talpa Network merger has been rejected by the Autoriteit Consument & Markt on ad sales grounds.

www.broadbandtvnews.com 

Reading the threads about the merging of BBC News and BBC World News and people's thoughts on CNN International's prioritisation of US news got me wondering if the truly international news channel is just not something there is demand for anymore?

Back in the 2000s, broadband internet access was limited and streaming video a bit of a rarity. If you were abroad and wanted to keep up with what was going on at home, you would have probably headed to an internet café or (maybe) used a laptop in a hotel room on fairly expensive ethernet. This meant that international English language news channels were the best option for keeping up with what was going on at home. Satellite distribution was also still fairly expensive, making it hard to offer 'TV from home' even if people wanted to.

Nowadays, wherever I travel I can watch Sky News on my iPad and (often) Chromecast it to a TV in the room. There is also a wide range of channels I can choose from if I want a German, French, Singaporean or whatever spin on what's going on. Given a choice between BBC World News and Sky, I'd probably choose Sky because it covers stuff I'm more likely to be interested in. 

I realise international travellers weren't the only people these channels were aimed at but they must've been a fairly big part, especially in terms of advertising money must have been those people.

It's sad for us as pres fans but is the international news channel simply something that's been out-evolved?

www.bbc.co.uk 
Not surprising with the cost of living crisis.

Some sad news today:

Quote:Dame Esther Rantzen has revealed she has been diagnosed with lung cancer, but said that she feels "optimistic".

In a statement, the 82-year-old broadcaster and charity founder said she was having tests to assess the best treatment for her condition.

Dame Esther became a household name and a pioneer for female journalists during her career at the BBC.

Quote:British actress Sylvia Syms, a star of stage and screen for six decades, has died at the age of 89.

She shot to fame in the 1950s in Ice Cold in Alex, and was nominated for Bafta Awards for Woman in a Dressing Gown and No Trees in the Street.

Later, she was in TV shows like Peak Practice and EastEnders, and in 1991 played the former prime minister in ITV's Thatcher: The Final Days.

Has anyone else noticed that on Sky Cinema channels (305 Sky Animation is an example) the screen sometimes goes black for a second or two then it comes back with no sound until you change channel then change back?

Was looking around at old forum posts on various sites and came across these posts...
www.tvliveforum.com 
tvforum.uk 
...about there being issues with the 18:58 switch between CBBC/BBC Three & CBeebies/BBC Four when the digital channels initially launched in the early 00s, more specifically CBBC content appearing on BBC Three.

It mentions that may have been a period of time where the channels closed down earlier than usual (18:45 or 18:50) to help ensure there we no issues with switching. Does anyone know when these issues may have taken place and why? Would be interested with insight into this! :)

Brookside will stream full episodes on STV Player from February 1st. 

Brookside: Actors' delight as STV Player to stream soap from start - BBC News