[Spencer]

Sorry to continue off topic, but at what point did S4C stop showing Channel 4 programmes as part of its schedule? I know S4C Digidol never carried them, but did analogue carry on showing them right up til DSO?

[Jimbo2022]

Sorry to continue off topic, but at what point did S4C stop showing Channel 4 programmes as part of its schedule? I know S4C Digidol never carried them, but did analogue carry on showing them right up til DSO?

That happened the day Wenvoe DSO happened in 2012. The original S4V actually closed down.

The S4C you have today was originally called S4C Digidol. When DSO happened that second incarnation, which already existed in Digital platforms, became 'S4C . On that service, all programmes have been in Welsh even before DSO at Wenvoe.

Hope that helps.

[Jimbo2022]

No red slate today on BBC1 Nightlight.

This usually means a new slate will appear tomorrow

Usually the slates are used for 6 weeks in a row. I was expecting a new notice on 27 November, not thus coming week, which is 3 weeks since the last change

The only exception was Aug 4-Sep 4 when no slate was seen outside local news windows - that slate has only changed once since 5 January - on 19 June

So I am expecting a new one to appear on Monday morning. We will see.

When a new slate us introduced in a particular week, the slate not appearing has ALWAYS been on the Sunday beforehand

[Jimbo2022]

Strangely the notice of 16 October still currently in use.

What I do not know is whether on 16 October the new notice appeared in the morning after breakfast or later in the day

It was nit in air for breakfast on 16 October.

[interestednovice]

You may have chronicled it yourself further back in the thread!

When they were doing the “musical transponders” ahead of launching new HD variants, they always made technical changes at around 11:00, that sort of time or midday-ish is common for platform changes. Do they possibly change the slates at the same time?

[Jimbo2022]

Prior to it being seen during breakfast, new red slate would appear around 9.15. it us the BBC playout that determines those changes and nit connected to the EPG changes that do happen around 1100. They are totally separate

No change to the notice after all.

[interestednovice]

Ah I see, I didn’t realise it was all queued up by playout in advance - for some reason, I assumed that there would be a manual “flicking of the switch” to put the caption up (when, now that I think about it, of course there isn’t as the entire channel is run on automation in playout anyway).

[Jimbo2022]

It seems to only be on when continuity are on duty. That's what I meant.

[Stooky Bill]

It seems to only be on when continuity are on duty. That's what I meant.

Playout are on duty 24/7. 

The continuity announcers less so but the caption won't be anything to do with them

[Jimbo2022]

Playout are on duty 24/7. 

The continuity announcers less so but the caption won't be anything to do with them

Thanks for clarification 

So why does it vanish at night when BBC news us simulcast and nit reappear on Saturday until 1000 etc?