08-01-2023, 12:11 AM
Wasn't ETP-1 generated by the transmitter?
It used to appear during downtime/off air, and as channels went 24hrs, it sort of became irrelevant. Might have lasted on Channel 4 for a bit longer than it did on ITV.
Channel 4 apparently aired ETP-1 as the last thing shown from Crystal Palace at the point of digital switchover in London in 2012, but that was probably a recreation of some sort rather than a genuine "from the transmitter" (there is a video on YouTube but but its been filmed on a mobile phone pointing at a telly)
It used to appear during downtime/off air, and as channels went 24hrs, it sort of became irrelevant. Might have lasted on Channel 4 for a bit longer than it did on ITV.
Channel 4 apparently aired ETP-1 as the last thing shown from Crystal Palace at the point of digital switchover in London in 2012, but that was probably a recreation of some sort rather than a genuine "from the transmitter" (there is a video on YouTube but but its been filmed on a mobile phone pointing at a telly)