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Dude111 15-03-2024 06:09

If you can rememeber :)

MTV channels
BBC

Or other channels?

My favourites were

MTV (When they played Music in the 80s)
Golf channel - When this first came to my cable system I laughed but I really got into Golf,its so relaxing to watch! (Assigned to 69)
Lifetime (Assigned to 30)
HBO (Assigned to 17)

We paid for HBO......

Ahhhhh I mi$$ the good days :(

Rillington 15-03-2024 08:12

Re: What were your favourite channels on analogue TV?
 
Making this more relevant to UK cable television, one that was missed at the time in many cable households was CMT Europe when many cable companies dropped in September 1996. It continued on satellite until summer 1998.

I do remember missing MTV Europe when MTV UK launched on 1 July 1997, not least because MTV Europe displayed the song being played in those wonderfully unique boxes, which MTV UK did not choose to use. MTV UK was never as good as MTV Europe.

Media Boy UK 15-03-2024 18:56

Re: What were your favourite channels on analogue TV?
 
L!ve TV
Select TV

1701-e 15-03-2024 20:50

Re: What were your favourite channels on analogue TV?
 
Front Row Channel 51. Lol

nodrogd 17-03-2024 17:20

Re: What were your favourite channels on analogue TV?
 
I had BSB (British Satellite Broadcasting) for a month before they merged with Sky to become BSkyB.

They actually had a half decent music channel by the name of "The Power Station". Had a big slant toward UK material while MTV was very US focused. When Sky took over they hastily removed it & replaced it with Sky Movies Plus.

Look out for a very young Pat Sharpe, & also Chris Evans before he started working on terrestrial TV on these clips from the last day of transmission:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWWWOK2Eurw

Hom3r 17-03-2024 22:58

Re: What were your favourite channels on analogue TV?
 
Galaxy.


IIRC it was a BSB channel.


I was retuning a old CRT TV and I came a cross a channel that I didn't know, I got my parent to check and they didn't have it, I think I found a few more.


My town had a ring arial before Cambridge put in cable TV

Rillington 19-03-2024 10:55

Re: What were your favourite channels on analogue TV?
 
Yes Galaxy was part of the BSB line-up. It only lasted for just over six months as it was chopped when Sky took over BSB with Sky One replacing it on Marco Polo. Now was also dropped at the same time, replaced on Marco Polo by Sky News with weekend opt-puts for arts programming which had to be shown for contractural reasons. The Power Station lasted quite a bit longer, on air for more than a year before it was replaced on Marco Polo by Sky Movies.

Mr K 19-03-2024 11:59

Re: What were your favourite channels on analogue TV?
 
The Weather Channel. It had funky music :)

Dude111 20-03-2024 00:36

Yea its sad even they arent good anymore!!

Cheile48 20-03-2024 16:24

Re: What were your favourite channels on analogue TV?
 
Has anyone mentioned Topless Darts? Terrible programme, the darts "players" were rubbish!

Mr K 20-03-2024 18:15

Re: What were your favourite channels on analogue TV?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheile48 (Post 36172325)
Has anyone mentioned Topless Darts? Terrible programme, the darts "players" were rubbish!

You're missing the point (s) of the programme.

daveeb 20-03-2024 20:42

Re: What were your favourite channels on analogue TV?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheile48 (Post 36172325)
Has anyone mentioned Topless Darts? Terrible programme, the darts "players" were rubbish!

Lots of double top finishes I'm sure :)

heero_yuy 21-03-2024 08:23

Re: What were your favourite channels on analogue TV?
 
And for the girls: Lunchbox volleyball.:D

I Liked the banger racing with that petrol head: Louise Brady

Dude111 23-03-2024 17:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheile48
Has anyone mentioned Topless Darts? Terrible programme, the darts "players" were rubbish!

I would be also,im terrible at it :D

Hom3r 23-03-2024 21:03

Re: What were your favourite channels on analogue TV?
 
What about the midget on the trampoline


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