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2005 In British Television
This is a list of British television-related events in 2005. Events January *1 January **Sky takes over production of ''Five News'' from ITN. The first scheduled Sky produced news programme had been due to air on 3 January, but two shorter bulletins for 1 and 2 January are hastily added to provide updates following the 2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami. **Fox Kids UK finally rebrands to Jetix, as part of a global rebranding package by ABC Cable Networks Group. The first programme shown is '' Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!''. *5 January – '' Desperate Housewives'' makes its initial UK debut. Overnight figures indicate it achieves an audience of 4.4 million viewers. *8 January – '' Jerry Springer: The Opera'', featuring Jesus, Mary and God as guests on ''The Jerry Springer Show'', airs on BBC Two, despite protests from Christian Voice and other groups. *10 January **Christian Voice confirms plans to launch a private blasphemy prosecution against the BBC for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television
Regular television broadcasts in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection of free-to-air, free-to-view and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there are basically 485 TV channels, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010 for consumers as well as on-demand content. There are six main channel owners who are responsible for most material viewed. There are 27,000 hours of domestic content produced a year, at a cost of £2.6 billion.Tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
