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Sit-up Ltd
Sit-Up Ltd., traded as Bid Shopping, was an English broadcaster which launched in 2000. It operated a portfolio of falling price shopping television channels to over 12 million homes in the UK. The channels were designed to sell consumer products via digital TV (currently carried by digital satellite, cable, and terrestrial) or the Internet. History Early History Sit-Up was founded in 2000, with their first television network - Bid-Up.TV launching in October of that year. In March 2001, it was announced that Telewest Communications would sell their Screenshop teleshopping service to Sit Up for £10 million, of which it would merge into Bid Up.TV's operations while Telewest would take a 38% stake valued at a £14.8m cash injection into Sit Up. On 29 August 2002, a second Screenshop channel was launched on Sky Digital. In March 2003, Sit Up announced that they would launch their second shopping network - Price Drop.TV. In July 2004, Sit Up signed a four-year deal with Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administration (law)
As a legal concept, administration is a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions, similar to bankruptcy in the United States. It functions as a rescue mechanism for insolvent entities and allows them to carry on running their business. The process – in the United Kingdom colloquially called being "under administration" – is an alternative to liquidation or may be a precursor to it. Administration is commenced by an administration order. A company in administrative receivership is operated by an administrator (sometimes referred to as a receiver and manager) (as interim chief executive with custodial responsibility for the company's assets and obligations) on behalf of its creditors. The administrator may recapitalize the business, sell the business to new owners, or demerge it into elements that can be sold and close the remainder. Most countries distinguish between voluntary (board-decided) and involuntary (court-decided) receivership. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Media
Virgin Media Limited is a British telecommunications company which provides telephone, television and internet services in the United Kingdom. Its headquarters are at Green Park in Reading, England. It is owned by Virgin Media O2, a 50:50 joint venture between Liberty Global and Telefónica. Since its foundation in 2007, the company has used the Virgin branding under license from Richard Branson. Virgin Media owns and operates its own Hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) and Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) networks in the United Kingdom. Although most of the network is urban focused, the new joint venture, Nexfibre (a 50:50 joint venture between Virgin Media O2 and Infravia Capital Partners) is expanding the network to more areas which never had access to the Virgin Media network before. As of Q2 2023, it had a total of approximately 5.8 million customers. Since the acquisition of Smallworld Cable in 2014, Virgin Media is the main cable provider in the UK, with the exception ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomboy (1985 Film)
''Tomboy'' is a 1985 American teen comedy film directed by Herb Freed and starring Betsy Russell. Plot The film concerns the life of Tomasina "Tommy" Boyd (Betsy Russell) who works as a mechanic and her hopes to become a stock car driver. When she falls for a visiting, more famous stock car racer, who offends her with his chauvinistic remarks, a car race between the lovers has commenced. Main cast * Betsy Russell as Tomasina "Tommy" Boyd (Tomboy) * Gerard Christopher as Randy Starr (as Jerry DiNome) * Kristi Somers as Seville Ritz * Richard Erdman as Chester * Philip Sterling as Earl Delarue * Eric Douglas Eric Anthony Douglas (June 21, 1958 – July 6, 2004) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. He was the youngest son of actor Kirk Douglas and his second wife Anne Buydens. His half-brother was actor and producer Michael Douglas. Douglas ... as Ernie Leeds Jr. * Paul Gunning as Frankie Box office The film was released on January 25, 1985 in 409 theaters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movies4Men
Movies4Men (stylized as movies4men) was a free-to-air film channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was available on Freeview, Freesat and Sky. The channel was aimed at the middle to old aged male demographic, with a look at the classics in cinema history, focusing mainly on western and war film genres. The channel ceased operations on 10 September 2019 and was replaced with Sony Movies Action. Availability and transmission history Between May 2011 and January 2012, Movies4Men was also available on Freeview in Greater Manchester, Movies4Men +1 had also been made available from November 2011 but closed at the same time. On 19 September 2012, both channels returned to Freeview in the area, and launched nationwide on Freeview on 1 April 2014. Dolphin Broadcast Services Ltd acquired the daytime matinee movies service from sit-up Ltd, which was re-branded as the 24-hour Movies4Men on 1 February 2006. On 19 January 2012 Dolphin Broadcast Services Ltd was itself purchased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Myers (actor)
Michael John Myers, (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker. His accolades include seven MTV Movie & TV Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2002, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2017, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada for "his extensive and acclaimed body of comedic work as an actor, writer, and producer". Following a series of appearances on several Canadian television programs, Mike Myers attained recognition during his six seasons as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1989 to 1995, which won him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. He subsequently earned praise and numerous accolades for playing the title roles in the ''Wayne's World'' (1992–1993), ''Austin Powers'' (1997–2002), and ''Shrek'' (2001–present) franchises, the last of which is the second highest-grossing animated film franchise. Myers als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sprockets (television)
''Sprockets'' was a recurring comedy sketch from the NBC television series ''Saturday Night Live'', created by and starring comedian Mike Myers as the host of a fictional West German television talk show. The sketch parodied German art culture in the 1980s. Development The sketch parodied German stereotypes, especially those pertaining to German seriousness, efficiency, and precision. Originally created for the Toronto company of the Second City comedy troupe, Myers later imported the character to television for the Canadian sketch comedy show '' It's Only Rock & Roll'' and the American sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live''. Myers played "Dieter", a bored, disaffected West German expressionist and minimalist who interviewed celebrities in whom he was demonstrably barely interested. He invariably sought to bring the discussion around to his "limited" monkey, Klaus, seated on a platform atop a miniature column. Myers has stated he based the character on a waiter he encounte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') is an American Late night television in the United States, late-night live television, live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The show's premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title ''NBC's Saturday Night''. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody popular culture and politics, are performed by a Saturday Night Live cast members, large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that is usually based on current events and ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!, Live from New York, it's ''Saturday Night''!", properly beginning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interlude
Interlude may refer to: *a short play or, in general, any representation between parts of a larger stage production *''Entr'acte'', a piece of music performed between acts of a theatrical production *a section in a movement of a musical piece, see: Bridge or Break *a piece of music composed of one or more movements, to be inserted between sections of another composition: see also intermezzo, and for the Baroque era, sinfonia Music Albums * ''Interlude'' (Billy Taylor album), 1961 * ''Interlude'' (Toshiko Akiyoshi album), 1987 * ''Interlude'' (Kool Moe Dee album), 1994 * ''Interlude'' (EP), a 1999 EP by Iron Savior * ''Interlude'' (Saint Etienne album), 2001 * ''Interlude'' (David Lyttle album), 2012 * ''Interlude'' (Delain album), 2013 * ''Interlude'' (Jamie Cullum album), 2014 Songs Many albums contain songs titled "Interlude", or acted as an interlude. Notable songs are listed below. *"Interlude" (aka " A Night in Tunisia"), a 1942 composition by Dizzy Gillespie * "Interlude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ross
John Paul Ross (born 31 December 1956) is an English television and radio presenter, journalist and media personality. He is the son of Martha Ross and the elder brother of Jonathan Ross. Early life Growing up in outer east London, Ross was educated at Norlington School for Boys, and later read English at the University of Kent. Realising he would not be able to follow the academic career he favoured, "an English lecturer at a polytechnic", he commenced training as a journalist at the University of Exeter and subsequently started his career with the ''Western Times'' in Exeter in 1982. Career Television Ross became a researcher at London Weekend Television before becoming an editor for ''The Six O'Clock Show'' and ''The London Programme''. He worked as the series editor on series 3 and 4 of Channel 4's magazine style programme '' The Word'', and became executive producer for series 5. His first job as a TV presenter was on the current affairs show ''Eyewitness'', which ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bequest
A devise is the act of giving real property by will, traditionally referring to real property. A bequest is the act of giving property by will, usually referring to personal property. Today, the two words are often used interchangeably due to their combination in many wills as ''devise and bequeath'', a legal doublet. The phrase ''give, devise, and bequeath'', a legal triplet, has been used for centuries, including the will of William Shakespeare. The word ''bequeath'' is a verb form for the act of making a ''bequest''. Etymology Bequest comes from Old English , "to declare or express in words"—cf. "quoth". Interpretations Part of the process of probate involves interpreting the instructions in a will. Some wordings that define the scope of a bequest have specific interpretations. "All the estate I own" would involve all of the decedent's possessions at the moment of death. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Howerd
Francis Alick Howard (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992), better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English actor and comedian. Early life Howerd was born the son of a soldier Francis Alfred William (1887–1934)England & Wales, Death Index: 1916–2005 and Edith Florence Howard (née Morrison, 1888–1962), at the City Hospital in York, England, in 1917 (not 1922 as he later claimed). His mother worked at the Rowntree's factory. The family lived in Hartoft Street, which he later described as ''"a poorish area of the city near the River Ouse, Yorkshire, River Ouse"''. He retained an affection for his home city, to which he often returned. When his father was posted to Woolwich Garrison, Woolwich, the family moved to Eltham, London while he was a young child, and he was educated at Shooters Hill Sixth Form College, Shooter's Hill Grammar School in Shooter's Hill.Howerd, Frankie (1976) ''On the Way I Lost It'', W.H. Allen, Career His first stage appearance was at ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bid Plus
Bid Plus (formerly Speed Auction) was a British television shopping channel owned by Bid Shopping. The channel ceased broadcast on 1 July 2013. History Early History In March 2005, Sit-Up announced that they would launch a third shopping channel entitled Speed Auction TV during the Summer of 2005. The channel was a spin-off of the "Speed Auctions" strand on Shop at Bid, Bid TV, featuring live rising price auctions. The strand ran on the channel from October 2000 and January 2005, being removed when the channel transitioned to featuring falling price auctions. Prior to the strand's removal, the Speed Auctions became pre-recorded. The channel launched on 27 July on Sky UK, Sky Digital, NTL Incorporated, NTL:Home Digital and Telewest, Telewest Active Digital, broadcasting from 12:00pm-1:00am daily.https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/auction-channel-sets-sights-male-users/486970 Live rising price auctions were only available Wednesday to Sunday between 4pm to 8pm and 9pm to mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
