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Xtraview
Xtraview was a British pay-per-view television channel run by Top Up TV. It replaced Top Up TV Sampler, a promotional channel showing Top Up TV's latest offers presented by Alice Beer. Xtraview showed a selection of programs from the Top Up TV package, at a cost of one pound per day. It ceased broadcasting on 31 August 2005 at 11.00pm due to lack of space on the DTT platform after Top Up TV's short-term lease with Channel 4 on multiplex 2 expired in September 2005, and has since been replaced with More 4. The official reason stated on the channel is that it is being "modified", however no developments were made and this screen was shown from its demise to March 2006. The channel used the Xtraview Encryption System, making the channel vulnerable to hacking. Another downfall was that if the digital terrestrial receiver was switched off, the box lost access to the channel. For a short time Top Up TV Pay As You Goffered a replacement for Xtraview. However, Top Up TV Pay as You Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xtraview Encryption System
Xtraview Video Encryption System refers to the now-defunct patented "encryption" system used on Xtraview and a number of other Top Up TV services, including Setanta Sports, Television X, Babestation and Red Hot TV. Unlike the other encryption system used by Top Up TV, Mediaguard, the Xtraview Video Encryption System was not a true encryption system. Instead, an MHEG application directed the user's set-top box A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable converter box, cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, is an information appliance device that generally contains a Tuner (radio)#Television, TV tuner inpu ... to a hidden videostream when a correct PIN is entered. Unlike traditional channel encryption methods, Xtraview did not require a viewing card. This is an advantage over digital terrestrial television in the UK, where the vast majority of set-top boxes have no ability to decrypt pay channels. Access to a channel protected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Up TV
Top Up TV was a pay TV service in the United Kingdom that was launched in March 2004, operating on the digital terrestrial television platform. The service aimed to "top up" Freeview customers by providing additional content and services through encrypted TV channels unavailable to other viewers. The service offered a variety of content from various providers through 'TV Favourites', and old and low-budget movies from NBCUniversal through PictureBox Movies, all of which could be viewed on demand. Top Up TV formerly offered live premium sports channels including ESPN, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2. The service could be received by equipment having a built-in card slot: a DVB-T set-top box, a recorder or an integrated television receiver. As of July 2013, there were approximately 200,000 subscribers. In late 2013, Top Up TV ceased broadcasting and sold its subscriber business to Sky. History The company was founded by two former BSkyB executives, David Chance and Ian West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Up TV Sampler
Top Up TV Promo was a digital television Barker channel broadcast in the United Kingdom to promote services offered by Top Up TV. The channel launched on 18 September 2006, and closed on 6 October 2013. The channel broadcast a looped promotional video, presented by Craig Doyle, advertising Top Up TV's new ''Anytime'' service. The channel broadcast free to air on digital terrestrial television between 6:00 am and noon each day. The channel was used in conjunction with MHEG generated Top Up TV Active on channel 107, which is a text-based information service available 24 hours a day, informing viewers how to subscribe, costs and other information. A similar channel, known as ''Top Up TV Sampler'', was also broadcast by Top Up TV between December 2004 and February 2005 on channel 36, presented by Alice Beer. It advertised Top Up TV's then-current services, and was broadcast from 4:00 am to 11:00 pm daily. However, in February 2005, it was replaced by pay-per-view channel Xtraview, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Beer
Alice Beer (born 17 May 1965) is an English television presenter and consumer journalist. She is best known for appearing on the consumer investigative journalism programme ''Watchdog'' on BBC One between 1993 and 1999, and as the consumer presenter on '' This Morning'' since 2014. Career Beer trained as a primary school teacher from 1983 to 1987 at Roehampton Institute of Higher Education. In 1987, her first job was as a secretary on the BBC programme ''That's Life!''. She was a trainee researcher on '' Kilroy'' and '' Gloria Live''. She became an assistant producer on the consumer programme ''Watchdog'' and, from 1992 until 1999, she was a co-presenter with Anne Robinson. After leaving ''Watchdog'' she appeared on programmes including ''Healthcheck'', ''Face Value'' and ''Real Rakeovers'', as well as reporting for ''Holiday A holiday is a day or other period of time set aside for festivals or recreation. ''Public holidays'' are set by public authorities and vary by state or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Terrestrial Television
Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television, in which television stations broadcast television content in a digital signal, digital format. Digital terrestrial television is a major technological advancement over analog television, and has largely replaced analog television broadcasting, which was previously in common use since the middle of the 20th century. Test broadcasts began in 1998, and the Digital television transition, changeover to digital television began in 2006 and is now complete in many countries. The advantages of digital terrestrial television are similar to those obtained by digitizing platforms such as cable TV, satellite, and telecommunications: more efficient use of radio spectrum bandwidth, the ability to broadcast more channels than analog, better quality images, and potentially lower operating costs for broadcasters. Different Country, countries have adopted different digital broadcasting standards. Some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discovery Real Time
Discovery Real Time was a British television channel owned by Discovery Networks UK focused on educational and learning content. History It was originally launched on 9 March 1992 as The Learning Channel, United Kingdom's version of the American television network of the same name as a daytime service from Intelsat, mostly aimed at cable systems, and was initially broadcast on the Discovery Channel's frequency. When the Discovery Channel launched on Astra satellite on 22 July 1993, it didn't initially carry TLC in the daytime. From 5 September 1994, it shared a transponder on the Astra 1C satellite with the Discovery Channel, which started its broadcasts at 4.00pm. It was later rebranded as Discovery Home & Leisure on 3 April 1997, but full day broadcasting started with the launch of Sky Digital from 1 October 1998. On 22 May 2001, a timeshift channel called Discovery Home & Leisure +1 was launched. From 1997 to 2002, the logo was a blue oblong containing a window, however ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Television Channels In The United Kingdom
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Turner Classic Movies (UK & Ireland)
TCM Movies (formerly TNT and Turner Classic Movies) was a British pay television channel, focussing mostly on classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. film libraries, which included many Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM titles, along with movie-related profiles and some classic American television series. History TNT Classic Movies (1993-1999) In March 1993, Turner Broadcasting System Europe announced the launch of Cartoon Network and TNT Classic Movies. and it launched on 17 September 1993 through the Astra 1C satellite as an evening service, airing from 7:00pm–5:00am, timesharing with Cartoon Network Europe. The network was also available with Cartoon Network Europe in CEE, MENA and Nordic territories in five additional languages. The network broadcast movies from the Turner Entertainment library, including the pre-1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM and pre-1949 Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. catalogues. The first film to be shown on the channel was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
