|
bid tv (known as bid-up.tv until 21 January 2005) is a digital television channel based in the UK that runs daily live auctions. It was the first channel of its kind in the world, and has become popular for offering a laid-back, friendly approach to its viewers. Banter is created through the presence of "auction assistants" who help to demonstrate products, as well as informing the viewer of upcoming auctions. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
Company logo sit-up Ltd (or commonly sit-up) is a UK based broadcaster which launched in 2000. ...
price-drop tv (which dropped the dot from its name on 21 January 2005) is a shopping channel owned by sit-up Ltd and is focused on falling prices, using a form of uniform-price Dutch auction. ...
speed auction tv was launched on the 27 July 2005, and features rising price auctions lasting about 4 minutes. ...
FreeView is a non-profit free-to-air digital television service planned for New Zealand. ...
Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ...
NTL Incorporated, a U.S.-listed British company, provides cable services (Internet, telephone and television). ...
Telewest (formerly Telewest Broadband and Telewest Communications) is a trading name of NTL Incorporated, the dominant cable operator in the United Kingdom with more than 90% of the market. ...
January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. ...
Bid-up.tv
Bid-up.tv was launched by its parent company, sit-up Ltd, in October 2000. It started by broadcasting 12 hours a day, much of which were pre-recorded, with auction graphics overlaid so people could bid despite the video itself being pre-recorded. It later extended its broadcasts to 18hrs a day (8am - 1am) and is now completely live inside these hours, with recorded offers at all other times. This article is about the year 2000. ...
The channel amassed a cult-following as it spread to various digital platforms. This growth in popularity can also be partly attributed to the use of David Dickinson, ex-presenter of the BBC television series Bargain Hunt, in various television advertising campaigns. David Dickinson David Dickinson (born David Gulessarian, 16 August, 1941 in Stockport, Cheshire) is a British antiques expert and television presenter of Armenian ancestry. ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ...
Bargain Hunt is a daytime television programme on BBC1, in which two teams (the Reds and the Blues), both made up of two people, are given £300 (originally £200) each with which to buy a number of items from bric-a-brac sales and attempt to make their money back...
June 2003 saw the company behind bid-up.tv launched a sister channel called price-drop.tv. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
price-drop tv (which dropped the dot from its name on 21 January 2005) is a shopping channel owned by sit-up Ltd and is focused on falling prices, using a form of uniform-price Dutch auction. ...
In April 2004, bid-up.tv introduced a new system for bidding known as Best Bidding. This now meant all bids acted as proxy bidding, so instead of the bid being entered at whatever is bid, the computer would now automatically bid-up to the value specified, and not over. At the end of the auction, everyone paid the same price as indicated in the on-screen "auction arrow", thus amounting to a uniform-price auction. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. ...
On the channel, an item was advertised with a specific quantity, and a bid-up from price triangle. Customers phoned in and bid up from the particular amount. The quantity was used to determine which customers 'win' the auction. For example, if there was a quantity of 50 for the product, then the top 50 bidders would win the auction.
In August 2004 bid-up.tv had an "Auction Choice" month, during which they featured both rising and falling price auction hours. The falling price auctions continued after this month and are now the most common auction type on the channel.
Prior to December 2004, each item also had a "guide price", described as being the manufacturer's recommended retail price or an average of prices from other retailers. However, these were removed following the collapse of shopping channel Auction World.tv, which was criticised for advertising misleading guide prices. For people whose family name is Price see Price (disambiguation). ...
Auction World. ...
Bid tv In January 2005, the channel was renamed Bid tv to reflect the fact that more of its auctions followed the price-drop tv method, meaning that bidders were only rarely bidding "up". Bid tv no longer broadcast any live rising-price auctions, only featuring an occasional pre-recorded speed auction. A new graphic was added in October 2005 to show the start price of falling price auctions. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
price-drop tv (which dropped the dot from its name on 21 January 2005) is a shopping channel owned by sit-up Ltd and is focused on falling prices, using a form of uniform-price Dutch auction. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
When bid-up.tv originally launched, one of the most popular features was the relaxed style in which the presenters and assistants would have a lot of freedom to interact with each other. For instance, the presenter whose shift was starting would come on air for the last few minutes of the previous presenter's shift and interact with them. However, although still relaxed, this presenter interaction seems to have been stopped with the launch of Bid tv. Despite the fact that bid tv no longer uses an auction hall theme, bid tv's presenters exclusively refer to the products they sell as 'lots' and to their customers as 'bidders'. When referring to the next item to be sold the presenters and assistants will say "Closing next..."
Early 2006 saw the bid tv website completely overhauled in an attempt to increase its user-friendliness and overall aesthetic appeal. Its new design was inspired by that of eBay, the world's most popular auction website, in an attempt to capitalise on its popularity. eBay headquarters in San Jose eBay North First Street satellite office campus (home to PayPal) eBay Inc. ...
On May 10, 2006, the on-screen graphics were changed so that products are now sold in pounds and pence, as opposed to just pounds, a change previously incorporated into price-drop tv. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
price-drop tv (which dropped the dot from its name on 21 January 2005) is a shopping channel owned by sit-up Ltd and is focused on falling prices, using a form of uniform-price Dutch auction. ...
In August 2006, a new graphic was introduced, showing the bid tv website address and a falling arrow. This is shown as soon as the assistant has shown what is coming up next, and introduces the presenter. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Presenters Bouncing Back Andrew Patrick Hodgson is predominantly known as a presenter/auctioneer on the digital shopping channel bid tv. He is rumoured to be 24 years old, although his actual age is a closely guarded secret. ...
bid tv Auctioneer, Peter Simon awaits the next lot. ...
Freelancers - Tim Lichfield
- Charlotte Jackson
- Charlotte Mounter
- Bronwyn Lloyd Hughes
- Patrica Mitchell
- Mark Ryes
- Mark Ryes
- Sean Macintosh
- Carmel Thomas
- Katy Pullinger
Tim Charles Lichfield (July 24, 1981 - ?) is a radio presenter on Capital Radio, London, UK as well as Capital Disney. ...
Assistants - Ruth Miller
- Lisa Leyland
- Suzanne Banham
- Erica Street
- Lisa Marie Long
- Lucy Gardener
External links |
Feeds |
Contact