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Associated-Rediffusion was the British Independent Television (commercial television) contractor for London, on weekdays between 1954 (transmissions started on September 22, 1955) and 1968. Company logo Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITVplc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ...
1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). ...
1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
Captain Thomas Brownrigg RN (Retired), the general manager of Associated-Rediffusion from 1955, had a very clear idea of what his new commercial television station was to be like -- the BBC Television Service, with advertisements. To this end, the station had a heraldic-style on-air clock, referred to as "Mitch" by staff (after chief station announcer Leslie Mitchell who had not only made the first announcement when A-R went on the air in 1955, but had done the same when the BBC TV service started in 1936). A-R was determined to be the long arm of the 1930s extending into the 1950s, continuing the notion that Britain and the Empire counted for something in the world. The company was based at Television House, Kingsway, London, which previously had been known as Adastral House when it was the headquarters of the Air Ministry - this gave its name to A-R's logo, the 16-point Adastral Star, which appeared at the start and end of each commercial break. (The motto of the Royal Air Force is "per ardua, ad astra" - "through adversity to the stars"). The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ...
1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
// Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ...
Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the...
In 1964 the directors had a change of heart, pensioning off Captain Brownrigg to the south coast and a directorship of the TV Times, and rebranding the station as "Rediffusion, London", with a very hip 1960s style, the face of swinging London in the shiny prosperous new Britain. However, the new Rediffusion did not survive for long -- in 1967 the Independent Television Authority announced that there was no place for Rediffusion in the redrawn franchise pattern. The parent company, BET, took a minority stake in the successor company, Thames Television, which was formed from a merger of Rediffusion and ABC Television, while most of the staff went to work for London Weekend Television. 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The TV Times is a television listings magazine published in the United Kingdom. ...
The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...
1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Independent Television Authority (ITA) was a body created by the Television Act 1954 to supervise the creation of Independent Television (ITV), the first commercial television network in the United Kingdom. ...
British Electric Traction Company, PLC, was a leading manufacturer and operator of electric railway tram systems in England during the late 19th century and early 20th century. ...
The classic Thames Television logo (1969 - 1989), featuring a geographically incorrect montage of London landmarks. ...
ABC logo, 1960s ABC Television or ABC Weekend TV was the British Independent Television (ITV) (commercial television) contractor on Saturdays and Sundays in the Midlands and North of England between 1956 and 1968. ...
Now known as ITV London (Weekends) London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ...
James Thurber once claimed that "Associated-Rediffusion" sounded more like a rare neurological disorder than a television company. James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 - November 2, 1961) was a U.S. humorist and cartoonist. ...
The name "Associated-Rediffusion Television" and the adastral trademark are now owned by Victor Lewis-Smith and used by his production company. Victor Lewis-Smith is a British television producer, critic and prankster. ...
Programmes produced by Associated-Rediffusion included Double Your Money, Take Your Pick, Ready, Steady, Go! and At Last the 1948 Show. Ready Steady Go or simply RSG was one of the UKs first rock / pop music TV programmes. ...
From top to bottom: Aimi MacDonald, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, and John Cleese. ...
Associated-Rediffusion also sent several staff to Hong Kong in the 1950s to help start the territory's first television service, also called Rediffusion, but later renamed Asia Television. Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the...
ATV logo used in early 1990s Asia Television Limited (ATV) (亞洲電視有限公司) is the first television station in Hong Kong, established on May 29, 1957. ...
Names used Company names: - Associated-Rediffusion Television Limited (1954-1964)
- Rediffusion Television Limited (1964-1968)
On-air names: 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
- Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)
- Rediffusion, London (1964-1968)
Initials used: - AR-TV (1955-1964)
- A-R (1955-1964)
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The ATV colour logo, used from the start of the colour standard in 1969 until the companys demise in 1981. ...
The classic Thames Television logo (1969 - 1989), featuring a geographically incorrect montage of London landmarks. ...
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ITV plc | ITV1 | ITV2 | ITV3 | ITV4 | ITV News Channel | Men & Motors | ITV Digital The Independent Television Authority (ITA) was a body created by the Television Act 1954 to supervise the creation of Independent Television (ITV), the first commercial television network in the United Kingdom. ...
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