On This Day

Really? Thats interesting I wounder what the difference was between this V the 3D broadcasting that we had in the early 2010s.

The 3D technology then used different coloured lenses. The 2010s was polarised light.

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only a few days AFAIK. I think being the national broadcaster it was more imperative to get it restored as quickly as possible.

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Both experiments failed

When you think about it though the 3D that came out in the 2010s was still around a long time before it was completely phased out.

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October 30 1999: Peter Donegan, Tim Webster and Sandra Sully hosts 10’s Live and Exclusive Coverage of the 1999 VRC AAMI Victoria Derby Day from Flemington Racecourse in Victoria.

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30 October 1986: SBS premieres The Movie Show with Silvio River, Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton.

30 October 1993: ABC presents the final episode of The Late Show, ending a two-year run.

30 October 1994: ABC‘s TVTV presents a one-hour special, Countdown — 20 Years Ago Today, taking a look back at the popular music show that ran between 1974 and 1987.

30 October 2001: The Nine Network presents the documentary Aussies: Who Gives A XXXX?, explaining the British love-hate relationship with Australian popular culture.

YouTube: Zig Zag Productions

30 October 2005: The Seven Network presents the special Celebrity Spelling Bee, hosted by Todd McKenney and featuring contestants Geoff Huegill, Molly Meldrum, Andrew O’Keefe, Kate Ritchie, David Koch, Zoe Carides, Noeline Brown, Jason Gillespie, Elka Graham, Murray Cook, Simone Warne and Pauline Hanson. Network Ten premieres the mini-series Mary Bryant, starring Romola Garai, Sam Neill, Tony Martin, Dan Spielman, Stephen Curry and Garry McDonald.

30 October 2006: The Seven Network premieres afternoon cooking show Good Chef Bad Chef, with Gary Mehigan and Janella Purcell.

30 October 2021: Bert Newton dies age 83

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1 November 2005: Seven broadcast its 4th Melbourne Cup with Makybe Diva winning her 3rd straight. “A champion becomes a legend”

Speaking of which, the Melbourne house where he was born is on the market through Nelson Alexander, with a $2.55 million price tag.

1 November 1959: New TV Station — BTQ7, Brisbane.

1 November 1962: New TV Station — TNQ7, Townsville, Queensland.

1 November 1993: The Nine Network premieres children’s series Ship To Shore.

1 November 2009: The Seven Network launches secondary channel 7Two.

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Loved that show growing up.

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Happy Birthday to both BTQ and TNQ!

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2 November 2002: Seven takes over from longtime broadcaster Ten as exclusive broadcaster of the Melbourne Cup Carnival after more than 2 decades.

3 November 1964: Melbourne Cup Day, 1964. It is 1978 before ATV0 obtains the rights to live coverage of the Melbourne Cup, but as far back as 1964 the station was showing an active interest in horse racing with five hours of coverage leading up to the big race.

3 November 1988: The Seven Network presents the docu-drama Darwin — Australia’s Greatest Shame, re-enacting when Australia suppressed news to the public of the Japanese bombing of Darwin in 1942. Starring Peter Adams, John Benton, David Cameron, Anthony Hawkins and George Mallaby and narrated by John Stanton.

3 November 2008: ABC2 premieres ABC News Breakfast with Virginia Trioli, Barrie Cassidy and Joe O’Brien

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1996: 10’s Exclusive Coverage of the VRC 1996 Melbourne Cup Carnival begins from Flemington Racecourse in Victoria. Meanwhile, more racing action in NSW can also be viewed on Nine during it’s Mercantile Mutual Cup Domestic Cricket Coverage.

1999: A day after 10 undergoes a major revamp in it’s on-air presentation (Which includes the removal of the “Turn Me On” Motto), the network broadcasts live and exclusive coverage of Melbourne Cup Day 1999 from Flemington Racecourse in Victoria with Bart Cummings winning Cup No. 11. thanks to Rogan Josh.

November 3 2001: 10’s final Melbourne Cup Carnival coverage (Before 2019) begins from Flemington Racecourse in Victoria presented by Tim Webster, Peter Donegan and Sandra Sully. Note that Tim Webster advised viewers in New South Wales and Victoria that the final race (As well as the results) of that day would still be shown during the 5:00 pm news.

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Nine used to air racing from NSW in the past with racing during the cricket shown sometimes

This was the case on Cup Day with the final race of the day shown on Ten News that night