Yes and using the ATV news studio, with that set so visible, just a different colour scheme, red. From memory, at least in 2011, the show did fairly well. Hard to believe this is when Ten still had the AFL.
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A full page ad from SBS in the Sydney ‘Sun Herald’ December 29, 1985 advising of the switch off of their VHF transmission the following week.
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When SBS moved to UHF-only, why didn’t ABC, Seven, Nine, Ten and regionals convert to UHF?
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VHF had better coverage, was more accessible.. the only advantages UHF had were spectrum availability and was less suspectible to electrical interference.
NBN-3 fought tooth and nail to stay on VHF, even took the ABT to court and won.
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i believe that was the long term intention but it was probably later not seen to be of any tangible benefit apart from some perceived improvement in picture quality, and due to the better coverage of VHF as noted by @Radiohead. And aggregation coming along, taking up a lot of UHF bandwidth, probably didn’t help, either.
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Most capitals didnt have the geographical limitations of regional markets
This was my favourite Lost In Space theme music and one of the best of that era.
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And when that happened, Sydney TV DX’ers rejoiced! I do remember seeing SBS on Channel 0 when we moved back to Sydney in 1985. It was only a black and white picture as we didn’t have the larger element “Channel 0” antenna. I couldn’t work out why at the time why it disappeared from the TV screen but it became obvious later on.
Luke Jacobz got his start on The Big Arvo before landing roles on Home and Away as well as being brought in at the last minute to host The X Factor in 2010 after initial host Matthew Newton was axed.
Axle Whitehead, who was then hosting/narrating World’s Strictest Parents, was also a candidate for the X Factor hosting job.
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I wondered what it might look like if current Seven talent replicated it in a retro throwback.
So I asked some if they wouldn’t mind trying it on.
Thanks to the Seven stars who got into the spirit of the idea.
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In an unrelated topic, I find it odd that 10 have shifted from producing programs in Melbourne to producing them in Sydney. I read in an article a while back that 10 wanted the tv series E Street to move its production from Sydney to Melbourne along with turning it into a 5 half hour episodes a week series without offering extra money. I’m sure there were other issues for the series such as storyline continuity as well as a program that was obviously based around Sydney suddenly being filmed in Melbourne. The series ended on 1993 and was described as being because of creative differences between Forrest Redlich and 10.
When 10 did A Country Practice in 1994, there were continuity issues including it going from being a show that was clearly filmed in NSW to one clearly filmed in Victoria.
If 10 did try another reboot (improbable I know), would they try and do the reverse and move it to Sydney?
What do you mean?
Ten has various productions from Melbourne. E.g. HYBPA, Cheap Seats, Sam Pang, MasterChef. I am not sure about Talking Bout Your Gen but i suspect it is Melbourne too?
Until recently they (or Fremantle) had Neighbours at Nunawading.
Production locations can come down to various factors, e.g. wherever space and talent just happens to be available at a given time. It might not be due to any overarching shift in strategy.
Probably just a number of thought bubbles that Ten floated around at the time it was in receivership/cutting spending. And it clearly never happened.
Ten had lots of bizarre thoughts around that time. There was talk about a national 6.00pm news, rebooting Number 96, cutting overnight and morning transmission hours, a merger with Channel 7 (which was also in receivership). Lots of weird stuff going around that time and which not a lot made sense, and none of it happened.
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The statement about moving away from Melbourne was based on some articles i read that suggested such a shift. It was around the time The Project was axed. I thought at the time it seemed weird but assumed the programming you mentioned weren’t made in house (as I dont watch 10 much at all these days)
The programs you mentioned plus the local 10 news bulletin being produced Melbourne it makes more sense. Below is the article that gave me the impression of such a move
There were other articles but I can’t find them at the moment. However, this article questioned the viability of 10. However after reading your response am thinking it was more speculative and mischief than fact by media rivals.
10 seems to evenly spread its production between both Melbourne and Sydney these days. Although Melbourne has lost Neighbours and The Project this year which has had an effect on the local industry.
But 10 still have Millionaire Hot Seat, Deal Or No Deal (TBC), HUBPA, Cheap Seats, Sam Pang Tonight, Talkin About Your Gen, Master Chef, Thank God Your Here, along with some scripted drama each year.
Varies Sports Shows also come out of Melbourne too.
According to this article from the Sydney “Daily Mirror” in September 1986, there was a proposal for Western Sydney to have its own commercial TV station.
No details where the transmitter would be or what channel, but may have been a hard sell if viewers had to install another TV aerial just to get that.
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Looking at that article, I said the other day that 10 should operate similar to Foxtel Group or SBS.
i don’t see how that article correlates to that suggestion?
Look at the title of that Article surrounding the future of 10 over a year ago.
the article was from 3 months ago. The headline is also misleading. And a perceived shift in production towards Sydney means what about Foxtel and/or SBS except that they have HQ in Sydney, which Ten already has.