I stumbled upon this on Tubi last night. Hosted by Andrew Günsberg on ABC.
Photo Finish (TV Series 2012) - IMDb
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1988 Seven Network Promo “The Hot Stuff”.
YouTube: Andrea Taylor: The Rare Collection
Still haven’t found Seven’s ‘Only the Best in Summer’ ID from Summer 88/89.
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Magazine ad for Blind Date for TVQ0, Brisbane. TV Week, 1968
Source: https://x.com/LaurenRosewarne/status/1740680798460956812
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Interesting that DDDQ 10/4/5A showed Hey Hey It’s Saturday (as per return PRG) in 1983 (before it went national overnight. Now I can only guess this was delivered to them via videotape as I can’t think on how they received a feed possibly via TCN on the microwave bearer (pre-Aussat)? Saying that, did the NSW regionals need the the others stations to take the same feed for the signal to travel north etc.? Knowing that QTQ never took the morning version, does anybody know (not guessing) how they would have received the program from Melbourne? The same goes with the regionals taking news/sport/variety shows live from Sydney or Melbourne (pre-Aussat) without the help of a capital city station? SEQ8 Maryborough also took HHIS in the early 80’s as this was the first time I’d ever seen or heard of the show (I was only 8 or 9 years old at best).
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I was a teenager. It was on 2 week delay on SEQ. Initially it was shown at 8.30am, then moved to something like 9.30 (maybe 10.00) when SEQ started its own Super Saturday show with Wes Crook.
HHIS appeared on RTQ also but it was delayed 6 weeks! Made references to music Top 5 etc a little outdated lol
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So there you go. I’m guessing GTV made a video tape copy and as per procedure of the day, was received by the local station put to air and then sent on to the next station in the chain to broadcast as so on. The question though still remains off topic, were regional station able to take Sydney or Melbourne feeds via the microwave bearer without other stations in the chain (including capital stations such as Brisbane) without them taking the program? You would think at least it was technically possible. Nobody has ever really explained to me how exactly the regionals opted into the programs available on the Telecom bearer and how they could send return links such as the '84 Olympic special screened nationally on Network 10.
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George Negus presents a highlights package of 2000 Today:
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Channel 10’s first NYE broadcast in 2006 hosted by the OG Big Brother Host Gretel Killeen and Dan MacPherson
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I also remember when 7HD was revived in May 2016, it only simulcast the main channel in Melbourne and Adelaide, while in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth it simulcast 7mate; this was to allow AFL matches in those markets to be shown in high definition.
Those markets switched to a HD simulcast of the main channel ahead of the Summer Olympics that year, then switched back to 7mate before the switcheroo once again took place ahead of the 2017 Australian Open, after which 7HD in those three markets remained permanent.
These days, 7mate is now a permanent HD channel, as it always initially was when it was launched in 2010.
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And thank goodness. The constant switching of HD channels was really frustrating
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And you thought WIN’s coverups were bad…
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An ABC closedown from October 1985, goes right up until the transmitter gets turned off.
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Various segments from the home improvement shows from 1998. The YouTube version is not available yet because Seven does not want any segments of Better Homes & Gardens to be seen by anyone. I have to wait for YouTube to trim out those segments:
In the meantime, the full version is available here (at least until Seven gets their hands on it):
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I seem to recall at one point Bright Ideas had actual infomational segments either mixed in with infomercials or even without them, was this true?
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I believe it did, but they were still sponcon
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Is Seven hiding something?
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An ABC program on the introduction of AUSSAT and its effect on those who receive ABC services via satellite:
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Interesting program there, Petarkco.
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Who knows about earlier series, but given they have about eight series of it (plus specials) on demand and on a FAST stream on 7plus… they obviously think there is value in protecting it…
Seven being a lot more aggressive with pushing out things like dedicated FAST streams for its shows -on 7+ - and for H&A that includes a channel for the classic years too - probably means it’s more likely they’ll pounce on it elsewhere.
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How the ABC celebrated NYE in 1994.
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