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All major television networks provide coverage of events following her death, while her funeral is broadcast by over 50 UK television channels and watched by a cumulative audience of 28 million. The proclamation of accession of Charles III also becomes the first such ceremony to be televised.
The majority of special events attracting large audiences are often carried on more than one channel. The most watched special event programme of all time on a single channel in the UK is the 1973 wedding ceremony of Princess Anne, shown only on BBC One. Pre-1981 figures supplied by the British Film Institute (BFI)
In November 2008 the History Channel was re-branded as History, [9] The company behind the channel was known as The History Channel (UK) Limited until July 2009, when it was renamed AETN UK (a short form of "A&E Television Networks"). [10] In 2010, History HD became a simulcast service. On 22 September 2011, AETN UK was re-branded A&E Networks ...
None of its five channels broadcast around the clock but, apart from Now, the channels do broadcast into the early hours. A test card is shown during the channels' downtime. 1991. late January – The BBC and ITV broadcast extensive live coverage of the Gulf War, both in terms of extended news bulletins and special programmes. All-night ...
17 October – The First World Radio Broadcast, the most sensational live radio broadcast ever attempted by the BBC hit the airwaves. It took place at the RAF Hendon base in North London, in front of a specially invited audience of RAF personnel. The whole show was relayed worldwide across the airwaves, the first time a live show had ever been ...
They were initially free to receive, and Sky Movies was the first to move to a subscription early in 1990. Sky News was the UK's first dedicated news channel. The new service was the UK's first consumer satellite TV service, beating rival BSB, with which Sky would later merge to become BSkyB. Sky's satellite service grew to become a ...
The public launch of digital terrestrial TV in the UK. Consequently, BBC News 24 is now available to all digital viewers. BBC Parliament is carried but due to bandwidth issues, the channel is broadcast in sound only. The first edition of UK Today is broadcast. It airs as a replacement for the regional news bulletins because broadcasting English ...
14 June – BBC TV airs the first episode of the sitcom Steptoe and Son, written by Galton and Simpson. 24 November – The first episode of the influential satire show That Was the Week That Was airs on BBC TV. [27] 1963. 13 January – BBC TV airs the play The Madhouse on Castle Street in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.