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Associated British Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the event, ABC were offered the London weekdays franchise on condition that it merged with Rediffusion, London. In this case, the parent company was the Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), who initially did not wish to become involved in the new broadcasting system. ABC was one of a number of commercial television companies set up in the 1950s by cinema chains in an attempt to safeguard their business by getting involved in television which was taking away their cinema audiences. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Associated_British_Corporation   (622 words)

Rediffusion Associated Rediffusion was determined to be the long-arm of the 1930s extending into the 1950s - continuing the dying notion that Britain and its Empire where something important in the world. This austere approach was made more striking by Associated Rediffusion's neighbour, the weekend contractor ATV, which was light-hearted and showbusiness-orientated - the opposite of everything AR stood for and determined to live down to the role critics had chosen for the new commercial service. Rediffusion was the face of a swinging, happy London in a bright, shiny new UK. www.transdiffusion.org /ident/album/rediffusion   (623 words)

The TV Room Associated Rediffusion was the original London weekday franchisee. Associated Rediffusion became 'Rediffusion' in 1964, after Associated Newspapers sold out. The Associated British Picture Corporation, which also owned an ITV franchise, wanted the name ABC for its ITV company (in keeping with the name of their cinema group). www.thetvroom.com /p-itv-1-rediff-atv-past.shtml   (265 words)

Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Associated-Rediffusion 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. 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. www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Rediffusion   (440 words)

Thames Television - Open Encyclopedia The solution adopted was to use staff and facilities from the outgoing London weekday company Associated-Rediffusion. Although Rediffusion was not happy with the arrangement, the two companies established a new organisation that was 51% owned by ABC and 49% by Rediffusion. In 1967 the Independent Television Authority decided to award the London weekday franchise to Associated British Corporation (ABC), but ABC, which had previously held two weekend franchises in the North and Midlands, complained that it did not have sufficient staff to run a London-based station. open-encyclopedia.com /Thames_Television   (722 words)

Associated-Rediffusion Associated Rediffusion started ITV with the company who was to be known as ATV with this ident. For a year, Rediffusion used this caption for its front-caps to networked programmes, then was demoted to local programming when the grey variant came in to use. Rediffusion's parent later joined ABC's parent to set-up Thames Television, "A Talent For Television". dspace.dial.pipex.com /prod/dialspace/town/pipexdsl/u/auar71/TVA/rediffusion.htm   (210 words)

Associated Rediffusion and Rediffusion London - Idents and History (TV ARK ON-LINE MUSEUM) Incidentally, the Rediffusion star would spin constantly, in the opposite direction to the Associated Rediffusion star! Rediffusion bit the dust on 29th July 1968, as a result of the ITA request that it should set up a joint venture with ABC to form a new London weekday contractor, ultimately Thames. Rediffusion London's swinging 60s minimalist clock was finished off with a helpful 24-hour display, described in newspapers of the time as "the 24-hour Continental system". www.tv-ark.org.uk /itvlondon/redmain-new.html   (887 words)

Associated-Rediffusion Flash Files A commonly asked question is which way the adastral turned in Associated-Rediffusion and Rediffusion, London idents, clocks and other presentation elements. In the case of Rediffusion clocks in general - for both companies - including Mitch, A-R's heraldic station clock for many years, the adastral rotates continuously anticlockwise - or at least, it did in the example we have on film from 1959 (see the film segment in Seen and Heard). In the case of Rediffusion, London, however, the adastral on idents rotates anticlockwise continuously. www.transdiffusion.org /tvh/presentation/flashfiles.htm   (695 words)

Southern Television - TheBestLinks.com - August 30, England, January 1, London, ... Associated Newspapers was allowed to remain a shareholder in Southern only on the condition that it sold its stake in Associated-Rediffusion to avoid owning parts of two ITV companies (a very different situation from today). Its shareholders were Associated Newspapers, The Rank Organisation and the Amalgamated Press. Southern's failure to win a renewal of its franchise in the 1980 bidding session was met with anger and disbelief by its board of directors. www.thebestlinks.com /Southern_Television.html   (262 words)

Reference.com/Encyclopedia/ITV Indeed, it was felt by many inside the ITA that the arrogance of the companies had grown — especially Rediffusion London, whose department managers also popped up in similar roles for rival applicants, and TWW, who reapplied for their contract under both their own and WWN/Teledu Cymru's name as a tax dodge. ABC and Rediffusion were asked to merge by the ITA, creating Thames Television. Associated Television Network Limited (ATV): Midlands weekday franchise and London weekend franchise (1956–1968); Midlands (7 day) (1968–1981) www.reference.com /browse/wiki/ITV   (3400 words)

Associated Rediffusion and Rediffusion London - Programmes (TV ARK ON-LINE MUSEUM) Associated Rediffusion and Rediffusion London - Programmes (TV ARK ON-LINE MUSEUM) A first series of 14 episodes and a special were made by Rediffusion, while the 1968 Christmas special and the second series of 13 episodes in April 1969 were made by Thames. Hugely significant to the creation of Monty Python's Flying Circus, this series was written and performed by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor, with "the lovely" Aimi MacDonald as their hostess. www.tv-ark.org.uk /itvlondon/redprogs-new.html   (708 words)

Independent Television Authority for the Midlands (Saturday and Sunday) and North of England (Saturday and Sunday) franchises to the Associated British Picture Corporation as ABC Television, and for the London (Saturday and Sunday) and Midlands (Monday to Friday) franchises to Associated Television Network Limited, (ATV), The franchise for West and North Wales was awarded to the Wales Television Association, Teledu Cymru, transmitting as WWN, Wales (West and North) Television. bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/i/in/independent_television_authority.html   (904 words)

screenonline: Broadcasters and Industry Bodies > Thames Television Rediffusion, on the other hand, had the manpower, the facilities, and the experience. ABC was to have 51% and Rediffusion 49% of the new company. Rediffusion would have held London weekdays - a mild reproof. www.screenonline.org.uk /tv/id/457866   (1246 words)

Afternoon Programmes Follow Shortly : APFS Presents Although formality was now strived for, the old Associated Rediffusion clock with it's lightening flashes and heraldry was considered just too old fashioned for what would soon be the 70's, so this trendy digital clock was introduced. Note that the company is still called 'Associated Rediffusion' at this point. That also included changing the name back to 'Associated Rediffusion'. www.apfs-tv.com /apfs_presents/cwathen_rediffusion.htm   (493 words)

Rediffusion Announcers One of ITV's greatest announcers, Redvers Kyle was a continuity announcer at Associated-Rediffusion (later Rediffusion London) Television in London in the 1950s. Film actor who moved into television announcing with Associated Rediffusion when it started broadcasting to the London area in 1955. He moved to Associated-Rediffusion in London and remained until the station closed for the final time in 1968. www.continuity-booth.co.uk /rediffusion.html   (528 words)

HOW IT ALL BEGAN The Monday to Friday franchise in the London Area was awarded to Associated-Rediffusion, a group formed by Associated Newspapers and Broadcast Relay Services - part of British Electric Traction (BET). Associated Television (ATV), formed from the merger of Associated Broadcasting Development Co.Ltd and Incorporated Television Company (ITC), was awarded the Monday to Friday franchise for the Midlands AND the weekend franchise for the London Area The franchise to broadcast Monday to Friday in the North of England was awarded to Granada (TV Network) Ltd, a company run by the Bernstein family who owned the Granada Cinema chain in the north. www.geocities.com /Hollywood/5144/history.html   (353 words)

BBC - h2g2 - The Many Faces of ITV Rediffusion served London Weekdays from 1955 to 1968. Rediffusion's second chapter began in 1964, when the company suddenly became swinging Rediffusion, London. The Adastral stayed, but now spun anticlockwise, constantly - a black band or the word 'Rediffusion' to be on having first grown in the centre of the screen. www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A935066   (2898 words)

Label Of Love - Rediffusion Rediffusion was not averse to the odd adventurous licensing deal down the years and this has to be just about as far into the then current jazz-rock boom as they ever dared delve. However, Rediffusion still exists in the music publishing world and continues to commission new music, some of it by the very same old hands that supplied their greatest moments... Sadly, the changes afoot in the whole of the industry caught up with Rediffusion as we move into the dreaded 80's and commercial record sales were wound up in 1982 and the company concentrated solely on the background music which was still doing great business as supermarkets and shopping precincts sprung up across the land. www.vinylvulture.co.uk /pages/rediffusion.htm   (2411 words)

Historical Television Website After the creation of Thames both the ABC and Rediffusion brands continued to be used for other purposes (cinemas and cable television to name but two) by their respective parent companies since only their ITV franchise operations had been affected. Thames was a new company that was formed from the television production divisions of ABC (comprising 51% of Thames) and Rediffusion (the remaining 49%) with ABPC (ABC's parent company) being in overall control. Peyton Place was the very last programme to be transmitted by Rediffusion London in 1968 before Thames Television took over as the London weekday franchise holder. freespace.virgin.net /mymail.athome/channels/itv/itv.html   (2196 words)

Rediffusion Programmes Rediffusion is another company which had a reputation of producing cheap formulaic programmes. The opening night of ITV was a joint effort between Rediffusion and ATV. Tonight on Adulterated Rediffusion at 10 o'clock we have a season of old films. www.users.zetnet.co.uk /itw/AR/programmes.html   (219 words)

[OT] rediffusion set When I was a kid, in the 1960s/70s, we had Rediffusion. Rediffusion radio that a neighbour had: just a box with a speaker in From what I read, a rediffusion set is some sort of wireless. www.vocaboly.com /forums/ftopic2683-0.html   (2352 words)

UK Broadcasting History A case in point is the way in which Associated-Rediffusion, the London weekday commercial TV broadcaster from September 1955 until April 1964 (when it metamorphosed into "Rediffusion, London" on air), started its daily transmissions. Subtitled "Rediffusion March", "Music Everywhere" was the perfect choice until something could be written specially to take its place. However, if we go back to the very earliest days, predating even the majority of what we would now call television enthusiasts, documentary evidence is even more scarce, and memories less reliable. www.ambisonic.net /arundercover.html   (1546 words)

The Fabs on Telly Associated Rediffusion also appears to have had studios in London, from which "RSG!" (Kingsway Studios) and "Around the Beatles" (IBC Studios, London, and Wembley) originated. But Associated Rediffusion put out lots of music shows and specials in the early sixties in Britain, such as "Tuesday Rendezvous", on which the Beatles also appeared. Another live TV appearance followed on 4 December; they sang "Love Me Do" from Associated Rediffusion's studios in Kingsway, London, on a show called Tuesday Rendezvous; and as their first single started to gain its limited momentum, Granada picked them up again for another "People and Places" live appearance on 17 December. www.recmusicbeatles.com /public/files/saki/beatlestv   (1711 words)

Some things I've worked on In 2000, I was the Associate Producer on the second series of Ads Infinitum, Victor Lewis-Smith's Associated Rediffusion Television series on commercials for BBC 2. Associated Rediffusion Television, Trust Me I'm A Celebrity, Up Late, Radio 4 and Front Row images all Because of my work as a curator at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, I seem to have become known as a bit of a boring old know all about old telly. www.poetaster.co.uk /shows.htm   (298 words)

The Goon Show Site - Goons on Television However, Associated London Scripts, a co-operative of talented scriptwriters of whom Milligan was a member, also contributed. The title The Idiot Weekly was used again by Spike for an Australian radio show, which ran for three series between June 1958 and November 1962. www.thegoonshow.net /film_tv_television.asp   (1121 words)

The 101 Things that we Know and Love Television For The first ever commercial seen on ITV station Associated Rediffusion was for Gibb's SR Toothpaste seen on Thursday, September 22nd 1955 at 8.12 p.m., while the first colour television commercial to be screened was for Bird's Eye Garden Peas seen in the ATV Midlands region on Saturday, November 15th 1969. Companies that are no longer with us include (Associated) Rediffusion, ATV, ABC, TWW, WWN, Southern and Westward. In 1968, Rediffusion and ABC merged to become Thames Television, HTV replaced TWW in Wales and the west, Yorkshire Television was created and LWT began in London at the weekends. www.webspawner.com /users/asperger/britishtv101.html   (11267 words)

ITV - London (weekdays) Thames Television was formed from an enforced merger between ABC and ASSOCIATED REDIFFUSION freespace.virgin.net /peter.culley/lwday.htm   (45 words)

Flash Files - Part 1 - 625.uk.com In 1964 after being re-awarded its franchise, Associated-Rediffusion became Rediffusion Television Limited, trading as "Rediffusion, London". The black version of its ident was used for all its programmes for the first year before being relegated to regional use only. The star symbol, the Adastral, is from parent company BET and can still be seen on products today. 625.uk.com /tv_logos/flash.htm   (3044 words)

Sara & Hoppity: In Trouble With Associated-Rediffusion For this, Associated-Rediffusion paid Roberta Leigh's company Scribe Associates £700 per episode, plus the laboratory charges for making the seperate music and effects tracks. Also included in the order were the original negatives (documented as necessary to make 16mm transfers for overseas sales), seperate synchronised magnetic MandE (music and effects) tracks, a copy of each script and music cue sheet and twelve copies of the episode synopses for marketing. homepages.tesco.net /~space.patrol/SaraHoppity/SaraIsFour.htm   (1619 words)

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