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Originally Posted by ozsat
You had the film channels: 'Prem1ere', 'TEN: The Movie Channel' and 'MirrorVision'.
There was 'The Cable Jukebox' too.
A short lived horse racing info channel called 'Sporting Facts'.
'Yesterday in the Commons'
Until the late 1980s, Sky Channel was cable exclusive and was enctypted to prevent unauthorised viewing. But well before the 1989 Astra launch the channel had done clear.
HVC was actually played out at each headend. A tape was sent for each night of programming.
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'Prem1ere', 'TEN: The Movie Channel' and 'MirrorVision' are going back a bit - I must admit that my selections were based on the 1990s period.
Yesterday in the Commons was, I believe, the forerunner to The Parliamentary Channel and the live coverage it provided from 1992 until it was taken over by BBC Parliament in 1998, which was also available on analogue cable. Was it a specific length programme or was it seen as a channel in its own right? and if so how was it broadcast? ie was it part of another channel or was it a channel in its own right with the same programme broadcast as a continuous loop until the next programme was ready.
Sporting Facts is a channel I've never head of. When was that on the air? Similarly with The Cable Jukebox, which i presume was similar to The Box, but was on air before The Box started in 1992.
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Originally Posted by ozsat
NBC Superchannel was available free on satellite - just not on Astra.
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This is why I did not include this in my list. Same with Euronews.