I love learning about history like that. Stories that I, an American have no business knowing but find fascinating. It really humanizes other countries besides my own.
ITA actually stood for the Independent Television Authority and were in charge from their creation by the Television Act of 1954 until 1972, when a new authority was established to cover both commercial TV and the upcoming new commercial radio stations. This new authority was named the Independent Broadcasting Authority and would operate from 1972 until 1990, when the 1990 Broadcasting Act created the more light touch regulator Independent Television Commission from 1st January 1991.
In 1979 the ITA was abolished and was replaced by the IBA (Independent Broadcasting Authority). As long as I remember. Although everyone make mistakes, but it's better if people can learn from it. Other than that the video is as great as usual.
In Germany they also tried something like ITV, they underestimated the law, prepared everything and at least they created another nation wide network under public law, that isn't run by existing radio stations. It was planned to have some breakfast television, but at least it took till the 1980's, where they started to allow commercial television in West Germany. In my childhood the breakfast was accompanied by radio with news, music, exercises, advertisements, always the exact time, especially in the middle of a song (later I learned, that they had to pay less royalty fees when teasing recorder owners).
There was a lesser documented strike in 1975. Not sure if it was the whole network, but I remember seeing the Tyne Tees clock in pink with the ID changed to, "ITV". I was in the Tyne Tees region but could also receive Yorkshire TV. Both stations went off the air at the same time. Tyne Tees returned within a couple of days, yet YTV remained off. Soon after, YTV took the programmes of Tyne Tees TV until the strike ended a few weeks later!
Watching these, I feel bad for those at Channel. They were always the odd one out, whether it was not being in the strikes, or being late to going to color
Thank you of course for this Adam-and well done so then too. You are of course right about Channel Television-I have read of this before and also in the Test Card Circle magazine in the past too. I knew that while all the other ITV companies were in colour and showing Test Card F when they were off air, Channel was the last to do so until 1976, and then they showed Test Card D in black and white instead. Also, as I think you show, whereas all the other ITV areas were starting at say 9.30am each day, they would not start until 1.20pm or so with their local news then. I guess because it was not profitable then to do so. Also, I think it lasted even when TV-am started in 1983, meaning that when they ended all the other ITV areas would then start, but Channel would show the IBA ETP1 test card with tone-not music?-until at least 12.00 when the children's series were on, or even 1.20pm as before. I think that lasted until the mid 1980s, when perhaps they or the IBA then decided that they would be on as all the other ITV areas so too. Well done too!
we already mastered black n gray a while before colour. PLAY YOUR TV SHOWS IN NEW FULL COLOUR! (warning: not all shows apply) (you need a tv compatible of colour)
The ACTT Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians were the union to represent technicians working at every ITV company. That is why they were involved.
Actually the ITV program that was probably most affected by the Colour strike was LWT’s “Upstairs Downstairs” which had five episodes not sold to the United States station PBS in the early to mid 1970s. This was due to the fact that by the early 1970s American television would refuse new programming in black and white to be aired in Prime Time. That and the fact by 1972 50% of American television households had at lest one colour television set, which was far higher then the number of households with colour television in Britain. However, the first episode was recorded in colour, with two different endings which could be shown depending on whether a particular station arid the black and white episodes or not. The black and white version of that particular episode was wiped. The black and white episodes would not be shown in the United States until 1988 or 1989. Oh I think the most watched Doctor Who episode, if you exclude the episodes that aired during the 1979 ITV strike, was the 2007 Christmas special “Voyage of the Damned” which received an estimated 13.31 million viewers. That was in big part due to the fact that that particular episode had Kylie Minogue as the Companion.
Did you have ITV closedown compilation videos on this channel? I remember each of the larger companies having their own video and the smaller regions being in one video.
The problem is, in the first half of the 1970's, video recorders didn't fit to consumer needs. Few people with much money had two video recorders to compensate the running time of 60 minutes maximum, beside this, it was used by teachers, to record educational programs for school use and for schools to integrate educational programs and being independently from the schedule. The release of VHS forced the existing video formats to offer running times of 2 till 3 hours.
46:40 And I like Coronation Street and Crossroads and the BBC just does rubbish. Yeah I miss watching ITV, I never missed them, and I do miss them now!
Hyperinflation needs to end!!! IT WAS DONE BEFORE IN THE SEVENTIES! I cannot live like this in this Cost of Living Crisis…more like the Cost of Living Emergency!
As an ITV employee, big fan of videos like this. Very educational. Surprised you don't have a lot more views as there's definitely a market for it
I love learning about history like that. Stories that I, an American have no business knowing but find fascinating. It really humanizes other countries besides my own.
ITA actually stood for the Independent Television Authority and were in charge from their creation by the Television Act of 1954 until 1972, when a new authority was established to cover both commercial TV and the upcoming new commercial radio stations. This new authority was named the Independent Broadcasting Authority and would operate from 1972 until 1990, when the 1990 Broadcasting Act created the more light touch regulator Independent Television Commission from 1st January 1991.
In 1979 the ITA was abolished and was replaced by the IBA (Independent Broadcasting Authority). As long as I remember. Although everyone make mistakes, but it's better if people can learn from it. Other than that the video is as great as usual.
@@ProfessorDamn No, the ITA was abolished in 1972 and not 1979.
12 July 1972 was when the IBA succeeded the ITA I believe.
In Germany they also tried something like ITV, they underestimated the law, prepared everything and at least they created another nation wide network under public law, that isn't run by existing radio stations.
It was planned to have some breakfast television, but at least it took till the 1980's, where they started to allow commercial television in West Germany.
In my childhood the breakfast was accompanied by radio with news, music, exercises, advertisements, always the exact time, especially in the middle of a song (later I learned, that they had to pay less royalty fees when teasing recorder owners).
So wait, who’s responsible for the broadcasting act that blackholed itv into a singularity?
"This is AMTV, in color."
*"Oh."*
i got a better version of it, check my comment.
As A American, this always surprises me, as I have a thing for Regional televison, i.e i am autistic.
There was a lesser documented strike in 1975. Not sure if it was the whole network, but I remember seeing the Tyne Tees clock in pink with the ID changed to, "ITV".
I was in the Tyne Tees region but could also receive Yorkshire TV.
Both stations went off the air at the same time. Tyne Tees returned within a couple of days, yet YTV remained off.
Soon after, YTV took the programmes of Tyne Tees TV until the strike ended a few weeks later!
Watching these, I feel bad for those at Channel. They were always the odd one out, whether it was not being in the strikes, or being late to going to color
My mother was one of the 2 million “viewers” of the strike caption card. As you say, it made nice background music for the ironing.
This is out together really well! Thanks for the amazing documentaries!
My pleasure!
This episode is ironic as it is one of the only British UA-cam channels I watch that isn't sponsored by PCBWay.
We got our first colour TV in 1979, just like the one at 22:03 (a BUSH if I remember right). Only could watch BBC as the strike was on!! Great Doc.
Will we someday have a documentary about ITV franchise auctions? Both 1980 and 1991?
They are also in chronological order, thank you Adam!
My pleasure Roger!
@@AdamMartyn No worries!
Well that did not feel like 51 minutes - so interesting! Love the music underscoring the whole docu series too!
Thank you of course for this Adam-and well done so then too. You are of course right about Channel Television-I have read of this before and also in the Test Card Circle magazine in the past too. I knew that while all the other ITV companies were in colour and showing Test Card F when they were off air, Channel was the last to do so until 1976, and then they showed Test Card D in black and white instead. Also, as I think you show, whereas all the other ITV areas were starting at say 9.30am each day, they would not start until 1.20pm or so with their local news then. I guess because it was not profitable then to do so. Also, I think it lasted even when TV-am started in 1983, meaning that when they ended all the other ITV areas would then start, but Channel would show the IBA ETP1 test card with tone-not music?-until at least 12.00 when the children's series were on, or even 1.20pm as before. I think that lasted until the mid 1980s, when perhaps they or the IBA then decided that they would be on as all the other ITV areas so too. Well done too!
Thank you there for the highlight of course so then too!
37:40
Adam: and now for our reguarly sched--
*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*
this felt like a whole movie 💀
we already mastered black n gray a while before colour. PLAY YOUR TV SHOWS IN NEW FULL COLOUR! (warning: not all shows apply) (you need a tv compatible of colour)
What i imagined there'd be an AMTV movie since there is a documentary about it
Nice work Adam!
Thanks Ethan!
22:31
*AMTV id goes B&W*
AMTV owner: oh
thanks adam!
Great video x
LWT could have always re-colourized episodes 2 through 6 of Upstairs Downstairs series 1.
What I don't know is why the ACTT was so involved with ITV's workers. The ITV strikes always had some participation of the ACTT…
Idk
The ACTT Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians were the union to represent technicians working at every ITV company. That is why they were involved.
Actually the ITV program that was probably most affected by the Colour strike was LWT’s “Upstairs Downstairs” which had five episodes not sold to the United States station PBS in the early to mid 1970s. This was due to the fact that by the early 1970s American television would refuse new programming in black and white to be aired in Prime Time. That and the fact by 1972 50% of American television households had at lest one colour television set, which was far higher then the number of households with colour television in Britain. However, the first episode was recorded in colour, with two different endings which could be shown depending on whether a particular station arid the black and white episodes or not. The black and white version of that particular episode was wiped. The black and white episodes would not be shown in the United States until 1988 or 1989.
Oh I think the most watched Doctor Who episode, if you exclude the episodes that aired during the 1979 ITV strike, was the 2007 Christmas special “Voyage of the Damned” which received an estimated 13.31 million viewers. That was in big part due to the fact that that particular episode had Kylie Minogue as the Companion.
Love that Channel TV was a law unto itself 😂
Wow! Amazing 😊
38:17
It didn't feel that way at the time!
because we were not spoiled.
:-0
I bet someone will come along and colourise those programmes that are in black and white!
Today who watches off air transmission TV, now its in the cloud through the Internet
Love the rhythm is a dancer for snails.
Good evening, can you do an ident review of Sky Box Office please?
What a decade..
Did you have ITV closedown compilation videos on this channel? I remember each of the larger companies having their own video and the smaller regions being in one video.
The problem is, in the first half of the 1970's, video recorders didn't fit to consumer needs. Few people with much money had two video recorders to compensate the running time of 60 minutes maximum, beside this, it was used by teachers, to record educational programs for school use and for schools to integrate educational programs and being independently from the schedule.
The release of VHS forced the existing video formats to offer running times of 2 till 3 hours.
9:13 pun unintended
You could do a programme about how the blackouts effected tv
Thats a shout!
@@AdamMartyn What about one looking at the history of daytime television? The 50th anniversary WAS last autumn...
46:40 And I like Coronation Street and Crossroads and the BBC just does rubbish. Yeah I miss watching ITV, I never missed them, and I do miss them now!
3:20 Why can I see a cursor in the top left?
We are currently living in a vicious decade of hyper inflation thanks to Boris 'Peppa Pig Partygate' Johnson.
Hyperinflation needs to end!!! IT WAS DONE BEFORE IN THE SEVENTIES! I cannot live like this in this Cost of Living Crisis…more like the Cost of Living Emergency!
Why does Channel have something that looks like a mountain lion as part of its logo?
7:56 where’s everyone’s teeth
Why was British always on strike in the 70s?
Some would argue Labour Government, Unions having too much power, others would say greedy bosses putting profits before people. Take your pick.
America was on strike too back then.
This is AMTV in colour.........ohh
check my comment.
Lew Grade? Wasn't he the guy that killed Doctor Who?
His nephew Michael Grade tried to cancel it in 1985 when he was Controller of BBC1!
@@AdamMartyn Thanks for clearing that up, Adam. Big fan of your work. I'm American, but fascinated by all TV history.
Hi Adam
Is that snap ? 92
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