Jul 28 2016
Classic film channel Talking Pictures has signed a deal with two local TV operators, which will see the channel’s vintage movies available to a wider audience from 1st August. As part of the deal, Latest TV Brighton and Bay TV Swansea’s daytime schedules will feature up to 10 hours of classic films from Talking Pictures […]
Feb 2 2016
Freesat, the subscription-free satellite TV service, has confirmed the launch of independent archive film and TV channel Talking Pictures TV on channel 306. Free to view, the channel brings the best of time-honoured British cinema to Freesat viewers. Talking Pictures TV covers films of all genres including westerns, comedy, thrillers, horror, romance, and drama, stretching […]
Jan 27 2016
Talking Pictures will join Freesat at the beginning of February, following its successful launch on SKY 343 and Freeview 81. Do you remember the sheer joy and excitement of Saturday Morning Pictures? Where heroes and villains and clowns and crooners, invariably in glorious black & white, would entertain you for hours and hours. Now those […]
Sep 16 2015
Vintage film channel Talking Pictures will make its debut on Freeview on 22nd September 2015, offering viewers entertainment from yesteryear. The launch of the channel on Freeview comes just months after it first launched on Sky. Promising to bring back memories of black and white Saturday Morning Pictures, the channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, […]
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Jun 26 2017
Bay TV Swansea in trouble
Bay TV Swansea is requesting to have its local programme commitments cut. In July, when the channel turns one, it is due to increase its local hours from 17.5 hours a week to 20 hours a week as part of its original licence commitments. But Bay TV has written to Ofcom requesting that its commitments […]
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By Expat • Local TV, UK Media News • Tags: Bay TV Swansea, Digital Nation, Local TV, Talking Pictures