About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: List of American television series based on British television series, Television in the United Kingdom, Prank Patrol, Smart Live Casino, The Case of the Disappearing Diamonds, Live Roulette, BFI TV 100, Oswald, Boys and Girls, VirtualGym TV, Chloe's Closet, Living with the Dead, Spanish Archer, List of British television programmes based on American television series, Going Ape, Raw Power, Paulus the woodgnome, Guinness World Records Smashed, Amazing Adventures of a Nobody, Live TV Bingo, G@mers, The Bagpipe Report, Chico the Rainmaker, Dirty Sexy Funny, Gamepad, Dancing on Wheels, Google Current, The People vs. Jerry Sadowitz, Bombshell, Jamie's Dream School, Christopher Crocodile, Trade Your Way to the USA, The Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses, Playbox, Sin Cities, Rod 'n' Emu, The Price of Coal, FilmXtra Uncut, KOOK, Man's Work, Either/Or, The Ratties, Bloody Britain, Film Xtra, The Race, Hum Sab Saath Saath, In Your Face, Real Prison Breaks, Great Battles, E4 School of Performing Arts, Mission Implausible, Funny Cuts, PK Tonight, Freaky. Excerpt: Public television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channels for consumers as well as on-demand content. There are six main channel owners who are responsible for most viewing. There are 27,000 hours of domestic content produced a year at a cost of 2.6 billion. Analogue terrestrial transmissions are currently being switched off and this is due to be completed in 2012. Free and subscription providers are available, with differences in the number of channels, capabilities such as the programme guide (EPG), video on demand (VOD), high-definition (HD), interactive television via the red button, and coverage across the UK....
