2006-12-05 23:44:39 · 18 answers · asked by michael55walter 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
and the question is what?
2006-12-05 23:52:29 · answer #1 · answered by redbull_photo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited (As of 2006, still the legal name of the company, though it now trades exclusively as Five) was licensed by the UK Government in 1995 after an exhaustive bidding process that lasted from 1993 and throughout 1994. The initial round of bidders, which included Thames Television, was rejected outright and the government contemplated not awarding the license at all. The difficulty with the project lay in the frequency distribution plan which, in some regions, interfered with existing frequencies used for domestic video recording and satellite receiving equipment. To achieve national coverage, large numbers of domestic video recorders (which output at a nearby frequency) had to be retuned at the new company's expense.
The channel was launched on Sunday March 30, 1997 by the Spice Girls, performing a "reverse" cover of the 60s hit "5-4-3-2-1".
The first advertisement on the channel was for Chanel No 5.
The British frequency plan only allowed for four channels to be transmitted using analogue terrestrial transmitters, so it was very difficult to allocate frequencies for the new channel before its launch on Easter Sunday 1997. UHF channel 37 was allocated in many areas, which entailed a physical visit to every affected UK TV set to re-tune the video or satellite receiver so it wouldn't interfere with the station's broadcasts. Some homes also needed equipping with a new TV aerial. However after launch in a large amount of areas the signal was visibly quite poor, this was due to using a different antenna band to other channels in the same area. This caused horizontal interference in many areas and gave it the nickname after launch of "the fuzzy channel".[citation needed]
Eventually the sheer volume of assumed affected homes became overwhelming for the company and so to reduce the backlog the company began a test transmission with a telephone number, and based their engineer visits solely on people who phoned that number to complain that they couldn't use their video equipment. In homes where a re-tuning would not remedy the problem, consumers were provided with a filter to completely block the Channel 5 signal.
Hope that helps
2006-12-05 23:47:11 · answer #2 · answered by Luke D 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, Chanel no 5 is a perfume.
2006-12-05 23:46:21 · answer #3 · answered by cuddles_gb 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I usually findit nxt to Channel 4
2006-12-09 11:29:22 · answer #4 · answered by smiley face 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok channel 5 tv.
don't tell us the problem with it then
If you live on the south coast you cannot get it cos the french push out a greater signal
2006-12-05 23:47:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of channels on TV...
2006-12-05 23:51:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Channel 5 just incase you were wondering how to spell it, as we have no idea what your on about.
2006-12-05 23:53:37 · answer #7 · answered by uk_duggy_uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what about channel 5 TV. i don't really watch it me self
2006-12-06 00:03:29 · answer #8 · answered by tinkerbell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah after channel 4, on freeview and satellite !!
is this a question !!
2006-12-05 23:46:22 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
also known as the perfume channel
2006-12-05 23:46:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No mate, it's a perfume, not a TV. ;-P
2006-12-05 23:46:01 · answer #11 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋