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for TuvaluTuvalu , formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls...
, see .tv.tv is the Internet country code top-level domain for the islands of Tuvalu.Except for reserved names like .com.tv, .net.tv, .org.tv and others, any person in the world can register a .tv domain for a fee...
.tv (Pronounced as 'Dot TV', referred to onscreen as .tv - the technology channel) was a BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
channel dedicated to technology. .tv was owned and operated by British Sky BroadcastingBritish Sky Broadcasting is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the UK and Ireland. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. It is the UK's largest pay TV provider...
. The channel began broadcasting on 1 September 1996 as The Computer Channel and broadcast between 6pm and 8pm. The broadcasting hours were increased to 12pm to 12am when The Computer Channel (by now .tv) started broadcasting on British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite platform, Sky Digital in 1998.
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border="0" align="right" cellspacing="5" width="20%"> A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country ....
for TuvaluTuvalu , formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls...
, see .tv.tv is the Internet country code top-level domain for the islands of Tuvalu.Except for reserved names like .com.tv, .net.tv, .org.tv and others, any person in the world can register a .tv domain for a fee...
.tv (Pronounced as 'Dot TV', referred to onscreen as .tv - the technology channel) was a BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
channel dedicated to technology. .tv was owned and operated by British Sky BroadcastingBritish Sky Broadcasting is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the UK and Ireland. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. It is the UK's largest pay TV provider...
. The channel began broadcasting on 1 September 1996 as The Computer Channel and broadcast between 6pm and 8pm. The broadcasting hours were increased to 12pm to 12am when The Computer Channel (by now .tv) started broadcasting on British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite platform, Sky Digital in 1998. In 1999 the channel interviewed then MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices...
, CEO Bill GatesWilliam Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, philanthropist, and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen.He is ranked consistently one of the world's wealthiest people...
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Towards the end of its run, .tv implemented several new shows heavily sponsored by online technology store dabs.comdabs.com is an e-commerce retailer in the United Kingdom. It is one of the UK's largest internet retailers of IT and technology products. Dabs.com was founded in Bolton by David Atherton in 1987, and has subsequently grown to employ more than 200 people, with annual revenue of £200m from 5000...
, promoting products which were available at that site. .tv was closed on 2 September 2001 because of low audience ratings. Most of the programmes were produced by Prospect PicturesProspect Pictures is an independent TV production company specializing in factual programming from daytime features to cinema documentaries.Founded in 1988, Prospect built its reputation through being one of the UK ’s largest suppliers of lifestyle and cookery programming, most notably with ITV1's...
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Programming
- Buyers Guide - 20 minute weekday show that reviewed gadgets (such as PDAs
A personal digital assistant is a handheld computer, also known as a palmtop computer. Newer PDAs commonly have color screens and audio capabilities, enabling them to be used as mobile phones , web browsers, or portable media players. Many PDAs can access the Internet, intranets or extranets...
and printersIn computing, a printer is a peripheral which produces a hard copy of documents stored in electronic form, usually on physical print media such as paper or transparencies. Many printers are primarily used as local peripherals, and are attached by a printer cable or, in most newer printers, a USB...
), computers and software (such as computer games"Computer Games" is a single by New Zealand group, Mi-Sex released in 1979 in Australia and New Zealand and in 1981 throughout Europe. It was the single that launched the band, and was hugely popular, particularly in Australia and New Zealand...
, operating systems and photo manipulationPhoto manipulation is the application of image editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception , through analog or digital means...
). Presented by Will HanrahanWilliam Hanrahan is a British television personality best known for working on BBC programs such as Watchdog and Good Morning. He has headed, since 1994, his own independent TV company and is also a law graduate with considerable experience in consumer and legal programming.- Television and radio...
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- Chips with Everything - 20 minute weekday show presented by Kate Russell
Kate Russell is a technology reporter who first appeared on an old BSkyB channel called The Computer Channel, which was later renamed to .tv. She used to present shows called Chips With Everything and Which On-air...
with guests trying to answer computer related questions that were sent in by viewers. Guests included Roger Gann, James Morris, Simon Smart and Nigel Whitfield.
- Ex Machina - 30 minute weekly show that went behind the scenes of digitally produced entertainment (computer games, films and television programmes).
- Games World - (later renamed Game Over) - variable-format videogame magazine show.
- Games republic
Games Republic was a 30 minute TV game show which was broadcast on BSkyB's .tv channel from 1999 to 2000. It had an Egyptian theme and was hosted by Trevor and Simon....
- A question based video game quiz show, presented by Trevor and SimonTrevor Neal and Simon Hickson are a British comedy duo, best known for their contributions to the BBC1 children's television series Going Live! and Live & Kicking during the late 1980s and throughout much of the 1990s...
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- "404 Not Found" - An off beat news and reviews show with regular viewer letters and emails.
- Global Village - 30 minute weekly show that looked at how technology was revolutionising our homes from an international perspective.
- Masterclass - 20 minute weekday show that gave tutorials on how to use features from programs like Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , Atari ST , SCO UNIX, OS/2, and Microsoft...
, Adobe PhotoshopAdobe Photoshop, or simply Photoshop, is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems. It is the current market leader for commercial bitmap and image manipulation software, and is the flagship product of Adobe Systems...
and Nero Burning ROMNero is a popular software suite for Microsoft Windows and Linux by Nero AG, formerly Ahead Software. The principal component of the software bundle is Nero Burning ROM.- Products included in the suite :The following applications are included in Nero 9 :...
. For the majority of the run, the show was presented by Richard ToppingRichard Topping started his career as a bar manager at the Beacon Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, and then went on-stage as a stand-up comedian on the London club circuit in the late 1980s. He moved into television in the 1990s, co-hosting several shows including BBC's This Multimedia Business, The...
, affectionately known as "Toppers." He left the show to pursue a successful career in writing. His replacement was comedian Marc Haynes- Biography :Marc Haynes was brought up in London. He studied English at the University of Leeds before winning the 1998 edition of The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Awards for stand-up comedy, the finals of which also featured Stephen Merchant and Dan Antopolski....
, who fronted the show until the channel closed.
Buyers Guide, Masterclass and Chips with Everything were repeated as omnibus editions (the weekday editions broadcasted as one programme) on weekends.
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