Fox Kids/ National Geographic handover - October 1998

[pixargod]

I miss fox kids so much.

[tmisch64]

Since when did they sell Nesquik cereal? As far as I know, there aren't any Nestle made cereals in the US.

[steviegTVreturns]

@tmisch64 This was recorded off the British version of Fox Kids and Nat Geo, other than that I can't comment on whether Nestle makes cereals in the US.

[tmisch64]

Now that Tonn Disney and Jetix have been replaced in the states by Disney XD, the former Fox Kids/Jetix channel is going to become Disney XD UK.

[RockeyJesse20]

I wonder not just the uk , will it be disney xd europe?

[myanthony1]

Wait- didn't NGC timeshare with NBC Europe?

[steviegTVreturns]

There were two versions of NGC, the one you see here was on Astra from 7pm to 1am after Fox Kids. The other one replaced NBC Europe in July 1998, that broadcast from 11am to 5am (7pm-1am having the same schedule as Astra), 5am to 11am was CNBC Europe. I think regular Nat Geo programmes ran on NBC Europe.

[573W1E6R1FF1N]

Didnt FOx Kids share the same transponder as Sky 2 before it closed - So did NGC replace it

[ResidentHD]

Yep, it did. National Geographic replaced Sky 2 on transponder 7 in September 1997

[TheAnnihilator778]

Didn't Cable & Wireless carry NGC, i seem to remember it being on there.

[AnthonyUK]

They carried the shared Astra1A satellite feed as here

[AnthonyUK]

At the time Fox Kids and NGC shared channel 7on the Astra1A satellite at 19.2degE in PAL Videocrypt1 as part of the BSkyB Multichannels package. Sometimes on analogue cable there was a messy jumpy transition of the switchover when channels handed over to each other.

[myanthony1]

When did you get digital?

[steviegTVreturns]

We got NTL Digital in 2000, but I'm a bit of a techno head, I would have gone for Sky, if it was up to me ;)

[myanthony1]

BskyB and Fox are both owned by News Corporation.

[steviegTVreturns]

BSkyB isn't fully NewsCorp, it's only something like 38%, so the rest of that are the other shareholders as it's a PLC, but they're both in the same boat.

[Weekrulez]

a my typo on my last comment excuse me, "I DO think it didn't last"

[Weekrulez]

Oh then it was just that Fox Kids continued running until 7pm every evening although they were on a seperate transponder.. don't know when it's gone full hours, anyways I don't think it didn't last to broadcast until that early for a long time on Sky.. by the way, thanks for the infos!

[myanthony1]

It became 24 hours in 1998.

[Weekrulez]

Ops, with "satellite" I meant of course digital satellite

[steviegTVreturns]

On Digital Satellite/Sky Digital it didn't, they were on seperate channels NGC basically went all day broadcasting when Sky Digital started.

[Weekrulez]

Oh thanks for having put it again! Anyways this handover between Fox Kids and NatGeo if I'm right continued on satellite too, but I'm not sure.. do you know if they had and when they've gone both 24 hours on different transponders?

[myanthony1]

Sky 2 used to timeshare with Fox Kids and after Sky 2 closed National Geographic took over.

[steviegTVreturns]

Indeed it did, they even ran a National Geographic preview one evening on Sky 2 to promote it, believe it or not. When NBC Europe closed down in 1998, National Geographic replaced it on (European) Satellite, so they got an added boost there.

[tmisch64]

I've been waiting for you to repost this!

[steviegTVreturns]

I totally forgot about this clip, another member PMed me about it, so I thought I'd do it whilst I was uploading the rest. Hope you enjoy it.