BBC TV Europe

BBC TV Europe
Country	United Kingdom(for external consumption only)
Broadcast area	Europe (except theUnited Kingdom)
Headquarters	Headquarters (Europe):; BBC TV Europe News Centre,BBC Television Centre,London, United Kingdom
Programming
Language(s)	English
Ownership
Owner	BBC
History
Launched	4 June 1987;37 years agoas BBC 1/2 Mix in Scandinavia; 1 April 1989;35 years agoas BBC TV Europe for the whole of Europe
Closed	11 March 1991;33 years ago(Europe)
Replaced by	BBC World Service Television Europe; (11 March 1991 – 16 January 1995)

BBC TV Europewas aBBCsubscription-funded television service established in 1987, servingcontinental Europe,initiallyScandinavia.^[1]It was available onsatelliteandcable.^[2]

The channel was branded asBBC 1/2 Mixwhen it launched on 4 June 1987, but was rebrandedBBC TV Europeon 1 April 1989.^[2]^[3]

Initially, two regional telecommunications companies inDenmark,KTAS (Københavns Telefon A/S)and JTAS (Jydsk Telefon A/S) contacted the BBC with a view to retransmit bothBBC1and2on theircable networksin Denmark, offering the BBC payment to cover the costs of the satellite slots. The BBC's commercial division,BBC Enterprises,looked into the proposal but found it would be impossible to securerightsfor this. This led the BBC to instead create a separate new channel for Denmark, known as BBC 1/2 Mix. This later expanded toNorwayin late 1987 andSwedenin early 1988.^[4]^[5]^[6]

The channel broadcast a mix of the programmes shown onBBC1andBBC2in the United Kingdom, as well as the BBC's domesticBBC Six O'Clock Newsbulletin, together with the regional news service from London. BBC1 programming took priority: when a programme on BBC1 could not be shown on the channel for rights reasons, it was replaced with a programme shown on BBC2.^[2]

The channel made its formal launch inPortugalat the facilities of theBritish CouncilinLisbonon 20 April 1989.^[7]The channel's schedule averaged seventeen hours a day, from 7am to midnight. Piracy was a recurring issue, as such the BBC had to hire sales agents by country for the sale of authorised BBC TV Europe decoders and subscriptions.^[8]

The channel was managed and operated by the BBC, but jointly marketed by the two Danish telecommunications companies. However, they were not able to make a profit from the channel, and sold their interest in it to the BBC, which renamed itBBC TV Europeand took full control of its operations and commercialisation, making it available to the whole ofWesternandNorthern Europe(excluding the UK), and also making it officially available for individual viewers who wished to receive it directly via satellite by means of subscription. In 1990, a second service for non-UK viewers entitled "Enterprise Channel" was launched to complement the main BBC TV Europe service, but by the end of that year it had been folded back into the existing network.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

The channel also carriedthe English team's matches in the1990 FIFA World Cup.^[15]

On 11 March 1991 the channel was replaced byBBC World Service Television.^[16]

References

^Reinventing Public Service Communication: European Broadcasters and Beyond,Petros Iosifidis Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, page 107
^^a ^b ^cSatellite Television in Western Europe,Richard Collins, John Libbey, 1992, page 70
^Transponder NewsTeleSat News, 21 July 1996
^Transnational Television in Europe: Reconfiguring Global Communications Networks,Jean K. Chalaby, I.B.Tauris, 2009
^Elektor Electronics,Vol. 15, No. 171, October 1989
^BBC TV EuropeatAstra 2 Sat.com
^"BBC EUROPEAN SERVICE FOR PORTUGAL".The Anglo-Portuguese News.20 April 1989.
^"BBC APPOINTS AGENTS FOR TV EUROPE".The Anglo-Portuguese News.25 May 1989.
^BBC European TVat Vintage Broadcasting
^BBC Engineering Information,No. 39, Autumn 1989 Archived8 August 2017 at theWayback Machine,pages 1, 4
^BBC Engineering Information,No. 40, Spring 1990 Archived23 September 2015 at theWayback Machine,page 11
^JPRS Report - Science & Technology (Europe),Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 16 January 1990, page 8
^Internationale Werbung in supranationalen Fernsehprogrammen,Matthias Stelzer,Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH,1994
^Passeport pour les médias de demain,Jean-Michel Saillant, Presses Universitaires de Lille, 1994
^"RUSSIANS ALREADY OUT OF WORLD CUP BUT ENGLAND'S FATE STILL UNDECIDED".The Anglo-Portuguese News.21 June 1990.
^Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: A Guide to Information Sources,Barrie I. MacDonald, Mansell, 1993, page 84

[1] Reinventing Public Service Communication: European Broadcasters and Beyond,Petros Iosifidis Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, page 107

[Collins-2] Satellite Television in Western Europe,Richard Collins, John Libbey, 1992, page 70

[3] Transponder NewsTeleSat News, 21 July 1996

[4] Transnational Television in Europe: Reconfiguring Global Communications Networks,Jean K. Chalaby, I.B.Tauris, 2009

[5] Elektor Electronics,Vol. 15, No. 171, October 1989

[6] BBC TV EuropeatAstra 2 Sat.com

[7] "BBC EUROPEAN SERVICE FOR PORTUGAL".The Anglo-Portuguese News.20 April 1989.

[8] "BBC APPOINTS AGENTS FOR TV EUROPE".The Anglo-Portuguese News.25 May 1989.

[9] BBC European TVat Vintage Broadcasting

[10] BBC Engineering Information,No. 39, Autumn 1989 Archived8 August 2017 at theWayback Machine,pages 1, 4

[11] BBC Engineering Information,No. 40, Spring 1990 Archived23 September 2015 at theWayback Machine,page 11

[12] JPRS Report - Science & Technology (Europe),Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 16 January 1990, page 8

[13] Internationale Werbung in supranationalen Fernsehprogrammen,Matthias Stelzer,Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH,1994

[14] Passeport pour les médias de demain,Jean-Michel Saillant, Presses Universitaires de Lille, 1994

[15] "RUSSIANS ALREADY OUT OF WORLD CUP BUT ENGLAND'S FATE STILL UNDECIDED".The Anglo-Portuguese News.21 June 1990.

[16] Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: A Guide to Information Sources,Barrie I. MacDonald, Mansell, 1993, page 84

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