Analog TV Shutoffs Collection: International Edition

[@RabidLeroy]

Having Domo wave goodbye at the NHK banner really gives the analog farewell message a nice touch. Australia on the Channel 7 front really did a good job too on the eastern sides.

[@SigmaRho2922]

TVO (channel 19) in Osaka ended regular programming on the analog signal five minutes early to broadcast a montage of image campaigns featuring Takoru-kun, which is the station’s mascot, before the mandatory information screens appeared. The second half of the montage was repeated again three minutes before the analog signal went silent at midnight the same day.

[@SigmaRho2922]

And on that day a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Kansai region with Mie and Nara prefectures suffering some damage.

[@DTPC2024]

Its strange that DOMO was also the name of an old store in romania

[@Yahirland375]

i thought domo had no eyes because of the screen reclection

[@galactiicrealness]

that seven one actually creeped me out a bit

[@TheUKNutter]

The UK one was by far the best. Actually helped explain what viewers must do in such a situation, especially for seniors who probably wouldn't know how to make the switch over.

[@TheUKNutter]

@@galactiicrealness It also provided the audience with an hour long live show on that very same TV channel, showing the history of analogue TV. I’ve forgotten the name, but it exists.

[@thevioletwild]

That's why I respect Wales and Northern Ireland for actually warning their viewers instead of cutting it off like some other regions.

[@TheUKNutter]

⁠@@thevioletwildI believe outside of Wales and Northern Ireland, it warned people in advert breaks and on real life billboards. BBC One also had a 1 hour one-off show dedicated to the history of analogue 2 hours before the switchover; you can find it on KZbin.

[@PanosDCC]

Here's a fun fact for you, at 11:35 when the greek Star Channel made the switch, the voice over the text which most of you probably thought was an unnecessarily sexy announcement, actually is the audio from an erotic phone line ad, so in this case there was not an actual analog TV shutdown, the text overlapped the video signal from the analog output which obviously continued, though I don't know for how long that was the case.

[@huskeeeeee]

Λογικά είναι απο τις καλές διαφημίσεις βραδινής ζώνης του Star. Απλά πετάξανε την κάρτα για την ψηφιακή μετάβαση και δεν κόψανε τον ήχο.

[@renakunisaki]

I was wondering if any channels suddenly started showing an entirely different channel that happened to be using the same frequency further away, that had normally been overpowered by the closer transmitter.

[@MysteriousFigure]

@@renakunisaki I think there was a video somewhere that showed one of the transmitters having bbc two switched off and instead of staying with the static like you might expect, it started showing ITV instead, though with a slightly fuzzy quality

[@real_randomuser]

Yeah. Sexy Iynekes had me dying

[@DcfcftgrfrFstefdff]

@@real_randomuser gynekes*

[@ActuallyYes]

I don’t know Channel 7 kangaroo shutdown one is so wholesome yet, so sad. I literally have tear out of my eye.

[@JaredtheRabbit]

I agree. It’s so cute, yet so sad. 😢

[@whyamiintotransformers]

Yeah ikr, It's a throwback to back in the day when they signed off for the night (this was during the late 60's / early 70's before broadcasting went 24/7) and the sign-offs were at 9pm sharp. The Channel 7 one was in Sydney (Melbourne and Brisbane had their own tributes as well) but undeniably, Sydney took the cake for best analogue switch off (in Australia, of course)

[@ForelliBoy]

It would've been sad for me if it didn't use the It's Always Sunny title card theme

[@kreuner11]

Imagine someone didn't know they were shutting analog so they just though television 7 just decided to shut down randomly

[@cactusjackNV]

Kind of hard to miss when it's in your face right before they shut it off. Good try though...well not really.

[@42seven]

@@cactusjackNV on some channels they didn't shut it off right away (at most they left it on a hour after the announcement)

[@Lab2016Productions]

7:51 static jumpscare alert

[@bellodubs5555]

timestamps: 0:07 Channel 7 Brisbane 1:05 Channel 7 Brisbane (digital and analog) 2:34 Multiple Australian channels 4:12 ATN 7 (Australia) 5:01 Channel 7 Melbourne 5:40 ATV 10 5:50 SBT (Brazil) 7:02 Rede TV 7:44 CityTV (Canada) (LOUD STATIC WARNING) 7:55 Radio-Canada (Quebec) 8:11 CBLT 5 (Canada) 8:22 CTV News Ottawa 8:57 HRT1 (Croatia) (the music is not from the tv) 9:06 HRT2 (Croatia) 9:22 DR 2 (Denmark) 9:33 Unknown (Finland) (edit: Nelonen) 9:59 Multiple channels (France) 10:24 Eurosport (Germany) 11:35 STAR TV (Greece) 12:13 TVB Pearl (Hong Kong) 12:25 M1 (Hungary) 13:15 RUV (Iceland) 13:47 Rai Due (Italy) 14:35 TBS (Japan) (they flip through channels after the message pops up) 15:45 NHK (Japan) 16:33 KBS1 (South Korea) 18:05 TVNZ 2 (New Zealand) 18:19 Channel 3 (Wellington, New Zealand) 18:35 TV3 (New Zealand) 18:52 Okto (Singapore) 19:09 STV2 (Slovakia) 19:21 ThaiPBS (Thailand) the rest is uk but im not gonna list all of that

[@thevioletwild]

Unknown (Singapore) is Okto if I do recall correctly. And 18:05 is TVNZ 2? I might not remember but just to say

[@TheUKNutter]

CityTV is a Canadian channel. 12:13 is TVB Pearl, in Hong Kong. 18:05 is TVNZ 2, in New Zealand. 18:35 This is New Zealand again. The channel is called TV3.

[@neoxneoxneoxneox]

There’s Also A German One Of Comedy Central/Nickelodeon Which It Shutdown On Analog kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqvPp5Vmbd5mmac

[@christinescreativitycabine280]

My favorites: Australian Channel 7's mini channel history, Domo waving bye-bye, BBC1 Wales spinning globe slowly fading out, and BBC1 Northern Ireland's cute robot with the on/off switch. Boo to all stations who just cut off in the middle of a program!

[@fruitcakedog1997]

That robot was actually the nationwide mascot for the UK’s digital switchover campaign. His name is Digit Al. :)

[@hurricaneian09L]

yeah boo to them!

[@Akh_123]

​@@fruitcakedog1997 us indonesian have our own but i forgot the name

[@SuperBloxTube]

Where I live (the UK), our region had all channels shut off mid programme I think. BBC One though might have given a pre warning to this (just like London and Scotland feeds) at least. Speaking of the UK, BBC One Northern Ireland had my favourite analogue sign off here. BBC One and S4C Wales also did good jobs. WNBC USA sign off (the one from Nightlight to Static), and the Channel 7 ones in Australia are definitely good as well. I’m gonna watch the one with Domo now.

[@sprihatutush3281]

Yeah screw them​@@hurricaneian09L

[@kostaspolyzos6540]

11:37 I'm laughing at this as a Greek There's a sex hotline ad heard when the card is shown I can even guess that this recording was around 2am till 5am lol

[@onhiatus-v4i]

This was prob taken around late 2009 because of the bad quality lol 11:35 for the full clip btw nvm the top text says 14 Ιανουαρίου 2010 which means January 14, 2010

[@Linus7671]

​@@onhiatus-v4iNope. January 2010.

[@kostaspolyzos6540]

​@@onhiatus-v4iwell on the top it says that from 10th January 2010 digital signal will stop in Thessaloniki so yeah

[@ertmnews9159]

5:49 - brazilians be like "LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!!! RATINHO!!!!" LOOOOOL! By the way, these cards were available for one more month when finally the analogue was shutoff. There's some brazilian cities with analogue tvs on air, due financial difficulties to convert to digital

[@Vinnytv7679]

Some cities and regions still have analog tv, because they still don't have activated digital channels, to accelerate the process the government created a program for the digital implantation in those areas, all the country will be 100% digital at the end of 2025.

[@OCV102]

Meanwhile after 9 pm in Germany on a kids channel: TV show with a grumpy loaf of bread named Bernd.

[@luisreyes1963]

I found the Japanese analog TV shutdown quite reassuring. 🎎

[@QueenDynamo]

A few of their local stations have the best analog farewells.

[@SigmaRho2922]

​@@QueenDynamo The signoff montage from TBC (JOIR, channel 1) was notable in that the Carpenters' song Yesterday Once More was played.

[@Vinnytv7679]

5:52 fun fact: SBT, Record and RedeTV in the last year's of analog television in Brazil they try to not turn off, they allegations are: the cost of the three networks are low to carry on cable service (an negociation made by the joint venture Simba Content, an company of the three networks stocks), but nothing is changed: the channels are carry with a cost of less than BRL 1,00

[@TheKoakuma]

Tem tbm o fato de que o canal 4 foi o único de SP a ser desligado duas vezes por determinação federal

[@Vinnytv7679]

​@@TheKoakumaa primeira vez (1980) foi por cassação, na qual retiraram dos Diários Associados por causa da crise da Tupi. A segunda (março de 2017) foi pelo fim da tv analógica, que não foi somente ela mas todos os outros canais da grande sp também fizeram.

[@blackpinknajwashihab]

13:46 lol I like this one, Rai.

[@hurricaneian09L]

ah i get it. your channel name. rai also reminds me of that typhoon

[@R2Y-VALIM]

Damn... Never thought about that the "Goodbye" animation would be used 😢

[@elizabethbuczkowski7188]

BBC one wales at least lampshades the extinction of analog TV, and that’s hilarious

[@rfart419]

12:49 This Hungarian Analog Shutdown video has folk songs.

[@Tails94able]

18:08 Poor Herbie. He got switched to digital TV. I'm guessing the movie is Herbie Fully Loaded (2005).

[@MeowCockadoodledoo]

the KBS part was kinda creepy....in the middle of Aegukga, suddenly cut off to grainy screen...嚇死我...

[@AlKusmantoro]

18:06 TVNZ1 and TVNZ2 shutoff without a fanfare (especially in Southland). In Auckland, TV3 ends analogue with a video that was used when they started broadcasting on November 1989 20:36 Wales is the first nation in the UK to switch off analogue. That was in 2010. 27:13 BBC Two London switch off without a fanfare or goodbye 28:00 BBC One Northern Ireland says goodbye to analogue properly. Their neighbours Republic of Ireland switched off analogue the following day.

[@2038Ounnak]

27:55 catch up with othe- *dies*

[@TheUKNutter]

BBC Two London did have a fanfare 2 hours before the switchover. There was a 1 hour one-off show dedicated to the history of analogue with a live audience!

[@AzamMujahidProductions]

i like how some of them was recorded using vhs making it like some sort of analog horror

[@kreuner11]

So you're saying when you record anything on VHS it's suddenly analog horror?

[@AzamMujahidProductions]

@@kreuner11 there's something interesting about vhs and analog horror, but that's bc i watched too many local 54

[@redeye_]

@@AzamMujahidProductions oh hey a new message. vhs has been around longer then analog horror.

[@AzamMujahidProductions]

@@redeye_ i know. watched so many gameplay videos recorded with vhs and wow. they look impressive, and also kind of nostalgic.

[@jay43396]

15:49 Tranlates to: Thank you for watching for a long time!

[@renakunisaki]

Imagine someone went off-grid for a few months but left their VCR set to record some shows, only to come back and find the channel shut down 😆

[@nazartverdokhlebov]

8:52 August- *dies* Squidward: AUGUST 12TH 2036, HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE, AUGUST 12TH 2036, HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE.

[@windowsmercurySP13]

12:23 TVB Pearl:Dies out

[@wellitsmelbell]

Why am I watching this late at night alone in the dark, this is a scary idea.

[@lovign749]

7:47 ep jumpscare

[@timespark]

5:17 _Good evening, our channel will be closing down in a few moments. But before we do, the news-_ *🔊THIS IS HERALD SUN TELEVISION THE TIME IS 9 O’CLOCK*

[@hurricaneian09L]

*beeps* and then *LITERALLY DIES WITH NO SOUND AT ALL*

[@Lab2016Productions]

met with *BLUE SCREEN*

[@JaredtheRabbit]

FilmFour was ahead of the times by already shutting down its analog service in 2000.

[@JaredtheRabbit]

@@whyamiintotransformers Okay.

[@whyamiintotransformers]

woops my mistake lol though it was 2004

[@justaguy9224]

Not really, because it was an analog satellite channel. Satellite television in Europe suddenly went from analog to digital in the late 90s early 2000s. German free-to-air satellite television was an exception tho, because their analog satellite services were shut down in 2012.

[@UNRECOGNIZED-WARNING]

18:11 you know what, now. This calls for plug pulling. (PULLS THE PLUG ON TV BROADCAST)

[@Podgorski37]

There's a much longer bit before HSV Sydney, but i understand why it's not included

[@Lab2016Productions]

It's ATN Sydney not HSV Sydney.

[@Lab2016Productions]

HSV is on Melbourne not in Sydney.

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

The extremely iconic rainbow screen of death 27:11

[@Vixiental]

HSV 7 in Melbourne has to be my favorite.

[@michaelbonner4126]

18:35 Zealand is about to say goodbye to analog.

[@asos_unofficial]

I love australia's "7 mate" channel.

[@wigwagstudios2474]

5:52 vinny saying speen

[@RogerMcReel-ot2gt]

5:22 this is Haroldson television.the time is 9 o clock (the final minute of analog) (fades away)

[@Linus7671]

Herald Sun Television (I think).

[@sirafoxtron1701]

19:38 Here's my country at ThaiPBS channel 3

[@BlackhawksFan2011]

1:00 bnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 4:21 “The Gang Pulls The Plug On Analog” 6:39 shoof 7:52 jumpscare 9:19 jumpscare 2 11:31 Du Fabrehen-cush shuhhhhhhhhhhhh 13:35 RIP SMASNUG 17:58 jumpscare 3 18:30 Or help someone have quieter static next time 29:52 worst quality i have ever seen 5:00 jumpscare 4: the 4 awakens

[@BlackhawksFan2011]

1:00 bye 2:30 bye 5:00 bye 5:33 bye 5:46 bye 6:39 bye 7:16 bye 7:52 bye 8:08 bye 8:19 bye 8:53 bye 9:04 bye 9:19 bye 9:27 bye 9:37 bye

[@nazartverdokhlebov]

11:32 Windows 3.1 Startup Sound but it's made with Static.

[@RGamer13]

11:29 Heist, s3xy, explosive. Du fabrehen- *static*

[@SigmaRho2922]

3/31/12 - The prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima had their digital switchover delayed due to the prefectures suffering severe damage in the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake.

[@zarielcolon3126]

Seven's TV Guy: Bye-bye!

[@SoyLuciano]

7:47 CityTV is also a thing in Colombia. MAN, I HATE WHEN KZbin DELETED MY VERY LONG COMMENT AND I HAD TO REWRITE ANYTHING FROM THE BEGINNING!

[@jita26televisi]

It is because the original CityTV here in Canada licensed the brand to the Colombian version. Pretty nice, huh?

[@jed9894]

In few words, the original CityTV is canadian.

[@rfart419]

11:38 Mega Tv Greece has a very sexy voice.

[@SoyLuciano]

Turns out the audio signal interfered with an ad of a sex hotline.

[@Ender1667]

💀💀💀

[@hurricaneian09L]

why the hell would people show a sex hotline

[@jita26televisi]

​@@hurricaneian09L for the most desperate

[@ptour_5719]

💀

[@baedenwilliams8291]

25:43 Was this the first channel in the UK to switch to digital satellite?

[@loaf_toast]

No BBC wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 was

[@baedenwilliams8291]

Oh, didn’t know that, thanks!

[@loaf_toast]

@VectpoliHomebrew Oh ok thanks

[@baedenwilliams8291]

But why did they turn it off? Is digital satellite better?

[@thevioletwild]

​@@baedenwilliams8291 Yes, it has up to 1080p video quality, surround sound, and more channels. They switched from analog satellite in 2001 in the UK because many viewers were already using SKY Digital.

[@MarcelinaSamayatin]

25:34 "All Welsh analog gone!" Even though this feels sad, I don't know why I felt like laughing.

[@thevioletwild]

Probably because of how they wrote the text.

[@Prof_Lithium]

20:35 That sounds an insult to analog users telling that the next program is only viewable on digital channel. 😂

[@purplered7694]

What i find interesting about both of brazil's analog shutdowns, (at 6:37 and 7:15) is that they both have a message after pressing the button and not beforehand, like the button was programmed to display that and THEN cut to static, unlike most US shutdowns. I wish i could've seen these happen, but they happened only a year before i was born, sucks to suck ig

[@80721]

14:37 air was being forced out of my front speakers it was so loud 😂

[@kaboomgamer333]

why are these so much better than most of the US ones

[@jlvanss]

7:48 scary jumpscare get ready

[@onhiatus-v4i]

12:32 EN Translator 🇺🇸: Don’t wait! Switch now!

[@koiyune]

MINDIGTV

[@ranelaan767]

27:55 Catch up with ot- *dies*

[@newredcolorchannelinthailand]

19:21 My Country

[@mellowapocalypse]

The BBC one wales was my favorite it’s kind of a sweet goodbye

[@MeowCockadoodledoo]

meanwhile the S'pore man in the Singapore part: "....die!!!!! finally..."

[@hurricaneian09L]

lol😊

[@shrimpfry880]

the music from 12:47 actually comes from a non-hungarian radio station

[@SoyLuciano]

Maybe a Slovak radio station? Austrian? Slovene?

[@JovanLemon]

a bit late but the person speaking i think is croatian, at least it sounds like it to me as a serb

[@SoyLuciano]

@@JovanLemon Makes since given the Hungarian border. There-s some accordions, so most likely Serbian.

[@Linus7671]

It's not from a radio station. This is just the audio of M1 Hungary.

[@fishfoodrealgps]

11:38 why'd they put on a (you know what) hotline ad during the switchover lol

[@coems2874]

11:38 This is actually not the announcement voice, this is a segs hotline ad

[@Чбфанбсодканал]

13:57 in 2010, change the Square.

[@ShinjouOfficial]

5:49 its from my country!

[@GerisianeGerisianebarrosCalist]

Vc Vai no B4ÁSĮL

[@DanielFDcaroca]

PBS Thailand will no longer be available on analog TV. If you are reading this message, your TV is not DTV-ready There's action needed. You need a digital converter box to keep watching PBS Thailand. Cable or satellite viewers will not be affected.

[@DcfcftgrfrFstefdff]

"program from zumba fitness, heist,sexy,explosive-" *dies*

[@THEACTUALLDL123]

Strangely, no footage of my country analog shut down exist.

[@CarabaylloFMDX]

Goodbye Seven 7 Brisbane analog and be like rarevision analog switch over 0:28

[@ftjm69]

4:18 The gang shuts off analog television in Sydney

[@SkylerGamesYT2]

Are we not going to talk about 0:39 and 2:09 and 3:37 when it was showing 9/11 that showed like 3 times-

[@real_randomuser]

Dang. I didn't noticed

[@elias4407]

🎉

[@nazartverdokhlebov]

7:51 *G dies very quickly*

[@nc_official2018]

Philippines analog TV shutdown is coming this year 2023...

[@thelocaldiamondvideoeditorplus]

15:24 well it is a anti-piracy screen dudes!

[@Fortnitestuff465]

18:36 perfectly timed

[@Lab2016Productions]

11:29 "hiest! sexy! explosive!" explosive it is

[@Lab2016Productions]

11:21

[@bensuguneri]

from 25:44 to 27:03 this one is sooo eerie for 00’s

[@rhnn9399]

ow hei, pls update this because indonesia just switch off analog tv broadcast a few weeks ago

[@ChampToonkles263]

5:26 "The time is 9 o'clock." Famous last words...

[@ChampToonkles263]

7:48 This is CityTV. *dies*

[@ChampToonkles263]

14:35 日本が参入 "Japan Comes In"

[@loaf_toast]

Good thing Dish and Directv Exists

[@lulugamer8082]

7:50 JUMPSCARE WARNING!

[@kirilvelinov7774]

HRT(Hinaland) Analog signoff(2015)

[@kirilvelinov7774]

Trilingual Hina-BR(latin)-KO(hanzi)

[@nttotd4611]

What racing show was that before being switched

[@Pepek94]

Poland is unfortunately skipped.

[@igorsiuda8108]

I've found a video about TV analog shutoff in Lebus voivodeship (polish voivodeship named after German border city of Lebus, which, in fact, it should be renamed to "Gorzów-Zielona Góra Voivodeship" (after capitals of it) or "Eastern Greater Polish Voivodeship", after region it partially covers, the Greater Poland west to Poznań): kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGrHlICwp7KMq6c. It was switched off on December 7th, 2012, at 4.15 AM.

[@oregano1246]

It's called Lubuskie Voivodeship and the region is called Ziemia Lubuska

[@rubiks_20]

6:30 😫

[@redRover_43]

HELP: I can't find the video editor for this PLS tell the name of this video editor!!!

[@hassansyed5661]

Old memories 😢

[@pietrozin636]

🇧🇷 Alô meu Brasil! 🇧🇷 5:50 7:02

[@rnc_dallas]

18:37 BBC broadcast real voice

[@GerisianeGerisianebarrosCalist]

8:52 August-dies

[@kirilvelinov7774]

Telefe(Argentina) analog shutdown(BTQ-7 style) 2013 Music:Ode to Joy Videos featured: The countdown 1986(Diego Maradona wins the world cup) Some other random videos from 1950s-2000s FIN. CANAL ONCE(11) 1956-2013

[@kirilvelinov7774]

This is Television 11... Buenos Aires!

[@SomeguyfromtheMirrorworld2004]

0:25 This Goes Hard

[@BonniePlex]

14:03 this is just to get back to where I was

[@BuraksMemesVlogsAndAnimeツ]

12:41 old Tv 13:27 test

[@ardirahmanhto]

Today Indonesia new analogue switch off only Jabodetabek city 3th November 2022

[@bluebarsofboredom]

8:18 perfect timing

[@bluebarsofboredom]

10:29 e

[@bluebarsofboredom]

11:06 y

[@bluebarsofboredom]

11:12 v

[@bluebarsofboredom]

12:26 k

[@bluebarsofboredom]

13:24 b

[@hayleywaalen2612]

Domo waved Bye Bye!

[@ianmartinez2370]

ABS-CBN Regional and ABS-CBN Sports on

[@ianmartinez2370]

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN Regional Channel and ABS-CBN Sports+Action on

[@ianmartinez2370]

ABS-CBN TV Plus ABS-CBN TV Plus Go and Sky Direct

[@QueenDynamo]

@@ianmartinez2370 Channel 2 closed down due to a Cease and Desist Order from the National Telecommunications Commission, not an analog shutdown. If the Lopez folks sorted out their sh*t with the government and the NTC, ABS-CBN would have had a grand analog farewell by 2023.

[@SigmaRho2922]

On that day affiliates of NNN aired a news program about the digital switchover, while JNN and Fuji stations aired special editions of variety shows.

[@GerisianeGerisianebarrosCalist]

7:51 citytv jumpscare

[@reginaldobarbosa4185]

Part 2 please

[@Yorakhunt117]

Would like some translation next time

[@kirilvelinov7774]

I have two televisions One is from 1990 The other is from 2015 The 1990 one is staticking

[@boxepic]

this one is the most uncomfortable by the voice 11:35

[@donpenny2823]

ZUMBA FITNESS! HEIST! SEXY! EXPLOSIVE!

[@hurricaneian09L]

What the hell

[@SonicAfton7]

Can we get a o7 to the analog channels

[@fishfoodrealgps]

yes o7