ITV Digital closure - News reports 30 April 2002 - BBC & ITN/ITV

ITV Digital closure - News reports 30 April 2002 - BBC and ITN/ITV, followed by ITV digital test card and text information pages

[@asterickjones]

At least thanks to this there is now a plethora of free channels available in digital which there wouldn't have been had this succeeded.

[@christopherhulse8385]

I lost over £100 as i'd paid up front for a year's worth of viewing, i got back around £10 from the creditors 3 years later, that was it for me with subscription TV, i never bothered again.

[@Dean256]

This got freeview up and running and was the best option

[@robertcomer2767]

Utter incompetence from Granada Television yet again. First BSB, then this and then let's botch up ITV completely.

[@carlkane7450]

i had on digital they were useless you would get through and after telling them you were phoning about youre account you had to constantly repeat yourself,i finally got rid of them after blasting them on the phone good riddance to bad rubbish.

[@riceymartin2203]

Why does the still image at 4:20 look like it could be a potential meme? Edit: Russel Hayes judges you

[@theftmoxi5]

Meme of russel: unsaleable

[@rubymatthews2698]

I never knew this was a thing

[@mistie710]

Oh yes. And it appears that they were too broke to even use a spellchecker!

[@picoultimate7707]

Fortunately, the monkey wasn't entirely dead following this catastrophe. I remember seeing the duo representing the PG Tips tea brand on adverts following ITV Digital's fall. A not-as-significant role as before, but still a charming one regardless.

[@johncarloscruz4000]

ITV digital is now signing off

[@markgenner1747]

Tuesday 30th April 2002

[@markgenner1747]

It Was A Good Month

[@killcar5nbike2]

Remember them trying to get the receiver boxes back from subscribers later that year. Like they were going to be able to do anything with them. Let folks keep them in the end, which was great as everyone had already chucked them by that point.

[@fusakei1825]

i remember this all happening like maybe not 2002 but some switch from digital thing happened when i was young but i still have no idea what it means and what the fuck changed in my life

[@trallere6813]

this is so british and i am PROUD

[@johncarloscruz4000]

Franchise renewal

[@miloroberts5883]

Channel 4, now its ITV, !Me thinks there is a foot?

[@jeffreyboggleton]

At least Channel 4 contained 4Music and or 4Sports. ITV did neither. Step up ITV!

[@antonystevens]

this is how Freeview was born by I T V Digital Set the basic infrastructure for Freeview to be successful in the end

[@123_Pop_It]

0:37 OnE dAy ThErE wAs a BiG tHiNg CaLlEd OnDigtal AnD tHeN iTs NaMe cHaNeD tO ITVDigtal :) 0_o yay lol

[@Hertfordshire247]

Caroline Kerr has a rather unfortunate surname.

[@MrKpsuk84]

Feel sorry for her brother Wayne 😄

[@Hertfordshire247]

@@MrKpsuk84 My point exactly good sir to those that know proper English and not made up "MURICAN" English.

[@jeffreyboggleton]

Wayne Kerr, Wayn Kerr, Wanker! Ha!

[@Hertfordshire247]

@@jeffreyboggleton You clearly were bullied at school with a surname like that at secondary school.

[@jeffreyboggleton]

It's not my actual name, my first name is actually another word for rabbit hole.

[@hassansyed5661]

NDS crashed ITV digital

[@alextv3778]

i4grutu

[@heathert9851]

Baby shark do do do do do do