BREAKING NEWS ITV has agreed a £1.6bn deal with Sky, for its media and entertainment arm following months of talks. news.sky.com/story/sky-to...

Ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha You been smoking that crack pipe fella This “slabbing” shite, it’s nuts. A $20 Betamax Tape. Do these really sell? Or is just Money Laundering? It’s just fucking bonkers

#OTD - 5 July 1954 BBC launched its first daily television news bulletin, News and Newsreel, replacing Television Newsreel. Read by Richard Baker from Alexandra Palace, it combined live news with filmed reports, marking the birth of modern BBC TV news. #BBCTelevision #BBCTVNews

What-ho, pop pickers. Join us at 11am over on @allfm.bsky.social for these chazz-tastic tunes. This is one of 4 shows I have "in the bag" - both James & I are away for some of August, so if you want to do a listeners choice get in touch 🥁🪇🎷🪊🎹 See you 'pon thx morrow! Pip pip! Jx

At last! Chazza dry spell has been broken It’s been about 8 weeks, nothing. Only one thing & it’s not especially exciting, but it’s something Ray Conniff, single sided, white label promo LP. 50p. Woo Hoo. Side 2 looks like test tones How John Menzies ended up with this… In Store Promo Playback?

So the BBC has cancelled Winter Watch, but Mrs Browns Boys continues……. In other news, Strictly welcomes the Kardashian’s Hairdresser as a “Celebrity” contestant FFS!

Delighted to this one over the line! #SimpleMinds 1985 album 'Once Upon A Time' has been remixed in Dolby Atmos by original co-producer Bob Clearmountain and is featured on this forthcoming SDE blu-ray with a host of other mixes/content. More > bit.ly/4yja3Vt

Betacam SP is now 40 years old If you’ve got Betacam Tapes, time is running out. Some Tapes are beginning to fail, Decks are getting harder to maintain - Spares & Heads We can Capture & Digitise Betacam SP & all Betacam variants - PAL & NTSC, drop us a line

40 years I’ve been doing this FORTY!! I still keep saying “well, I thought I’d seen it all, but…..” Spotted in Sussex Village yesterday afternoon #DishCam

#OTD - 1 July 1958 BBC Test Card C modified with BBC identification and extra centre arrows #BBC #BBCTestCard #BBCTestCards #TestCard #TestCardHistory #TestCardC

Ep 77. Rolling Stones merch, a listener's fever dream, more Flip Vinyl shenanigans, @justplayed.bsky.social new vinyl reviews, The Flaming Lips (again), news, features, vinyl stupidity and of course a quiz. pod.link/1456163688 Support the show. ko-fi.com/webuyrecords

Well done Broadcasters Tributes to Dame Penelope tonight BBC 2 have an episode of The Good Life Channel 5 have Thanks for The Good Life Both at 7 pm

Farewell Dame Penelope

Today's chazza classixs, in case you missed it 👇👇😎🫡🎇 www.mixcloud.com/CharityShopC...

Ah look, been back every night. Bless. ❤️❤️🦔🦔

Here’s one if you fancy pretending you’re at the seaside (in perhaps more ‘reasonable’ temperatures), listening to the waves and trying to spot that skylark overhead. drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/track/longsh...

#OTD 24 June 1946. The BBC released "Television Is Here Again", a pictorial record of pre-war television productions, and also a look to what the future might contain. This was used as a test film for engineers installing new television receivers, and for retailers to demonstrate new receivers.

Only one word for it

This week, I will not be going in lofts or on roofs

See, this shit REALLY pisses me off. Get the fans to buy them early, limited edition blah blah blah THEN do a Signed Fan Edition. Yeah, the Fans have already brought them, you gits! I’m out @webuyrecords.bsky.social @vinylstupidity.bsky.social

Tis #TapeBoxTuesday Something from the 60s. Love the artwork, typefaces & basic colours they used. Very stylish, well I think so Philips 5”, 1/4” Reel to Reel Tape. This one is more about the insert. Shows running time of different tapes, at different speeds, on a “twin track” system - Half Track

New thing that I have some involvement in now available for pre-order on 45, and I've just seen this nice review at Monkeyboxing too! Bandcamp links on the review page : monkeyboxing.com/the-mose-dil...

RIP Clive Davis, Music Executive, has died aged 94 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

I’m clearly missing a trick here Any Bands, Labels, Musicians looking to make some money Ive got the kit, you’ve got the talent, let’s make lots of money This is nuts. For this kinda money Im not paying more for better sticky tape n rust @vinylstupidity.bsky.social @webuyrecords.bsky.social

Morning! Join us at 11am for two hours of excitable parping, dubby wonder and bombastic horns. Only on @allfm.bsky.social - 96.9fm for Retromaxx vibes, nodding to modernity on allfm.org or leaping into the future via DAB or apps. Laters, taters ✌️ Jase X

Life is tough enough for Retail Staff on the front line, shoplifting, rude customers, poor pay, list goes on Did a Service Call yesterday, for a High St Brand. Audio system fault, fixed it Music was dire “what is this?” I asked “HO have moved to 100% AI generated music platform, to save money”

Unusual job through the door this week A dozen 3.5” Floppy Disks from 1998/99 with assorted files & pictures on Hadn’t seen this version before, though they had been reformatted before use Still nice to hear the XP Start Up These were from a fellow Archiver, always nice to help one of the crew

Just spotted in the wild, a rare copy of the Disco Album @beanygreen.bsky.social recorded under one of his many pseudonyms

A buddy dropped off a well dodgy VHS Bootleg of KLF TV appearances a few weeks ago. Asked me to digitise it for him On my Lordy, it’s a beautiful snapshot of time. Memories of late night Fri & Sat, after pub, TV Magenta De Vine Muriel Grey Katie Puckrik Terry Christian Of course Tammy Wynette

Can someone please distract Mrs J, cause @maffrj.bsky.social wants to get his credit card out

One question I get asked is: you say you're bringing back Ceefax, but what about the Bamboozle quiz? Well, worry ye not. To celebrate the by-election and the wonders of democracy, I'm delighted to present all-new #Makerfield BINBOOZLE. Can you get them all right? #VoteBinface

New Arrival at AVAV Towers Dual Disc - Promo Demo Disc 2005 Short lived Optical Disc Format One side CD, the other DVD. Seemed like a good idea to me Some players couldn’t read the CD layer, as it was thinner & the optical focus was different DVD layer was HiRes, 5.1 mix, Video or a mix thereof

Can confirm a wide selection of fine mid-tempo beats to suit all walking speeds - get those steps in! Operatives are standing by / jogging on the spot to take your orders. drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com

That’s a relief, first Archiving Job through the door in 6 weeks. Would have panicked, but all my archiving buddies are reporting the same Anyway, back on the horse, a snapped & jammed VHS Tape. All sorted & captured Originally a Cine to VHS conversion by a long gone local Camera Shop

Far left hand rear window looks on a shrub with a feeder hanging it. Finches, Tits, Starlings, Robins, Sparrows, all day long Just looked out, he’s been busted, he knows it, GUILTY. Look at the thieving little bugger

Roger Cook, the pioneering investigative reporter who built a career confronting criminals face-to-face on camera and challenging them on their own doorstep, has died aged 83. news.sky.com/story/bluesk...

We remember... John Logie Baird - inventor 13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946 Age 57 John demonstrated the world's first mechanical TV system in 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube.

#OTD 14 June 1946 - John Logie Baird died aged 57. Best known for pioneering television and demonstrating the world’s first working TV system, he spent his final years developing advanced colour and large-screen television technologies that were decades ahead of their time. #JohnLogieBaird #TV

I’m proud to say, I always thought he was an odious prick. Nothing hes done in the last 50 years has convinced me otherwise @vinylstupidity.bsky.social

It’s 2026 & we have a New Physical Format! Gather round children MiniVerse Real Music (?) Player Complete Audio System (?) Real Vinyl Records (?) Turntable that spins…. Each one plays a 30 sec clip of “Real Music” 4 Records £9.99 in a ball Oh Tim @webuyrecords.bsky.social is gonna love it

Musk is set to become a trillionaire today. 👀 Location near Tesla’s flagship London store, UK. 🎥 @everyonehateselon.bsky.social

Those two weeks went quickly! The #TinaTurner 'Private Dancer' SDE blu-ray pre-order ENDS TODAY. Info and pre-order links > bit.ly/4fCduQ3

@vinylcarbooty.bsky.social Ever heard of her? 😉

Hooray! He’s back! Bit late this year, was worried we weren’t going to see one 🦔🦔🦔🦔

Money Money Money Must be funny, in a rich man’s world New Merch Drop, form a queue ladies and gentlemen, plenty to go round @webuyrecords.bsky.social

New #LaserDisc Ephemera at AVAV Towers Television Magazine June 1974 Philips VLP - Video Long Play Video Disc Early version, no mention of LaserVision. Spec based on what would become CAV Format, offering 30 mins a side. No mention of CLV at all, must have been later development

Tis #TapeBoxTuesday Something almost as old as I am! Shibaden Open Reel Video 1967-69 Early Rare Skip Field Video Format 1/2” Tape, 7.5ips Pre dates EIAJ BBC had the “Shib Shed” churning out Edit / Review copies back in day, for Pre Production Viewing Working Deck are now rare, so I treasure it

#OTD - 9 June 1938 Trooping the Colour first was televised for the first time with cameras overlooking Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall. Commentators for the event were John Snagge & Major JBS Bourne May. Presentation by Philip Dortè

Anyone else seeing this on eBay? Makes no sense. They’ve paid. EBay won’t combine postage anymore. What’s it trying to to achieve?

Offer closes on 12 June, so better hurry!