The main studio contained the Countdown set including seats for both contestants , the host , and the Dictionary Corner duo. It also contained a seating area for about people, plus the iconic Countdown clock , the letters game board and the numbers game board and tiles. There was also:. About jobs would be lost. The Calendar studios would remain open as would the separate Emmerdale studio. The studios officially closed on Wednesday 22nd April , with production of Countdown moving to the Granada Television studios in Manchester.
Jump to: navigation , search. It was formerly hosted by Stephanie Broschart , who left in and was replaced by Paula Lemyre. Unlike its predecessors, Vortex was exclusive to Saturday mornings.
For the final time, the block aired on Fridays from pm. Bionix originally aired on Friday nights, and later on Saturday nights, and was a main source for anime programming.
The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers. Current hosts of these segments have since dropped the moniker of PJ. As an early specialty station with a focus on an ambiguously defined area such as youth programming, YTV has incorporated many unique and niche programs into their schedule over the years. Due to a general lack of original programming for specialty services in its early years, YTV often filled its schedule with older or more obscure types of acquisitions not normally seen on other services.
One of the most well-known additions has been British sitcoms, which were initially used to fill prime time slots, but due to popular demand remained prominently on the station's late night schedule for well over a decade. Although prime time programming slowly became more focused, programs such as Are You Being Served?
However, in when YTV began marketing their late night hours towards older youth viewers, it was finally decided to remove the remaining shows from the schedule. In , YTV obtained the Canadian broadcast rights to the sensationally popular action adventure series Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers on their channel, which played to a receptive audience on weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings, trailing the American broadcast by several months.
However, due to a handful of complaints sent to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, YTV was pressured to remove the series from their line-up due to its violent content.
While a phone-in poll was conducted to see if viewers wanted Mighty Morphing Power Rangers back on YTV, no further installments of the Power Rangers series ever aired on the network until , but commercials for toys and videos were advertised on the network. Later versions of the series ran on Family from to From the beginning this was regarded as a surprising move, as the mature nature of the series was a noticeable contrast to most of the station's acquisitions, and clearly catered towards an older audience despite seeing many late afternoon airings.
However, it quickly became one of their highest rated programs, and YTV apparently took on a strong commitment to airing the series uncut and in its entirety. This was demonstrated most blatantly when one parental complaint was mockingly read on-air by former The Zone host Paul McGuire. YTV's broadcast continued even after Buffy was moved to UPN in the United States, not only making the US broadcast more widely available in Canada, but also gradually leading to a notable increase in violent and sexual content.
Regardless, for its entire run Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired before the Canadian watershed of pm. The only exception was the season six episode Seeing Red which was premiered at pm. In , the North American debut of Farscape on YTV garnered a reasonable amount of positive attention from Canadian sci-fi fans, but controversy arose in with YTV's decision to not acquire the rights to the show's second season and skip the cliffhanger finale to the first season.
Apparently, the promotional materials from the Jim Henson company used to pitch the series to various networks misleadingly depicted it as being youth oriented due to its use of puppets As such, the general direction of the series was a considerable contrast to YTV's expectations, and was ultimately deemed too "adult" for the network.
This decision resulted in considerable fan outrage, and while the series eventually found a home on SPACE, many believe that the series was never able to attract its potential audience as a result of the initial cancellation. However, in , YTV's confusion in attempting to market Gundam Wing , which had proven to be a monumental hit on weekday afternoons in the United States on Cartoon Network's Toonami block, posed significant problems for the medium's exposure in Canada.
Although the movie based on the series, Endless Waltz, which was aired before the actual series was shown completely uncut, YTV's decision to air an edited version of the series at pm. This contributed to the complete lack of many well known anime series being run on YTV for the next several years.
However, this changed in late when InuYasha premiered on the network. Its popularity with teen viewers brought about the creation of the Bionix block in , which aired on Friday nights.
While some minor, inconsistent content edits occurred in programs like Gundam SEED as a result of this new focus although the edits were few and nowhere near as severe as on American channels like Cartoon Network , the block has gradually matured with its content and tone falling more in line with that of Adult Swim.
YTV's decision to air Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex in met with some controversy due to the show's content and adult nature. Despite airing at midnight, the episode Jungle Cruise was skipped due to its gruesome theme and content. The Anime Master character is portrayed as a red-suited masked ninja, dubbed in Snit's voice, and has made a few guest appearances in The Zone and Vortex segments.
Live action show hosts have also done interviews in Anime North, most of the guests being voice actors for popular animated shows on the channel. The interviews were shown in the live action segments between programmes called Animinutes , or as a separate block.
In , YTV moved the Bionix block from Friday to Saturday nights, cutting down the length and number of anime series on the block significantly. On February 7, the Bionix block ended.
Corus Entertainment has not apply for an extension to launch this channel and have failed to launch this channel before January and has failed to launch this channel within the 36 months period.
In , Corus Entertainment began offering a video-on-demand service called Bionix On Demand to cable providers. Rogers Cable and Shaw Cable were the only providers to offer the service. The service offered old and new anime programs that did not air on YTV itself. The channel broadcasts in i picture format. The Big Rip is a site for online games. The first game GalaXseeds, was launched on February 14, YTV Media. YTV Wiki Explore. Popular pages.
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