Rediffusion Television (Kittenolivia)

1968-1970
In order to allow a little fresh blood into the ITV network in 1968, the ITA proposed that ABC and Rediffusion join forces to form a new London weekday contractor. They did so, creating the legendary Thames Television. Meanwhile, Rediffusion's international arm was looking to pastures new (cable, to be more precise). They teamed up with Radio-Television Kittenolivia to launch Kittenolivia's first cable system.

RTK and Rediffusion were the best people to capitalise on this, really - they already had a nascent network of cables, installed many years earlier to pipe KTV and ICHC channels and Radio Kittenolivia stations to homes without a nearby transmitter, but this system had fallen into disuse.

As it was, the technology was in its infancy, and although Rediffusion could offer subscribers a five-channel lineup, few either wanted or could afford the new service. Rediffusion managed to get a good trade in new towns like Vivanova where the equipment could be installed much more easily. Rediffusion managed to lease some permanent bandwidth on the newly-launched KittenStar and Teleplus satellites, eliminating the need for cross-country cable but costing a great deal of money nonetheless.

This was used as both an ident and a test card.

1970-1975
Channel One started broadcasting in colour in 1970. Realising that they wanted to look very different from the major terrestrial English-language television channels (KTV1, KTV2, TV3, ICHC Television Service, and the various stations comprising the Regional Television Network), it was decided that an arresting use of red would be a good idea. Some viewers disagreed and cancelled their subscriptions, but once people got used to having their retinas seared every time an ident was played out few complaints were heard.

Because all Rediffusion subscribers had to use 625-line televisions there was little point in including a colour strap.

1980-1984
It all had to come to an end sometime. Rediffusion's contract didn't come up for renewal in the normal way; instead, the KRTC changed its regulations for cable and satellite broadcasters to the current, Canadian-style system. At the end of 1984, Rediffusion Cablevision planned to close themselves down. Rediffusion Telecommunications took their trading name, and tried to find contractors who would take over the old channels. Due to advances in coding technology and replacement of old Teddington transmission equipment, Rediffusion could now offer twelve channels spaces to the highest bidder.

1985-1987
ICHC Pictures Corporation, a large Kittenolivian film company, won the auction. On January, 1985, this ident was seen for the first time. While this ident was originally schedules to last only a month until a new ident could be made, the ident would remain until early 1987, while the name change would become permanent. The party continued and the star continued spinning until...

1987-????
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