Open Access (UK and Ireland TV channels)
Open Access, Open Access 2 and Open Access 3 were a set of television channels based in the
The company structure is quite complicated, although not unusually so. The formal registered address of all the companies is that of a firm of chartered accountants in Friern Barnet, north London, however, as is common, this is not the operating address but the address of representatives who handle accounting and legal matters.[4][5] Documents available through the companies' associated websites state that Open Access is a trading name of Definition Broadcast Limited.[6] Definition Broadcast is a company providing various technical services for digital television broadcasting and has an address in Regent Street, central London.[7] However the address of the registered contacts for the firm's internet domain "definition.tv" is the same Hoxton Square address as that of the Open Access companies.[8]
The main content on the Open Access channels were old films, broadcast under the Hollywood Classics Network brand, which appeared to be a separate operation with a postal address in Brixworth, Northamptonshire.[9] Another brand is Open View, which was described as a "rolling film competition available to all film makers and media artists". Applicants were charged a fee of £50 to enter their work into the scheme and have it broadcast.[6][10]
From February 2010, Open Access 3 broadcast live coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.[11]
Open Access closed on 3 December 2009, after its Sky EPG slot of channel 883 was purchased by Renault TV. Open Access 2 closed on 21 September 2010 after its Sky EPG slot of channel 189 was purchased by
Between 17 December 2007 and 1 September 2010 the Open Access Group also operated OMusic TV.
References
- ^ "Open Access". OFCOM. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Open Access 2". OFCOM. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Open Access 3". OFCOM. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Trace TV (UK) Ltd company data". UKDATA.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Leapman Weiss details". locallylondon.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ a b See the "Open View Agreement" for submitted content, which is downloadable in Microsoft Word format from the openview.tv site, which is in turn a sub-site linked from the home page of openaccess.tv Archived 2009-06-11 at the Wayback Machine "Open View Agreement". openview.tv. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Definition". Definition Broadcast. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "definition.tv domain whois". enom.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Hollywood Classics Network". openaccess.tv. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Open View". openview.tv. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "autosport.com - NASCAR gets new UK TV deal". autosport.com. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
External links
- Open Access TV website
- Definition Broadcast website