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TV Whirl burst onto your low-res CRT screens in March 2001, with a small and pokey selection of idents and clips from 3 tv shows, all set against a sparkley background with a Curlz MT font. Who'd have honestly thought that 9 years, and thankfully some evolution of the design later, we'd still be here, outliving a lot of folks.

Things have without a doubt changed a lot over that time, both in terms of how pres is looked at online, the interest of the broadcasters in such things, and of course the quality demanded. In 2001, sites such as Youtube were a pipedream, and the channel's never even considered online video a huge part of their future. Ah... they were simpler days... and as part of the birthday celebrations at TV Whirl, I've decided to take us right back.

We take a look at a bunch of the contemporary pres, in the way it would have been covered in 2001. Lovingly recreated clips with all the classic effects included; 14:9 letterboxing, wobbly VHS tracking, high quality mono sound, massive 192x144 HD pictures, carefully cut editing. It's all here, of course presented in the much beloved RealVideo 8 format, and optimised for download size on your 56k connections. Oh and being Easter, watch out for the Easter Egg too. Celebrate 9 years in style...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2010

With over 1300 clips, 200 or so sitting waiting encoding on the harddrive, and a lot of plans to come, the site continues to look forwards to the future. We're 10 next year, and until then we'll continue to look at presentation, programmes and adverts, with a particular slant on the quirky or different. If you want your 20 screengrabs from every satellite channel's latest pres tweak, this is not the site for you, but if you're reading this now then you probably already know this, and I hope to continue welcoming you to the site in the future.

~ Terence

Awarded the 'Best Specialist Site' and 'Best Site for Children's TV' awards in the TellyWeb Awards 2003. I didn't do as well in 2004/2005 mind, and I think he's given up for 2006! =;)

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