{"id":7694,"date":"2018-09-01T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=7694"},"modified":"2022-07-18T15:23:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T14:23:16","slug":"live-net-westminster-cable-tv-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/live-net-westminster-cable-tv-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"Live-Net & Westminster Cable TV: 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"

Previously, I’ve mentioned the University of London’s Live-Net<\/a> fibre optic cable system that once connected London’s Universities, from a central BT switching system at Senate House. Recently I’ve discovered the Thames Television news item that covered the official opening on 28 May 1987 and this can be seen below. During the opening event three sites were initially seen on screens in Senate House: Royal Holloway; Imperial and Queen Mary.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Strangely enough I don’t recall us taking any photos during this event and therefore this is the only record of the day. And if you look closely at the central screen with Imperial on it you’ll see me over on the right hand side. My academic colleague Prof Ernie Freeman (1937-2022) was sitting in the middle and played host for our site. The image on the right is an off-screen grab of that central screen’s video feed.<\/p>\n