Oracle 1992

31st December 2010 - From Ant :

At this time of year I'm always reminded of how long it has been since Oracle disappeared - 18 years ago this evening in fact. With that in mind. thought you might like this. Bits and pieces of it have been floating around in various forms for a while but at the moment I think this is probably the most complete and restored version of the full last night of Oracle. Sourced from an SVHS recording, processed with some teletext hardware that basically did its best to repair the pages from as many repeat cycles as it could make out, and - after much procrastination - a certain amount of human repair (that would be me then).

P119/09 ORACLE 119 Thu31 Dec ITV 2254:04
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 ******** ITN CONCLUDES                 
 ******** CONTRACT WITH ITV             
                                        
 ITN and the ITV companies today        
 concluded a five-year contract for the 
 supply of news to the network.         
                                        
 The ITV companies have agreed to pay   
 ITN £53.6m per year.                   
                                        
 ITN chief executive Bob Phillis said:  
 "I'm delighted this agreement has now  
 been reached. It provides a solid base 
 on which the long-term security of the 
 company can be established."           
                                        
 It is the largest single programme     
 contract which the ITV network has     
 entered into and begins tomorrow.      
      News headlines 101   Sport 130    
   ORACLE OFFERS FANTASTIC SAVINGS HONG 
   KONG,MAURITIUS & BARBADOS  PAGE 378

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