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Link Sound and Vision
This was a company set up as a subsidiary of Pye Ltd to provide a cabled television service in Gloucester in 1951. This business was also the first commercial usage of a Microwave Link. For business reasons, the business was sold to British Relay Wireless in 1952 although it continued to trade under the original name for some years. The broadcast signals were received via a mast located on the top of the nearby Chosen Hill. The audio component was sent by a cable to the control room in central Gloucester while the video component was transmitted using the Microwave Link to the control room. Although the system has been superceded, the mast was retained and later was put to other uses including mobilr phone nodes.