User talk:Bigtime (TV Channel)

Bigtime UK, formerly Bigtime TV, is a digital television station for in the United Kingdom. It is a sister service of the Level Channel. The channel airs cartoons, Music and soaps. although, unlike the United States version, it has been ad-supported since it launched. Also unlike the US version, it does not broadcast 24/7.

Main Shows

 * Britan's Favourite Toons and Tunes
 * Bigtime Chart
 * You Say We Play Beatz
 * You Say We Play Cartoons
 * The Album Chart
 * Top Ten Toons
 * Spongebob Squarepants
 * Fairly Odd Parents
 * Wizards Of Waverly Place
 * That's So Raven
 * As The Bell Rings USA
 * American Dragon: Jake Long
 * As the Bell Rings (UK)
 * Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (Only on weekends)
 * Brian O Brian
 * Bonus Jonas
 * Cory in the House
 * Disney's House of Mouse
 * The Emperor's New School
 * Fillmore!
 * Famous Five: On the Case
 * Hannah Montana
 * I Got a Rocket!
 * Kim Possible
 * Lilo & Stitch: The Series
 * Lizzie McGuire
 * Little Einsteins
 * Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
 * My Friends Tigger & Pooh
 * Phil of the Future
 * Phineas and Ferb
 * Recess
 * The Replacements
 * The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
 * That's So Raven
 * Wizards of Waverly Place
 * Bigtime also shows music dating back from 2003 forward.
 * Coronation Street
 * Emmerdale
 * Eastenders

Launch
For about 17 hours before the launch it had a testcard saying Bigtime - Coming soon! Then for about 7 minuits before launch it was showing there new idents and at the bottom of the screen it had a count down clock. And the voice over said '' The new channel is coming and Its such a good feeling! It's great, It's Bigtime! 5 seconds before launch it had a moving fireworks background the logo at the bottom and the clock was over the rest of the screen then when it launched an ident was on and the ident said Welcome to Bigtime we got toons, soaps and music stick with us 'cause Britan's favourite toons and tunes is on your way right now!''

The Channel
The channel showcases a range of pop centering on chart hits and current favourites. The vast majority of music videos are selected by viewers by means of calling a premium rate telephone number. Programming is often themed to coincide with events such as St. Patrick's Day and Christmas.

The channel is available free-to-air on the British Digital terrestrial television service on sky channel 600. It will launch a On Demand channel in Autumn. (See Below)

Bigtime On Demand
Bigtime is set to launch a new channel during the Autumn but it's on screen name is supposed to be Bigtime OD. It was set to launch in 2009 but was offered a slot by Sky Digital

It's a Totally Toon Filled Toonalishious Night!
In 2004, when Bigtime TV extended their hours, the 7-10PM slot was called It's a Totally Toon Filled Toonalishious Night!(extended further to 11PM in November 2005). This had a separate, distinct presentation from the main channel, and the programmes shown were generally aimed at older viewers. The launch line-up consisted of The Fairly OddParents, The Angry Beavers, Invader Zim, Ren & Stimpy, AAAHH!!! Real Monsters, Rocko's Modern Life. At various times, Yakkity Yak, Rocket Power, Hey Arnold!, SpongeBob SquarePants, As Told By Ginger, and Danny Phantom were also shown in this slot. It will be rebranded later in the year.

Bigtime's Website
Bigtime has a new website launched 2 and a half hours before the channel was launched. The site only has two pages home page and competitions but more pages will be put on soon, Including our shows and music vids.

Competitions
Bigtime currently has a competition running to win a full size car made out of cake, chocolate and icing and £10,000 the viewers have to answer the question What time did we launch? the options 7.00pm, 9.00pm or 10.00pm

Games
Everyday Bigime has games at the bottom of the screen where the viewers text in and anser these games include: and coming soon there will be a game called Lyrics ahoy where the viewer presses red and chooses a song from the jukebox and sings to the song
 * Monkey Knows Best
 * The Passion Predictor

BigToons
BigToons will be a new spinoff channel for Bigtime. From Level's website it was origianaly called Bigtime Too But was changed shortly after. It is set to launch the same day as Bigtime On Demand.

Links
http://www.bigtime-tv.piczo.com