For more than 25 years the name Rediffusion dominated the Radio and Television market in the city of Leicester with it's cable system delivering interference-free viewing to over 20,000 homes in the city.
Rediffusion came to Leicester in 1961 operating out of a small premises in Clinton Street. The wiring of the City's Council Estates for the 'Piped' service began and the subsctiption take - up was rapid. In 1964 the business relocated to much larger premises in Dysart Street. ( later renamed Malabar Road ) and the strong growth in Television rental subscription was maintained through the 1970's supported by the introduction of the colour television.
All new City housing developments were were wired with the Rediffusion HF system or alternatively a VHF MATV Coaxial System.
The end of an era began in 1984 when BET, the group parent company sold the Rediffusion television rental business to Granada.
The wired vision operation continued to be maintained under the 'guise' of Rediffusion Cablevision and remained in service until the mid 1990's, this after being acquired by Maxwell Communications in 1987. Efforts to further develop the system over this period proved unsuccessful in the face of growing competition from cable and satellite providers and the system eventually became redundant.
Some of the old cable and kiosks can still be seen around the city to this day.
Rediffusion offered a similar service in many UK towns and overseas locations bringing high quality
service and entertainment to millions worldwide. The name Rediffusion will doubtless live on in peoples memories for many years to come.
In 1968 and Leicester Rediffusion reached a milestone of 10,000 Subscribers. Pictured are staff celebrating at the party.
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Remembering Leicester Rediffusion by: Gerald Clode Leicester Branch 1968 - 1976
Did you work at Leicester Rediffusion, what are your memories ? Please share them with us !
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Maxwell Communication Corporation plc (MCC) was formerly one of the world's ten largest media groups, with interests in information services and electronic publishing.
Maxwell changed BPC's name to the British Printing and Communications Corporation (BPCC) in March 1982. This change reflected his wish to expand into areas such as cable and satellite television, computers and data banks, electronic printing, and communications high technology that were being developed in the 1980s.
Malabar Road Branch Office 1968
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