- Fishcam
Fishcam refers to a broadcast consisting of a
video camera pointed at afishtank .Australia
Channel 31 Melbourne ,Australia , had one of the more famous and long-lasting Fishcams. The Fishcam itself was originally used as a replacement to the more commontestcards , shown when the station had nothing else to air. Due to extreme popularity though, the Fishcam became an actual scheduled show on the network. The station has also released severalVHS tapes of the program. The broadcast was accompanied by the music of unsigned Melbourne musicians. For more information please see the Fishcam section on the Channel 31 Melbourne article.Rumours have abounded amongst fans that Channel 31 has played repeats of this program while it has continued to be labelled "live". Several fans have reported having seen the same fish die at least twice. Channel 31 has yet to comment on this controversy.
From
4th March 2007 the broadcasting of "Fishcam" on Channel 31 has ceased. [ [http://www.c31.org.au/shows/fishcam.php Channel 31 Fishcam show guide] ]Canada
When St. John's television station NTV first commenced 24-hour broadcasting in the early-1970s, one of its overnight programs was a constant shot of a fish tank.
Hong Kong
The ATV Network in Hong Kong also aired a Fishcam program, in lieu of
test card after the station signs off the air. The program's name was TeleFishion (Chinese: 魚樂無窮). It became an unexpected hit for the station, with the program performing as well, if not better, than the station's normal primetime programs. The title of the show entered into popular vocabulary as one being incredibly bored.Turkey
Turkish broadcaster
Digiturk broadcasts live fish tanks in their music channels under the name "Aquavision".Netscape
Netscape has aweb feed of their fishtank, and for some time had an easter egg hidden inNetscape Communicator that would bring that page up when a user pressed CTRL + ALT + F.References
ee also
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Yule Log (TV program) External links
* [http://www.MyFishCam.com/ MyFishCam]
* [http://wp.netscape.com/fishcam/fishcam.html The Amazing Netscape Fishcam!]
* [http://www.picobay.com/fishcam/fishcam.html Jason's Fishcam]
* [http://fishcam.ddoud.com/ FishCam 2.0]
* [http://www.fishycam.com/ Fishycam.com]
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