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Sep 30, 2026
JanHOST
Yeah.
LibHOST
Although this position is a little bit precarious as the IBA, who is the Independent Broadcasting Authority.
LibHOST
Authority or association.
LibHOST
Something like
Steve StocktonHOST
Now, the immediate reaction across southern England was absolute chaos.
Steve StocktonHOST
The Independent Broadcasting Authority, or the IBA, and Southern Television Studios were instantly overwhelmed by thousands of panicked phone calls from frightened citizens, weeping children, and deeply concerned military personnel.
Steve StocktonHOST
Some viewers even believed a literal alien invasion was imminent, while others feared that the Soviet Union had developed a psychological weapon capable of hijacking domestic communications to induce mass hysteria.
Steve StocktonHOST
The next morning, the British press exploded with sensational headlines.
Craig JohnsonHOST
According to the newspaper the Birmingham Mail, in an article published the day after the film's airing, quote, Television clean-up campaigner Mrs Mary Whitehouse switched off her set in horror last night after watching a priest being impaled on a spike.
Craig JohnsonHOST
And today she attacked the Independent Broadcasting Authority for disgusting taste in allowing the omen, X-rated in cinemas, to be screened at 10pm as bank holiday entertainment.
Craig JohnsonHOST
The horror film starring Gregory Peck gained notoriety in the cinemas in 1976 when some of the audiences fainted or had nightmares.
Craig JohnsonHOST
It showed several gruesome killings, including a decapitation, in a modern story about a small boy who was the son of the devil.
Craig JohnsonHOST
Mrs Whitehouse switched off the film, explaining, I decided not to expose my mind to a film of that kind.
Craig JohnsonHOST
She then videotaped the rest to show the leading members of the Viewers and Listeners Association before deciding whether to make a formal protest.
Craig JohnsonHOST
A spokesperson for the Independent Broadcasting Authority, the watchdog authority for commercial television, said that the film had an adult slot at 10pm and went on until midnight, and that the nature of the film was well publicised and that people were able to judge beforehand whether they wished to watch it.
Craig JohnsonHOST
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Scott AllsopHOST
The advancement of digital technology in the early 1970s led to the emergence of a new system that was originally developed to encode subtitles for viewers who were deaf.
Scott AllsopHOST
Launched slightly before the competing Oracle system that had been developed by the Independent Broadcasting Authority, the BBC's CFAX system was launched with 30 pages of information.
Scott AllsopHOST
However, this quickly grew to the point where hundreds of pages of up-to-the-minute information were being shared.
Scott AllsopHOST
At times, CFAX pages were even broadcast as conventional television images in order to fill gaps between programming.