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It’s called “TV pickup”, and Wikipedia has a good article explaining it, especially the bit about using pumped storage to meet demand in seconds. https://en.wi
by nickt 3y ago
It’s called “TV pickup”, and Wikipedia has a good article explaining it, especially the bit about using pumped storage to meet demand in seconds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup
- iso1631 3y agoLess important now. Back when 17 million would tune in to watch Coronation Street 3 times a week it was a much bigger thing. It's rare to get half that for legacy live TV outside of specific major broadcasts (The Euro 2020 final pulled in 30 million) -- the 10th most watched show of 2022 only got 8 million and the soaps are lucky to get 6 - inlcuding those watching time-shifted.