Spotting Squarials

[Inspector Sands]

onDigital had it inbetween them.

QVC have been there since launch, subletting from Sky. ONdigital moved in there because of the involvement of Sky in the company (then called BDB) in the early days.

It looks like MarcoPolo House might not be around for much longer, it was sold by Sky a few years ago and QVC are moving out in 2012 and the building is likely to be redevolped: http://www.propertyweek.com/story.asp?storyCode=3081806 (that article is a bit old but I assume it's still applicable)

[Sput]

We never got those stickers *sniff*

[Spencer For Hire]

Considering Sky ceased using Marcopolo in 1992, it's quite surprising to still see many squarials still about, you don't see any old Sky Analogue dishes these days, especially those vulgar white ones with Amstrad on them.

You do still see quite a few of the later black mesh ones though - the big round ones (as opposed to the oval Sky Digital ones). The house over the road from me still has one, and next-door had one up until a couple of years ago.

I'm always surprised how long people leave old dishes and aerials up for. Old VHF TV aerials from the 50s and 60s are still a relatively common sight. Although I understand the original 'ITV' VHF aerials can actually now be used for DAB if in good condition.