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Cue-dot generator by Alpha Television Services, 1961
- Made:
- 1961 in Birmingham
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Cue-dot generator by Alpha Television Services (Birmingham) Ltd, 1961
In television, a cue dot is a small circle or square usually in the top right-hand corner of the picture used to signal to a control room that a transition of some sort is about to occur on the broadcast - either a break for commercials or a change of programme.