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Tuesday 4 March 2014 10:30AM
Brighton
Tuesday 4 March 2014 10:30AM
Brighton
RJ: If the service is meant to be for all of Brighton then it needs to be from all relays from launch to be taken remotely seriously which would take some time anyway...
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Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) Full Freeview trans
Tuesday 4 March 2014 10:47AM
Brighton
Tuesday 4 March 2014 10:47AM
Brighton
Hmm well only for the elite central Brighton viewers then, it will close down very soon in that case
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Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) Full Freeview trans
Tuesday 4 March 2014 12:41PM
Brighton
Tuesday 4 March 2014 12:41PM
Brighton
For a local tv channel all relays should be used, guess it will happen eventually if the channel is a success which I doubt
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Actually I partially forgot the email I had from latest tv a few weeks back when I also asked why there will such lower power used also from Whitehawk Hill, I quote below...seems there will be certain relays used eventually though
Our initial DTT launch will be from Whitehawk tower only; plus we will be on Virgin Media and online at www.thelatest.tv.
To get the commercial model going quickly for the Local TV network , Comux, our TX company are mounting transmitters on all the main sites around the UK first before they address relays. Once those initial transmitters are mounted Comux will be able to extend our distribution easterly to towns like Lewes and Newhaven through a place on those relays - once spectrum planners have given the thumbs up.
We are uncontested by any other Local TV channel in the Sussex coastal conurbations and subject to technical clearance expect to have a position on Heathfield and Rowridge by 2016.
The reason that our transmitter operates at a lower power than the other Mux's is because the channels have been squeezed into available slots. However, this is compensated for by the fact that we operate in QPSK transmission mode rather than 64QAM as used by the other multiplexes.
QPSK is much easier to decode than 64QAM, in technical terms you have a 10.3dB increase in the protection ratio. This equates to a QPSK signal being over 10x easier to receive than a 64QAM signal. So our 400W signal has an equivalent power (or receive ability) of the 4,000W signal used by the other muxes.
The downside of this for Comux is that the signal has much lower capacity, hence why we only have three services on the Mux whereas the other muxes can have 10 or more!
I hope that answers your queries.
Best wishes
David Cuff
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Totally stupid idea, barely anyone watches BBC Three anyway, Yes stick it online online great idea. Regional news is part of the beeb's remit etc It will always be around and in HD hopefully soon
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Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) Full Freeview trans
Thursday 13 March 2014 10:10PM
Brighton
Thursday 13 March 2014 10:10PM
Brighton
I envy your reception Peter nice one :)
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All a bit late in the day but bring it on. SloCom will take forever though so nothing will happen this year I guess :(
Meanwhile other 'modern forward thinking' countries like Denmark are completely closing down their DAB services and going DAB+ entirely, that's the way to do it, won't ever happen here of course !
The new mux will only be 30% DAB+ though apparently. There is much benefit over standard DAB ie higher sound quality with a much lower bit rate...
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Thursday 30 January 2014 8:28PM
Brighton
OK yes I will contact them, I see my post was auto tweeted also hmm