All posts by Briantist
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Mike Dimmick: I have to agree that Alibi would have probably been a better choice of channel for Freeview.
I would think that they have thought "Dave" is a very male-orientated channel, and so "Really" is probably a good way of reaching a female-audience on Freeview.
I note that "Really" is showing a "no share" on BARB, whereas "Alibi" gets 0.3%.
"Dave" gets 0.8%, from the Freeview presence.
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Trevor Harris: If you read the above, you will see that the DAB coverage will be 99%/99%, which is "error free reception".
There will be plenty of spare frequencies to use for FM radio adaptors, as the FM radio service will be turned off!
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John: A rather ironic comment, given what happened - I'm back - but slightly incapacitated... | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Trevor Harris: Actually, with digital systems you can says "error free reception" as this is perfectly possible, as anyone who watches Freeview/digital satellite/digital cable knows. Or uses an internet connection, anything from ISDN to FTH.
For digital systems you define the BER (bit error rate) that is acceptable for the underlying transmission system, and the provide FEC (forward error correction) to deal with the BER issue. That's why Ofcom are saying that 99%/99% is the acceptable prediction level for the "calculation pixel". This is way, way above what FM delivers.
Your thinking is very analogue, if you don't mind me saying so.
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michael: The new plan, see "Figure 2-4. Modified Network 3" - http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/dab-coverage-planning/858230/DSO_10C_North_Devon_DAB_V2_1.pdf , shows excellent coverage for all of North Devon local radio. 92.62% indoor, 91.46% in-car.
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MCMLXII: It's not Teletext (the company) but teletext (the protocol). The Channel 4 teletext service used to be called "4Tel".
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Saturday 2 July 2011 11:52AM
Peter Henderson: It's probably worth pointing out that UKTV owns the "Dave Ja Vue" slot, as they were one of the original Freeview consortium.
It is not likely that they would sell off a valuable Freeview slot to another broadcaster when they have plenty of content themselves.
Eurosport would be quite free to bid for one of the Arqiva TBA slots.