All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Richard: BSkyB is a public company listed on the London Stock Market - British Sky Broadcasting Group plc: LON:BSY quotes & news - Google Finance .
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lesnicol: More about BSkyB's ownership of part of ITV - Sky takes GBP251.5m loss on ITV shares | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Ian R Henderson: Most of the broadcasters have decided that the provision of choice (ie, about ten times more channels) is more important to viewers and consumers.
On analogue, something like 85% of viewers did not have correctly adjusted aerials, so did not have "perfect" reception, these viewers of course now get "perfect" digital reception and much prefer the service.
If you want better picture quality than analogue, use HD.
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David Williams: Please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Steve P: The Digital Economic Act process considered FM and found it ... analogue. The radio broadcasters do not wish to pay for both an analogue and digital transmission system. Parliament decided that FM would be for community radio only (and also "white space broadband") and DAB for radio.
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Colin Jones: It is almost impossible to say. If you have full power signal now and a large aerial and a booster then it is possible you will have problems.
Rooftop aerials are less likely to cause problems as they have an excellent signal to noise ratio, but not if they are oversized.
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Andrea Rez: You probably need a Freeview+ box so you can watch any programme at any time you like.
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Claire: Please see Two frequency interference
| ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
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Tuesday 2 August 2011 6:39AM
Mike Dimmick: UKTV only get a discount on SSSL subscription services, they do not get income from the arrangement. Only non-Sky channels with "premium" subscription arrangements (such as ESPN, Disney) actually get income from the subscription.
This is because the broadcasters are subsidizing the "free dish and box offer", and this was OKed by the courts, as you may recall from when "Rapture TV" took SSSL to court.