All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Edward: Yes, you can already get a full Freeview service from Sutton Coldfield or Lark Stoke with a suitable rooftop aerial.
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Chris: See also Freeview retune - poor public service transmitters deal | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . The "+1" channels for ITV1 and Channel 4+1 have to be on Mutliplex 2/D3+4 because they have regional versions, and multiplexes SDN, ArqA and ArqB are the same UK-wide (with the exception of SDN in Wales).
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Andre: If you use a SCART->VGA device, it must be able to provide the additional synchronization signals and not just be a "lead".
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Nick Wilcock: The EPG on most systems (with the exception of course of "classic Sky" boxes) allow you to see the full seven day EPG without leaving what you are watching.
For this reason the BBC dropped the programme listing on the "red button".
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Nick: Parliament never made such a provision when enacting the regulations, so whilst it is your opinion, it isn't the law. It may also be unlawful as a "restraint of trade".
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David Corrick: If you have an overload, fit an attenuator, they cost about a fiver.
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Gill Hawkins: If you are using Freeview, you can just go to channel number 301.
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Andy Hagerty: As it says above, there are no problems with the transmitter. I would have a look at Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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DaveCheltenham: Back in the misty recesses of 1998, Sky analogue was in about 1 million homes, and the only "terrestrial" broadcaster using a satellite transponder was Channel 5.
Before Sky Digital launched on the Astra 2A satellite, Sky had pre-booked a lot of the capacity, and resold this, along with their new digital encryption services, to various broadcasters.
The BBC didn't really have it's eye on the ball at this stage, as satellite was, back then, a bit "low end", so the BBC made an agreement with Sky to put a number of channels (BBC One UK-wide, BBC Two UK-wide, BBC News 24 (launched Nov 97 on cable), BBC Choice (Sept 98 on cable), BBC Parliament (Sept 98 on cable, replacing The Parliament Channel)) on a Sky transponder using encryption, for which the BBC was to pay Sky £5 a year per viewer.
Eventually after some prodding (not least from me) the BBC moved their services to Astra 2D (which didn't launch until December 2000), saved themselves £60m quid, and eventually launched all the BBC One/Two regional versions.
However, there was a legacy, which were the "interactive streams". Sky rather insisted, in the way that they do, that because these used the "OpenTV" (an oxymoron for a fully proprietary system) that they remain on a Sky transponder. It is for this reason, rather than one of actual rights, that the BBC continued to use a Sky-owned transponder, on a long lease.
Under the EU "single market" rules, there is no requirement for the BBC or any other broadcaster to restrict their satellite footprint to a single country, the only people who did this are the "right holders" who flout these regulations insisting on breaking the "single European market" into bits, so they can profit from rich countries like the UK.
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Saturday 27 August 2011 2:41PM
Iain Davies: It's a feed for Freesat/Sky, the Freeview HD service is distributed terrestrially.