All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
hudson: You will have to watch ITV1 in standard definition if you want subtitles.
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Derek Ball: The BBC is filling in gaps in the national DAB network over the next few years, I think a new DAB transmitter at Crumhaugh Hill is planned for 2011.
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Thomas: The BBC transmitter network for analogue is delivered by a multi-routed optical network. If this fails completely, then a professional (rather than a "freeview box") feed is taken from the separate optical-network that feeds the digital terrestrial system.
If THAT fails to work, the next feed is taken from the BBC satellite backup system, which is used to feed Freeview if the optical network stops working.
If the satellite backup fails then an off-air feed from another analogue transmitter would be used, but this network is disappearing as analogue regions close down.
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john nichol: If no other channels on the same DAB multiplex are effected, I would contact the radio station with your concerns.
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A.Burton: Yes, you will have Yesterday on Freeview from the middle of 2012. Yesterday is not carried on Freesat.
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t: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
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Ken Moverley.: I'm sure that number rings a bell - sorry to say it's on this list - TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . You need a Freeview box.
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Mike Dimmick: I suspect that if Ofcom had made changes to the terms of the licence during the licence period (rather than now, at the end), they would have been threatened with a judicial review and so the lawyers would have probably advised against it.
I have to say I am somewhat concerned that operator licences are getting rolled-over automatically.
The relationship between Ofcom and Arqiva is very troublesome here, in particular.
Arqiva own the two multiplexes, and they also own all of the masts - New transmitter monopoly | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - it would be so uneconomical for another company to construct over 80 new masts to run the multiplexes independent from Arqiva, and Ofcom seems to use Arqiva for "independent advice".
This is a very troublesome situation, as the market is supposed to sort out these problems, but the regulator and monopoly company seem to be sleeping with each other (to mix metaphors for a moment).
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Thursday 1 September 2011 8:42AM
MR: You might want to check that the DVD player doesn't have an RF modulator...