All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
jacs: Yes, there are overnight tests at Crystal Palace last night and tonight. Do not retune your box, the channels will return when the tests are complete at 6am.
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Martin Brown: Firstly, the TV Licence pay for the BBC alone, and you get all those services.
To be honest, you would be best advised to go for Freesat if you want more channels - see Compare Freeview Light and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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ALAN PEACHEY: I think it might be odd that I have been running this site for the last decade and not know how to add channels to a satellite receiver...
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Ian Davies: This is the sort of thing that happens with indoor aerials and why a rooftop aerial is strongly advised for stable Freeview reception. Please can you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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mst: Yes, at *most* masts the COM channels are lower levels and have lower coverage than for the PSBs. COMs do not have a "global coverage" requirement, the PSBs do.
Picture quality is not a function of signal strength, it is dependant on the bitrate allocated within the multiplex.
This change has NOT been communicated to the public AT ALL. I only know about it because I have non-public access to the information, coupled with the ability to scrape pages from the Digial UK site where you can see the changes if you know where to look (and you can spot the errors).
The changes will NOT happen to the PSB multiplexes, these are require to provide full coverage for 1000+ masts and the more robust mode is required for this.
Ofcom said it was OK for Arqiva to sell space on ArqB/ArqA coupled with pre-DSO-B during the period before the completion of switchover, and this was for more than just the two BT-owned "Sky Sports" slots.
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Andrew: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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paul jordan: I understand that the official position is that Channel 5 is still in financial negotiations with BBC (as they operate the BBCB multiplex) for the costs of carriage.
It might be good for Christmas Freeview HD box/set sales if Channel 5 was added very soon.
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Thursday 3 November 2011 8:36AM
trevorjharris: Film4 HD is not technically a "public service" channel, it is actually a profit-centre for the Channel 4 corporation, which is why it carried on Multiplex D/ArqB.
Channel 5 is, by the legal definition (the Broadcasting Acts and Communications Act 2003) a public service channel, which is why it has the "fifth" EPG slot. This is mainly because it carries a daily news service.