All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
michele larkin: Please can you try My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Mel P: Please do this My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice to reset your box/tv.
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ALL: Please see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Dan Pearce: Buy a Freesat or Freesat+ box and connect it to the satellite connections.
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Charles Stuart: I was going to point you in the general direction of this document http://stakeholders.ofcom….pdf but it seems to be very out of date, as it only has three DVB-T/T2 options and there are now 11 in D-Book 7.
Ofcom's *policy* is that only HD services will be carried on DVB-T2 multiplexes. This is not a technical limitation of the system - it's just a bitstream at the end of the day.
The idea is that all services will migrate to MPEG4/DVB-T2 over time, and the provision of three new DVB-T2 multiplexes will assist with this.
No timetable will be published until the end of this year, but I would expect that services will migrate over time, however:
The two Arqiva multiplex (aka C/D) are to be renewed for 12 year from 16 November 2014, and no provision has been made in their licences to require a switchover to DVB-T2 on them, so that might mean 2026..
Multiplex A/SDN was renewed in 2010 for 12 years, so that would be .. 2022 unless Ofcom gets the powers, or SDN Ltd wishes to apply to change the transmission mode.
The BBC owns BBCB/B until 2022 also, but this is already DVB-T2, and the BBC owns Mux BBCA/1 in perpetuity, and this would be the last to switch to DVB-T2 due to the "universality" rules.
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ALL: Now that Channel 5 has moved transponder I have updated the information at the top of the page.
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Mike Dimmick: Yes, the BBCB multiplex that carries the Freeview HD service may have to have a new legal arrangement if the BBC don't wish to take the "lead role" in owning it, like the "Digital 3&4" arrangement for Muxliplex 2.
I did actually mean that SD services would not be transmitted using DVB-T2, as I understand that the "consumer proposition" will require only HD services to be carried - the new switchover process, which will require everyone to get a new box (again) will need the "all HD" banner. This is my understanding from what I have been told.
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c woodward: Most ITV adverts are sold in the "macro regions", not "news regions". See
ITV Media -
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Wednesday 18 January 2012 7:32AM
Chris Field: Please see Digital Region Overlap | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .