All posts by KMJ, Derby
Below are all of KMJ, Derby's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Mark Stafford: More likely that the high pressure is causing signals on C39/42/45 from Tacolneston and/or Hannington to travel further than normal into the Sutton Coldfield coverage area thereby blocking reception on the COM muxes from S/C for some viewers.
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Ian: In order to to maintain the same level of service the radio and TV industry must continue to receive the same or more revenue. It is quite possible , given the finite level of advertising revenue that is available, that without the TV licence the only other option would be a subscription package. To maintain the status quo this could well involve BBC plus ITV, C4, C5 and Sky 1 forming a "starter pack" for say £150 per year. The existing Sky packages would be extra tiers on the subscription. Should anyone decide to use catch-up TV instead this could be free to subscrbers to the starter pack, but charged as pay-per view to non subscribers at say £1 per hour, such a rate for most viewers being a vastly more expensive way of viewing TV. If you think this could not happen, consider the current and planned involvement of ITV with Sky subscription TV and note that ITV player requires viewers to open an account, and ITV has plans to offer commercial free viewing for payment of a fee!
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Briantist: No regional news, hmmmm. No point in subscribing then. I watch so little TV , just the occasional drama series, that I could ask a friend or family member who does subscribe to record what I need, then watch it when I visit , or get a copy on DVD. I wonder how many other people would consider doing likewise. Without BBC Radio Derby and East Midlands today we would be left with reading about events two days after they have happened in the Derby Telegraph or waiting for someone to post a video on youtube. This could be 18 months later, as was the case with one report I noticed last week.
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Briantist: This country could adopt the German funding model, where a flat charge is made to every household whether there is TV usage or not. This could simply replace the TV licence, or could be a smaller charge set to fund those services not considered viable in a commercial context, but considered to be socially and /or politically desirable. This would include Radio3, Radio4, BBC local radio, national radio for Wales, Ulster and Scotland, S4C,BBC Parliament, plus support for local TV and rural broadband. In the event that regional news is dropped by the BBC, depending on whether the Conservatives are in power, we could even see further licences advertised for local TV stations to cover most large population centres. I don't see why the income level of the household is relevant, Sky subscriptions are not currently cheaper for low income families! Regarding BBC1 and 2 being subscription services, therefore needing to be encrypted, it is possible that technology would have reached the stage where DVB-T2 was due to be replaced by a more efficient mode. It would be interesting too, to consider what would happen if most TV services were subscription, with only ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 being free to air on satellite and DTT, plus local TV on DTT.
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ange hitchenor: You do not say whereabouts in Wales you are located, so it is not possible to give advice as to which services may be available to you.
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ange hitchenor: Your postcode, or that of a nearby shop being most useful for carrying out a check on the Digital UK website.
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Peter Dolman: In the frequency plan suggested by Arqiva the SDN and ArqA and B COM muxes would run as SFNs on C22, C25 and C28 at all or most of the "full service" sites. PSB transmissions from Mendip would change frequencies to C40, C43 and C46 as shown in the table at the top of the page.
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Stuart: COM7 from Angus enters service officially on 17th June 2014, according to Digital UK.
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Cathy Smith: Does your aerial point to the Waltham transmitter? (Belmont or Sutton Coldfield are also possibilities at your location) The multiplex which carries Notts TV is on C26 from Waltham. If your receiver has a manual tuning facility try to do a manual tune on C26.
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Thursday 13 March 2014 11:41AM
Michael: There is high pressure affecting reception over parts of the UK at present. Signals from distant transmitters could be blocking reception of your normal channels. Sudbury is a possible source of interference on the frequencies you mention. A viewer in North Wales has posted that they were receiving siignals from Sandy Heath during the night.