All posts by StevensOnln1
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js: The watch from start option takes you to an iPlayer stream starting from the scheduled start time of the currently program (iPlayer offers a 'live' stream of each BBC channel which can be 'rewound' by up to 4 hours). Can be very useful when you want to watch a program on delay and recording has failed, or 2 other channels are already being recorded.
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js & Chris.SE: All iPlayer streams are personal streams (i.e. a separate stream of data packets are sent from the BBC's content delivery network (CDN) for each viewer). It doesn't support multicast (where a single stream of data packets are sent from a server and are then duplicated by each router they pass through, on the public internet and through the ISP's networks until the reach the viewer's home router, so that each viewer who has requested the stream gets a copy of exactly the same data packets.
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js: iPlayer is far from unworkable, it has worked extremely well for over 10 years! It sounds like you have little knowledge of how iPlayer and other streaming/catchup services (and the content delivery networks that enable huge numbers of viewers to watch simultaneously) work. It's set to get even better with the BBC's proposal to make most programs available on demand for 12 months after broadcast. Around half of my viewing is from recordings made on the Freesat box in the living room, however the convenience of being able to watch any program on any TV (or other device) at a time of my choosing can't be beaten.
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js: Most viewers aren't watching via 4G/5G, although there are standards for 4G and 5G multicast which would dramatically reduce the load on the mobile networks for live streaming, if implemented. Multicast is however used very successfully by BT and TalkTalk for delivery of their subscription channels to YouView boxes.
The BBC's current approach with iPlayer (various major streaming services use a similar approach) is to have content streamed from servers on each ISP's network, so that most iPlayer streams only have to be delivered from a point within the ISP's network and not across the public internet. The BBC don't need as much central server and network bandwidth capacity to cope during periods of heavy demand, such as during coverage of major live music and sporting events. Multicast would be an even better way of doing it, but requires that every router in both the ISP's network and the viewer's home network have multicast support enabled, as well as the client end device (i.e. TV, smart box, PC/laptop, tablet, phone, etc) have multicast support enabled too. In short, multicast is much more complicated to get working and is only currently used in situations where the ISP has supplied all of the equipment in the delivery chain.
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David Mansell: Channel 4 have decided to move Film 4 +1 and More 4 +1 to commercial multiplexes, which are not broadcast from Freeview Lite relays such as Todmorden. TBN have taken over the capacity on PSB3 which was previously used by More 4 +1 (this is almost certainly at greater cost to them than the commercial multiplex capacity they broadcasting on previously).
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Carrie: Pick is owned by Sky, not UKTV, and has never been available on UKTV Play. There doesn't seem to be any free catchup service for Pick, you would need either a Sky or Now TV subscription.
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Rich: That sounds like you either have a fault with the cables or the LNB receiver on the dish. Your Sky viewing card will not work in a CA module, as there are none available that support Sky's encryption. There are only a handful of free to view (FTV) channels available with an ex-subscription card, the vast majority of non-subscription satellite channels are free to air (FTA) and will be receivable with any satellite tuner with no viewing card needed at all.
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Chris.SE: The FTV channels that spring to mind are 4Music, Yesterday +1, London Live, Made TV (don't think there are any other local TV stations left on satellite) as well as the East and both North regions of STV HD (West is FTA). I don't know how up to date it is, but the link below has a list.
List of channels on Sky (UK and Ireland)
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Tamsin Mc Cormick: BBC Four HD is on the COM8 multiplex, which has never been broadcast from Storeton. Depending on your location, you must have been picking it up from either Winter Hill or Moel-Y-Parc.
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Saturday 7 December 2019 3:07PM
Ruth Tenne: Please see my reply to your other post on the My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+ page.