All posts by Briantist
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ian from notts: There is one here - All free-to-watch channels | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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geoff: I know it might sound obvious, but you have checked the batteries in the remote...?
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Josh: The point being, however, is that there is a lot of stock in the system that does not have DVB-T2 and you would be saying that they had "zero value" and would have to go to landfill by your proposal.
We have always had a "free market" approach to this kind of thing, allowing the consumer to make their own decisions.
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Stuart O.: That might BE sensible, but sensible is not the rules in play.
For Freeview DMOL's rules are first-come-first-served:
50 was BBC HD when it was the only channel
51 was ITV HD when it was the second channel
52 was Channel 4 as it was the third HD channel
54 became BBC HD when BBC One HD moved to 50 (rules say broadcasters can swap channels they own).
55 will be Channel 5 HD.
Sky's rules are the same:
140 Channel 4 HD launched first.
143 was BBC HD as it entered Sky EPG after C4HD
169 BBC HD got this number when BBC One HD moved to 143 (same "broadcaster can swap" rules).
171 Channel 5 HD launched late
178 ITV1 HD launched even later...
*MOST* channels in the Sky EPG get swapped out for their HD counterparts, APART from the BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 because these have regions.
BBC One has lots (for news), BBC Two has England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, ITV1 has lots (for news and ads), Channel 4 has ad regions, Channel 5 has ad regions.
Because of this they can't swap.
As BBC HD will become BBC TWO HD (England) it might happen that people in England will get BBC TWO HD on "102", with those in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland getting BBC TWO HD on 169.
It is possible that Channel 4 and Channel 5 will use the capacity on Astra 1N - New Astra 1N satellite to offer more UK-focused capacity - and soon | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - to launch all their ad regions of their channels in HD, just so they will be at the "top of the Sky HD list".
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ALAN PEACHEY: I can see it on Eurobird 1 & Astra 1N/2A/2B/2D at 28.2°E - LyngSat as well, but my box refuses to add it.
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Josh: I think looking at the plans, all of the new multiplexes will be DVB-T2, because the system is required to work for the SFN and small-block-MFN networks used.
I was told once that it costs Channel 5 an "arm and a leg" to have all their programmes for 5USA converted to SD.
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Stuart O.: 53 is S4C HD.
Sky allocate channel numbers in threes, so 140 "auto reserves" 141 and 142.
Have you seen how may satellite transponders are taken up with just Channels 1 to 5 in SD?
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Channel 4 London
Channel 4 South & East
Channel 4 Midlands
Channel 4 North
Channel 4 Northern Ireland
Channel 4 Scotland
Film 4
Film 4 +1
More 4 UK +1
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E4 UK +1
E4 UK
Channel 4 London +1
Channel 4 South & East +1
Channel 4 Midlands +1
Channel 4 North +1
Channel 4 Northern Ireland +1
Channel 4 Scotland +1
More 4 UK
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ITV 1 London
ITV 2
CITV(07-19)
ITV 4
ITV 1 Granada
ITV 1 Anglia North
ITV 1 Central West
tp45
BBC One London
BBC Two England
CBBC(08-20)
BBC Three(20-05)
Channel 5(Region 2)
BBC One West
BBC One East West
BBC One Channel Islands
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BBC One West Midlands
BBC One East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
BBC One East Midlands
BBC One East East
BBC Parliament
BBC One Wales
BBC Two Wales
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BBC News
BBC Four(20-04)
CBeebies UK(07-20)
BBC One Scotland
BBC Two Scotland
BBC One North West
BBC One Yorkshire & North Midlands
BBC One South East
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
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BBC One South
BBC One South West
BBC One North East & Cumbria
BBC One Oxford
BBC Alba
BBC One Northern Ireland
BBC Two Northern Ireland
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BBC HD UK
BBC One HD
ITV 1 Meridian South East HD
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ITV 1 Border
Ulster TV +1
ITV 1 Tyne Tees North
ITV 1 Meridian South
ITV 1 Meridian South East
ITV 1 Central West +1
ITV 1 Anglia South
ITV 1 London +1
ITV 1 Yorkshire West
ITV 2 +1
tp54
Channel TV
STV North
STV West
STV East
STV West +1
Ulster TV
ITV 1 Granada +1
ITV 3
ITV 3 +1(19-07)
ITV 1 Meridian South +1
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ITV 1 Meridian South East HD
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ITV 1 Granada HD
ITV 1 Central West HD
STV West HD
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Channel 4 HD
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ITV2 HD
ITV3 HD
ITV4 HD
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ITV 1 Central South
ITV 1 Central East
ITV 1 Wales +1
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ITV 1 Meridian North
ITV 1 Anglia West
ITV 1 Yorkshire East
ITV 1 Tyne Tees South
ITV 1 Central South West
ITV 1 Yorkshire West +1
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Channel 5(Region 1)
Channel 5(Region 3)
Channel 5(Region 4)
Channel 5(Region 5)
5 USA
5 USA +1
5 star
5 star +1
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Channel 5 HD
So, you just need double the number of transponders as you get half the number of HD channels on a transponder.
Easy...
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Tuesday 1 November 2011 7:17PM
mrdtv: Given the message says that "Mux1, Mux2, and MuxB will be subject to periods of shutdown " they will clearly be testing C22, C23, C25, C26, C28 and C30-.
Every transmitter test they have tested *all* the systems at full power.