All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Derrick Pascoe : Yes, it was announced on 23 November, 2012 - UKTV secures fourth Freeview slot | News | Broadcast .
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Mark Agius: Before 2011, Channel 4 and S4C "shared" data. I fixed this later, but I uploaded the wrong graph... the link has the right one https://ukfree.tv/barb….png
Channel 5 got to around 70% of the population at launch, and long before multi-channel was widespread, so it had quite an easy ride in some homes.
Channel 5 was on analogue satellite from the off too, and was on both DTT and Sky Digital at launch, and reached many places that ONdigital/ITV digial with high power analogue services.
Remember that Channel 5 was always part of the "four and a half" analogue plan, whereas the pre-DSO digital services weren't.
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Richard Hibberd: The "exact distance" is a function of
a) the EIRP power output of the 4G transmitter;
b) the ERP power output of your Freeview transmitter;
c) the frequencies used by the 4G mast;
d) the frequencies used by the Freeview transmitter and if these are certain numbers of channels away.
e) the angle between the Freeview transmitter and the 4G determined from your rooftop aerial's POV;
f) if a filter has been fitted.
g) which companies win the upcoming auction and which existing mobile phone sites they decide to use for the 800MHz band services.
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Nick: It's worth remember that your dish will be aligned with the 23.5 degrees east orbital position. If you want to use other satellites, your dish won't be pointing in the right direction.
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Jon Norris: There is a check list to follow here - High definition | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Mike Davison: As no-one moved the mast at switchover the only change to the coverage map was the signal levels in the coverage area.
Before - http://ukfree.tv/predictB….png
After - http://ukfree.tv/predictB….png
There are always limits as the I have used the "20m above ground level" for the aerial calculations.
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Friday 4 January 2013 10:43PM
and to call them "tax paid" is very silly, as UKTV brings in money to the BBC in addition to the TV Licence.
A petition to say "stop BSkyB requiring all of each provider channels to be subscription" might be better.
(Note - Sky breaks it's own rules with Pick TV and Challenge)