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David: Your assumption is incorrect.
ITV HD has London on 10832 H, Meridian and Central West on 10936 V [also STV], Granada on 10994 H
see Eutelsat 28A & Astra 1N/2A/2B at 28.2°E - LyngSat .
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Tony Hill: If the "Freeview HD" extension proposals go ahead, the BBC have said they might then put HD versions of the "UK wide" services on it, and presumably Freesat as well.
Given that it would require just TWO transponder slots for BBC three/CBBC and BBC FOUR/CBeebies, this seems reasonable.
BBC One HD has four slots (England, Wales, Scotland, NI) and BBC TWO HD will have one.
Also, the BBC News channel is moving to a HD studio in NBH within weeks.... it would be a great shame for all that HD investment to not result in BBC News HD in the UK.
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(by "Freeview HD extension proposal" I mean Ofcom consults about Freeview HD two-multiplex upgrade plan in the 600MHz band | High definition | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice .
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Radio Geordie: The information about that mux has not yet been posted by Ofcom. It will appear automatically when they publish it.
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Tony Hill: I'm guessing when you say "62% of BBC viewing" you are referring to transmissions, not actual viewers.
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Nedbod: Given the prominent Freeview, Sky (and Virgin Media and Freesat) placement for the channel, and the cross-subsidy from having cash from the extra channels on the multiplex it is quite likely that the local TV channels will work.
The difference from the BBC and ITV services is that they are for Manchester only, not all of Granadaland. Liverpool, Machester and Preston will have their own TV.
ITV and the BBC has to cover as far afield as the Isle of Mann.
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Tuesday 19 February 2013 3:10PM
David: In addition to what Dave Lindsay has posted, ITV is required to conform to certain rules when it comes to advertising, because of their market domination. It's called Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) - see CRR explained: how contract rights renewal binds ITV ad sales | Media | guardian.co.uk .
ITV has to show non-national adverts, as part of this legal remedy.
The only regional content in England the BBC has is the regional news slots, and none of the studios are equipped for HD. For this reasons the BBC isn't spending money on HD versions for the English regions where it will only deliver SD content.