All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Mark Agius: "Some of you may have seen the press release earlier this year that announced the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special in 3D this autumn. As the press release explained, our intention is to broadcast it using the BBCs HD capacity, and I will give you more details on our plan later this year."
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...which, I think, means
"We will occasionally take over BBC TWO HD for an hour hear or there for 3D content"
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Matt: You are at least 100 miles away from the test 4G signals - they just don't get that far!
Looking at what you have said, you might have too much signal - see Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | Digital switchover | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice .
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Mike Dimmick: Very good points.
I will have to have a look at the presentation on BBC TWO HD today, but a counter-argument is that they might maintain an SD sustaining feed for BBC TWO as there is no need for the Scotland, NI and Wales versions to have an HD sustaining feed. This contrasts with BBC One where there are HD versions for Scotland, Wales and NI.
I'm not sure about the BBC using the capacity currently used for "303" on Freeview HD multiplex (BBCB) as they have offered to sell it off - BBC advertise for a new Freeview HD channel | High definition | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice - but my *GUESS* is that BT will pay for this for BT Sports 1 HD.
I doubt very much if the BBC will want to alienate BBC ONE HD 2D users for the special Doctor Who with a MHEG-made low-res version. Especially if it won't work with a PVR.
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John B: I have noted your comments, and updated the diagram.
And I wish I had stuck to my rule of not covering pay services!
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From Alix Pryde on BBC - Blogs - About the BBC - Hello BBC Two HD; Goodbye BBC HD :
". I've confirmed with my iPlayer colleagues that the position is as follows. By the end of this year we hope that all programmes produced in HD will be available in HD on iPlayer, regardless of whether they have been broadcast on an HD channel. In the meantime, HD content on iPlayer has to have been broadcast on an HD channel, or else have been selected to be put through a separate process. Theres a limit to the number of hours of programming per week that can go through that process, but over the coming months we will be selecting those programmes carefully to try to minimise disappointment.
Then there was the topic ... about the potential to offer repeats of BBC Three and BBC Four series on BBC Two late night or overnight. Its an interesting idea and I have passed it on to Janice Hadlow, the Controller of BBC Two.
highlighted some picture degradation on BBC One HD in the North of England. About the same time, we also received notification of the issue thanks to people contacting the Reception Advice service. Im pleased to report that once we became aware of the issue, my team worked with our supplier to get it fixed quickly by swapping out a single faulty encoder, which took place early on Wednesday. Its clear though that the issue shouldn't have gone on for as long as it did and Im looking into that.
in response to a query on Andys blog, I can confirm that we are updating the references on BBC websites to the EPG numbers for our channels."
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Mark: There is a paper at BBC RD - Publications - White Paper 174 : The Plymouth Digital Radio Mondiale (Drm) Trial Long-term Reception Results .
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Thursday 21 March 2013 9:45AM
unknown/Dave Lindsay: Sorry, Ofcom made a slight change to the format of the "CSV" files which are the source for these pages (changed line ends from CRLF to CR).
The file is picked up automatically once a day.
I have fixed the code to deal with the new format, so the pages are now restored.