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Peter: If you can get the services from Rowridge from the back of your aerial - which is quite common - the you will probably be able to get the new HD services.
I'm not so sure about having a second aerial - without special filtering you are very likely to introduce "ghost" signal from Whitehawk from the "back" of an aerial pointing directly at Rowridge.
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KMJ,Derby: Staff shocked as UTV head of news is made redundant - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk suggests some redundancies from a total staff of 980... Not sacking everyone!
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leslie rainer: Well, we know there will be the rest BBC channels next year in HD.
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trevorjharris: it has certainly not gone quiet...
Ed Vaizey confirms digital plan complete : Radio Today
A digital radio future is one step closer today as Communications Minister Ed Vaizey confirmed the completion of the Digital Radio Action Plan.
The Minister for Culture, Communications and the Creative Industries met with radio broadcasters at a Go Digital reception in the House of Commons and confirmed that significant progress had been made in the transition to digital radio in the UK.
Vaizey confirmed that the Government will announce their decision on a future radio switchover at the end of the year and hailed the positive progress in terms of consumers, cars and coverage.
It was three years ago when Vaizey first announced the Digital Radio Action Plan, which includes agreeing a coverage plan for building DAB coverage to match FM, a strategic marketing and communications plan and the development of a digital radio kite mark scheme.
The reception was hosted by Lauren Laverne and brought together many radio presenters including Neil Fox, Denise Van Outen, Elaine Paige, Paul Gambaccini, Ricky, Melvin and Charlie, Al Murray, Pete Waterman and David Kid Jensen, with over 70 MPs.
Helen Boaden, Director of BBC Radio, said that the BBC digital radio stations were well loved by listeners and that the BBC was continuing to invest in digital content and the expansion of DAB digital radio coverage. She welcomed the Government commitment to a decision on radio switchover this year and said that this would provide welcome certainty for the industry.
Radio 1 Controller Ben Cooper with Digital Radio UK's Ford Ennals
Radio 1 Controller Ben Cooper with Digital Radio UKs Ford Ennals
Ford Ennals, CEO of Digital Radio UK, highlighted the importance of radio listening in cars and announced that nearly 40% of new cars in the UK now come with digital radio as standard, which compares with 25.1% in June 2012, and just 12.1% in June 2011.
He said that major car brands BMW, Mini, Land Rover and Jaguar already have 100% of new cars with digital radio as standard and that Ford, Audi, Volvo and Toyota have the majority of their cars with digital radio. Mr Ennals also confirmed the Toyota announcement that its leading Lexus brand will have digital radio as standard in all new cars from September.
Parliamentarians also heard from John Cresswell, CEO of broadcasting and communications infrastructure company Arqiva, who confirmed that DAB digital radio coverage of both national and local stations continues to expand and that Ofcom has completed the plan for building out DAB coverage to FM equivalence.
Helen Boaden, Director of BBC Radio, says: The BBC is committed to a digital future for radio and is investing in expanding the DAB coverage of our national stations and innovating online to provide a better service to listeners: feedback from our successful digital radio coverage of Glastonbury proves yet again how much our audiences love digital radio.
John Cresswell, CEO of Arqiva, says: Arqiva is fully committed to investing in Radios digital future and is continually improving national and local DAB coverage so that more listeners can come to love digital radio.
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trevorjharris: of course if you could get everyone to chuck their sky sports subscriptions at once then the sports bodies would have to make their product free to air...
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Jay: OK. Three possibilities.
1 your sky box recover circuits have broken
2 your dish has moved
3 the lnb has failed
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Jay: if you can borrow a working sky or freesat box, this would help you work out if the problem is the lnb, or the set to box.
The dish isn't likely to move by itself but it could have been hit by something...
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little larko: I suspect that Drama has to go off the air for an hour at some point so that channel 25, Dave Ja Vue can use the capacity.
If UKTV didn't put Dave JV on for an hour each day, they would forefit channel 25 to another broadcaster.
This seems to happen at 2am.
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Thursday 25 July 2013 9:08AM
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