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Greebo: As far as I understand it, there will only be one service in Manchester. The existing one will "cease" when the "new" one stats.
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I understand the channels are
Absolute, Absolute 80s, Al Jazeera Eng, BET, BET +1, Capital FM, CAPITAL TV, CCTV News, Choice FM, Classic FM, CLUBLAND TV, CNBC, euronews, Gems TV, Gold, heart tv, HIGH STREET TV, Holiday+Cruise, Insight Radio, JazzFM,
JML Direct, more>movies, Movies4Men, Movies4Men+1, Planet Pop, PlanetRock
QVC Beauty, Rocks & Co1,RT, S4C, Smooth Radio, SONY SAB ,The Active Channel, Travel Channel, Tristar, TV Shop, TWR, XFM, Zing UK
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FYI...
SES AND EUTELSAT UPDATE ON OPERATIONS AT 28.5° EAST - SES.com
Luxembourg, Paris, 4 October 2013 - Following the decision of the Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce of Paris that concluded the first phase of arbitration in September 2013 and a preliminary injunction by the regional civil court of Bonn, SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) and Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) have collaborated in the best interest of customers to ensure a smooth transition of operations on frequencies at 28.5°E under a German filing.
As of October 4, SES is operating and Eutelsat has ceased operating on these frequencies. The transfer was successfully completed in the night of 3-4 October. SES and Eutelsat are in discussions to find a solution regarding the subject matter of the arbitration. -
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charles carrington: Looking at the "radiation pattern" on the Local TV on Freeview "radiation patterns" update | Local TV | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice page, the transmitter won't be broadcasting ETV in your direction.
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Richard E: I think they showed that version of inside out for all of England. It was on in London...
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Mark: the problem now is that without a date set, some people won't bother upgrading. As soon as a date is decided upon, millions more will change "because they have to". The doubters said there would be a "refuseniks ryno" for Freeview... It never happened.
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Trevor Harris: of course you misrepresent what I said.
They are not saying they will close R4 FM with immediate effect.
But if they say "in two years time" then most people will have been warned enough to make them seek out a DAB radio in time.
Remember there will be two years of "on air" reminders.
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What will happen is this.
The BBC will start replacing (ie, they continue on digital platforms) all the "on air trailers" for programmes on all radio networks with a message saying, in a network-suitable voice:
"UK national and local radio will not transmit on this analogue network after 2019. If you wish to listen to BBC radio, you must switch to a digital radio system: Freeview, online or DeeAyBee. For more information call the BBC action line on 0800 000000".
Two years of hearing that every half hour.... will get the message over.
Who would be mad enough to buy an FM-only radio then?
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Monday 30 September 2013 11:03PM
Mark A.: It's a close call for UKTV.
There are 2,100,000 "Freesat only" homes ... more or less the same as the number of;Sky only" homes.
However, UKTV gets revenue from SSSL for the 6.2m homes that have both Sky AND Freeview, plus the 2.7m homes with Sky alone.
The UKTV channels do bolster the "basic package" parts of the Sky arrangement - the ones you have to take to get access to the premium tiers.
If, for example, "Dave" went FTA on satellite, the channel would get a boost from being a "high rated" channel in the 2.1m extra homes... it might just be worth the loss of SSSL revenue to UKTV (which is miniscule).
However, Sky won't want the main providers of their basic channels walking away.
Perhaps things have changed, but I always heard that the BBC was keen to "keep a finger in every pie" (meaning advertising, subscription, direct-grant and licence fee income).
Having lost one pie recently, I seems an unlikely moment to bit off another one.