All posts by Briantist
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Tim: CBBC hd and BBC Three hd are on all UK transmitters. The other three are limited to those listed.
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Michael: Very true.
In addition, given that eyesight and hearing deteriorates with age, you would have thought the people who could appreciate high definition the most are younger viewers.
The BBC is a universal service: high definition should be provided to all viewers, no matter their age: their parents have to pay to watch the TV, so their children should expect world-class programmes with world-class production standards.
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michael: How is it a "con"?
The daytime/night-time split happened whilst the channels were BBC CHOICE and BBC KNOWLEDGE.
The BBC News channel has been fully HD since it moved to New Broadcasting House. You've only been able to see it that way when it was being broadcast on BBC One HD or BBC TWO HD. I can certainly see the difference!
The BBC World news channel has been HD for ages too.
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BBC Choice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"BBC Choice also aired children's programmes, initially at weekends and subsequently daily during the daytime; this duty transferred to CBBC Channel and CBeebies in February 2002."
BBC Knowledge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Original programme included a GCSE survival guide based upon the popular BBC series "Bitesize", entitled "Bitesize Etc" and the technology series The Kit, aimed at children and getting them online and embracing digital."
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Does anyone know if the Sky HD and Freesat HD channels numbers will be the same as the SD ones for these five channels?
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It's not really a "secret" that Freeview will be moved to DVB-T2. Ofcom state
http://stakeholders.ofcom….pdf
"1.58 Taking these factors into account, and having regard to all our statutory duties, we have decided to proceed with an approach that will enable a shared short term use of the 600 MHz band for one or more DVB-T2 MPEG-4 DTT multiplexes, PMSE and white space devices"
See also
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/s….pdf
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Rob: Yes...
DVB-T2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"It is currently broadcasting in the United Kingdom (Freeview HD, four channels, plus an extra multiplex in Northern Ireland carrying 3 SD channels), Italy (Europa 7 HD, twelve channels), Finland (21 channels, 5 in HD), Sweden (five channels),[1][2] Flanders (18 SD Channels), Serbia (10 SD and HD version of the public broadcaster’s channel RTS),[3] Ukraine (32 SD and HD channels in four nationwide multiplexes), Croatia (two pay-tv multiplexes) Denmark,and some other countries."
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Wednesday 4 December 2013 2:49PM
"Angusmast": According to the post they only reduce them when BBC Alba is broadcasting.