All posts by Briantist
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john: I guess you've turned the power off at the mains for a bit and restarted the box?
It's probably worth checking the batteries in the remote control (my YouView box was doing something similar earlier today and needed a couple of new AAAs).
This My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice is always worth a try with a misbehaving Freeview box.
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david: "sky and itv channel four get more views than the state broadcaster"
Nothing like being totally wrong, is there?
You should probably have a look at Sky halves EPG charges for public service broadcasters and saves BBC local radio | Free satellite - general | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
or have a look at the ITV Annual report
http://www.itvplc.com/sit….pdf
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MikeB: Yes, I covered the collection costs in Does the BBC or BSkyB spend more on programmes? | About UK Free TV | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice .
http://downloads.bbc.co.u….pdf
shows that "despite the choice of media available to UK licence fee payers today, 97 per cent of UK adults (47 million people) consume at least 15 minutes of a BBC service in an average week, and they spend over 19 hours a week on average with the BBC."
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david: So... Please explain how something that everyone seems to pay, and that 96.8% of people use each week is "wrong in principle"?
What's the principle?
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trevorjharris: Not sure how MIMO would help. Firstly, it requires everyone to have a new aerial, it requires new transmission kit.
Even if you manage that, you don't gain because the UHF network reuses frequencies in the other polarity for all of the relay masts.
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Paul: If you're Sky and you use satellite, then you put out the word that terrestrial is "old and ugly".
Most people like terrestrial: it works for them.
The cost of SMATV communal systems can be large - it can often be cheaper to use one-aerial-per-home. Especially if you include maintenance costs.
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Sunday 19 January 2014 3:03PM
Joe: I have to agree with you about the iPlayer Radio on-demand: the Android App is so well implemented https://play.google.com/s…n_GB