All posts by Briantist
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KB Aerials Sheffield : That always makes me cross.
Still someone was trying to tell me the other day that because Freeview uses radio waves, it is still actually basically analogue.
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Ross: No, ESPN is on Multiplex SDN C41+ (634.2MHz) 64QAM 8k 2/3 24Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 and Freeview HD is on BBCB C40 (626.0MHz) 256QAM 32k 2/3 40Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4.
If TUTV say it is a "known problem" then they should be able to fix it, otherwise they are not taking "due care" with your viewing experiences.
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Mike Dimmick: Yes, I meant to say East Midlands. It's been a long day.
Yes, I had a look at C58 on the pre-switchover map and saw the relays.
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Mike Dimmick: I didn't think I had changed ArqB that way, I thought I had done it via the "Switchover state 9" function which doesn't change the final levels in the database.
But it seems that is what I must have done. Just changing it now.
Sorry for any confusion.
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Mike Dimmick: OK, it's 40 minutes early, but I have patched the "switchover type 9" to have the correct information and the final level for ArqB is now show above with the correct value.
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Ben: OK, http://stakeholders.ofcom….pdf says
"Spectrum auctions
Ofcom held several spectrum auctions in 2008:
Interleaved spectrum in the 542 to 550 MHz band went to Cube Interactive in Cardiff ... Cube Interactive are planning to develop a multi-tier service based on linear TV. A multi-tier service would use the spectrum available to Cube to
deliver a variety of services that might include television and broadband. "
It would appear the Cube had the ability to launch a multiplex on C30 and they did not.
Ofcom | Ofcom awards spectrum licence in Cardiff to Cube Interactive Limited is an announcement of the above, and Ofcom | Notices is a note saying the fee was paid and there is another mention in http://stakeholders.ofcom….pdf .
Just no actual service launch, more waffle at Cube Interactive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .
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Kalexa: You mean like All free-to-watch channels | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice or like Compare Freesat and Freesat-from-Sky TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Mike Dimmick: Whilst I accept that you can do more or less anything with the datastream, what can be done practicably with off-the-shelf equipment is another question.
I would suspect that the whole of the D3+4 from Mendip is there, but they are just messing around with the NIT, which is just a basic index of services, because this is relatively static and straightforward thing to do.
The other alternative would be to decode ITV1 and ITV1+1 and re-encode them, which might be daft-sounds but might actually be easier to arrange with off-the-shelf kit and a few data cables.
I wouldn't really matter if ITV1 ITV1+1 got non-statmux re-encoded at 8Mbps as it couldn't have better picture quality than the source.
It would be my guess that they have not done this because someone would have pointed out that sticking BBC One West on there wouldn't cost anything...
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Tuesday 13 September 2011 10:29PM
jordan: C57 at Brierley Hill is BBC One, not c58.
There are no analogue transmitters in the West Midlands.