All posts by Briantist
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Mark A.: You seem to have your wires crossed here somewhere.
On satellite the interactive services are provided using indivdual MPEG2 encoded streams. They have their own PIDs (5300, 5300, 5500, 5600 and 5700).
There isn't really any limit to the number of audio streams (beyond the capacity of the satellite transponder) and any APID can be selected by the OpenTV/MHEG5 software to show alongside a video stream.
Sadly the Sky OpenTV software is incapable of switching PIDs during the normal running of a broadcast because it would be very sensible of the BBC could supply a "BBC One England" service in MPEG2 at very high quality and split it into lower quality regional services when required.
I rather suspect that the removal of "small" regions will get booted into the long grass as the relevant MPs will probably get wind of it.
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michael : I wonder if there are any figures on the usage of Medium Wave - I can't see that BARB breaks the figures down into different platforms.
I suspect that if you look at the cost-per-listener for the MW and LW services it probably doesn't justify keeping them running for ever.
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michael : I agree that responding to the consultation is a good idea, but the BBC Trust have pointed out that if you want to say "no" to a proposal then you need to make it clear where you think the money should come from.
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Alvin Pritchard: In the word of technology, due to Moore's Law, things keep changing. No one will ever "leave things alone".
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Ian Smith: The BBC Trust have indicated that there will be no changes to the regional structure of BBC One.
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Phil McCavity: But you have to admit that Sky make you pay for things that are free in such a nice way.
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sid: See The BBC wants to stop paying Sky ten million pounds a year for EPG listing | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice please.
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It's probably worth seeing which BBC regions would get shunted from digital satellite:
Channel Islands - 48997 homes
Oxford - 415699
Northern Ireland - 647578
East Yorkshire/Lincolnshire - 715399
South East - 725392
South West- 770075
East - 848197
East Midlands - 887298
West- 909183
Cambridge - 965700
Wales - 1234236
South - 1421192
North East - 1585975
North - 1936494
Scotland - 2407092
West Midlands - 2883382
North West - 3095483
London - 4854895
So, Oxford then and East Yorkshire?
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trevorjharris: Re BBC TWO HD - the article was only covering the service changes, not programming changes within the channels.
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Wednesday 12 October 2011 10:29PM
Des Collier: It is probably worth point out two things.
1) As all the BBC services are carried on digital multiplexes, there is nothing to be gained by closing a service at night, as you can't close "part" of a multiplex.
2) It can be argued that people who work unsociable hours (or people with insomnia) have to pay their Licence Fee as much as anyone else.
3) Some overnight services provide in-vision signing or are at least "narrative repeats" that are useful for people with PVRs.