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Seem like Sky News have ditched their SIS branded trucks, used to see SIS 48-51 on 16e all the time but now it's just 'Ranger' labelled testcards which I believe are the smaller none branded 4x4 vans - More cost savings for Sky News?

Is 16e the place to try BBC/sky feeds might give it a go before the main local news bulletins tomorrow.

Generally speaking they do use 16e:

Sky use 11080 H-11188 H, They are always 9999 symbol rate unless it's en election when they half it to 4999 to fit more in.

BBC use 12670 V - 12750 V - You'll find some at 2399 symbol rate, 4798 and 7199. They occasionally also use 16APSK for their HD SNGs.


I've seen BBC, especially BBC Scotland, still use 12.5w. Sky generally stick to 16e but for big events like Elections they do rent more space elsewhere.

At Basildon today with our newest Sat get ruck - UKI 1938 crewed by @eugenesully I am honoured! pic.twitter.com/uTu7G5mCJv

— Ben Ando (@BenAndo) October 4, 2016

[[Mod edit: Image removed due to real phone number being present - please blur if you wish to re-post it.]]

From a BBC feed in January,

Could I suggest that you remove that or blur/mask the phone numbers out of courtesy to the people who work there?

If you do blur the numbers, let the record show that the phone numbers have been spaced incorrectly.

Nerd!




(Yeah, bugged me too)

I noticed there were a few sat trucks (and a radio car) used as props on drama The Moorside, for a court scene on Tuesday night's airing:





I'd assumed the BBC must've come to some sort of arrangement with ITV to book a couple of their branded vehicles for filming purposes, but then I realised it was actually an ITV Studios production for the BBC - so it was probably the other way round!

after some Googling... it appears that the large leaf sculpture is outside Bradford Crown Court, which means the dishes are pointing in the right sort of direction for Eutelsat 7A or 16A, which are often used by UK broadcasters for news feeds.


from dishpointer.com

Also, that's the old ITV logo on those trucks - attention to detail, or have they just not rebranded them yet?

Good attention to detail for them to get one of the old BBC Local Radio UHF radio cars. A load of them were being sold off at auction after being replaced by VERV vehicles. Livery is all wrong, and the replacement front bumper too, mind you.

Defocussed!