I was under the impression they were still available until everyone moved out, in case there was a massive technical cock up at the Mailbox !
Don't forget that Birmingham (along with Manchester) are both network production centres, as well as having their own self-contained local stations they also make a large number of network radio programmes for all 5 networks. Moyles would have been in one of these - they haven't moved to The Mailbox yet
I was under the impression they were still available until everyone moved out, in case there was a massive technical cock up at the Mailbox !
Don't forget that Birmingham (along with Manchester) are both network production centres, as well as having their own self-contained local stations they also make a large number of network radio programmes for all 5 networks. Moyles would have been in one of these - they haven't moved to The Mailbox yet
The 888's in the screengrabs are those produced by a digibox they look too crude and badly positioned to be produced by the broadcaster, unless somehow the BBC or the company supplying the channel to you is feeding the channel from a digibox
IThe last headline about Tiger Woods was blacked out with the words "BBC News - Pictures subject to copyright restrictions". Surely if this has gone out on tv, each time it is seen on-line is not a repeat broadcast and as such, shouldn't be subject to these restrictions?
For many sports events the TV and Online rights are sold seperately. Therefore the BBC can show Ryder Cup clips on TV, but not when the programe is avaliable online. The same happened during the olympics - stations such as 5 Live, BBC London were unavailable online and any TV programes streamed online had to be edited to ensure that no Olympic footage went out online.
My gripe is that the "8 free BBC services" are spread across 2 Muxes - the BBC has 2 Muxes whilst ITV, C4, Five and Sky have half a Mux each. Hardly fair. I know the BBC is a major shareholder and champion of Freeview but still...
Yes but the BBC has 8 channels on DTT whereas Channel 4 has 2, ITV has 3 and Channel 5 has just 1...... they don't need the same space that the BBC has for its 8
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As an example: in Falmouth if you point your aerial one way you get no Mux B, the other way you get no Mux A. Redruth and Caradon Hill transmitters are the ONLY two transmitters serving Cornwall. This isn't enough surely. If we are to maximise the potential of DVB and DTT then the distribution network must be optimised, before we even consider switching 16QAM to 64QAM.
But changing from 64QAM to 16QAM was a far easier way of improving reception. They didn't need to install or build new transmitters, just change a setting on a computer..... and many people got better quality reception. It makes sense to convert to the new format, then see where it reaches, then install the new transmitters.
I know Falmouth very well and it will always be a bit of an oddity in TV terms - those on the estuary side of the town get TV from Caradon, those on top of the hill get it from Redruth (and can get Channel 5), others get their TV from the relay at Penryn (which relays BBC form Caradon and ITV from Redruth).
It's a case study in why Westcountry had so many problems with their sub-opts - Falmouth is West Cornwall but half the town gets the southern opt. It's a geographical thing, some parts of the country will take longer to get full DTT coverage due to their terrain.
You posted that in response to my stating that a 64QAM mux 1 is still more likely to be received than a 16QAM mux D. Quite what your post is trying to say is beyond me. Because you ignore the basic point, that someone who needs mux 1 to be on 16QAM will in all likelihood be unable to receive anything else. And I can't think of any consumer which would consider mux 1 reception only worth getting a DTT receiver for. With that in mind, surely it would be better for mux 1 to stay on 64QAM and provide greater capacity to those who actually do use DTT.
What's special about MUX1?
I know that MUX1 and 2 have universal coverage in DTT areas whereas D doesn't, but in areas with all 6 MUXes.... what makes it more likely to be recieved? It's at the same power and comes from the same masts as all the other MUXs
