BBC World [soon to be BBC World News]

I'm kinda worried about World's countdown. The sounds of the red streams don't match anymore...

Its because theyve mixed the bits of video up making new versions of them and just used one sound track instead of adding sweeps where needed.

She also presented "The Money Programme" in the 90s ISTR. I think in the era it came from a purpose built studio and gallery in the BBC White City building.

......and speaking of "biz" presenters who are anchoring the news on BBC World -

firstly Manisha Tank, then Maya Evan, and this recent weekend, Maryam Moshiri (splendidly) presented BBC World news on Saturday.

Would anyone be willing to PM me and provide a little piece of information?

While I was on holiday in Turkey we only had access to one english speaking TV channel and it was BBC World.
Having more than a passing interest in TV news I was quietly happy in the thought that the only channel I would be watching for two whole weeks would be a channel that I was not normally allowed to watch.

I found myself wanting to watch certain programmes (The World) because I found them very informative.

I would like to carry on watching them but there is a small piece of information that I need.

As I started:
Would anyone be willing to PM me and provide a little piece of information?

Thank you in advance

what?

The World is on BBC Four, surely you can watch it on that.

Get a cheap satellite kit from Lidl.

Those who used the analogue signal on transponder 130, frequency 11114 MHz, on the satellite HOT BIRD (tm) 6 will need to use a DVB-compliant digital receiver and retune to transponder 94, the digital frequency 12597 MHz. BBC World will remain unencrypted and free-to-air.

Lidl. Is that the supermarket chain? I doing some research into this very interesting piece of information.



Is that the best recommendation? Certainly sounds like an exciting possibility.

I've been watching BBC World here in Merseyside for about 4 years now. I have an 80cm dish outside and a digital receiver. As James said, the analogue transmission of BBC World has been switched off, so digital is the only option now. Point the dish at HotBird at 13 degrees East. The size of the dish will depend on your location. I've heard some people in the south of England receiving BBC World with a 60cm dish (the old Sky analogue dishes) but the satellite installer I contacted recommended an 80cm dish so I receive a stable signal. I haven't had any problems with my reception in 4 years.

Was it easy to install and easy to use? I'm guessing now that the further north I live the bigger the dish I need?

Also I heard from another forum that someone had stuck thier dish on a broomstick in their garden. And finally what is Astra, Hotbird, Intelsat and all those others all about as I don't understand.

I can get BBC World in London with an old Sky Digitsl dish, nudged round a bit.

Ziggy - BBC World is broadcast on 2 satellites in Europe as far as I know - Hotbird 6 (13 degrees east) and Astra 1 (19 degrees east) - and as James Hall said, its unencrypted free-to-air on both. Astra 2 (28 degrees east) is the satellite primarily used for Sky Digital and the domestic BBC services along with most other UK and Irish channels which is why you can't get BBC World on this. Astra 2's footprint (area of coverage) covers the British Isles only whereas Hotbird 6 and Astra 1 have much larger footprints covering large areas of Europe. Hence there are many German and other European channels on Hotbird 6 and Astra 1. Hope that explains it for you!

I live in Ireland and I easily picked up Astra 1 with a normal Sky Digital dish and box so it shouldn't be a problem from somewhere in Britain. It did require a bit of fiddling with the dish but don't go messing with a dish you already have unless you know exactly what you're doing because you might find it very difficult to get it back the way it was!