Sky News

A satellite transmission does not have problems "in the midlands". It either has a problem everywhere or it does not. In this case not.

Did any one, by any chance, capture the 4:30pm headlines - nobody spoke over the bed for a while, and it's possible to get a clean loop of the new headline bed because of it.

Thanks

Just get a sky dish and box. Sky News is FTA and channels never go off.

You can't say it will never go off, for all we know Sky's uplink could fail tomorrow, leaving Sky News broadcasting on other platforms but a lack of it on Sky.

AIUI ntl:Telewest don't pick up their signal for some Sky Channels from Astra do they? There are a number of streams available from other satellites which are specifically intended for re-broadcast, so quite easily one of those transponders could go down and cause it to disappear off DCab.

The Sky News Cable feed is carried on Astra 2 (and can be programmed into any digibox or FTA box). However, as I understood it from a mate of mine who works at NTL Cambridge, NTL:Telewest receive the Sky channels from a direct fibre optic feed. The only companies probably using the satellite feed would be Wright Cable and possibly Homechoice.

Not actually watched to find out but on the Freeview EPG this afternoon each hour was presented as "News, Sport and Weather" with the description saying something like "Everything you need to know in 15 minutes".

Yeh this has been airing since around the begining of December. Presenters take it in turns each half hour I think to present each 15min segment.

Same for me on NTL, didn't notice it before though.

So is it a set up similar to the old ITN News Channel then with basically a bulletin every 15 minutes.

It seems a strange move for Sky News to make really.

I see they're doing a special 'Green Britain' series this week, with its own graphics and straps.

The lighting 'fins' in the studio also turn fluourescent green too.

Just saw that too - nice to see a colour change.