BBC England Regions

thought you might all like this news ..
Regional news services on BBC1 are to be available for digital satellite
viewers in England for the first time, it was announced today.
Until now viewers have received an alternative programme, UK Today, but from
early next year interactive regional services will begin.
It will mean viewers can choose the service most applicable to them, to
counter some of the anomalies caused by being in the 'wrong' region
geographically.
The first phase will cover 70% of the population and applies to viewers in
London, the north west, the north, West Midlands and the south of England. The
other regions will follow but until then viewers will have to switch back to
analogue TV for the services.


161417 OCT 01

Does this mean therefore that I can continue to receive Emley Land Look North Groovy Harry Christa Vision R Us?

Tell me yay or nay!

SAVE LOOK NORTH FROM WHOLESALE GENETIC MODIFICATION!

I think it will depend on whether all the regions are available to everyone or whether they will do it by postcode ... like BBC One nations .....
if it's like iTV is proposing then everyone will see every region .. anoraks delight!

So Nicky,

If I can persuade my parents to get me Sky Digital some time next year before 'that day', I can still receive Paul Hudson from Woodhouse Lane? Does it mean that I won't have to be condemned to Philpot? Does it mean continuance of Peter/GOD banter for me? If so, my parents are gonna have to reverse a decision and cough up cash!

Yours, tentatively contemplating ordering champagne.....

AND ALL YOU northerners CAN WATCH LDN

dee daa dah dee

Well as usual people living in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland don't get anything!

You already have your local BBC services!

About bloody time! I knew the BBC whould have to move to get the English regions up and running as ITV were coming to Sky Digital boasting there regions.

So NickyS, do you know how this is going to work, I mean, this selecting your region thing, does this mean that we can all watch LDN if we wanted , or do we only get the choice of having regional programmes near us e.g. I get North West Tonight, but if you just go on the outscerts of Buxton (where I live) you get Midlands Today. So the choice for my postcode area would obvously be NWT or MT.

Ive got good old Digital cable and I get BBC1 East Midlands and BBC1 Yorkshire & Linclolnshire in Lovely digital!

More info has just come in ... this is how it will work .. so it means a choice of 5 regions each ... official version as follows ... so yes Katherine you can keep Mr Hudson!!!

Viewers will select the regional programme of their choice from a menu of five alternatives. This will also enable viewers to overcome existing regional anomalies on analogue TV (people getting the 'wrong' region), caused by local topography. The changes also mean that the current service carried in regional news slots on BBC ONE in digital satellite homes, UK Today, will no longer be needed and come to an end in January.

Damn you Schiller ... you got there first

Interesting news, though.

Sounds very interesting!!!

Although, I'll be interested to see which 5 regions they give me here. Obviously Midlands Today and East Midlands Today, but I think the rest of them have little relevance. (but I'd still watch them) I would think NWT would be there, possibly South Today (Oxford) and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give me Look North Leeds!!!

Well, all will be revealed, so this is happening in January for definite, being though it says UK Today is coming to an end then. What a nice new year present from the BBC!