MI
Et voila. The magic that is Wikipedia provides:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/BBC_HD_Preview.png/800px-BBC_HD_Preview.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/BBC_HD_Preview.png/800px-BBC_HD_Preview.png
TH
It looks a bit like the old Galaxy idents with the sparkling lines and the diamond logo.
http://thetvroom.com/images-bsb/galaxy-1e.jpg(From The TV Room)
Alexia posted:
Et voila. The magic that is Wikipedia provides:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/BBC_HD_Preview.png/800px-BBC_HD_Preview.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/BBC_HD_Preview.png/800px-BBC_HD_Preview.png
It looks a bit like the old Galaxy idents with the sparkling lines and the diamond logo.
http://thetvroom.com/images-bsb/galaxy-1e.jpg(From The TV Room)
MI
It looks a bit like the old Galaxy idents with the sparkling lines and the diamond logo.
http://thetvroom.com/images-bsb/galaxy-1e.jpg(From The TV Room)
Just what I was thinking. Quite apt really as one of BSB's aims was to provide HD analogue satellite TV before it was bought out by Sky.
Cue the mocks.
Thinker posted:
It looks a bit like the old Galaxy idents with the sparkling lines and the diamond logo.
http://thetvroom.com/images-bsb/galaxy-1e.jpg(From The TV Room)
Just what I was thinking. Quite apt really as one of BSB's aims was to provide HD analogue satellite TV before it was bought out by Sky.
Cue the mocks.
MI
Thanks again to Wikipedia:
BBC HD is the high-definition television channel to be launched by the BBC on a trial basis from May 15, 2006, although the first HD originated programme will be shown on May 27.
BBC HD will initially be available to subscribers of the Sky HD satellite service, and Telewest and NTL cable service subscribers with the suitable reception equipment. The channel will also be broadcast as a digital terrestrial (DVB-T) service from London's Crystal Palace transmitter, enabling the channel to be viewed by a selected trial group of a few hundred homes.
Both the satellite and terrestrial broadcasts will be free to air, which means that anybody with the required equipment (for example, an adequately powerful personal computer with a DVB-S or DVB-T interface and suitable software) will be able to view the channel during the trial.
The broadcasts will generally be for two to three hours per day, and will include simulcasts with BBC channels and replays of HD programmes such as Planet Earth, Bleak House and Hotel Babylon. Live coverage of events such as Wimbledon and the World Cup will be shown, with the first live event to be broadcast being the opening game between Germany and Costa Rica on June 9.
When high-definition programmes are not being shown, the channel will simulcast an upscaled version of BBC One, including popular standard definition programmes such as EastEnders.
Following the 6-12 month trial, a review will take place. If it is decided that a HD channel should be fully launched, it must be first approved by the BBC Trust.
BBC HD is the high-definition television channel to be launched by the BBC on a trial basis from May 15, 2006, although the first HD originated programme will be shown on May 27.
BBC HD will initially be available to subscribers of the Sky HD satellite service, and Telewest and NTL cable service subscribers with the suitable reception equipment. The channel will also be broadcast as a digital terrestrial (DVB-T) service from London's Crystal Palace transmitter, enabling the channel to be viewed by a selected trial group of a few hundred homes.
Both the satellite and terrestrial broadcasts will be free to air, which means that anybody with the required equipment (for example, an adequately powerful personal computer with a DVB-S or DVB-T interface and suitable software) will be able to view the channel during the trial.
The broadcasts will generally be for two to three hours per day, and will include simulcasts with BBC channels and replays of HD programmes such as Planet Earth, Bleak House and Hotel Babylon. Live coverage of events such as Wimbledon and the World Cup will be shown, with the first live event to be broadcast being the opening game between Germany and Costa Rica on June 9.
When high-definition programmes are not being shown, the channel will simulcast an upscaled version of BBC One, including popular standard definition programmes such as EastEnders.
Following the 6-12 month trial, a review will take place. If it is decided that a HD channel should be fully launched, it must be first approved by the BBC Trust.
PE
it's a test channel
Pete
Founding member
chris posted:
I really don't understand this!
Right, the BBC are launching a brand new channel called BBC HD. Does this mean that programmes on BBC ONE, BBC TWO etc. will never be in HD? Or are they going to bring it in gradually, and if so, is BBC HD only temporary?
I'm very confused!
Right, the BBC are launching a brand new channel called BBC HD. Does this mean that programmes on BBC ONE, BBC TWO etc. will never be in HD? Or are they going to bring it in gradually, and if so, is BBC HD only temporary?
I'm very confused!
it's a test channel
CH
Thanks a lot! That's cleared it right up!
Alexia posted:
Thanks again to Wikipedia:
BBC HD is the high-definition television channel to be launched by the BBC on a trial basis from May 15, 2006, although the first HD originated programme will be shown on May 27.
BBC HD will initially be available to subscribers of the Sky HD satellite service, and Telewest and NTL cable service subscribers with the suitable reception equipment. The channel will also be broadcast as a digital terrestrial (DVB-T) service from London's Crystal Palace transmitter, enabling the channel to be viewed by a selected trial group of a few hundred homes.
Both the satellite and terrestrial broadcasts will be free to air, which means that anybody with the required equipment (for example, an adequately powerful personal computer with a DVB-S or DVB-T interface and suitable software) will be able to view the channel during the trial.
The broadcasts will generally be for two to three hours per day, and will include simulcasts with BBC channels and replays of HD programmes such as Planet Earth, Bleak House and Hotel Babylon. Live coverage of events such as Wimbledon and the World Cup will be shown, with the first live event to be broadcast being the opening game between Germany and Costa Rica on June 9.
When high-definition programmes are not being shown, the channel will simulcast an upscaled version of BBC One, including popular standard definition programmes such as EastEnders.
Following the 6-12 month trial, a review will take place. If it is decided that a HD channel should be fully launched, it must be first approved by the BBC Trust.
BBC HD is the high-definition television channel to be launched by the BBC on a trial basis from May 15, 2006, although the first HD originated programme will be shown on May 27.
BBC HD will initially be available to subscribers of the Sky HD satellite service, and Telewest and NTL cable service subscribers with the suitable reception equipment. The channel will also be broadcast as a digital terrestrial (DVB-T) service from London's Crystal Palace transmitter, enabling the channel to be viewed by a selected trial group of a few hundred homes.
Both the satellite and terrestrial broadcasts will be free to air, which means that anybody with the required equipment (for example, an adequately powerful personal computer with a DVB-S or DVB-T interface and suitable software) will be able to view the channel during the trial.
The broadcasts will generally be for two to three hours per day, and will include simulcasts with BBC channels and replays of HD programmes such as Planet Earth, Bleak House and Hotel Babylon. Live coverage of events such as Wimbledon and the World Cup will be shown, with the first live event to be broadcast being the opening game between Germany and Costa Rica on June 9.
When high-definition programmes are not being shown, the channel will simulcast an upscaled version of BBC One, including popular standard definition programmes such as EastEnders.
Following the 6-12 month trial, a review will take place. If it is decided that a HD channel should be fully launched, it must be first approved by the BBC Trust.
Thanks a lot! That's cleared it right up!