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BBC ONE English Regions on DSAT

Testing Now (June 2003)

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KA
Katherine Founding member
jay posted:
Katherine posted:
jay posted:
I don't understand why I've been given BBC West Mids when other people are getting East Mids on their 101. Crying or Very sad

Just one of those bizarre oddities of life really..... cheer up, you might warm to Nick 'Nicky Babes' Owen and Suzanne Virdee.....

I don't sduppose you want to swap regions do you? lol.

I dunno - I rather like Dominic and co - been watching EMT for the last 2 and a bit weeks because Paul Hudson's on leave....
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A former member
noggin posted:

BBC One London idents are carried on both analogue and digital terrestrial. However BBC One London on DSat is, as you say, BBC One Network (with London local programmes but network idents) on both 101 in London (and also for FTA/non-card viewers) and 944 outside. I suspect that BBC One Network will remain on DSat for robustness reasons - and it would be difficult to justify the extra costs required to broadcast both versions on DSat just to allow three letters to be added to the red BBC One box (and I guess local trails to be seen?)



It might change at some point back to what it was before the need to provide a national service for satellite viewers came about - the Network is the London (or South East as it was then) service.

However for now it seems presentation don't know about the change, they still anounced 'for your region Press TV and button 1' this evening
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A former member
AdamP posted:
I believe I'm right in saying that the 1830 regional programmes are the most watched news programmes in Britain - so many people would argue it's well worth making sure they're all available.


Yes, apparently so. If you take all 16 programmes as a whole BBC1 6:30-7:00 is the most watched news slot
JA
jay Founding member
OK My mind is at rest for a little bit. Just had a looky over on DigitalSpy, and it seems hardly anyone in the East Midlands area is actually recieving it on 101. Instead, people in Yorkshire and other places are! What a cock-up by Sky (BBC??)
KA
Katherine Founding member
Larry Scutta posted:
AdamP posted:
I believe I'm right in saying that the 1830 regional programmes are the most watched news programmes in Britain - so many people would argue it's well worth making sure they're all available.


Yes, apparently so. If you take all 16 programmes as a whole BBC1 6:30-7:00 is the most watched news slot

Halleluyah! That's confirmed in the BBC English Regions annual review. I have a copy (picked up from reception at BBC Nottingham) and Andy Griffee says thus:

Quote:
Our television news programmes are outperforming their commercial competitors by a massive margin. Collectively they are now the most watched news output on British television. They have been creatively refreshed with new titles and supplemented by the successful launch of a new programme for East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Does anyone know his e-mail address?
MD
mdtauk
Could someone possibly list the text that appears in each of the BBC One's regional box.
JA
jay Founding member
Most likely e-mail address is andy.griffee@bbc.co.uk
JA
jay Founding member
martinDTanderson posted:
Could someone possibly list the text that appears in each of the BBC One's regional box.

In the East Midlands, it's (surprisingly)...
|B|B|C|
ONE
East Midlands
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A former member
martinDTanderson posted:
Could someone possibly list the text that appears in each of the BBC One's regional box.

A few more:
As shown in Jay's post but with...
South - both Oxon and Soton say south
South East
South West
West
East
North West

I haven't watched any of the Look North regions yet. They're all pretty obvious really... Confused
NG
noggin Founding member
Larry Scutta posted:
noggin posted:

BBC One London idents are carried on both analogue and digital terrestrial. However BBC One London on DSat is, as you say, BBC One Network (with London local programmes but network idents) on both 101 in London (and also for FTA/non-card viewers) and 944 outside. I suspect that BBC One Network will remain on DSat for robustness reasons - and it would be difficult to justify the extra costs required to broadcast both versions on DSat just to allow three letters to be added to the red BBC One box (and I guess local trails to be seen?)



It might change at some point back to what it was before the need to provide a national service for satellite viewers came about - the Network is the London (or South East as it was then) service.

However for now it seems presentation don't know about the change, they still anounced 'for your region Press TV and button 1' this evening


Perhaps this should change to "Other BBC regions are available from channel 9xx"?

It is important to remember that FTA viewers with Sky boxes but no viewing card (and existing FTV viewers with dead series 1 cards after August?) will get BBC One London on 101 wherever they are in the UK - so there is a justification for not duplicating BBC London's terrestrial pres on satellite and instead providing a guiding announcement steering people to the 900s?
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A former member
noggin posted:

Perhaps this should change to "Other BBC regions are available from channel 9xx"?

It is important to remember that FTA viewers with Sky boxes but no viewing card (and existing FTV viewers with dead series 1 cards after August?) will get BBC One London on 101 wherever they are in the UK - so there is a justification for not duplicating BBC London's terrestrial pres on satellite and instead providing a guiding announcement steering people to the 900s?


Of course it will also be heard on the rare occasions where a region doesn't opt out. The anno used to be 'press TV and button 1' on digital and 'sorry we cannot bring you....' on analogue.

A combination of both would be applicable, but then neither make any sense to the london based satellite viewer
TV
TVDragon
xtremeboat posted:
Whats the number Dominic gave out?? Is it possible to ring up and have East Midlands put on 101 straight away?

Dominic only popped up to say people in the borders might have a different region and directed you to the 900s -- Then in the interview after his report [with a 1950s BBC clock] David gave 0870 901 6789 as the number, but I can't remember what he said happens if you ring it. I doubt very much does.


noggin posted:
Perhaps this should change to "Other BBC regions are available from channel 9xx"?

It is important to remember that FTA viewers with Sky boxes but no viewing card (and existing FTV viewers with dead series 1 cards after August?) will get BBC One London on 101 wherever they are in the UK - so there is a justification for not duplicating BBC London's terrestrial pres on satellite and instead providing a guiding announcement steering people to the 900s?

In my little wander around last evening, the region I was in when the ident started was East [West], and the new anno over the East ident was *very* long explaining the changes, and if you live in east of the region, you can do this... but if you live in the west of the region, ra ra ra... The woman nearly fell off the end of her ropey thing.

A lot of people have appalling terrestrial reception, me included in the past, and the 900s plan is a good idea indeed.


Katherine posted:
EAST MIDLANDS TODAY, NOTTINGHAM!!!!!

LOL, that's probably one of this forum's greatest ironies -- after all these years of LN commentary.. And I hope David H hasn't got the M***a woman on his 101, though I probably wouldn't say that if I knew we were going to hear all about it.

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