Flextech Television

GE

thegeek Founding member 6 July 2006 7:42pm

...apparently have a new logo:
http://www.flextech.co.uk/images/logos/flextech.png

Also, as of this week, all of their channels (except Player) are now being broadcast by Red Bee at the Broadcast Centre.

NW

nwtv2003 6 July 2006 7:52pm

Hmm, I heard UKTV's Transmission was switching over to Red Bee, I didn't know the rest of Flextech was switching over.

But it explains why the 14:9 Problem on Challenge has finally been fixed, it doesn't look silly having a massive black bar at the top of the screen only anymore.

GE

thegeek Founding member 6 July 2006 7:56pm

nwtv2003 posted:

Hmm, I heard UKTV's Transmission was switching over to Red Bee, I didn't know the rest of Flextech was switching over.

UKTV tx has been handled by BBC Broadcast/Red Bee for quite some time - and was based in TV Centre until a year or two ago.

CO

Conan-san 6 July 2006 8:32pm

Dumb logo or not, they're providing Adult Swim so I'm not complaining.

PC

Philip Cobbold 6 July 2006 9:14pm

Does this mean a move to 16:9 on UKTV now? Unless they've already converted over of couse.

MA

marksi 6 July 2006 9:24pm

Philip Cobbold posted:

Does this mean a move to 16:9 on UKTV now? Unless they've already converted over of couse.

The main UKTV channels have been in the Broadcast Centre for some time and have not been 16:9.

GE

thegeek Founding member 6 July 2006 9:41pm

...apart from UKTV G2, who are showing World Cup matches in 16:9, and are testing out other bits of material here and there.

Someone told me last week that it's partly to do with the coders in the Siemens multiplexing area at TV Centre, though I've still not been able to get a straight answer out of anyone on this.

LL

Larry the Loafer 6 July 2006 11:08pm

That logo has been on the website for a few weeks now.

PT

Put The Telly On 6 July 2006 11:42pm

So does.. Ftn get a revamp? or even the better, axed?

MD

Mr D'Arcy 6 July 2006 11:50pm

nok32uk posted:

So does.. Ftn get a revamp? or even the better, axed?

*Slow grinds chopper*

IS

Inspector Sands 7 July 2006 12:05am

thegeek posted:

nwtv2003 posted:

Hmm, I heard UKTV's Transmission was switching over to Red Bee, I didn't know the rest of Flextech was switching over.

UKTV tx has been handled by BBC Broadcast/Red Bee for quite some time - and was based in TV Centre until a year or two ago.

Indeed, UKTV has never been played out by anyone else. Prior to the formation of UKTV; UK Gold came from Molinaire and before that Thames TV.

The Flextech channels are moving over to Red Bee from Ascent Media facility which is also the home of Channel 5. This used to be called LPC and before that Pearson. In the case of Living TV it was originally played out by Thames

IS

Inspector Sands 7 July 2006 12:11am

thegeek posted:

...apart from UKTV G2, who are showing World Cup matches in 16:9, and are testing out other bits of material here and there.

Someone told me last week that it's partly to do with the coders in the Siemens multiplexing area at TV Centre, though I've still not been able to get a straight answer out of anyone on this.

Doesn't sound right to me, the technology isn't exactly rare the BBC channels have been doing widescreen through the same infrastructure for 8 years now

A bigger issue must be UKTV's back catalogue. Their library is full of re-versioned copies of BBC programmes, all in 14:9/4:3. To go back to the master copies (from the BBC) and re-edit everything is a heck of a job

Flextech Television

(July 2006)