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https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/07/how-ofcom-is-changing-where-you-find.html
Seems a bit ridiculous to have BBC Alba high up across the UK - for example. I can’t quite work out how Sky are going to make this work. Which one of their own channels will they sacrifice from 106/107/108?
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This is how Ofcom's ruling will affect individual channels and platforms:
- Welsh language broadcaster S4C will have to be given a higher slot on Virgin Media's UK-wide channel list by January 2021, so that it appears among the first 24 slots on the channel list.
- Gaelic service BBC Alba will need to be found a higher slot on both Sky and Virgin by 2021, so that it can be seen in the top 24 slots across the UK.
- BBC Four, shunted down to channel 82 in Scotland following the launch of the BBC Scotland channel, will need to be moved to a new position on Freeview and YouView in Scotland - Ofcom has determined it must be located no lower than channel 24 on the channel list - this could mean that existing commercial channels are forced down the channel list, at least in Scotland.
- CBBC and CBeebies will have to be promoted on Sky's EPG. In a move that Broadcast estimates will cost Disney £300,000 a year, the two BBC children's channels will have to be moved from their current positions - 613 and 614 to at least 607 and 608 or higher. The easiest way to resolve this would be to swap the BBC's and Disney's services over - as Disney occupies a block of numbers between 607 and 612, or move the BBC services higher, which would also affect Nickelodeon, Boomerang and Cartoon Network.
- In Wales only, where S4C is the official fourth channel, Channel 4 must be moved to a more prominent position on Sky and Freesat, meaning that Channel 4 must appear within the first eight channels on the list - with channels 101-105 awarded to the five terrestrial broadcasters under existing prominence rules, Channel 4 will have to be assigned channel 106, 107 or 108 in Wales, a move that will impact on either Sky One, Sky Witness or Sky Atlantic on Sky and various BBC channels on Freesat.
- BBC News and BBC Parliament are safeguarded by needing to be located within the first eight slots in the news section of each TV platform - a criteria already been met by all platform operators. Additionally, BBC Scotland must be found in the top 24 channel slots in Scotland - all providers are currently meeting this criteria, so there will be no changes needed.
- Welsh language broadcaster S4C will have to be given a higher slot on Virgin Media's UK-wide channel list by January 2021, so that it appears among the first 24 slots on the channel list.
- Gaelic service BBC Alba will need to be found a higher slot on both Sky and Virgin by 2021, so that it can be seen in the top 24 slots across the UK.
- BBC Four, shunted down to channel 82 in Scotland following the launch of the BBC Scotland channel, will need to be moved to a new position on Freeview and YouView in Scotland - Ofcom has determined it must be located no lower than channel 24 on the channel list - this could mean that existing commercial channels are forced down the channel list, at least in Scotland.
- CBBC and CBeebies will have to be promoted on Sky's EPG. In a move that Broadcast estimates will cost Disney £300,000 a year, the two BBC children's channels will have to be moved from their current positions - 613 and 614 to at least 607 and 608 or higher. The easiest way to resolve this would be to swap the BBC's and Disney's services over - as Disney occupies a block of numbers between 607 and 612, or move the BBC services higher, which would also affect Nickelodeon, Boomerang and Cartoon Network.
- In Wales only, where S4C is the official fourth channel, Channel 4 must be moved to a more prominent position on Sky and Freesat, meaning that Channel 4 must appear within the first eight channels on the list - with channels 101-105 awarded to the five terrestrial broadcasters under existing prominence rules, Channel 4 will have to be assigned channel 106, 107 or 108 in Wales, a move that will impact on either Sky One, Sky Witness or Sky Atlantic on Sky and various BBC channels on Freesat.
- BBC News and BBC Parliament are safeguarded by needing to be located within the first eight slots in the news section of each TV platform - a criteria already been met by all platform operators. Additionally, BBC Scotland must be found in the top 24 channel slots in Scotland - all providers are currently meeting this criteria, so there will be no changes needed.
https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/07/how-ofcom-is-changing-where-you-find.html
Seems a bit ridiculous to have BBC Alba high up across the UK - for example. I can’t quite work out how Sky are going to make this work. Which one of their own channels will they sacrifice from 106/107/108?
Last edited by Ash101 on 9 July 2019 10:48am