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jolly turnip
a516 posted:
JAS84 posted:
DVB Cornwall posted:
According to A516 this is on the LOCAL muxes only. Very limited availability as a result.

Don't be so sure about the limited availability. I'm in Hull, and I can pick up Grimsby's Estuary TV as well as Bonanza Bonanza which is on the same mux. If a transmitter area (in my case, Belmont) contains a local channel, that entire area gets Pop, not just the town where the regional channel is broadcasting.

No. In your case Hull gets Estuary TV (which was renamed to reflect a coverage area beyond NE Lincs) because the signal is beamed northwards from Belmont passes over the Humber and into Hull. The whole Belmont transmitter area (notably the areas to the south of the mast) does not get the signal.

Signal certainly heads south west at least to Lincoln (best part of 20 miles south west) if not further.
MI
Mike516
jolly turnip posted:
a516 posted:
JAS84 posted:
DVB Cornwall posted:
According to A516 this is on the LOCAL muxes only. Very limited availability as a result.

Don't be so sure about the limited availability. I'm in Hull, and I can pick up Grimsby's Estuary TV as well as Bonanza Bonanza which is on the same mux. If a transmitter area (in my case, Belmont) contains a local channel, that entire area gets Pop, not just the town where the regional channel is broadcasting.

No. In your case Hull gets Estuary TV (which was renamed to reflect a coverage area beyond NE Lincs) because the signal is beamed northwards from Belmont passes over the Humber and into Hull. The whole Belmont transmitter area (notably the areas to the south of the mast) does not get the signal.

Signal certainly heads south west at least to Lincoln (best part of 20 miles south west) if not further.

Not much further than Lincoln, unless during certain weather conditions or using a booster, high-gain aerial. Most of Lincoln is outside of the official "served" area (they mean using a certain type of aerial, located outside on the roof of a standard 2 storey house etc), and at many postcodes doesn't appear on the official coverage checker.

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whoiam989
Talking about the programmes on Pop, if Discovery didn't withdraw bid for Channel 5 takeover, would Hasbro team up with Discovery (just like what they did to launch what is now Hub Network) to move Hasbro Studios shows (including Transformers: Prime and MLP FIM ) to 5 instead?

What else do Pop and others show?
GO
gottago
whoiam989 posted:
Talking about the programmes on Pop, if Discovery didn't withdraw bid for Channel 5 takeover, would Hasbro team up with Discovery (just like what they did to launch what is now Hub Network) to move Hasbro Studios shows (including Transformers: Prime and MLP FIM ) to 5

No. They wouldn't have done this.

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