The Freeview Thread

It's a bit of a non story and a cheap aim at the BBC, even though it's not their fault. It's a type of story I'd expect to read from The S*n or the Fail, not the Independent.

Anyway nothing to see quite literally and move on.

Indy has become a full on right-wing attack dog lately.

The Independent has gone seriously downhill since it went online only, it's very sad. Not even in terms of it becoming right-wing or left-wing or whatever, but in terms of the quality of writing and the noted increase in clickbait headlines and stories.

Didn't some investment bankers from Saudi arabia buy it?

The Saudis have a share in the company, yet Lebedev is still the main shareholder. When the Saudi investors came on board, they signed a deal with Two Beards to ensure impartial journalism remains.

im sure Mr Murdoch did the same when he brought his paper, dont forget Maxwell.. ( not the coffee)

The Times has an independent board, but they largely go along with what Murdoch wants. This is a suggestion I made with regards to 21st Century Fox taking over Sky with regards to Sky News.

What are the hours on Com6? Pointless if evenings are unavailable

The whole former BT Showcase SD (ex-Ch 59) slot is available , i.e from 1200 through 0000, plus another five hours to 0500.

There's also room for 1x SD slot on PSB3 (DVB-T2). The multiplex maxes out at around 37.5 Mbps, meaning there's always around 2Mbps if not more dormant, enough for a MPEG4/AVC videostream. The BBC had wanted to broadcast BBC One+1 using this spare capacity, before the plans were shot down.

Does anyone know whether Digital UK’s LCN consultationhas been brought into effect yet?

Notably under minimum broadcast hours it states...
"In order to be allocated or retain an LCN, channels must broadcast a minimum of two hours per day or 14 hours per week of audio-visual content via DTT."
...though it does have the exceptions of...


A minimum 2 hours a day / 14 per week still is very low in my opinion. Personally I'd rather see it increased to nearer 5 hours a day / 35 per week, to weed out many of these channels and arguably strength Freeview's content. I can't help suspect some channels only have minimal broadcasting just to keep their LCN for future use.

Perhaps it should be a minimum number of hours within a certain time, so you can't get away with your minimum hours being 3am-5am.

One slot is 12 noon to 5 am, so attractive. The rest are odd hours sandwiched in between other streams.

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