I've been reading this week's SatCure newsletter and I noticed something interesting in the News section:
BBC News 24 has moved:- >From 10773 H 22 5/6 (Astra 2D) to 11954 H 27.5 2/3 (Astra 2A south beam) This has caused some receivers to "lose" the channel. Best advice is to reboot your Sky Digibox or to make your non-Sky receiver rescan. Full channel list here: http://www.flysat.com/tv-uk.php Now, given all the talk of cross-format rights, international rights, the 2D footprint etc... How does the Beeb think that they're going to be able to offer rightsholders geographical certainty as to where footage of sporting events, football, the F1 - the Olympics also comes to mind, remembering the last Olympics' coverage - will be viewable? the 2A south footprint is Europe-wide (http://www.astrosat.info/FAQs/Footprints/footprints.html)... This doesn't mean N24 is going encrypted, does it? FTA, on 2A... Good for the common sense movement, but I'm almost wondering as to whether the rightsholders even know about this yet! We already have the blanking when some sports stuff is shown on the live news simulcasts, surely N24 isn't just going to blank the nation's screens every time sports footage is shown? If not, how has the Beeb wangled this? (and can they do the same for other content?)
