On 28/03/2008, Christopher Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > There are three ways to reset a Sky box if you have problems, here they are:
http://www.ukfree.tv/helpme.php?faqid=1107051203 > 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? > You may note that 5Live and 5LiveSportsXtra are not on 2A. > 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? > The *EU* Council *Directive* (89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989) provides for this. See Greg Dyke's book. > If not, how has the Beeb wangled this? (and can they do the same for other > content?) > See above. -- Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
