September 30th? Oh no, not again. This all means I'll have had to retune my mother's TV and Freeview DVD recorder no fewer than four times within five weeks. She lives within the Carmel transmitter area, for which the dates were/are:
August 26th (DSO1) September 9th (S4C moved to Mux B, Wales-wide) September 23rd (DSO2) September 30th (Mux B changes, UK-wide) It'll settle down after this, I hope... Rhys 2009/9/18 Brian Butterworth <[email protected]> > It's not really being "converted". The Freeview HD services are a cease > and re-provide. > After switch-over the multiplexes are known as BBCA, D3+4, BBCB, SDN, ARQA > and ARQB or PSB1, PSB2, PSB3, COM4, COM5 and COM6 (plus the MEN mux in > Manchester). > > [helpful graphic snipped] > > 2009/9/18 Simon Thompson <[email protected]> > > Poor choice of words by me. >> >> Multiplex B is having the SD channels removed from it and is being >> converted to MPEG4 part 10 and DVB-T2 to allow HD channels to be >> transmitted. >> >> 2009/9/18 Brian Butterworth <[email protected]> >> >> Multiplex B aka PSB3 aka BBCB is not VACATED by the BBC, BBC FTV Ltd still >>> owns the multiplex. It is being used for Freeview HD carrying three (soon >>> four) public service HD channels. >>> >>> 2009/9/17 Simon Thompson <[email protected]> >>> >>> Ofcom is going to use Multiplex B (vacated by the BBC) to provide DVB-T2 >>>> HD services. First region on air is Granada later this year. >>>> >>>> 2009/9/17 Alun Rowe <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Will we ever see HD freeview though? The bandwidth requirement would >>>>> be enormous. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 17 Sep 2009, at 16:53, "Frankie Roberto" < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2009/9/17 Christopher Woods < <[email protected]> >>>>> [email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> Moreover, you just *know* that within months of any broadcast flag >>>>>> implementation, the more creative technological tinkerers will have >>>>>> subverted the flag entirely using commonplace/free equipment and >>>>>> software. >>>>>> Like region coding, broadcast flags really are an exercise in stupidity >>>>>> and >>>>>> corporate backslapping. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> By the sounds of it, the main 'enforcement' mechanism of the metadata >>>>> compression/encryption isn't so much technological, as the fact that you >>>>> won't be able to use the "Freeview HD" logo, or be listed on the Freeview >>>>> website, without signing for a free licence (which requires you to >>>>> implement >>>>> some as-yet-unspecified restrictions). Which won't really stop free >>>>> software >>>>> from existing - but may stop it from being a commercial success. >>>>> >>>>> That said, I wonder how many people will really bother to upgrade from >>>>> Freeview to Freeview HD anyway - standard definition Freeview seems good >>>>> enough for most people (especially those with non-enormous tellies). So >>>>> the >>>>> migration to Freeview HD will happen slowly, as people upgrade their >>>>> televisions as part of their natural lifecycle. (Assuming that the signal >>>>> doesn't get switched off). >>>>> >>>>> Frankie >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Frankie Roberto >>>>> Experience Designer, Rattle >>>>> 0114 2706977 >>>>> <http://www.rattlecentral.com>http://www.rattlecentral.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of >>>>> the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain >>>>> information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a >>>>> trade secret. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby >>>>> notified >>>>> that any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files >>>>> associated with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received >>>>> this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the >>>>> message and deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to and from us >>>>> may >>>>> be monitored. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free >>>>> as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive >>>>> late >>>>> or incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore, we do not accept >>>>> responsibility for any errors or omissions that are present in this >>>>> message, >>>>> or any attachment, that have arisen as a result of e-mail transmission. If >>>>> verification is required, please request a hard-copy version. Any views or >>>>> opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily >>>>> represent those of the company. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Alun Rowe* >>>>> >>>>> *Pentangle Internet Limited* >>>>> >>>>> 2 Buttermarket >>>>> >>>>> Thame >>>>> >>>>> Oxfordshire >>>>> >>>>> OX9 3EW >>>>> >>>>> Tel: +44 8700 339905 >>>>> >>>>> Fax: +44 8700 339906 >>>>> *Please direct all support requests to >>>>> **[email protected]*<[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> Pentangle Internet Limited is a limited company registered in England >>>>> and Wales. Registered number: 3960918. Registered office: 1 Lauras Close, >>>>> Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire PE19 5DP >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Simon Thompson >>>> GMAIL Account >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Brian Butterworth >>> >>> follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist >>> web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and >>> switchover advice, since 2002 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Simon Thompson >> GMAIL Account >> > > > > -- > > Brian Butterworth > > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, since 2002 >
