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Which are the satellites used for cable and freeview feeds?
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<blockquote data-quote="RichardCoulter" data-source="post: 1081927" data-attributes="member: 387551"><p>Thanks, that explains what I meant much more comprehensively.</p><p></p><p>Yes, the commercial channels have obviously decided that the cost of putting all of their channels onto 27.5°W exceeds any loss of advertising revenue from any downtime (i'm assuming that the commercial channels on 27.5°W pay the BBC for their capacity).</p><p></p><p>Having said that, i've read that Film 4 +1 is on there, which seems very odd. Why would this channel (and it's timeshift at that) be singled out for special treatment?</p><p></p><p>Some time ago (in the analogue era) I read that, in the case of a national emergency such as a nuclear war, BBC1 and Radio 4 would be taken over by the Government to give instructions and advice to the population. It was to have been named the 'Wartime Broadcasting Network', but I believe that this has now been superceded by something else. As such, BBC1 & Radio 4 were the most protected networks on the system.</p><p></p><p>If this is still the case, maybe these encrypted PSB services will remain indefinitely??</p><p></p><p>Is it possible for people in the UK to receive these services with the right equipment? This is purely an acedemic question as in practice they would simply use the FTA services on Astra!</p><p></p><p>Would it be possible for these services to use a UK spotbeam so that the BBC could save money by switching off the BISS encryption?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RichardCoulter, post: 1081927, member: 387551"] Thanks, that explains what I meant much more comprehensively. Yes, the commercial channels have obviously decided that the cost of putting all of their channels onto 27.5°W exceeds any loss of advertising revenue from any downtime (i'm assuming that the commercial channels on 27.5°W pay the BBC for their capacity). Having said that, i've read that Film 4 +1 is on there, which seems very odd. Why would this channel (and it's timeshift at that) be singled out for special treatment? Some time ago (in the analogue era) I read that, in the case of a national emergency such as a nuclear war, BBC1 and Radio 4 would be taken over by the Government to give instructions and advice to the population. It was to have been named the 'Wartime Broadcasting Network', but I believe that this has now been superceded by something else. As such, BBC1 & Radio 4 were the most protected networks on the system. If this is still the case, maybe these encrypted PSB services will remain indefinitely?? Is it possible for people in the UK to receive these services with the right equipment? This is purely an acedemic question as in practice they would simply use the FTA services on Astra! Would it be possible for these services to use a UK spotbeam so that the BBC could save money by switching off the BISS encryption? [/QUOTE]
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