BBC moving HD channels around Sky/Freesat epgs on March 24th

[Analoguesat]

The HD channels are being promoted up the epg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/news/news_item29.html

 

[tothbros]

first i got excited, thinking sky is launching encrypted versions of bbc hd for the sky platform, on PE beams...silly me

 

[Analoguesat]

Sky wouldnt launch any BBC channels ;)

 

[AHMET_YILDIRIM]

I got exited too. Why sky wont promote BBC Channels as encrypted version over Europe on European beam?

 

[timo_w2s]

It's good news for those who can get one of the 2E/2F satellites better than the other as now all versions will be on the EPG.

Not so good news for me, it looks like you need to pay Sky to have HD on 101 and 102, and I ain't paying extra for HD...

 

[Analoguesat]

I got exited too. Why sky wont promote BBC Channels as encrypted version over Europe on European beam?

What has Sky got to do with this??

Sky have nothing to do with the BBC channels apart from supplying epg numbers. The Beeb backhaul and uplink all their own content on transponders they have rented direct from SES.

The UK spots are marginally cheaper to rent than the pan Euro transponders which is why the wide beam transponders were the ones that were dropped in favour of the uk spots a couple of years ago.

 

[tothbros]

It's good news for those who can get one of the 2E/2F satellites better than the other as now all versions will be on the EPG.

Not so good news for me, it looks like you need to pay Sky to have HD on 101 and 102, and I ain't paying extra for HD...

northern europe is really unlucky with the new PE beams, but more chance for the UK beam than where i am...

 

[tothbros]

The UK spots are marginally cheaper to rent than the pan Euro transponders...

really? i though it was the other way round...creating the narrow beam is more costly, no?

 

[timo_w2s]

really? i though it was the other way round...creating the narrow beam is more costly, no?

Perhaps once when there was a limited amount on 2D, but now there are loads, maybe it no longer applies?

 

[Huevos]

The UK spots are marginally cheaper to rent than the pan Euro transponders which is why the wide beam transponders were the ones that were dropped in favour of the uk spots a couple of years ago.

I think you are misinterpreting Alex Pryde's comments. She said PE is "not cost effective" for the BBC because of broadcast rights. In my opinion that meant the Beeb would have to pay more for rights (to distribute over a wider area), or only use the transponder for rights free material, not that rental of a PE beam transponder is more expensive.

 

[Jimmy H]

I've just noticed they've moved BBC2 HD to 102 on Freesat but BBC1 HD is still on 108.

 

[Lazarus]

That's right: It won't change until such time as Auntie gets around to providing Regionalised BBC 1 output in HD.

 

[Huevos]

It won't change until such time as Auntie gets around to providing Regionalised BBC 1 output in HD.

In England. The other 3 countries are regions so in those cases 101 is in HD.

 

[Analoguesat]

The BBC thread has been updated:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/news/news_item29.html

Someone cocked up with the info about BBC1 HD on the original version......

 

[timo_w2s]

The BBC thread has been updated:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/news/news_item29.html

Someone cocked up with the info about BBC1 HD on the original version......

Makes more sense now. I did think it was odd to have BBC 1 HD on 101 in England.