Sky News not on analogue surely?
 

One for Mark Carver.

When tuning the video recorder I find Sky News on analogue Ch 54.
(confident no DTT receiver turned on)
I'm in Bournemouth and the signal is weak in comparision to the main
transmissions from Rowridge.

Am I picking up some relay? I didn't think Sky News formed part of the
analogue bouquet, but maybe I'm behind the times.

Roger

"Roger R" wrote in message
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One for Mark Carver.

When tuning the video recorder I find Sky News on analogue Ch 54.
(confident no DTT receiver turned on)
I'm in Bournemouth and the signal is weak in comparision to the main
transmissions from Rowridge.

Am I picking up some relay? I didn't think Sky News formed part of the
analogue bouquet, but maybe I'm behind the times.

Roger



Doesn't Ch 4 and Ch 5 use Sky News for its news content?

Roger R wrote:
One for Mark Carver.

Blimey !

When tuning the video recorder I find Sky News on analogue Ch 54.
(confident no DTT receiver turned on)
I'm in Bournemouth and the signal is weak in comparision to the main
transmissions from Rowridge.

Am I picking up some relay? I didn't think Sky News formed part of the
analogue bouquet, but maybe I'm behind the times.

You're picking up analogue Isle of Wight TV station, Solent TV.

It's a local TV service carried from Rowridge on UHF ch 54, they use Sky News
as their sustaining service when not on air.

http://www.solent.tv/information.aspx

Mystery solved !

--
Mark
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"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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You're picking up analogue Isle of Wight TV station, Solent TV.

It's a local TV service carried from Rowridge on UHF ch 54, they use
Sky News
as their sustaining service when not on air.

Thanks for such an immediate, informative reply.

Roger

One for Mark Carver.

Blimey !

When tuning the video recorder I find Sky News on analogue Ch 54.
(confident no DTT receiver turned on)
I'm in Bournemouth and the signal is weak in comparision to the main
transmissions from Rowridge.

Am I picking up some relay? I didn't think Sky News formed part of the
analogue bouquet, but maybe I'm behind the times.

You're picking up analogue Isle of Wight TV station, Solent TV.

It's a local TV service carried from Rowridge on UHF ch 54, they use Sky
News
as their sustaining service when not on air.

http://www.solent.tv/information.aspx

Mystery solved !

Up till about a year or so ago, Channel M, an RSL station located at Salford
University (CH 48), re-broadcast SKY News when it wasn't transmitting its
own programmes.

http://www.channelm.salford.ac.uk/

It now transmits Euro News instead, I don't know why it changed, I suppose
it was for contractual reasons.

I suppose these analogue RSL's must be living on borrowed time,
But I wonder if a formal switch-off date has been set, and wouldn't it be
ironic if, for a while, they were the only stations an analogue receiver
could pick up?




--
Graham.



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In message , Graham writes

One for Mark Carver.

Blimey !

When tuning the video recorder I find Sky News on analogue Ch 54.
(confident no DTT receiver turned on)
I'm in Bournemouth and the signal is weak in comparision to the main
transmissions from Rowridge.

Am I picking up some relay? I didn't think Sky News formed part of the
analogue bouquet, but maybe I'm behind the times.

You're picking up analogue Isle of Wight TV station, Solent TV.

It's a local TV service carried from Rowridge on UHF ch 54, they use Sky
News
as their sustaining service when not on air.

http://www.solent.tv/information.aspx

Mystery solved !

Up till about a year or so ago, Channel M, an RSL station located at Salford
University (CH 48), re-broadcast SKY News when it wasn't transmitting its
own programmes.

http://www.channelm.salford.ac.uk/

It now transmits Euro News instead, I don't know why it changed, I suppose
it was for contractual reasons.

I suppose these analogue RSL's must be living on borrowed time,
But I wonder if a formal switch-off date has been set, and wouldn't it be
ironic if, for a while, they were the only stations an analogue receiver
could pick up?




Solent & Channel M will be joining Sky next year
--
Ross Lockley
Galashiels
Scottish Borders

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