Sky Sports News RIP...
 

....on DTT from later on this year.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10346894.stm

Shame, I like this channel. It will be replaced by Sky 3 +1. Given
that there is hardly ever anything to watch on Sky 3, I am not
thrilled by the Plus-One service; a waste of bandwidth if you ask me.

John

Sky Sports News RIP...
 

On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:25:49 -0700 (PDT), John
wrote:

...on DTT from later on this year.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10346894.stm

Shame, I like this channel. It will be replaced by Sky 3 +1. Given
that there is hardly ever anything to watch on Sky 3, I am not
thrilled by the Plus-One service; a waste of bandwidth if you ask me.

I'm not sure about the economics of +1 services. Obviously the
broadcaster gets extra advertising revenue, but do the programmes have
to be paid for twice or is there a reduced rate for showing a programme
on a +1 channel?

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

Sky Sports News RIP...
 

"John" wrote in message
...
...on DTT from later on this year.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10346894.stm

Shame, I like this channel.

You must be the person who they think is going to pay to receive it.

For me, it's one of the first that I delete out of my channels list, I don't
watch it when it is free, I certainly wouldn't pay

tim

Sky Sports News RIP...
 

"tim...." wrote in message
...

"John" wrote in message
...
...on DTT from later on this year.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10346894.stm

Shame, I like this channel.

You must be the person who they think is going to pay to receive it.

For me, it's one of the first that I delete out of my channels list, I
don't watch it when it is free, I certainly wouldn't pay

tim




I think all sport channels should be paid for or they should only take up
space when there is absolutely nothing else to put in its place . Paint
drying is better than sky sports of any flavour. Good riddance.

Gary

Sky Sports News RIP...
 

John wrote:
...on DTT from later on this year.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10346894.stm

Shame, I like this channel. It will be replaced by Sky 3 +1. Given
that there is hardly ever anything to watch on Sky 3, I am not
thrilled by the Plus-One service; a waste of bandwidth if you ask me.

John

This is just stage one of Sky's plan to turn all their freeview slots to
pay channels.

Stage 1 - replace anything people might watch with rubbish

Stage 2 - replace the rubbish with pay channels and nobody will complain
about what they have lost.


Sky got the go-ahead for pay tv on terrestrial digital recently (called
picnic). They have also just bought out Virgin's tv channels so what's
the betting Sky3, Sky 3+1, Sky News, Virgin 1 all vanish to become part
of their new pay tv system in the next few months.

Sky Sports News RIP...
 

On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:59:24 +0100, Chris wrote:

This is just stage one of Sky's plan to turn all their freeview slots to
pay channels.

Exactly.

And meanwhile on the management side, Uncle Rupert is on the way to taking
complete control of B$kyB.

Sky Sports News RIP...
 

"Chris" wrote in message
news:VYKSn.64284$y%[email protected]
John wrote:
...on DTT from later on this year.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10346894.stm

Shame, I like this channel. It will be replaced by Sky 3 +1. Given
that there is hardly ever anything to watch on Sky 3, I am not
thrilled by the Plus-One service; a waste of bandwidth if you ask me.

John

This is just stage one of Sky's plan to turn all their freeview slots to
pay channels.

Stage 1 - replace anything people might watch with rubbish

Stage 2 - replace the rubbish with pay channels and nobody will complain
about what they have lost.


Sky got the go-ahead for pay tv on terrestrial digital recently (called
picnic). They have also just bought out Virgin's tv channels so what's the
betting Sky3, Sky 3+1, Sky News, Virgin 1 all vanish to become part of
their new pay tv system in the next few months.


Is it possible to mix DVB-T2 transmissions with DVB-T on different
multiplexes, or do they require an individual multiplex, i.e. the current HD
one?

Sky Sports News RIP...
 

Ivan wrote:

Is it possible to mix DVB-T2 transmissions with DVB-T on different
multiplexes

If you're asking can a single mux have some DVB-T1 and some DVB-T2
content, then the answer is no, you can only have one modulation scheme
in use on a mux.

Sky Sports News RIP...
 

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
o.uk...
Ivan wrote:

Is it possible to mix DVB-T2 transmissions with DVB-T on different
multiplexes

If you're asking can a single mux have some DVB-T1 and some DVB-T2
content, then the answer is no, you can only have one modulation scheme in
use on a mux.


Thanks, that's what I meant, which means that there will have to be a lot of
consultation, agreement and jigging about of channels before any of the
other broadcasters (such as Sky) can switch over to a terrestrial HD
package.

BTW what's your take on this? there's no mention a DVB-T2 in this advert,
however when one reads it the implication is that it will receive the new
terrestrial HD broadcasts, (which is surprising, as I would have thought
that Novatech of all companies should know better) that is unless of course
I've got it wrong, they quote "It is also ready for the new terrestrial
HDTV." my own guess is that it is probably only suitable for somewhere like
France which uses MPEG4 AVC/H.264 for HD on DVB-T.
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Components/TVTunerCards/PCTVSystems/23004.html

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Sky Sports News RIP...
 

On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:45:47 +0100, Ivan wrote:

Is it possible to mix DVB-T2 transmissions with DVB-T on different
multiplexes,

Yes, that's what happens at the moment. 5 on DVB-T and 1 on DVB-T2.

or do they require an individual multiplex, i.e. the current HD one?

Huh? What do you mean? Your terminology is rather vague.
Each multiplex is either DVB-T or DVB-T2.