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BBC in an independent Scotland
On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:34:42 +0100, Scott
wrote: It is reported today that Salmond wants to replace BBC Scotland with a Scottish broadcaster IF Scotland votes for independence. Leaving aside the politics, if this comes to pass will there be any practical difficulty receiving BBC channels via Freesat? Are they beamed to prevent viewers outside the UK receiving them? Could the footprint be fine-tuned to prevent reception in Scotland? If Salmond decides to jam these broadcasts (as in the cold war era) would this require jamming from a satellite or could the jamming equipment be at ground level :-) He might very well want to start up a separate Scottish broadcaster. But what possible motive could he have for jamming the BBC? I would imagine that most of his supporters watch the popular BBC programmes and he's hardly likely to offend them. In any case they could simply watch any 'jammed' programmes on iPlayer. |
BBC in an independent Scotland
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BBC in an independent Scotland - or why TV aerials in north Wales point to England
"Mark Carver" wrote in message ... Scott wrote: Is the satellite within range of Scotland or would this need to be done from by a naval vessel at sea nearer the equator :-) NO Well I suppose if Scotland joined the space age and put up a satellite at 28E with higher output than the BBC on a tight beam and rely on FM capture. They might find themselves at war with Luxembourg... More seriously, I don't know what the uplink footprint for a satellite is ? Astra for instance uplinked to from London, Hampshire, Herts, and Luxmemburg. Not sure if the uplink footprint is the same as the downlink ? Even if it isn't they can use much bigger dishes and more power to uplink and get around this problem. You may remember last year persons unknown zapped one of the transponders used by Al Jazeera during the Egyptian uprising. And Iran jammed BBC World. -- Mark Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply. www.paras.org.uk |
BBC in an independent Scotland
On 25/08/2012 16:34, Scott wrote:
It is reported today that Salmond wants to replace BBC Scotland with a Scottish broadcaster IF Scotland votes for independence. Leaving aside the politics, if this comes to pass will there be any practical difficulty receiving BBC channels via Freesat? Are they beamed to prevent viewers outside the UK receiving them? Could the footprint be fine-tuned to prevent reception in Scotland? If Salmond decides to jam these broadcasts (as in the cold war era) would this require jamming from a satellite or could the jamming equipment be at ground level :-) Could someone please jam Salmond? Mal |
BBC in an independent Scotland
On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:38:37 +0100, lid wrote:
On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:06:23 +0100, Graham. wrote: On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:56:57 +0100, lid wrote: On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:34:42 +0100, Scott wrote: It is reported today that Salmond wants to replace BBC Scotland with a Scottish broadcaster IF Scotland votes for independence. Leaving aside the politics, if this comes to pass will there be any practical difficulty receiving BBC channels via Freesat? Are they beamed to prevent viewers outside the UK receiving them? Could the footprint be fine-tuned to prevent reception in Scotland? If Salmond decides to jam these broadcasts (as in the cold war era) would this require jamming from a satellite or could the jamming equipment be at ground level :-) He might very well want to start up a separate Scottish broadcaster. But what possible motive could he have for jamming the BBC? I would imagine that most of his supporters watch the popular BBC programmes and he's hardly likely to offend them. In any case they could simply watch any 'jammed' programmes on iPlayer. I thought iPlayer didn't work from foreign countries, without resorting to devious means. Will an independent Scotland be any less foreign? Serious question, I really don't know. The iPlayer block is due to licensing restrictions on (some of) the programme material. In future BBC would simply have to include Scotland in any relevant contract negotiationss. Since that area is already included in existing contracts I don't see why it would be any more difficult to retain it in the future. The more difficult issue might be splitting up the terrestrial transmitter network, depending on which if any of the other BBC channels were to be allowed to continue in Scotland. That's only a temporary issue of course, pending TSO. But this is all academic as the OP has not explained why Salmond might want to block BBC Scotland. I can see far more serious issues for an independent Scotland than this. Well quite, the biggest constitutianl crisis since... well, you tell me. The press seem very laid back about it all thus far. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
BBC in an independent Scotland
On 25/08/2012 16:34, Scott wrote:
It is reported today that Salmond wants to replace BBC Scotland with a Scottish broadcaster IF Scotland votes for independence. Leaving aside the politics, if this comes to pass will there be any practical difficulty receiving BBC channels via Freesat? Are they beamed to prevent viewers outside the UK receiving them? Could the footprint be fine-tuned to prevent reception in Scotland? If Salmond decides to jam these broadcasts (as in the cold war era) would this require jamming from a satellite or could the jamming equipment be at ground level :-) http://zcint.co.uk/article/no-surpri...casting-vision Does he see it as a means of profiting from the license fee? Mal |
BBC in an independent Scotland - or why TV aerials in north Walespoint to England
R. Mark Clayton wrote:
Well I suppose if Scotland joined the space age and put up a satellite at 28E with higher output than the BBC on a tight beam and rely on FM capture. So the uplinks are FM? Really? Bill |
BBC in an independent Scotland - or why TV aerials in north Wales point to England
On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 01:40:26 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote: R. Mark Clayton wrote: Well I suppose if Scotland joined the space age and put up a satellite at 28E with higher output than the BBC on a tight beam and rely on FM capture. So the uplinks are FM? Really? Bill Well narrow band frequency modulation and phase modulation were often used interchangeably even though we knew there was a difference in theory. QPSK is a form of phase modulation, but whether it is prone to the capture effect rather than just being swamped I have no idea. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
BBC in an independent Scotland - or why TV aerials in north Wales point to England
On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:19:18 +0100, R. Mark Clayton
wrote: Well I suppose if Scotland joined the space age and put up a satellite at 28E with higher output than the BBC on a tight beam and rely on FM capture. You are deluding yourself if you think it's FM. What you propose wouldn't work anyway and the satellite operator would certainly have something to say about hitting it with more than double normal power. More seriously, I don't know what the uplink footprint for a satellite is ? Astra for instance uplinked to from London, Hampshire, Herts, and Luxmemburg. Not sure if the uplink footprint is the same as the downlink ? It's broadly similar, as one would expect. Even if it isn't they can use much bigger dishes and more power to uplink and get around this problem. Within reason. |
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