Right BBC Region on 101

Has anyone managed to phone Sky and get their default region for BBC1
changed?

When BBC Oxford came onto channel 955. I phoned up asking if it could
become my default region for channel 101. They said they couldn't do that,
because they had an agreement with ITV to only give people the correct
regional variation for their postcode.

My reply was that my postcode being OX might be a clue that Oxford was my
correct region. They said that I was already receiving the appropriate
channel on 101 as far as they were concerned. I said that how could
'Midlands' be my appropriate region, when as far as BBC is concerned
Oxford/Oxfordshire is now a sub region of the South. My anlogue NTL
connection gives me South, but does not do sub regions. Through a TV aerial
I get BBC Oxford, so why can't Sky give me the Oxford feed on Channel 101?

Also, people in the same town and even street as me get Oxford BBC on 101,
Is there any way I can change it?

Kev.

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:51:31 +0100, "Kevin Lewis"
wrote:

Has anyone managed to phone Sky and get their default region for BBC1
changed?

The BBC say what postcodes get what default regions - you can't change
it and neither can Sky. You should speak to the BBC if there is a
problem.

Kevin Lewis wrote:

Also, people in the same town and even street as me get Oxford BBC on 101,
Is there any way I can change it?

Give Sky a different address with the right postcode.

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Kevin Lewis wrote:
: Has anyone managed to phone Sky and get their default region for BBC1
: changed?

: When BBC Oxford came onto channel 955. I phoned up asking if it could
: become my default region for channel 101. They said they couldn't do that,
: because they had an agreement with ITV to only give people the correct
: regional variation for their postcode.

Very strange! My Sky card changed from "BBC W Midlands" on 101 to "BBC Oxford"
earlier this year - all without any intervention on my part!

My bbc south changed to southeast im in southwick west of brighton and was
getting kent local news stories sky told me it was BBC and to call there
0870 number a month later another call to sky telling them if its not sorted
in a month to takeit as notice I now have my right BBC region and am £19.50
better off with a freeview PVR and free of sky
Alan


"Brian McIlwrath" wrote in message
...
Kevin Lewis wrote:
: Has anyone managed to phone Sky and get their default region for BBC1
: changed?

: When BBC Oxford came onto channel 955. I phoned up asking if it could
: become my default region for channel 101. They said they couldn't do
that,
: because they had an agreement with ITV to only give people the correct
: regional variation for their postcode.

Very strange! My Sky card changed from "BBC W Midlands" on 101 to "BBC
Oxford"
earlier this year - all without any intervention on my part!

"Alan" wrote in message
...

My bbc south changed to southeast im in southwick west of brighton and was
getting kent local news stories sky told me it was BBC and to call there
0870 number a month later another call to sky telling them if its not
sorted in a month to takeit as notice I now have my right BBC region and
am £19.50 better off with a freeview PVR and free of sky
Alan

Not really, There are more Brighton stories on BBC South East then on BBC
South.

Landru.

Landru wrote:

My bbc south changed to southeast im in southwick west of brighton and was
getting kent local news stories sky told me it was BBC and to call there
0870 number a month later another call to sky telling them if its not
sorted in a month to takeit as notice I now have my right BBC region and
am £19.50 better off with a freeview PVR and free of sky
Alan


Not really, There are more Brighton stories on BBC South East then on BBC
South.

AIUI all Brighton area Sky cards are deliberately set (at the request of
the BBC) to the South East region because Brighton is within the
editorial area. The Beeb would like the Whitehawk Hill transmitter to
carry the South East region too, but there are technical difficulties in
achieving this.

Much the same applies in Weymouth. The local TV transmitter carries BBC
South West (purely again for technical reasons) but Sky cards map the
more editorially appropriate BBC South to Ch 101.

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"Mark Carver" wrote in message
...
Landru wrote:


Much the same applies in Weymouth. The local TV transmitter carries BBC
South West (purely again for technical reasons) but Sky cards map the
more editorially appropriate BBC South to Ch 101.

I wish, still stuck with BBC Plymouth and Cornwall here in DT4 (