BBC and ITV Regions

On May 27, 3:01 pm, "Adrian" wrote:
Boltar wrote:
On May 27, 1:15 pm, "Bill Wright"
wrote:
I can assure you that there is scarely a house in the land in the
£400k+ bracket (Yorkshire prices) that hasn't got a satellite dish.
Penetration of

Yourshire prices? Well that'll be about a dozen stately homes and
castles then.

However I can find you a ton of streets in and above that price range
here in london that don't have any sort of satellite dish. And I'm not
talking about conservation areas either.

In non-DTT areas many dishes are for Freesat.

That would be impressive given it was only launched a few weeks back
and the receivers arn't even in the shops yet.

B2003

Your ignorance is astounding.

Really? Well I went down the local comet superstore at lunchtime and
there were precisely zero on sale.

B2003

Boltar wrote:
On May 27, 3:01 pm, "Adrian" wrote:
Boltar wrote:
On May 27, 1:15 pm, "Bill Wright"
wrote:
I can assure you that there is scarely a house in the land in the
£400k+ bracket (Yorkshire prices) that hasn't got a satellite dish.
Penetration of

Yourshire prices? Well that'll be about a dozen stately homes and
castles then.

However I can find you a ton of streets in and above that price
range here in london that don't have any sort of satellite dish.
And I'm not talking about conservation areas either.

In non-DTT areas many dishes are for Freesat.

That would be impressive given it was only launched a few weeks back
and the receivers arn't even in the shops yet.

B2003

Your ignorance is astounding.

Really? Well I went down the local comet superstore at lunchtime and
there were precisely zero on sale.

B2003

Maybe they'd sold out, I bought mine more than a week ago.

So, when we get fed up with VM and change to decent Freeview (without a
huge aerial, please) or Freesat, what region(s) should we be trying to
receive?



Amongst all the rather hyperbolic responses, nobody has mentioned that with
Freesat (as opposed to Freesat from Sky) you choose regionalisation by
inputting a postcode to the box. An important difference.

If you want to be in Belfast or Aberdeen or Oxford, you can. Just enter a
valid postcode....and Channels 101/103 will reflect that. (before some
clever dick points it out, not all BEEB/ITV regions are available in the
freesat EPG yet, but they allegedly will be very soon.)

"Boltar" wrote in message
...
On May 27, 3:01 pm, "Adrian" wrote:
Boltar wrote:
On May 27, 1:15 pm, "Bill Wright"
wrote:
I can assure you that there is scarely a house in the land in the
£400k+ bracket (Yorkshire prices) that hasn't got a satellite dish.
Penetration of

Yourshire prices? Well that'll be about a dozen stately homes and
castles then.

However I can find you a ton of streets in and above that price range
here in london that don't have any sort of satellite dish. And I'm not
talking about conservation areas either.

In non-DTT areas many dishes are for Freesat.

That would be impressive given it was only launched a few weeks back
and the receivers arn't even in the shops yet.

B2003

Your ignorance is astounding.

Really? Well I went down the local comet superstore at lunchtime and
there were precisely zero on sale.

Don't be such a clot.

Bill

Vortex2 wrote:
So, when we get fed up with VM and change to decent Freeview (without a
huge aerial, please) or Freesat, what region(s) should we be trying to
receive?



Amongst all the rather hyperbolic responses, nobody has mentioned that with
Freesat (as opposed to Freesat from Sky) you choose regionalisation by
inputting a postcode to the box. An important difference.

If you want to be in Belfast or Aberdeen or Oxford, you can. Just enter a
valid postcode....and Channels 101/103 will reflect that. (before some
clever dick points it out, not all BEEB/ITV regions are available in the
freesat EPG yet, but they allegedly will be very soon.)



Thanks - I appreciate that. But I still don't know which regions I
*should* be in! They all ignore us. :-(

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org

"Boltar" wrote in message
...
On May 27, 1:15 pm, "Bill Wright"
wrote:
I can assure you that there is scarely a house in the land in the £400k+
bracket (Yorkshire prices) that hasn't got a satellite dish. Penetration
of

Yourshire prices? Well that'll be about a dozen stately homes and
castles then.

However I can find you a ton of streets in and above that price range
here in london that don't have any sort of satellite dish. And I'm not
talking about conservation areas either.

In non-DTT areas many dishes are for Freesat.

That would be impressive given it was only launched a few weeks back
and the receivers arn't even in the shops yet.

My parents have had "free Sky" for years. You won't see their Sky dish from
the road, but you can see a Triax Unix 52A towering over the roof.
Likewise, my dish is visible only from the rear corner of my house.

I agree that a terrace of houses with dishes on the front looks ugly, but
for that blame installers getting the things on the wall as fast as possible
and scarpering, and the householders for allowing them!

"Vortex2" wrote in message
...

So, when we get fed up with VM and change to decent Freeview (without a
huge aerial, please) or Freesat, what region(s) should we be trying to
receive?



Amongst all the rather hyperbolic responses, nobody has mentioned that
with Freesat (as opposed to Freesat from Sky) you choose regionalisation
by inputting a postcode to the box. An important difference.

If you want to be in Belfast or Aberdeen or Oxford, you can. Just enter a
valid postcode....and Channels 101/103 will reflect that. (before some
clever dick points it out, not all BEEB/ITV regions are available in the
freesat EPG yet, but they allegedly will be very soon.)



Further, certainly with the Humax, you can have a favourites list with
mutiple versions of BBC1. You may find it more difficult to have multiple
versions of ITV1 essentially because ITV is obliged to provide a regional
service to meet their PSB obligations.


--
Michael Chare

Rod wrote:

Thanks - I appreciate that. But I still don't know which regions I
*should* be in! They all ignore us. :-(

High Wycombe is officially in the BBC and ITV London regions, but both
broadcasters ignore much of what goes on outside the M25 on their
'London' news programmes.

You want to live here pal.

BBC believe Harrogate is in Yorkshire so we get BBC Leeds.

BBC believe York is in Yorkshire so gets BBC Leeds

ITV believe Harrogate is in Tyneside so we get Tyne Tees

ITV believe York is in Yorkshire so get Yorkshire TV

Harrogate is 16 miles from Leeds, York is 34.


Work that one out!!



--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

Woody wrote:
You want to live here pal.

BBC believe Harrogate is in Yorkshire so we get BBC Leeds.

BBC believe York is in Yorkshire so gets BBC Leeds

ITV believe Harrogate is in Tyneside so we get Tyne Tees

ITV believe York is in Yorkshire so get Yorkshire TV

Harrogate is 16 miles from Leeds, York is 34.


Work that one out!!


How did you guess?

(Born in a city in North Yorkshire on the River Ure. But would prefer
somewhere a bit nearer the coast, please.)

It is mad - I'd say that if they actually provide some coverage it might
be acceptable. Having lived for a while in Harrogate, umm, I can't
remember if they do or not. :-)

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org