Analogue switch off date announced

Apparently the first site to transmt only digital will be Kilvey in
Swansea. See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7547750.stm

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Cheers

Peter

Petert wrote:

Apparently the first site to transmt only digital will be Kilvey in
Swansea. See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7547750.stm

First in Wales.

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Dave Farrance

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:31:04 GMT, Dave Farrance
wrote:

Petert wrote:

Apparently the first site to transmt only digital will be Kilvey in
Swansea. See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7547750.stm

First in Wales.

Indeed, if you discount Ferryside/Llanstephan which was switched off a
few years ago as a pilot.

I note that the DigitalUK website hasn't been updated yet. I took a
look to see what help my 78 yr old mother-in-law was eligible to
recieve - nothing available as yet.

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Cheers

Peter

Petert wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:31:04 GMT, Dave Farrance
wrote:

Petert wrote:

Apparently the first site to transmt only digital will be Kilvey in
Swansea. See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7547750.stm
First in Wales.

Indeed, if you discount Ferryside/Llanstephan which was switched off a
few years ago as a pilot.

Ferryside still broadcasts BBC 2 Wales analogue, because the digital
service BBC 2W displaces too many network BBC 2 programmes.

BBC 2W will close at DSO in Wales, so the problem will go away.

However, I doubt the jorno who wrote the quoted web page knows any of
that :-)

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:51:24 +0100, Mark Carver
wrote:

Petert wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:31:04 GMT, Dave Farrance
wrote:

Petert wrote:

Apparently the first site to transmt only digital will be Kilvey in
Swansea. See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7547750.stm
First in Wales.

Indeed, if you discount Ferryside/Llanstephan which was switched off a
few years ago as a pilot.

Ferryside still broadcasts BBC 2 Wales analogue, because the digital
service BBC 2W displaces too many network BBC 2 programmes.

BBC 2W will close at DSO in Wales, so the problem will go away.

However, I doubt the jorno who wrote the quoted web page knows any of
that :-)

Do I understand you to mean that the digital BBC2W will cease after
DSO has been completed in Wales?

I hope so because it seems to serve no purpose than to give employment
to the BBC Taffia in Cardiff. It diplaces a large number of BBC2
programmes. Not too much of a problem if you have satellite as the
generic BBC2 is available, but a real pain if you only have freeview
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Cheers

Peter

Petert wrote:

Ferryside still broadcasts BBC 2 Wales analogue, because the digital
service BBC 2W displaces too many network BBC 2 programmes.

BBC 2W will close at DSO in Wales, so the problem will go away.

However, I doubt the jorno who wrote the quoted web page knows any of
that :-)

Do I understand you to mean that the digital BBC2W will cease after
DSO has been completed in Wales?

I hope so because it seems to serve no purpose than to give employment
to the BBC Taffia in Cardiff. It diplaces a large number of BBC2
programmes. Not too much of a problem if you have satellite as the
generic BBC2 is available, but a real pain if you only have freeview.

Yes, my understanding is that 2W will cease, and digital platforms in
Wales will carry BBC 2 Wales instead.

For those not aware; BBC 2 Wales (analogue only) and BBC 2W (DTT/D-Sat)
are two different services.

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:25:35 +0100, Mark Carver
wrote:

Petert wrote:

Ferryside still broadcasts BBC 2 Wales analogue, because the digital
service BBC 2W displaces too many network BBC 2 programmes.

BBC 2W will close at DSO in Wales, so the problem will go away.

However, I doubt the jorno who wrote the quoted web page knows any of
that :-)

Do I understand you to mean that the digital BBC2W will cease after
DSO has been completed in Wales?

I hope so because it seems to serve no purpose than to give employment
to the BBC Taffia in Cardiff. It diplaces a large number of BBC2
programmes. Not too much of a problem if you have satellite as the
generic BBC2 is available, but a real pain if you only have freeview.

Yes, my understanding is that 2W will cease, and digital platforms in
Wales will carry BBC 2 Wales instead.

For those not aware; BBC 2 Wales (analogue only) and BBC 2W (DTT/D-Sat)
are two different services.

A
Thanks for the confirmation :-)

And for those not aware, both the above services differ from BBC2
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Cheers

Peter

Ferryside still broadcasts BBC 2 Wales analogue, because the digital
service BBC 2W displaces too many network BBC 2 programmes.

BBC 2W will close at DSO in Wales, so the problem will go away.

However, I doubt the jorno who wrote the quoted web page knows any of
that :-)

Do I understand you to mean that the digital BBC2W will cease after
DSO has been completed in Wales?

I hope so because it seems to serve no purpose than to give employment
to the BBC Taffia in Cardiff. It diplaces a large number of BBC2
programmes. Not too much of a problem if you have satellite as the
generic BBC2 is available, but a real pain if you only have freeview

In the past BBC 2W caused my parents to miss many programs (especially when
they had set the video to record) before they realised what was going on,
and where the real BBC2 was on satellite!

"Petert" wrote in message
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Apparently the first site to transmt only digital will be Kilvey in
Swansea. See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7547750.stm
Cheers
Peter


Good idea, experiment on the Welsh first, they don't matter

Steve Terry

"Steve Terry" wrote in message
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"Petert" wrote in message
...
Apparently the first site to transmt only digital will be Kilvey in
Swansea. See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7547750.stm
Cheers
Peter


Good idea, experiment on the Welsh first, they don't matter


They should consider themselves damn lucky to be among the chosen ones,
usually if we wish to build a self detonating highly experimental fast
breeder nuclear reactor, don't we usually choose the Scots as the lucky
recipients?