BBC THREE wins "best non-terrestrial channel" at Edinburgh TV festival

That's funny, I could have sworn you could watch it on Freeview...

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Jeez,

What *was* the opposition like then?

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:16:19 +0100, Charlie Pearce
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That's funny, I could have sworn you could watch it on Freeview...

Charlie

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Charlie Pearce writes:
That's funny, I could have sworn you could watch it on Freeview...

So, even the people that run broadcasting organisations these days don't
understand how their technology works? Ludicrous.
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That's funny, I could have sworn you could watch it on Freeview...

Charlie

I take your point, but I guess they meant non-ANALOGUE(Terrestrial)... :-/

Quite worrying though, if an industry award can't get it right; what hope is
there for old Mrs Grimble at No17...?


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Best "digital channel" it should have said.

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That's funny, I could have sworn you could watch it on Freeview...

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In article ,
Charlie Pearce writes:
That's funny, I could have sworn you could watch it on Freeview...

So, even the people that run broadcasting organisations these days don't
understand how their technology works? Ludicrous.

From their website,

"The six channels in the running for the Best Non Terrestrial Channel
Award are Dave, E4, BBC Three, BBC Four, ITV2 and Sky One."

What they mean is "Best Digital-Only Terrestrial Channel",

but maybe that's too long to fit on the award. :¬)

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I was just thinking that.
Maybe its because most of their programs are pie in the sky?

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That's funny, I could have sworn you could watch it on Freeview...

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In message , Sam Nelson
writes
In article ,
Charlie Pearce writes:
That's funny, I could have sworn you could watch it on Freeview...

So, even the people that run broadcasting organisations these days don't
understand how their technology works? Ludicrous.

From their website,
"The six channels in the running for the Best Non Terrestrial Channel
Award are Dave, E4, BBC Three, BBC Four, ITV2 and Sky One."
What they mean is "Best Digital-Only Terrestrial Channel",
but maybe that's too long to fit on the award. :¬)
Ian


BBC3 better than E4!
Who did the BBC have to bribe to get that result?

Steve Terry

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:35:00 +0100, (Sam Nelson)
wrote:

In article ,
Charlie Pearce writes:
That's funny, I could have sworn you could watch it on Freeview...

So, even the people that run broadcasting organisations these days don't
understand how their technology works? Ludicrous.

Surely the problem is that their use of the word "terrestrial"
is a hangover from when the distinction was between
"terrestrial" and "satellite". With that meaning of the word the
terrestrial services are BBC1, BBC2, ITV, C4 and five,
everything else is non-terrestrial. With the arrival of digital
terrestrial services that meaning of the word has been
undermined, but it is not easy to find a single word to replace
it. "Analogue" might have been useful for a few years, but not
now.

This is not the first time, nor will it be the last, when a word
has lost touch with its origins. The word "filming" is still
sometimes used when no film is involved.

And who would think twice about referring to an aerial on a
spacecraft, even though "aerial" means "in the air" and
spacecraft aerials are in a vacuum?

In article , Ian
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In message , Sam Nelson
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In article , Charlie Pearce
writes:
That's funny, I could have sworn you could watch it on Freeview...

So, even the people that run broadcasting organisations these days
don't understand how their technology works? Ludicrous.

From their website,

"The six channels in the running for the Best Non Terrestrial Channel
Award are Dave, E4, BBC Three, BBC Four, ITV2 and Sky One."

What they mean is "Best Digital-Only Terrestrial Channel",

but maybe that's too long to fit on the award. :¬)

They also seem to be using a novel definition for "best"! ;-

Slainte,

Jim

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