What a balls up

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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I know this has been discussed before, but the full absurdity of it only
hit
me when I sat down to watch Look North tonight, expecting to find it on
BBC2
bacause of the tennis. But DTT Emley had the London News. So did Freesat.
Only analogue had Look North! There can't be many people watching analogue
now. It's barmy! Why not put the damned tennis on BBC2? At the end of Look
North they apologised to Belmont viewers for having to watch the Leeds
version. Do they apologise on BBC 1 at 6.30 for the lack of Look North on
the digi platforms? Why do they put London local news on everywhere? Why
don't they put a special national news programme on? Or why not put Look
North on everywhere?

Bill

Because the BBC are a bunch of arse-wipes maybe?

On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 21:48:03 +0100, Paul Martin wrote:

As for the numpties in presentation who don't know (or care?) that
significant parts of the country no longer have an analogue
service
or that opting out on BBC2 is not possible on the digital
platforms
need to be "educated". Preferably with a P60.

Surely a P45. A P60 is issued annually if you're still in employ.

Shows how long it's been since I was a wage slave... Which ever bit
of paper you get when leaving an employer. B-)

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Cheers
Dave.

On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 03:51:32 -0700 (PDT), Steve Bentley
wrote:

Look North (Newcastle) - half the area has undergone the first stage
of DSO very recently, so "switch to analogue" is ********.

There's very clearly a case for regional opts on BBC2 to be
accomodoated (if only on Freeview) following DSO. As I understand it
the muxes in those regions are coded differently anyway, so why should
BBC2 not be included in that re-architecture?

(Because clearly the BBC's assurance that they'd no longer put
regional material on BBC2 just cannot be trusted, so either a digital
solution has to be found, or the analogue opting capability has to be
removed so as to put it beyond the use of channel controllers who
think the world revolves around them.)

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On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:44:05 GMT, SpamTrapSeeSig
wrote:

Whatever it is the BBC does these days, it's not broadcasting as we knew
it, by any stretch of the imagination.

This is a rather ridiculous comment.

On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:06:57 GMT, SpamTrapSeeSig
wrote:

Do I assume that the TX disty for BBC-2 is now entirely via satellite?

No.

It does seem rather more complex than it need be - will it be 'fixed'
after DSO?

3 years is several lifetimes in broadcasting.

"Zero Tolerance" wrote in message
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On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 03:51:32 -0700 (PDT), Steve Bentley
wrote:

Look North (Newcastle) - half the area has undergone the first stage
of DSO very recently, so "switch to analogue" is ********.

There's very clearly a case for regional opts on BBC2 to be
accomodoated (if only on Freeview) following DSO. As I understand it
the muxes in those regions are coded differently anyway, so why should
BBC2 not be included in that re-architecture?

(Because clearly the BBC's assurance that they'd no longer put
regional material on BBC2 just cannot be trusted, so either a digital
solution has to be found, or the analogue opting capability has to be
removed so as to put it beyond the use of channel controllers who
think the world revolves around them.)

I think the best solution would be to re-name BBC 2
to BBC 5 then we would all know where we stood ;-)


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Graham.

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On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:26:38 GMT, Paul Ratcliffe
wrote:

This is a rather ridiculous comment.

Well, it's certainly not broadcasting as I knew it.
(BBC Engineer, 1963-1992)
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Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Do they apologise on BBC 1 at 6.30 for the lack of Look North on the digi
platforms? Why do they put London local news on everywhere? Why don't they
put a special national news programme on? Or why not put Look North on
everywhere?

Who cares about crappy local news? Why are you sitting inside watching TV on
hot sunny days? Why don't you just get a life?

"jamie powell" wrote in message
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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Do they apologise on BBC 1 at 6.30 for the lack of Look North on the
digi platforms? Why do they put London local news on everywhere? Why
don't they put a special national news programme on? Or why not put Look
North on everywhere?

Who cares about crappy local news? Why are you sitting inside watching TV
on hot sunny days? Why don't you just get a life?

Thanks for your input Jamie, which is as valuable as ever. Your comments
have of course been noted.

Bill

Paul Ratcliffe wrote in
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On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:08:33 +0100, Bill Wright


That would need planning and given the short notice nature of the
beast is not really possible, aside from simulcasting News 24 (yes I
know) for the rest of the hour.

Or why not put Look North on everywhere?

What difference would this make to most of the population?

I remember in the late 90's watching 'Children In Need' via ONdigital in
Brighton and was surprised that the had chosen the Look North opt outs in
preference to the London ones for the national digital feed. I didn't
complain as it's always great to see the perma-tan and air of panic that is
Peter Levy on national TV.

//Clive.