The end of S4C analogue

hi
For TV geeking purpose, I wondered if anyone within the Wenvoe TV coverage area
might be nice enough to record and upload the final moments of S4C analogue on
the night of 30th March?

As this is a unique situation where an entire channel is closing down, I'm
guessing that there might be some "fanfare" on the part of the contiunity staff
(but probably not of course).

I've located a web-controlled radio in Dorset - on the fringes of Wenvoe's
coverage area - which is just about able to receive S4C's FM sound carrier on
685.25MHz, but a video would be nice too.

thanks,
jamie.

"jamie powell" wrote in message
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hi
For TV geeking purpose, I wondered if anyone within the Wenvoe TV coverage
area might be nice enough to record and upload the final moments of S4C
analogue on the night of 30th March?

As this is a unique situation where an entire channel is closing down, I'm
guessing that there might be some "fanfare" on the part of the contiunity
staff (but probably not of course).

I've located a web-controlled radio in Dorset - on the fringes of Wenvoe's
coverage area - which is just about able to receive S4C's FM sound carrier
on 685.25MHz, but a video would be nice too.

thanks,
jamie.





surely it will just be a duplicate of the digital broadcast ?



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surely it will just be a duplicate of the digital broadcast ?

No, S4C analogue is a bilingual channel with a mixture of Welsh S4C and English
C4 content, whereas S4C Digital is welsh-only.
The former is now only being broadcast to a tiny audience in the Cardiff area -
until the last remaining Welsh analogue transmissions cease at the end of March.

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:42:07 +0000, jamie powell wrote:

For TV geeking purpose, I wondered if anyone within the Wenvoe TV
coverage area might be nice enough to record and upload the final
moments of S4C analogue on the night of 30th March?

Maybe your "good friend" PeterT whose intellect you recently praised
in this newsgroup would be able to help you out, as he I believe
lives in this reception area.

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:41:26 +0100, J G Miller
wrote:

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:42:07 +0000, jamie powell wrote:

For TV geeking purpose, I wondered if anyone within the Wenvoe TV
coverage area might be nice enough to record and upload the final
moments of S4C analogue on the night of 30th March?

Maybe your "good friend" PeterT whose intellect you recently praised
in this newsgroup would be able to help you out, as he I believe
lives in this reception area.

Perhaps not.

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jamie powell wrote:
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surely it will just be a duplicate of the digital broadcast ?

No, S4C analogue is a bilingual channel with a mixture of Welsh S4C and English
C4 content, whereas S4C Digital is welsh-only.
The former is now only being broadcast to a tiny audience in the Cardiff area -
until the last remaining Welsh analogue transmissions cease at the end of March.

According to the Radio Times, the final S4C analogue programme will be
'Shameless' 23:00hrs 30th March to 00:00hrs. I think it's a timeshifted
broadcast of the same programme that will be on C4 England an hour earlier.

"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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According to the Radio Times, the final S4C analogue programme will be
'Shameless' 23:00hrs 30th March to 00:00hrs. I think it's a timeshifted
broadcast of the same programme that will be on C4 England an hour earlier.

Indeed.
Weirdly, their own website shows partially-completed listings for the day after:
http://www.s4c.co.uk/e_listings.shtm...1&service=s4ca

It only lists programmes which were on weekly/daily scheduled runs however, and
must presumably be auto-generated by software.

Here are the 3 Wenvoe analogue closedowns from earlier tonight - the final
analogue TV transmissions remaining in Wales.
There was actually some acknowledgement and fanfare(!) (except on ITV)

BBC1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er4UyIqC2s4
ITV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDjzaqt44Mo
S4C http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emm3fXAAMRo


Many thanks to remlap from DigitalSpy for recording and uploading these.

Apparently the transmission mast was also illuminated to mark the occasion.

On Mar 31, 1:46*am, "jamie powell" wrote:
Here are the 3 Wenvoe analogue closedowns from earlier tonight - the final
analogue TV transmissions remaining in Wales.
There was actually some acknowledgement and fanfare(!) (except on ITV)

BBC1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er4UyIqC2s4
ITV *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDjzaqt44Mo
S4C *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emm3fXAAMRo

Many thanks to remlap from DigitalSpy for recording and uploading these.

Apparently the transmission mast was also illuminated to mark the occasion.

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remlap writes
On Mar 31, 1:46*am, "jamie powell" wrote:
Here are the 3 Wenvoe analogue closedowns from earlier tonight - the final
analogue TV transmissions remaining in Wales.
There was actually some acknowledgement and fanfare(!) (except on ITV)

BBC1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er4UyIqC2s4
ITV *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDjzaqt44Mo
S4C *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emm3fXAAMRo

Many thanks to remlap from DigitalSpy for recording and uploading these.

Apparently the transmission mast was also illuminated to mark the occasion.

Thanks for posting

Maybe "the first digital TV nation in the UK", but hasn't the Kingdom of
Man long since gone 100% digital?
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