Half choice Freeview transmitters

Last week was on holiday in Ramsbottom, Lancashire in my caravan and found
that this town only receives from a relay with only about half the Freeview
programs.
To me it is a large populated area and the people there are being cheated as
like the rest of us pay the taxes etc. I had thought the half program
transmitters would be in small low populated areas way out in the country
villages.
Regards
David

On 15/06/2012 10:56, David wrote:
Last week was on holiday in Ramsbottom, Lancashire in my caravan and
found that this town only receives from a relay with only about half
the Freeview programs.
To me it is a large populated area and the people there are being
cheated as like the rest of us pay the taxes etc. I had thought the
half program transmitters would be in small low populated areas way
out in the country villages.
Regards
David
High Wycombe is the same. only the 3 muxex. you would have thought they
could have had 4 at least.

On 15/06/2012 11:17, Gary wrote:
On 15/06/2012 10:56, David wrote:
Last week was on holiday in Ramsbottom, Lancashire in my caravan and
found that this town only receives from a relay with only about half
the Freeview programs.
To me it is a large populated area and the people there are being
cheated as like the rest of us pay the taxes etc. I had thought the
half program transmitters would be in small low populated areas way
out in the country villages.
Regards
David
High Wycombe is the same. only the 3 muxex. you would have thought they
could have had 4 at least.
You want to try living in Wales mate....we get two SD mux's only.

Rob.

"David" wrote in message
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Last week was on holiday in Ramsbottom, Lancashire in my caravan and found
that this town only receives from a relay with only about half the
Freeview programs.
To me it is a large populated area and the people there are being cheated
as like the rest of us pay the taxes etc. I had thought the half program
transmitters would be in small low populated areas way out in the country
villages.

I live on the edge of a city with a population of 250,000 and get full
freeview because I am lucky enough to have line of sight to the main
transmitter which is situated out on the other edge. However, in the city
itself there are 4 areas that are only covered by, what are now called,
public service transmitters and therefore the folks can only get the BBCs,
ITV1 and 2, C4 and C5 plus E4 and More4 and about 3 other minor channels - I
think it's about 15 or so channels in total?

The area is hilly and tv reception has always been an issue, hence the
repeater transmitters to service the more difficult areas and yes, I too
think they are being cheated.

In article , David wrote:
Last week was on holiday in Ramsbottom, Lancashire in my caravan and
found that this town only receives from a relay with only about half the
Freeview programs. To me it is a large populated area and the people
there are being cheated as like the rest of us pay the taxes etc. I
had thought the half program transmitters would be in small low
populated areas way out in the country villages.

Nothing to do with taxes. These extra channels are provided (or not) by
free enterprise (aka Commercial Interests).

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Would we say then it is Ofcom's fault for not making it a condition in
contracts that all services be provided?
Regards
David

"charles" wrote in message
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In article , David wrote:
Last week was on holiday in Ramsbottom, Lancashire in my caravan and
found that this town only receives from a relay with only about half the
Freeview programs. To me it is a large populated area and the people
there are being cheated as like the rest of us pay the taxes etc. I
had thought the half program transmitters would be in small low
populated areas way out in the country villages.

Nothing to do with taxes. These extra channels are provided (or not) by
free enterprise (aka Commercial Interests).

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Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

On Friday, June 15th, 2012, at 10:56:01h +0100, David Park opined:

To me it is a large populated area and the people there are being cheated as
like the rest of us pay the taxes etc.

Which taxes are these to which you refer?

The TV licence does not guarantee reception of any TV station,
merely the legal authorisation to receive and display visual
broadcasts for the term of the licence.

Would you therefore explain in what way these people are "being cheated"
and by whom they are "being cheated".

Previously the relays provided 4 tv stations: now they are providing
about 15 tv stations and BBC radio stations (but not in Scotland in
late afternoon and evening) and a radio station in the occupied territory
of Ireland.

Perhaps you should ask ITV plc and Channel 4 why they cheat viewers
and have the continuous repeats stations ITV-1+1 and Channel 4 +1 on the
public multiplexes rather than non timeshifted content and why Ofcon
and the champion of the free and independent broadcasting industry,
the Right Honorable Jeremy Hunt has not intervened?

Maybe the answer you will get will be the standard one --
it is a commercial decision and it is not the place of the
nanny state government to intervene and spoil the profits
of the commercial broadcasters and multiplex operators.

On Friday, June 15th, 2012, at 12:27:58h +0100, David Park asked:

Would we say then it is Ofcom's fault for not making it a condition in
contracts that all services be provided?

You cannot blame OfCom for not doing something they are not required to do,
and in fact which would be contrary to what they are required to do by law.

Who you can blame, and who you appear to refuse to acknowledge as the
source of the problem, is Tessa Jowell and Tory Bliar who were the
architects of the Broadcasting Act 2003 which enshrined OfCon as
a light touch, deregulatory authority, let the market decide, whose
primary goal was to ensure the maximum commercial profitability of
the public airwaves.

In message , Yellow wrote

The area is hilly and tv reception has always been an issue, hence the
repeater transmitters to service the more difficult areas and yes, I too
think they are being cheated.


That's why there is Freesat.

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Alan
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news.plus.net wrote:

High Wycombe is the same. only the 3 muxex. you would have thought they
could have had 4 at least.

You want to try living in Wales mate....we get two SD mux's only.

Yes, same as High Wycombe, and all the so called 'Freeview Lite'
transmitters, 2 SD muxes (BBC and ITV/4/5) and the HD Mux.

Isn't all of this a fuss about not very much, even with the basic two SD
muxes, there's about 15 to 20 channels, much more than the four
analogues available pre DSO. Is the content of the three COM muxes,
really that compelling ?

I can't remember the last time I watched any COM mux channel, other than
out of morbid interest.