Channels moved etc.

On 2012-09-24, Roderick Stewart wrote:
In article , Brian Gaff wrote:
Problem is that poor old joe public would need both freeview and freesat now
to be able to have the full choice as there are stations on freesat that are
not on freeview and of course vice versa as we just discussed.

In this situation, this particular member of joe public takes an alternative
approach of not giving a monkey's. There's so much television available today
that even if we stayed glued to the box all day we'd all miss more of it than
we'll ever see. It wouldn't be worth fretting about even if all the programmes
were worth watching.

It wouldn't be worth fretting about IF all the programmes were worth
watching, true.

Unfortunately approximately none of the programmes are worth watching,
so it may be worth fretting about missing those few that are.

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So if you get the Sky free for ever assuming they still offer it can you
then get them?
Brian

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Brian Gaff wrote:
So why is that then? seems a bit daft? so if they are on Sky then, by
implication they are in a sky package and thus not free to air, how come
they are free to air on Freeview?

Because there's (almost) no international overspill on Freeview.

To be on satellite, they have to either go on a narrow beam (UK only in
theory) transponder. No room there at present, so they are encrypted on a
wide beam, and therefore only available on Sky boxes.


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Well maybe they should kick off some of the less useful rubbish. There are
plenty to choose from. Q, Capital, and give Smooth a stereo feed.
Brian

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On 24/09/2012 11:32, Brian Gaff wrote:

I mean why on earth are not Classic FM on Freeview?

Because carsick won't pay the fee to be on there.

"Unfortunately, due to the cost of broadcast on this platform, there are
no immediate plans to launch Classic FM on Freeview."
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Brian Gaff wrote:
Well maybe they should kick off some of the less useful rubbish. There are
plenty to choose from. Q, Capital, and give Smooth a stereo feed.

Smooth have been bought by Global, (Capital, Heart, and Classic FM's parent
company), so don't expect that to stay in its current form for much longer.


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Brian Gaff wrote:
So if you get the Sky free for ever assuming they still offer it can you
then get them?

No, because they are part of Sky's subscription package, my guess, in exchange
for those channels getting the encryption supplied free of charge.

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On 24/09/2012 18:30, Brian Gaff wrote:
Well maybe they should kick off some of the less useful rubbish. There are
plenty to choose from. Q, Capital, and give Smooth a stereo feed.

You misunderstand. The more channels the more money they get. Never mind
the quality feel the width.
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On 24/09/2012 11:32, Brian Gaff wrote:
I mean why on earth are not Classic FM on Freeview?

They claim it is too expensive.

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"Mike Brown" wrote in message
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On 24/09/2012 11:32, Brian Gaff wrote:
I mean why on earth are not Classic FM on Freeview?

They claim it is too expensive.

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I seem to recall that they were very slow in making a decision on
whether or not to use the platform and by the time they had made
their minds up the other users were in place so it would have
cost an arm and a leg to get on board - presumably because some
other or others would have had to be cast off.



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Woody wrote:
: I mean why on earth are not Classic FM on Freeview?
:
: They claim it is too expensive.


: I seem to recall that they were very slow in making a decision on
: whether or not to use the platform and by the time they had made
: their minds up the other users were in place so it would have
: cost an arm and a leg to get on board

Don't think this is it! Freeview is by FAR the most expensive platform to
transmit on - with all the transmitters around the country needing to be
paid for. Five decided there were not interested in FiveHD on Freeview for
this reason.

Satellite is all in manufacture and launch - once in orbit something like
40W tranmission power covers the whole UK!