Turning off the ticker in sky news interactive.

Graham wrote:
Fwiw, the link I posted has a 350kbits/sec streaming speed, and the quality is very good here.
As regards Sky, of course that is excellent quality, but here I have found that as well as the banner annoyance, it is also prone to interruptions, either by the Sky logo and music, or sometimes there is a break to other news feeds, then after a suitable delay back to the NASA stream.....

All true.
But, I want to be able to do other stuff, and 350K doesn't leave much spare.

What I'd really like is a dish that can pick up NASA-TV direct.
I might need a longish cable to a suitable point to place the dish though.

Ian Stirling wrote:
Graham wrote:

Fwiw, the link I posted has a 350kbits/sec streaming speed, and the quality is very good here.
As regards Sky, of course that is excellent quality, but here I have found that as well as the banner annoyance, it is also prone to interruptions, either by the Sky logo and music, or sometimes there is a break to other news feeds, then after a suitable delay back to the NASA stream.....


All true.
But, I want to be able to do other stuff, and 350K doesn't leave much spare.

What I'd really like is a dish that can pick up NASA-TV direct.
I might need a longish cable to a suitable point to place the dish though.

I emailed SKY feedback, asking that they consider picking up NASA TV.
The reply (hey! credit for replying) was that SKY is an open platform
and it is up to TV stations to approach them to carry their channel; and
that I should ask NASA to put NASA TV on SKY.

Pete.

Today, I watched Space Shuttle coverage on sky news multiscreen, and
the ticker stayed off. Maybe Sky have have at last noted viewers'
complaints? Hopefully!

Peter Bunclark wrote:
Ian Stirling wrote:
Graham wrote:

Fwiw, the link I posted has a 350kbits/sec streaming speed, and the quality is very good here.
As regards Sky, of course that is excellent quality, but here I have found that as well as the banner annoyance, it is also prone to interruptions, either by the Sky logo and music, or sometimes there is a break to other news feeds, then after a suitable delay back to the NASA stream.....

All true.
But, I want to be able to do other stuff, and 350K doesn't leave much spare.

What I'd really like is a dish that can pick up NASA-TV direct.
I might need a longish cable to a suitable point to place the dish though.

I emailed SKY feedback, asking that they consider picking up NASA TV.
The reply (hey! credit for replying) was that SKY is an open platform
and it is up to TV stations to approach them to carry their channel; and
that I should ask NASA to put NASA TV on SKY.

Which isn't especially likely, as it's a public service channel, and gains
no advertising revenue.
And AIUI, NASAs mandate would not support this in general, for non-taxpayers.