Telstar 12 Vantage.

[2night]

Tiny Pop to leave linear TV and become fully digital-only channel

UK preschool channel Tiny Pop, owned by Narrative Entertainment, will go fully digital from March 20.

www.c21media.net

 

[deeptho]

What exactly is "digital first". MPEG is digital?

I read the document. The summary is that they are very excited about firing lots of people.
And of course it is very disruptive <add your management terms here>.

The beginning of the end...

 

[ozumo]

What exactly is "digital first". MPEG is digital?

It is nonsense industry speak for moving to streaming only. Channel 4 has form for such guff - not long ago it was saying watching anything on a linear channel was 'live' even when it is obviously prerecorded - 'stream now or watch live tomorrow at 8pm'.

 

[iggy]

Pleasant surprise, looking at the beam and reception reports managed to secure the attached as:-

Alicante, España.......1.8m Marrafa, 15.4ºC and cloudy.

Reception tuned thanks to the GoldMaster SR-525HD.

Octagon SF8008 4k Twin and GT Media Combo compare.

Pleased.

I wonder If I had any chance to pick anything on my 125x140 Famaval, 20 km eastwards of Cartagena. It's a fixed dish pointed to Astra 2 UK beam so I am not willing to focus it on the other orbital position.

 

[ocean04]

It appears that the beam "northsea" is used for this frequency !

Signal in only 2-3db here 2.4m. Location is on edge of the northsea coverage area

 

[stpierre]

@ocean04 ,
This info comes from Flysa

 

[NunoV]

No picture, dish fibo90 in center Portugal

 

[rayo77]

Pleasant surprise, looking at the beam and reception reports managed to secure the attached as:-

Alicante, España.......1.8m Marrafa, 15.4ºC and cloudy.

Reception tuned thanks to the GoldMaster SR-525HD.

Octagon SF8008 4k Twin and GT Media Combo compare.

Pleased.

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Yo con 1.80 y 2.80 nada señal en marruecos
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Me with 1.80 and 2.80 nothing sign in Morocco

 

[lovelyperson]

I wonder If I had any chance to pick anything on my 125x140 Famaval, 20 km eastwards of Cartagena. It's a fixed dish pointed to Astra 2 UK beam so I am not willing to focus it on the other orbital position.

Have 1.4m offset but unable to test 15.0ºw at the mo, sorry.

Using the 1.2 PF I cannot secure the needed 11043 V 44100 but attach the values of the easier received ESPN transponder 12609 H 07552.

You have a decent dish with your 1.4m offset so when convenient perhaps give it a try and see..........nature of the hobby.

Good luck.

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[Fisty McB]

Receiver: Octagon SF8008 4K
Dish: LNB for 15W is offset on an 80cm dish aimed at 22E
Location: County Tyrone, N. Ireland.

Remarks: Good signal as expected in the core service area for the new location of "Satback".

 

[mike1]

Still dont believe me about the advantages of ip delivery of tv for broadcasters?

Read this

Channel 4 shares plans to become digital-first public service streamer by 2030 | Channel 4

Channel 4 today unveiled an ambitious five-year strategy to reshape the organisation and accelerate its transformation into an agile, genuinely digital-first public service streamer by 2030. The strategy – called Fast Forward – will ensure Channel 4 embraces the generational shift that is taking...

www.channel4.com

I see your point. But makes you think how reliable TCP/IP is when all William Hill shops are still using Astra 4.8e.

I can now scan in the encrypted 15W BBC backup channels fine on a 60cm with Engima2. But no picture all encoded.

 

[mapperuo]

I see your point. But makes you think how reliable TCP/IP is when all William Hill shops are still using Astra 4.8e.

Latency I imagine is the biggest issue there, so many betting shops around the country with variable internet. Even 2 seconds of buffering at the wrong time will be unacceptable.

 

[Fisty McB]

Latency I imagine is the biggest issue there, so many betting shops around the country with variable internet. Even 2 seconds of buffering at the wrong time will be unacceptable.

Becomes even more important when doing in-play betting where during horse races the odds can suddenly change very fast. I suspect that until it becomes affordable to give every bookmaker a dedicated un-contented fibre feed with barely any latency loss, a direct satellite feed will be around for some time to come.

It's a different kettle of fish however for home entertainment which aren't showing live sports - the latency of a few seconds is not much of an issue.

 

[pipino]

For latency issues there is SRT protocol solution , its not much of a problem now days

 

[rodscha]

How receivable is the new 15 W bbc satback now?
Just BISS or more?

 

[EnoSat]

yes, only BISS (it should be more correct to say CCW, since CAID is not defined in PMT)

 

[rodscha]

Thank you!
However It seems I m too far from the North Sea here,our mussels tend to come from other places... so goodbye satback

 

[Channel Hopper]

Thank you!
However It seems I m too far from the North Sea here,our mussels tend to come from other places... so goodbye satback

A really, really big/directional UHF antenna (on certain days) ?

 

[rodscha]

A really, really big/directional UHF antenna (on certain days) ?

when French TV drops DTT maybe? a long time away I think!

 

[Butacas]

As I mentioned in the other thread, better signal (BBC frequency) during the day than at night.

I have a difference of just over 2 db of signal, between the best time of day and at night, which is when the signal levels drop the most.