2night
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vantage hd 8000s
120 cm dish
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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'.What exactly is "digital first". MPEG is digital?
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.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.
Signal in only 2-3db here 2.4m. Location is on edge of the northsea coverage areaIt appears that the beam "northsea" is used for this frequency !
Yo con 1.80 y 2.80 nada señal en marruecosPleasant 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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Have 1.4m offset but unable to test 15.0ºw at the mo, sorry.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.
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I see your point. But makes you think how reliable TCP/IP is when all William Hill shops are still using Astra 4.8e.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.
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.
A really, really big/directional UHF antenna (on certain days) ?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
when French TV drops DTT maybe? a long time away I think!A really, really big/directional UHF antenna (on certain days) ?