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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle
You have to bear in mind that the HD channels are not direct replicas of the SD channels. Is BBC HD a version of BBC One, Two, Three or Four? None of the above. It is (currently) selected transmissions of BBC programming.
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I thought that 4hd is effectively a simulcast of Channel 4, with upscaled SD where there is no HD available?
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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle
Also, the 101 .. 105 SD channels are regional but the HD variants are national (may not apply to Five, I'm not sure). It will be different for the likes of MTV, Living, Nat. Geo., History, Discovery etc. They will be HD equivalents of the SD channels.
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The only channels I'm sure of that offer full regional variation in the UK are BBC One and ITV1. BBC Two used to be able to on Analogue, but has only 4 Digital streams (Network/England, Scotland, Wales and NI), as
this clip demonstrates (45 seconds onwards). ITV1 will probably do the same once they shed their regional requirements.
I can't find any evidence that Five dont have regional opt-outs, but I doubt they pay for 13 streams on DSAT so probably have settled for a national one. Same with Channel 4, although if they take on ITV's regional obligations then they would certainly need that ability.
Does anybody remember when BBC One had only 4 digital streams, and instead of regional news we got "UK Today"? BBC Choice also had 4 and used to have different programming in the nations too! It didn't last long!