Thread: SD Loss of BBC2 Wales ??
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Old 05-02-2012, 13:14   #21
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Re: Loss of BBC2 Wales ??
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Originally Posted by Howski View Post
Out of interest does anyone know why they do not broadcast it? They must have enough bandwidth and Sky does. While I can understand it not being a massive selling point it will be the reason I'll be leaving when my contract expires. Don't get me wrong I don't want to come off like I am bashing Virgin but the plain facts are I can get all of the same channels and more and there is not a huge price difference.

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-Howard
The FTA channels on satellite from Astra & Eurobird are nothing to do with Sky. Channels pay Sky to be included on their EPG and that's it. These channels lease transponders from the satellite companies, so the bandwidth is equivalent to the amount of channels leasing the transponders. This is why you can get every BBC region & every ITV region on satellite. Virgin carries all these, but only on the core fibre network. The coax last leg of distribution has to carry not only Streamed TV channels, but HD & 3D VOD content and Broadband, which since 50 & 100Mb was introduced uses a huge chunk of spectrum.

If Virgin move to BOD (Broadcast on Demand) in future there may be more space, but don't count on it.
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