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Old 22-02-2012, 21:05   #6
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Re: North Wales cable franchise

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Originally Posted by Escapee View Post
I was not aware of any Rediffusion network in North Wales, the only Rediffusion networks in Wales North of Merthyr were the odd small VHF or UHF networks. I believe that a mixture of these were not build by Rediffusion but acquired by them.

The furthest I ever traveled North in Wales to work on headends was Brecon, there was also a network in the Talgarth area that I believe closed in the early 90s. (Although I also seem to remember a network being mentioned in Hay on Wye)

I never heard of any in Mid or North Wales when I was working for them.
I have lived in Wrexham for most of my life and there definately has not been a Rediffusion system anywhere near here.

However I read on another forum some time ago that there was a re-broadcast system in place in either Blaenau Ffestiniog or Betwys-y-Coed... I'm not sure which. That was available until fairly recently, I don't know whether its still going.

There is also Wright's Radio Relay which operates in Newtown, Powys (Mid Wales)... that was born out of a rebroadcasting network and now provides a slightly upgraded version of the Freeview line-up. According to their website (which is actually down at the moment), viewers are able to use Freeview boxes/STBs with an additional converter box, which changes the signal between DVB-C to DVB-T... but interestingly it also provides True Movies, Movies4Men, etc... I presume that's an additional multiplex.
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