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Originally Posted by Media Boy
BBC testing new HD Channel on Astra.
BBC are testing out an new HD Channel on Astra (Maybe the following will happen):
A) An HD Channel for the BBC Red Button.
B) BBC HD maybe about to relaunch for shows in HD on CBBC, Cbeebies, BBC Three and BBC Four.
C) BBC News HD may launch.
Rumours started by a516 (a516 think A will happen).
http://www.a516digital.com/2013/05/b...-way.html#more
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This is for a BBC HD Red Button service. Apparently, none of the other broadcasters can afford/want to take up the offer of a further Freeview HD channel, so the BBC are using it for this.
As part of their platform neutrality policy, this service will be availsble on satellite and offered to VM.
By putting the content behind the Red Button service, the BBC do not have to seek approval for a "new channel" from the BBC Trust.
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Originally Posted by DaMac
Is there any way to manually tune this bbc test channel for those of us itch the equipment, ie frequency and service I'd etc
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Possibly, depending on the type of box that you have. For example, Sky Digi boxes are not currently capable of accepting the values needed to watch some HD broadcasts.
It is believed that the failure of Sky to update the software to accomodate this may be unlawful. A numbrr of people, myself included, are considering taking legal action against Sky to test the legality of this anti competitive behaviour.
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Originally Posted by mhatter67
The interesting question for me is why it is taking so long to get a deal for BT Sports channels on the VM platform, any ideas?
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No-one is likely to find out about the VM carriage deal until VM are ready to announce it, current negotiations are regarded as extremely commercially sensitive and are on a "need to know basis", with confidentiality measures on 'lockdown'.