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Old 10-11-2017, 20:36   #110
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Re: ITV threaten to blackout on Virgin

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Originally Posted by buckeye View Post
If its within the law for VM to retransmit an alternative ITV feed why do they need to rely on satellite transmissions? Couldn't each headend take the local Freeview signal?
Wouldn't that satisfy most regional needs?
Yes they can, and indeed did until 2009/10. But it's better done centrally as that avoids unnecessary duplicate equipment in many regional headends, some of which have power and space constraints, and the channels can then be centrally monitored.
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