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Originally Posted by buckeye
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?
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I doubt that VM will want to go to too much trouble or cost to keep ITV regionality as this mainly benefits ITV.
Apart from local news & current affairs the programmes are now exactly the same.
Pumping one national feed around the UK will be easier and cheaper, allow VM to keep their customers supplied with almost every ITV programme, annoy ITV's advertiser's and drive viewers who want local news & current affairs to the BBC or even the failing local TV channels!
I suspect (hope) that they will use the London Audio Description feed in order to maintain that service for those that are sight impaired.