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Originally Posted by Taf
You want them NOT to come here?
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Oops, I omitted to place the word 'informed' at the end!
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Thanks for the info. everyone.
I've been speaking to people who work in the industry and satellite enthusiasts, broadly speaking, they have said much the same things as here, except:
- Astra 4A is only receivable from around the coast of Norfolk.
- According to Lyngsat, this channel is also broadcasting from Hotbird 13e and receivable with a Sky dish (not checked this & the article requesting redistribution doesn't mention this either)..
- It might be easier to get an existing channel to record, check and play out recordings from the channel. There would then be no need for an Ofcom licence, an EPG slot or extra capacity, uplinking etc.
- If the channel is taken as a separate stream, the BBC has capacity that 'isn't a channel'. I'm assuming that this is the Red Button capacity. If so, this wouldn't need an EPG slot either. Is the BBC Red Button currently, or imminently, being used for anything?
I think that the BBC will be the best broadcaster to approach as they have started a shortwave radio service to Ukraine to help circumvent Putins efforts to prevent news getting out to the people by blowing up TV transmitters and trying to shut off the internet.
I'm thinking that BBC Scotland and BBC Alba could be used for their capacity at no extra cost to the TVL payer as I believe that the former simulcasts BBC2 during the day and the latter a radio station. In a sense, it's unfortunate that BBC3 has re-opened when it has as it's evening capacity has laid idle since it closed.