Digital Platform 'Full'?

[Stuartbe]

Originally Posted by poolking

But then what would they do with all of the cheesy presenters?

Ah yes - but you have to admire them in a way !!! could you talk non stop for three hours about a screwdriver ? - I couldn't

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by stuartbe

Ah yes - but you have to admire them in a way !!! could you talk non stop for three hours about a screwdriver ? - I couldn't

The shopping channels are one of the biggest revenue generators for ntl - QVC was THE biggest channel in 1998.

[asdf]

I can put up with them being there if they generate money. I just skip them out anyways, so they don't bother me too much.

[DrAwesome]

As predicted Sky have slotted "FX289" the new (FX) fox channel on sky channel 289 today (just before the sky movies 1)

i wonder how many days/weeks/months before NTL tv subscribers get the channel (might be a good idea to phone up your local NTL franchise and request that it be carried)

[Rillington]

Cable is supposed to have far more capacity than satellite and their bandwidth is supposed to be almost unlimited.

Therefore, if they are claiming to Rapture that ntl is full then this goes directly against the schpeel that cable out out all those years ago.

Originally Posted by Rillington

Cable is supposed to have far more capacity than satellite and their bandwidth is supposed to be almost unlimited.

Therefore, if they are claiming to Rapture that ntl is full then this goes directly against the schpeel that cable out out all those years ago.

Theres more to it than that. For each multiplex theres new equipment needed, that needs paying for, ntl have to pay for it. Also in each of the regional sites, there needs to be bandwidth available. With analogue cable the individual channels need to be 16MHz apart to avoid Adjacent Channel Interference, digital cable doesnt need this, but the analogue and digital cable networks have to share the same networks. More space will be freed up if analogue channels are turned off.