UK TV GOLD lost from Analogue service

Originally Posted by David Archer

Anyone know why G.O.L.D has suddenly dissapeared from the analogue service?

To make room for 15 H/Def channels?

I wish

[sammyjayuk]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

It may be that they can only enhance the digital services when all the analogue network is switched off.

The techies on here may prove me wrong on that point, however.

Alternatively, the reason may be that a partial switchoff would not make new channels on the digital service viable. I shouldn't think VM would want a fragmented digital service anyway. They are trying to harmonise so that every region gets the same service.

Forgive me, but I can't see why VM won't split the areas so they have only pure digital and pure analogue areas. At the moment, they have pure analogue areas and analogue+digital areas - kick those in analogue+digital areas who won't go digital, turn off the analogue in those areas and as if by magic they'll have pure digital areas! As a bonus, they'll then be able to use the old analogue equipment, from the newly pure digital areas, as spares for the pure analogue areas - because I doubt that any of it is still being manufactured.

However, if it was that simple they'd have done it by now. That or they're a bunch of idiots...

Sam

[Andrewcrawford23]

Originally Posted by sammyjayuk

Forgive me, but I can't see why VM won't split the areas so they have only pure digital and pure analogue areas. At the moment, they have pure analogue areas and analogue+digital areas - kick those in analogue+digital areas who won't go digital, turn off the analogue in those areas and as if by magic they'll have pure digital areas! As a bonus, they'll then be able to use the old analogue equipment, from the newly pure digital areas, as spares for the pure analogue areas - because I doubt that any of it is still being manufactured.

However, if it was that simple they'd have done it by now. That or they're a bunch of idiots...

Sam

It acutaly cost quite a bit to do that and i believe they cant remove it as easily as that but that i cant be sure on that.as you say if it was that simple they would have made the analogue and digital area digital only by now,

[Turkey Machine]

When analogue cable goes in Nottingham I'll miss it. I like Paramount Comedy 1 (Scrubs and 2.5 Men) and especially Eurosport (now it has BSB, WSB, MotoGP and WTCC) for free.