freeview and freesat merger together
Ken Hill1
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i read today that there going to be a big shake with both companies
Huge TV Shakeup Announced With A Freesat And Freeview Merger
https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/
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But in order for a box to have access to both terrestrial and satellite channels. It would need both a terrestrial and satellite tuner
Thats actually not the purpose of this merger and no such dual platform box is being planned. Its a streamlining cost saving exercise, thats all. Which actually makes sense.
I don't know when that will be but I ran a trial of PSB channels in HD over the internet some 10 years ago. So it is possible and it will eventually happen.
Yes.
A guy on another thread says he's off to Sky TV.
That's great if you can afford it.
Broadband is not free, the poorest in our society struggle to home school because of that.
The whole essence of freeview is... well the clue is in the title.
https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/freeview-approves-changes-may-alter-service/
But may be a problem to implement with BBC1 which currently only provides regional news on SD channels.
("One condition to this implementation, at least for Public Service Broadcasters (like the BBC) is that both the SD and HD versions of the channel will be identical")
https://advanced-television.com/2021/03/02/research-7-in-10-brits-prefer-streaming-to-broadcast-tv/
And in a quirk of fate the BBC is to put BBC3 back onto linear broadcast television due to its internet success. Without realising its the fact they put it on the internet which was the driver for its success. Ho hum...
The FREE TV solution for all in 1 box with linear and on demand with inputs for Aerial & Satellite & Internet harmonised.
If YouView wanted to lead this it could have been brilliant.
owned jointly by BBC, ITV, Ch4 & Ch5
licensed to BT & TalkTalk.
I doubt it will work that way now.
As the methods, and the ease or otherwise, of consuming it via the internet aren’t going to change at all, but there will be, once again, the methods and ease of linear, which can surely serve only to increase its consumption.
It’s certainly true that putting any other channel on the internet only would have decimated its audience, and that BBC3’s target audience was a particularly internet-savvy bunch; but BBC3’s success is down to its programming, as they have hit the target not just of the 25-34 age group they were aiming for, but of consumers outside that age group, when the really successful BBC3 programmes - Killing Eve, Normal People, Fleabag - were shown on the other linear BBC channels, attracting an audience who might never have watched them on the internet-only BBC3.
But might well watch, in future, such programmes on linear BBC3.
And what do those three programmes, particularly, have in common? They are very Netflix-y; you could imagine any or all of them being delivered by Netflix rather than the BBC. Which isn’t true of much of the BBC’s output; and it’s that which BBC3 has got its finger on the pulse of.
@Roy - Not put people off per-se, but I believe the majority of viewers will still use the internet to access the channel, therefore putting it back on terrestrial is a very expensive thing to do (a waste of resource, perhaps?). That is just a personal opinion, though.
From my own usage, I would rather watch ITV programmes via recordings, than having to sit through adverts/occasional buffering/bugs in ITV Hub. The technology is getting better, but wonder what the TV Broadcasters are designing for the future? Hopefully the technology will also get cheaper so everyone can afford to keep up to date and not left behind. I too watch Freesat/Freeview/Youview and wonder what is round the next corner. As long as they improve the channel reception when they introduce the changes. I wonder if they will design a EPG menu that is universal across all the different boxes? Not sure how they would achieve this, unless they want us to purchase new boxes again? John L
nmmmmm. Maybe. Maybe not.
6 is required for HD. Yep its true. Internet TV coverage covers more than both Freeview and Freesat and thats a fact. SD at is 98.1% which bombs both the others coverage. HD availability is around 80%.
Its stunning.
Have 4k Sony tv and T4000 plus roku + but (and it's next level but) can only get ADSL broadband. Only Virgin do fibre in our area.
Just don't think our current broadband is fast enough. ☹
Thats a real ****. Your in a very small minority of users who can't get decent speeds. Do you live in the Scottish highlands?
Have been tempted in the past to try Virgin but their reputation is hardly glowing.