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  • Regional BBC1 in HD 2023 Q1, finally

    From Ar@Ar@127.0.0.1 to uk.media.tv.misc on Mon Nov 28 17:23:43 2022
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    BBC has finally decided to introduce regional BBC1 in HD, so we will get
    the regional news in HD, despite many regions having HD recording
    ability for quite a while already. However, the article suggests that SD
    BBC1 is to get the axe on satellite to make room for it on the satellite system. Freeview (terrestrial) doesn't seem to be affected.

    https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1701882/Freeview-Sky-TV-update-BBC-channel-HD-regional-news

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  • From NY@me@privacy.invalid to uk.media.tv.misc on Mon Nov 28 21:12:05 2022
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    "Ar" <Ar@127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:tm2qqv$20st5$1@dont-email.me...
    BBC has finally decided to introduce regional BBC1 in HD, so we will get
    the regional news in HD, despite many regions having HD recording ability for quite a while already. However, the article suggests that SD BBC1 is
    to get the axe on satellite to make room for it on the satellite system. Freeview (terrestrial) doesn't seem to be affected.

    https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1701882/Freeview-Sky-TV-update-BBC-channel-HD-regional-news

    I'm surprised that BBC didn't decide to leave a single non-regionalised version of its channels on Freesat, after replacing the SD versions of all
    its other regions with HD versions. The extra bandwidth needed would have
    been small but they would have ensured SD compatibility for a long time
    rather than confining it to terrestrial broadcasts.

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