BBC local radio on SKY box?
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Is it possible to listen to local radio stations through a SKY box? I want to listen to bbc Leeds but I can't do it online for some reason.So is it possible and if so how can I add the channel?
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BBC Leeds does not broadcast by satellite, so therefore not possible.
It's less to do with rights than te sheer costs of buying space for 40 different channels on the Sky platform. Remeber, Sky doesn't work by region.
I thought you could do it with BBC London, which is why I thought it may be possible with the other stations too. I have managed to find the commentary on BBC London anyway.
But thanks for all your replies anyway, I have learned something new!
Sky does work by region - hence your local default TV stations on 101 and 103 and the rest all hidden in the high 900's....BBC London is only available on a normal epg in London. I have it on an extra channel but i had to find out the frequency etc. and tune it in and can't just access it like a normal radio station on the 0101 series.
Also you are not allowed to get RTE tv inside England, Scotland or Wales.
London is easy to fit in by region seeing as the whole of BBC London's TSA matches the tv region. (I know there are other home counties BBC Local's in it, but are managed by other regions and better served by FM/AM)
It's a bit harder for other BBC tv regions where you'd have to have at least 3 BBC local's added to the EPG. For example, BBC Yorkshire's Sky/Freesat tv region would have Sheffield, Leeds and York.
I occasionally get traffic from BBC Shropshire here in Leicestershire.
When BBC local radio was on AM, I remember listening to Radio Leicester whilst sitting in the Asda car park on Dowlais top near Merthyr Tydfil.
These restrictions do need to be fixed, the numbers who will listen to a football match outside its primary area is probably quite small, mostly a few fans who have been forced to move to get a job. I suspect the rates demanded are out of all proportion.
I don't know the answer to the bandwidth question but my point was the cost of allocating 40 new BBC channels to the Sky platform. I'd imagine it'd be prohibitively expensive.
Sky's EPG costs would be one of the main factors. Not to mention the complications of uplinking the stations to Sky. It was a grand effort just to get them online using a ropey 48k WMA stream.