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STV HD Coming To Sky+ HD?
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The Sky+ HD advertisement, "The World Cup In High Definition", currently playing on Sky Sports News, contains the following small print:
"World Cup HD coverage on ITV1 HD, STV HD and BBC HD available without subscription"
Fingers crossed this is correct, and that STV HD launches on Sky+ HD at the same time as DTT & Virgin Media...
"World Cup HD coverage on ITV1 HD, STV HD and BBC HD available without subscription"
Fingers crossed this is correct, and that STV HD launches on Sky+ HD at the same time as DTT & Virgin Media...
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Coronation Street is also going HD. Underbelly is probably HD if it was on FX.
Shame they won't show the FA Cup and make full use of the channel.
EPG testing for what appears to be STV HD has started today, will have video test within a few days
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Come on. We heard it all with ITV1 HD.
It will come, delayed or not.
If they know for a fact that STV HD will be there for the WC I see no problem in advertising it in that context.
we'll see.
STV are still denying any knowledge, and have told me via email that they have contacted sky to ask them to stop the advertisement.
whether what they say is true or not i can't say. all i can say is what they told me.
Bit strange that, considering it's actually in test mode!!
Did they not show the new SyFy HD logo miles before it was rebranded? Why should they not advertise it? It could be launching before the World Cup?
as i said, i'm just telling you what the Director of Broadcast Services & Regulatory Affairs told me via email (that they were not aware that sky were advertising stvhd and that they had contacted them to ask them to stop).
he also told me that they were concentrating on getting the channel on Freeview and Freesat, and that Sky wasn't in their thoughts at the moment (this of course could change at any point). that would expain why tests are now visible, doesn't necessarily mean that will be on the EPG though.
i'm in the stv region so of course want access to this, i'm just telling you what i've been told by stv.
When was the email sent to you? As they haven't stopped and whereas before it was only on adverts broadcast by third party channels like C4, I understand it's now being mentioned on the Sky versions too.
last night.... i emailed them again when i saw this post about the ad still running.
Did you mention the reported tests on 10936V too?
Maybe you should e-mail him back and ask why STV HD are currently testing on the Sky platform then ?
But they're advertising it in context of the World Cup, which doesn't currently exist yet either!!
are they testing on the sky platform, or is it just that the sky box can pick up the freesat test ?
and why don't you ask him yourself?
his email address is bobby.hain@stv.tv.
i get the sense you lot think i am making this up. feel free to email him and see what answer you get.
They are not. They are testing on the SES Astra 28.8 deg satellite "platform". It just so happens that this "platform" carries Sky's programming (but also freesats). It is currently carrying STV SD's EPG data but that is probably just because they are relaying the SD channel (a fairly common early part of testing is to relay a feed from another of your channels) and is no gurantee that they intend to launch on Sky HD).
FWIW, I doubt that without Sky's Scottish HD base STV HD would be able to get enough advertising revenue to be viable. My guess is that Sky and STV are "in talks" and someone in Sky jumped the gun a little and will have had their knuckles rapped.
If you go to 3855 via 'other channels' and press i then select, the EPG programme info changes from 'DD, S' to 'HD,AD,C', to 'AD,DS,W,S'.
Exactly the same as the three ITV HD channels show, when accessed through other channels,
They did that when they were testing too and just the blue screen appeared.
i.e. STV are waiting to see how the satelitte feed performs before committing.
I emailed STV Viewer Enquiries on the 23rd...
I got this reply on the 24th, i found it interesting that whilst i mentioned "World Cup" 3 times, STV never mentioned it at all in their reply.
Read into that what you want.
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Source: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=40499828&postcount=13
This HD issue is just another example of ignorance trying to cover up incompetence.
I posted his email addres. Why don't you email yourself for a response?
I'm not here to try and convince you either way. I was just posting what I was told.
I want stv hd now, but I think some people may be jumping the gun slightly.
Certainly the director at stv I was in contact with had no idea why sky had decided to advertise stv hd and said that they would be contacted to stop doing so.