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Old 18-01-2014, 09:25
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Another low res 544x576 red button stream for freeview then.
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Old 18-01-2014, 09:51
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If so, then it's a temporary stream and needs national coverage (so that puts COM7/8 out of the question). Few other places where it could go.
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Old 19-01-2014, 17:00
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Another low res 544x576 red button stream for freeview then.
BBC Red Button 2 will be good if it was permanent, More choice for the viewer but I don't think so.
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Old 19-01-2014, 18:50
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BBC Red Button 2 will be good if it was permanent, More choice for the viewer but I don't think so.
It would only be permanent if the BBC had more money and they had use of both there MUXs as DVB-T2.
If they did they could then do their 7 main channels (5 streams) in HD, taking up the space of one MUX and have space for 5 24hour HD channels, 15 24hour SD channels, or a mix of the two, with their radio streams taking up the space of 1 SD channel!
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Old 19-01-2014, 19:34
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It would only be permanent if the BBC had more money and they had use of both there MUXs as DVB-T2.
If they did they could then do their 7 main channels (5 streams) in HD, taking up the space of one MUX and have space for 5 24hour HD channels, 15 24hour SD channels, or a mix of the two, with their radio streams taking up the space of 1 SD channel!
Connected Red Button will ultimately see to it that there will be no linear Red Button streams needed. (We are talking end of the decade here)

If they could incorporate iPlayer Radio into Connected Red Button, then radio can go that way in the next 10 years.

If they incorporate Democracy Live into Connected Red Button, then BBC Parliament can be replaced with Democracy Live...

And if more frequencies are given over the mobile internet, then almost everything will be online...!
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Old 02-02-2014, 08:43
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The new home of What's On BBC Red Button is the About the BBC Blog.

See the latest at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/abouttheb...n-1-8-February
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Old 04-02-2014, 10:40
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And some may like Red Button editor Victoria Scorzano's Personal Blog
with things like this http://digitalwitchnorth.com/2013/11...way-we-see-tv/
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Old 07-02-2014, 00:40
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Can't find my channel 303 thread but what is supposed to be going on here? no olympic coverage in HD looking at the next weeks EPG.
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Old 07-02-2014, 08:12
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Can't find my channel 303 thread but what is supposed to be going on here? no olympic coverage in HD looking at the next weeks EPG.
The BBC would need to rent out additional DTT spectrum for such a service (at some cost, considering the engineering work that would be required as well) for such a short-term service), and as there is no space availahe existing DVB-T2 mux, the only viable muxes would be either of teh two temporary muxes (COM7 or COM8), and neither MUX has even 50% coverage at the moment.

So it would be a non-starter.
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Old 07-02-2014, 12:24
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Yup, we've Red Button and Red Button 2 but no HD stream for these games.

See schedule at http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/25213838

And Red Button page 998.
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Old 07-02-2014, 14:29
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It would be nice if they added latest news and medals table to the red button channels.
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Old 09-02-2014, 10:03
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I had a look at 302 sometime after midnight, and it was an MHEG caption.

However, the EPG listed Six Nations.
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Old 09-02-2014, 10:42
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I had a look at 302 sometime after midnight, and it was an MHEG caption.

However, the EPG listed Six Nations.
From midnight to 3am it closes down (for ADULT PARTY I assume).
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Old 09-02-2014, 11:41
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Thanks for that

So it's from when Adult Party comes on, until Dave goes off.
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Old 10-02-2014, 03:40
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From midnight to 3am it closes down (for ADULT PARTY I assume).
So it closes to make way for a channel to show a load of porn?
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Old 10-02-2014, 08:06
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So it closes to make way for a channel to show a load of porn?
That's how the Daily Mail might put it, but the adult channel was there first and the BBC are just renting free space which isn't linked to any existing stream.
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Old 11-02-2014, 09:54
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what mux is the extra red button on? I'm on Wenvoe and cant seem to find it!
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Old 11-02-2014, 10:23
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what mux is the extra red button on? I'm on Wenvoe and cant seem to find it!
It should be on COM5/ArqA, UHF channel 45.
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Old 11-02-2014, 19:14
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http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/industry/...annel_listings is your friend.
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Old 11-02-2014, 19:34
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what mux is the extra red button on? I'm on Wenvoe and cant seem to find it!
If you have already scanned for new channels, check the 800 range. The channel could have been thrown into that range as your equipment would already have allocated LCN 302 to the version on the BBC A multiplex. The BBC A version should have moved to LCN 303.
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Old 15-02-2014, 16:39
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/ins.../redbuttonfaq/ has has a makeover
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Old 19-02-2014, 19:42
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The Winter Olympics will soon be over and at 6am on Monday morning we'll be saying goodbye to 302 again.

302 - This is BBC Red Button
303 - This is 302
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Old 20-02-2014, 11:51
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Page 998 will be updated again then, I would think
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Old 24-02-2014, 09:27
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The Winter Olympics will soon be over and at 6am on Monday morning we'll be saying goodbye to 302 again.

302 - This is BBC Red Button
303 - This is 302
Not over yet as it's still streaming on 302.
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Old 24-02-2014, 11:02
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BBC red button 302 now off the air with service not available.
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