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#176 |
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Next Thursday, the EPG data for 302 and 303 changes:
302 then shows description as "The best of BBC Red Button" 303 has actual content (Queen's tennis, and the next day kicks off with MotoGP) |
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#177 |
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As I've just posted in the Freesat forum, it appears the HD red button will also be simulcasting BBC Three coverage of the Confederations Cup starting next Saturday.
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Perfect. Thanks for letting us know.
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As I've just posted in the Freesat forum, it appears the HD red button will also be simulcasting BBC Three coverage of the Confederations Cup starting next Saturday.
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#180 |
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Any news on 302.When will it starts broadcasting?
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No news of the return of a second screen is being given on http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/...e#dna-comments but Queen's looks to be being shown on Connected TV.
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No extra capacity for Wimbledon
Looking at today's press release, it appears that Red Button streams being used for Glastonbury won't be used for Wimbledon with only upto 3 streams available at a time - presumably BBC1, BBC and 301.
Really crap the way the BBC obsess about connected red button wich is only available on Virgin. My two year old Sony doesn't get BBC Sport App. I'm not buying a new TV to get that!! I doubt connected red button will be on Sky anytime soon ![]() ![]() Besides that, I don't want this blowing my broadband use cap. Really crap service after many years of 5 Wimbledon streams. |
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No news of the return of a second screen is being given on http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/...e#dna-comments but Queen's looks to be being shown on Connected TV.
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Alix Pryde, bless her, has blogged http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/abouttheb...-Button-summer
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As regular readers will know, one of the challenges we have been grappling with over the past months and years is how to get the right amount of capacity for BBC Red Button broadcast video streams. The difficulty is that the amount of content available varies across the year, typically peaking around the time of Wimbledon, Glastonbury and the British Grand Prix. Our goal is not to waste money paying for more capacity than we need over the rest of the year, but at the same time to be able to offer audiences a breadth of choice at the times that they want it most. It’s a difficult balance to get right.
In order to bring an enhanced experience to your TV this summer we are trying something different. We are trying to operate a flexible model for the BBC Red Button which expands when the content demands. And as more and more of you get HD TVs, we want to be able to offer more of these prime sporting and music events to you in HD too, beyond what you will see on BBC One HD and BBC Two HD. This summer is our first experiment, and we’ll be launching: An HD red button stream on Freeview HD/Youview, Sky HD, Virgin Media and Freesat HD One additional SD red button stream on Freeview/BT Vision/Youview (digital terrestrial television, DTT) Two additional SD red button streams on Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat (satellite and cable) The reason why there is only one additional SD stream on DTT rather than two is that unfortunately there isn’t the capacity available in the market to do more. That’s also the reason why the geographic coverage of that stream is a bit less than our usual coverage, c. 90% of households rather than 98.5%. The coverage of the HD stream and the satellite and cable streams will be the same as the usual BBC coverage. The extra SD streams are timed to cover the last week of June and the first week of July as this is the busiest time of the year on the Red Button. The HD stream will start a little sooner and will be available for longer. The HD Red Button will be the place to find our 3D coverage of the Wimbledon semi-finals and finals. All the events are available on bbc.co.uk as well. |
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They are showing Brazil-Japan (football) via 302 on the 15th, so that makes moi happy!
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They are showing Brazil-Japan (football) via 302 on the 15th, so that makes moi happy!
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I did a scroll forward and saw it (unless I was dreaming-confusin 302 and 303!).
"I wonder if they will add the SD-HD link metadata?" One word: que?! |
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I did a scroll forward and saw it (unless I was dreaming-confusin 302 and 303!).
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"I wonder if they will add the SD-HD link metadata?" One word: que?!
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Thanks for explaining that.
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Tournament preview on red button
"Wednesday 12 June Confederations Cup preview: 15:15, BBC Red Button" And, it must be said, what an odd time to put that on! |
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Page 998 has had a makeover to explain the new RB channels.
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It is just one of many screenings at lots of different times. Quote:
Tournament preview on red button
"Wednesday 12 June Confederations Cup preview: 15:15, BBC Red Button" And, it must be said, what an odd time to put that on! |
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Page 998 has had a makeover to explain the new RB channels.
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Can't believe how long it took to add a red button. It must be so easy to do, especially when red button functionality already exists on the SD BBC A mux!
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I wonder if they will add the SD-HD link metadata?
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Now all they need to do is add all the text content!
(Also - they had the channel changer MHEG during the Olympics, and the 2D/3D switcher before that, so it's not the first time MHEG has appeared on the HD channels) |
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Can't believe how long it took to add a red button. It must be so easy to do, especially when red button functionality already exists on the SD BBC A mux!
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So if you'd have put a red button in place earlier, what would you have had it do?
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Linking to 301 would have been a start. I've lost track of the amounts of times the announcer has said "..and if you press the red button now..." and I'm thinking "hmm, the prompt hasn't come up... oh, yeah, I'm watching in HD so pressing the red button doesn't do anything".
However have we ever seen a MHEG app switch to another mux? Assuming we haven't, is it possible? Will they be able to do it to switch to 302? |
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