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Old 09-10-2014, 22:37
tvmad-alan
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With so many people in the UK not able get all freeview channels because they are on relay transmitters so called freeview light.
Could BT bring all the other channels to there service with a small charge, so that it would again customer base and a real plus bring the extra SD & HD to rest of the UK.

OFCOM & Youview could work together to help bring the channels to BT so UK can have all the missing channels in 100% of the homes

plus youview could write software to place them in the freeview epg line up if you do not get them by transmitter.

This would give a great service to UK public but also help BT and others to gain extra customers?
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Old 11-10-2014, 10:09
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I'd imagine many of the relay transmitters serve areas where FTTC isn't available and ADSL speeds are poor. That coupled with most channels already being available on Freesat would make such an offer target a tiny percentage of the population - especially if you then have to pay a premium for it - and in cities where there are pockets of poor reception which rely on relays then you've got cable networks as competition too.

That being said I'm surprised that YouView (BT and TalkTalk) don't yet offer the channels you can't get OTA via their services (ditto the local tv services which don't cover there areas perfectly) - I wonder if EE will take that initiative?
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Old 12-10-2014, 07:32
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Rural broadband does tend to have poor speeds, so it isn't much of an option at the moment. Things are changing, though, as fibre optic use spreads. I have TalkTalk YouView, which requires a minimum broadband speed of 5Mbps to ensure trouble-free IPTV watching. It will probably be several years before many rural areas can achieve that sort of speed, but it is coming. In the meantime, as the previous contributor mentioned, there is still Freesat, but you won't get Dave or Yesterday on that.

Delivery of programming over the Internet must be the long term goal. It is the only way for Freeview to expand its footprint, but it cannot be done fully until the infrastructure is in place everywhere. When it is, I would not be at all surprised to see the remaining bandwidth from the transmitters sold off and all terrestrial television to be delivered down phone lines and, hopefully, at higher quality than we can get from our local transmitters now. Don't hold your breath, though. That is speculation on my part, and it could not possibly happen any time soon.
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Old 22-10-2014, 21:13
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It would be nice to get the Com 7 channels which 30% of the population can't get, and perhaps HD versions of SD Freebies channels.
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Old 13-11-2014, 14:25
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I'd imagine many of the relay transmitters serve areas where FTTC isn't available and ADSL speeds are poor. That coupled with most channels already being available on Freesat would make such an offer target a tiny percentage of the population - especially if you then have to pay a premium for it - and in cities where there are pockets of poor reception which rely on relays then you've got cable networks as competition too.

That being said I'm surprised that YouView (BT and TalkTalk) don't yet offer the channels you can't get OTA via their services (ditto the local tv services which don't cover there areas perfectly) - I wonder if EE will take that initiative?
I think you would be surprised how widespread Freeview Lite is and with increased fibre coverage from BT there will be a lot of overlap. I have Freeeview Lite and Infinity 2.

There is not a lot on the missing channels that bother me too much but it would be nice to get access.
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