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Community Channel HD closing - SD moving
Community Channel HD on Ch 109 is closing down on March 13th. Community Channel SD on Ch 63 will be moving to COM7 on the 14th.
This raises the question... do Arqiva have an HD channel lined up to take that slot? As it seems strange to change it to SD immediately if the space isn't required by something else. Or are they planning on filling it up with a few SD channels? |
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Couple of channels would be good such as Eurosport.
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Cannot really get Com 7 so it does not effect us here.
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Couple of channels would be good such as Eurosport.
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Community Channel HD on Ch 109 is closing down on March 13th. Community Channel SD on Ch 63 will be moving to COM7 on the 14th.
This raises the question... do Arqiva have an HD channel lined up to take that slot? As it seems strange to change it to SD immediately if the space isn't required by something else. Or are they planning on filling it up with a few SD channels? I doubt Arqiva has anything else lined up to replace it. |
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We need Channel 5 HD
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Cannot really get Com 7 so it does not effect us here.
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We need Channel 5 HD
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Agreed, but Channel 5 isn't interested so we've got BBC3HD occupying the slot that Channel5HD would have occupied.
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Of course, Community HD never was HD even though it occupied full HD bandwidth so it's a better use of space.
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Surely it does in the sense that you won't be able to get either version in future?
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Is that the slot going to horror channel then?
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I never watch Community so for me its a better use of space.
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Agreed, but Channel 5 isn't interested so we've got BBC3HD occupying the slot that Channel5HD would have occupied.
![]() If a HD swap was allowed it wouldn't matter anyway as it would end up on 5 on freeview! If it was on freeview! |
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There is no reason why channel 5HD can't go on COM7 and have a different number to 105!
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I never watch Community so for me its a better use of space.
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If BBC3HD cloeses down in the autumn, surely channel 5 HD wiil launch.
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They would bring out BBC1+1 HD?
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If BBC3HD cloeses down in the autumn, surely channel 5 HD wiil launch.
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I never watch Community so for me its a better use of space.
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They would bring out BBC1+1 HD?
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I'm sure there isn't but they apparently don't want to and there isn't much the rest of us can do about it. Likewise ITV2 which is a serious omission from the HD lineup.
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As far as I'm aware the plan is for BBC1+1 to be an SD channel an HD mux so that won't happen.
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A thought: now that BBC One +1 is planned to be a separate service, the CBBC capacity will be empty overnight should BBC Three close. The Beeb have gifted a chunk of their capacity to the carriage of Community before - it was on Mux B/BBCB back in the pre-switchover days IIRC - and putting a public-service channel in the vacated BBCA space would cause less ructions than slotting a commercial station in there would... This would enable part-time Community to be restored to those with SD-only receivers and those outside COM7 range...
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Don't forget Channel 5HD on Sky is part of HD subscription so unlikely it would be on Freeview.
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