Changes to television over the years
Television has advanced a great deal in recent years, mainly due to the advancement of digital technology in the digital age.
The History of Television
Not so long ago the UK only had 4 television channels.
Now there are hundreds of channels available, available via your TV aerial, satellite, cable and Internet on digital television
Analogue vs Digital Television
Then televisions themselves changed as technology advanced.
From the old cathode ray tubes, to widescreen televisions, to plasma, LCD and now LED.
Rear Projection Television
Plasma Television
LCD Television
And then the channels again advanced.
From Widescreen, to high definition, and now to 3D, with Sky launching Europes first High Definition 3D television channel.
Widescreen Television
High Definition Television
3D Television
What more is there to come......?
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Sky News HD to officially launch on May 6
Sky has confirmed that Sky News HD will launch on May 6 to coincide with coverage of the election night.
The channel, which became temporarily available on April 22 for the Sky News prime ministerial debate between Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and David Cameron, will be officially launched next Thursday as the election race reaches crunch time.
The new HD channel is also supported by an upgraded Sky News HD studio and improved resources in the field, along with enhanced HD on-screen graphics.
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The channel, which became temporarily available on April 22 for the Sky News prime ministerial debate between Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and David Cameron, will be officially launched next Thursday as the election race reaches crunch time.
The new HD channel is also supported by an upgraded Sky News HD studio and improved resources in the field, along with enhanced HD on-screen graphics.
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
TDT Industry receives complaints about the reception of TDT
TDT Industry receives complaints about the reception of TDT
Since the analogue TV 'off' on 30 March, the Ministry of Industry has received over 1,760 inquiries from people related issues reception of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT / TDT) until 20 April.
In total, during this period of time, Industry received 86 985 calls, of which 47 739 were treated by agents. Of that number, 88.1% were questions about the process and technology, 8.2% of calls were associated with receiving TDT signals and 3.7% of signal problems.
Most calls (42 052) had to do with questions about general issues, while the rest were from people who are unable to see TDT correctly on TV because they lacked a proper decoder or, if they had, do not know how to use it or the antenna of their building was not ready for DTT (3914) or that had trouble receiving the signal (1760).
According to the latest figures provided by industry in March, at 98.24% of the population to reach the coverage of DTT. However, in the month that has elapsed, incidents have been detected in some relays that still prevent some people living in areas able to watch TV coverage.
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Since the analogue TV 'off' on 30 March, the Ministry of Industry has received over 1,760 inquiries from people related issues reception of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT / TDT) until 20 April.
In total, during this period of time, Industry received 86 985 calls, of which 47 739 were treated by agents. Of that number, 88.1% were questions about the process and technology, 8.2% of calls were associated with receiving TDT signals and 3.7% of signal problems.
Most calls (42 052) had to do with questions about general issues, while the rest were from people who are unable to see TDT correctly on TV because they lacked a proper decoder or, if they had, do not know how to use it or the antenna of their building was not ready for DTT (3914) or that had trouble receiving the signal (1760).
According to the latest figures provided by industry in March, at 98.24% of the population to reach the coverage of DTT. However, in the month that has elapsed, incidents have been detected in some relays that still prevent some people living in areas able to watch TV coverage.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
What is the best satellite for English channels?
What is the best satellite for English channels?
The main satellites that provide the UK with their satellite TV channels are the Astra 2 and Eurobird 1 satellites, located at 28 degrees east of south.
These satellites carry the main BBC, ITV, C4, Five and "Sky subscription package" channels for the UK.
They are not available on any other satellite system, and so the answer to this question is simple.
The best satellite for English channels is the satellite used by Freesat / BBC / ITV and Sky.
However....
There are obviously many other satellite TV providers operating in other countries. And many of these systems carry the same channels and prgramming as the UK TV service. For example, Discovery Europe sell a version of their Discovery CHannel to individual counties, so you have Discovery UK, Discovery France and Discovery Spain. In many cases the programmes orignal soundtrack is available, and so programmes and movies can be watched with their origninal English speaking audio soundtrack.
In fact, some UK and USA imported programmes are also avail;able in English on TDT - the Spanish digital services available via a TV aerial.
So now the answer to the question "What is the best satellite for English channels?" can be most satellites offer Ebnglish language programmes and channels, but if you want he main UK TV channels like BBC and ITV in Spain, then its the Astra 2 and Eurobird 1 satellites at 28 degrees east of south.
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The main satellites that provide the UK with their satellite TV channels are the Astra 2 and Eurobird 1 satellites, located at 28 degrees east of south.
These satellites carry the main BBC, ITV, C4, Five and "Sky subscription package" channels for the UK.
They are not available on any other satellite system, and so the answer to this question is simple.
The best satellite for English channels is the satellite used by Freesat / BBC / ITV and Sky.
However....
There are obviously many other satellite TV providers operating in other countries. And many of these systems carry the same channels and prgramming as the UK TV service. For example, Discovery Europe sell a version of their Discovery CHannel to individual counties, so you have Discovery UK, Discovery France and Discovery Spain. In many cases the programmes orignal soundtrack is available, and so programmes and movies can be watched with their origninal English speaking audio soundtrack.
In fact, some UK and USA imported programmes are also avail;able in English on TDT - the Spanish digital services available via a TV aerial.
So now the answer to the question "What is the best satellite for English channels?" can be most satellites offer Ebnglish language programmes and channels, but if you want he main UK TV channels like BBC and ITV in Spain, then its the Astra 2 and Eurobird 1 satellites at 28 degrees east of south.
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Saturday, April 10, 2010
Free Sky TV (sort of!)
Free Sky TV Weekend Pass
This coming weekend, the 17 and 18th April, Sky 3 will be showcasing some of the programmes on Sky pay TV channels with another "free access" weekend/
This will include some sports events (Soccer AM ,lIve rugby union (saturday afternoon)), programming from Sky movies (A few episodes of the HBO "The Pacific"), Discovery Channels, "v", Dexter, NCIS and a few other programmes from the variosu channels avaialble from a Sky subscription.
This is to showcase to non subscribers some of the offerings available on the SKy Subscription package.
Sky 3 is available for no subscription on Sky channels 108.
You will require a freesatfromsky free to view card to view this channels.
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This coming weekend, the 17 and 18th April, Sky 3 will be showcasing some of the programmes on Sky pay TV channels with another "free access" weekend/
This will include some sports events (Soccer AM ,lIve rugby union (saturday afternoon)), programming from Sky movies (A few episodes of the HBO "The Pacific"), Discovery Channels, "v", Dexter, NCIS and a few other programmes from the variosu channels avaialble from a Sky subscription.
This is to showcase to non subscribers some of the offerings available on the SKy Subscription package.
Sky 3 is available for no subscription on Sky channels 108.
You will require a freesatfromsky free to view card to view this channels.
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Sky News HD to launch on 6th April 2010???
There are growing rumours that that Sky News HD will launch on April 6, once the UK General Election is called.
This speculation has been further fuelled by Sky News moving operations to Studio B from 30 March so that final preparation can take place in the main newsroom. This has also been fueled by the use of "green screen / chromakey" backgrounds for the channel over the Easter weekend - suggesting changes are happening.
Sky News HD will be available to customers of the Sky+HD service, but there's no word on whether it will be available on freesat. I'll going to stick my neck out and say 'no chance'.
It is anticipated that the channel will launch on Sky channel 517.
UPDATE: 6th April
Martin Stanford (Sky News Presenter) on Twitter re Sky News HD...
"not my call! but weeks rather than days away I think.... "
"no, not today! still loads of work to do; lighting to tweak and so on..."
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Sunday, April 4, 2010
ITV Central S & ITV Central E on 11973
Sunday 4th April
ITV Central South & ITV Central East available with on frequency 11973 have are currently shoiwng the "Technical Fault" message.
This is happening even in the UK so it looks to be some form of encryption problem, as even people with Sky card in those areas are having trouble watching those channels.
Stronger frequency available for ITV1 for Spain
Hopefuly this will be a tempoary loss, as this is one of the best frequencies to get ITV on in the Costa Blanca.
UPDATE: 23:58
These ITV regions are now back and carrying normal programming. Someone must have pushed a wrong button or something!
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ITV Central South & ITV Central East available with on frequency 11973 have are currently shoiwng the "Technical Fault" message.
This is happening even in the UK so it looks to be some form of encryption problem, as even people with Sky card in those areas are having trouble watching those channels.
Stronger frequency available for ITV1 for Spain
Hopefuly this will be a tempoary loss, as this is one of the best frequencies to get ITV on in the Costa Blanca.
UPDATE: 23:58
These ITV regions are now back and carrying normal programming. Someone must have pushed a wrong button or something!
For more information please visit:
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