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[edit] Includes Regional Variations
BBC One and BBC Two both say "includes regional variations" I believe this to be confusing, making it sound like you can get all the regions.
pjb007 21:17, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
- It is the case that all regional variations are available on some satellite services but this is certainly not the case on Freeview. I agree that the comment "includes regional variations" is misleading, but also believe that it is worth noting that there are regional variations on BBC One and BBC Two. Where I live, BBC One is almost always referred to as BBC One Scotland and is as distinct from BBC One as Scottish TV is from ITV1. It is difficult to highlight such differences in what is essentially supposed to be merely a list of channels. Do you have any suggestions as to a remedy for the ambiguity you identify? Perhaps it should also be asked if this is the appropriate article for highlighting the existence of regional variations on specific channels. IP 19:03, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Solution: take the word "includes" out (done). Lee Stanley 15:22, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
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Is it possible to tune my freeview box to receive S4C if I don't live in Wales? I know you can with Sky, and my sister's freeview box, but mine doesn't show the variations. Is there a way to make it tune in? 57.66.51.165 15:14, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- No. --Kiand 17:17, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- :-( Thanks
[edit] Channels Removed/Replaced
I have now added YOOPLAY GAMES to this category; the space has been leased to SMG plc to launch Virgin Radio. I have also mentioned on the EPG that YooPlay Games is no longer active (the placeholder is still present however). I also propose that the "Channels Removed or Replaced" section to be renamed "Former Channels", as it sounds a bit shoddy as it is. Marbles333 13:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] tvtv DIGITAL
Today my Freeview box had just found a new channel called tvtv DIGITAL on channel 304. Has anyone else found this channel or knows anything about it. As I wonder what it is, and it also says it's a text channel. Thanks. LONDON UK • 13:44, 02 August 2006 (UTC)
- My box has picked it up. I know nothing about the channel, but I would guess that it has something to do with the following link [1]. RobWill80 13:34, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Availability
I added a sentence to point out that currently less than three-quarters of the population can actually receive it, and that's according to Freeview's own rather optimistic forecast. (Reception where I live is good according to their website. In fact it's virtually unwatchable unless I fork out for a very big aerial.)--Shantavira 13:55, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New Look Freeview
Looking on Digital Spy and found this. London UK (talk) 17:28, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- Freeview's website says it will be changing it's looks "in the next few days" --h2g2bob 00:43, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
- A new logo has appeared, and User:UTV2 had uploaded it with the incorrect tags and it now stands for deletion. I have added the correct tags (I think), and it seems to be from the Freeview website, see here Marbles333 11:06, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- If it has got the correct tags and is on the Freeview website then it is okay to add it to the article. London UK (talk) 11:11, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- A new logo has appeared, and User:UTV2 had uploaded it with the incorrect tags and it now stands for deletion. I have added the correct tags (I think), and it seems to be from the Freeview website, see here Marbles333 11:06, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New entrant channels
Could the date of channels being added be included (as well as the existing "dates of departures")? Jackiespeel 19:06, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
- I agree with you, I think that this would be a useful addition. Chris as I am Chris 18:19, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] BBC TWO Nation variations, not Reigional
Should BBC TWO's caption be changed so that it states it has National variations on Freeview, as opposed to reigional on analogue? Chris as I am Chris 18:17, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Service vs Platform
This article does a poor job of distinguishing the Freeview company from the Freeview service (which includes channels not supplied by Freeview) and the DVB-T platform itself. It needs a lot work in this regard. --88.109.230.172 19:52, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Freeview (not) in Germany
Just to clarify things: There is no "copied Freeview model" in Germany. Almost all German TV stations have always broadcasted free-to-air on their own, this includes the public channels as well as, since around 1985, the commercial ones. For terrestrial transmission, the station rents broadcasting services from a transmitter operator and that's it. This has been the case for analogue broadcasting and is the case for digital broadcasting.
Specifically, there's no joint company that markets DVB-T services and owns a broadcasting license. A number of more or less state-owned PR companies have been setup to help get things started on the viewer's side, but they don't broadcast. --87.193.10.216 10:00, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wrong wrong wrong
I'm not wasting any more time on this article. Firstly it is plain OBVIOUS that the Freeview brand is used for non-consortium channels, such as QVC, Sit-up, Ideal World, ABC1 and so on, which USE THE FREEVIEW BRAND. There is NO citation for this, it is plain common sense. If you wish to ruin a good article with tags - go ahead. I removed the information about the Genericised Trademark as that is not proved, but the rest is just plain obvious - there is NO reference available which can say so, we know it is and its just plain common sense. There is no dispute, simply a misunderstanding. /Marbles 20:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- I've added some references. ••Briantist•• talk 20:53, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Resolution
It might be worth including the current broadcast resolution of Freeview. I know it's MPEG2 over DVB-T but I feel it could be any one of: 480i, 480p, 576i or 576p (I think old low-resolution content is upscaled before transmission but I may be wrong). It might also vary by channel. If anyone has this info, it would seem prudent to include it. 87.194.8.35 21:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
- To my (limited) knowledge, there are three resolutions used for Freeview channels, 720x576, 704x576 and 544x576 (source). I can't tell you if they are progressive or interlaced though (I suspect the latter). --tgheretford (talk) 21:27, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sky Channels
Does anybody agree with me that the Sky Channels section belongs in Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom rather than here; as this article is about the Freeview consortium, rather than the channels available via Digital Terrestrial Television? Guinness 17:32, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Sky is a founding member of the Freeview consortium. A member potentially pulling its channels off the platform is personally a big move. Jt spratt 17:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
