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BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - Keith - 10-09-2021

The fact that article's title ends with a '?', the lack of any sources and the final line "BBC has been approached for comment" makes me strongly suspect the article has been based primarily on this post, rather than any new independent source.


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - Vertical Hold - 10-09-2021

Keith post_id=38858 time= user_id=1115 Wrote:The fact that article's title ends with a '?', the lack of any sources and the final line "BBC has been approached for comment" makes me strongly suspect the article has been based primarily on this post, rather than any new independent source.

I would have thought that if this date is confirmed we would have heard something from the BBC by now.


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - IanJRedman - 10-09-2021

All of the HD regions have disappeared from the BBC schedules page, as quickly as they arrived. Maybe the whole thing was just a mistake? The wrong button clicked? Sad


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - LoganStuff - 10-09-2021

IanJRedman post_id=38913 time= user_id=958 Wrote:All of the HD regions have disappeared from the BBC schedules page, as quickly as they arrived. Maybe the whole thing was just a mistake? The wrong button clicked? Sad
More likely that they were preparing it and someone accidentally made it public earlier than planned. We already know the regions are going HD at some point, so it makes sense we'll see small updates before it happens.


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - Stuart - 10-09-2021

It does seem odd to use all that extra DSat transponder space just to make a few local news programmes appear in HD. The rest of the schedule for BBC One is already in HD.

I thought the BBC were scratching about for money and pleading poverty. :?


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - IanJRedman - 10-09-2021

LoganStuff post_id=38923 time= user_id=1524 Wrote:
IanJRedman post_id=38913 time= user_id=958 Wrote:All of the HD regions have disappeared from the BBC schedules page, as quickly as they arrived. Maybe the whole thing was just a mistake? The wrong button clicked? Sad
More likely that they were preparing it and someone accidentally made it public earlier than planned. We already know the regions are going HD at some point, so it makes sense we'll see small updates before it happens.
That's pretty much what I was alluding to. It's feeling increasingly like this went live in error, rather than being a hint at something imminent. For now. Smile


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - Inspector Sands - 10-09-2021

Next month!? No chance Big Grin


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - Brekkie - 10-09-2021

Is the plan that on satellite the SD simulcasts will continue or will they flip the situation and reduce to one SD channel in England?


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - all new Phil - 10-09-2021

Brekkie post_id=38944 time= user_id=976 Wrote:Is the plan that on satellite the SD simulcasts will continue or will they flip the situation and reduce to one SD channel in England?
This is 100% what should be done.


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - London Lite - 10-09-2021

My guess is if the BBC drop all the SD regions in England bar one on satellite, it'll probably be London that is kept or they could turn it into what BBC One HD is now with the red screen during regional programming.


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - Joe - 10-09-2021

Stuart post_id=38927 time= user_id=875 Wrote:It does seem odd to use all that extra DSat transponder space just to make a few local news programmes appear in HD. The rest of the schedule for BBC One is already in HD.

I thought the BBC were scratching about for money and pleading poverty. :?
It’s not really about that. It’s about making sure people see their regional news in any format. I’m certainly someone too lazy to flick to the SD channel on the rare occasion I’m watching live TV. I think lots of people do switch to SD and then don’t flick back. It’s messy to have this situation, and it needs resolving in some way at some point. It’s not about seeing Sally Taylor in full resolution.


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - London Lite - 11-09-2021

Joe post_id=38954 time= user_id=1035 Wrote:
Stuart post_id=38927 time= user_id=875 Wrote:It does seem odd to use all that extra DSat transponder space just to make a few local news programmes appear in HD. The rest of the schedule for BBC One is already in HD.

I thought the BBC were scratching about for money and pleading poverty. :?
It’s not really about that. It’s about making sure people see their regional news in any format. I’m certainly someone too lazy to flick to the SD channel on the rare occasion I’m watching live TV. I think lots of people do switch to SD and then don’t flick back. It’s messy to have this situation, and it needs resolving in some way at some point. It’s not about seeing Sally Taylor in full resolution.

In my case, I now rarely watch BBC regional news in real time because of the HD/SD situation, this would ensure that instead of turning to something else at 6.30 that I'd stay watching LCN 101 on Freeview after the Six instead of going to a VOD platform instead.

Anything that also helps viewers to stay watching BBC One HD instead of then watching prime-time output in SD because of the regional news issue is welcome.


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - Brekkie - 11-09-2021

It's the rare but still occassional non-news programming that suffers as well, especially for those who watch HD as a default and just check the EPG.

I've done it myself where I see something listed in the TV mag then go to record it and see it isn't down, so assume it's been dropped for some reason completely forgetting I need to check the SD channel instead.


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - Inspector Sands - 11-09-2021

Long term the SD versions will go, at least from Sky who are wanting to remove SD channels from their platform totally


BBC One England Regions To Go HD In October - Richard - 11-09-2021

This is UTV post_id=38827 time= user_id=1188 Wrote:I'm hoping BBC Two NI HD will be launched at the same time on satellite.
Surely Two NI in HD had got to be a higher priority than Channel Islands getting One in HD.
You could argue that, in terms of population, several English regions should have had priority over BBC 1 NI HD yet this launched before any of the other nations and regions to coincide with the digital switchover there. At least BBC 2 NI HD does exist on Freeview (and presumably Virgin) whereas BBC English regions don’t currently exist in HD.