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Freesat

Published by bcg on 6 May 2008 in Sci & Tech. 3 Comments Tags: , , , .

I am very excited by the launch today of Freesat.  It is a joint initiative by the BBC and ITV, and offers free digital and HD satellite TV to 98% of the UK population.  I will definitely be investigating this, as soon as a set-top box with hard drive recording is available.

Freeview is ok, but the signal for Mux B (which includes ITV and Channel 4, E4 etc) is pretty poor where we are in Oxford.  And when the signal is bad, unlike analogue TV where the picture just goes a bit funny, or there's a hiss, the picture is pixellated and the sound clicks and pops, make it completely unwatchable.

Satellite TV suffers from the same problem when the weather is bad, but it is far less frequent.  Therefore, a new HD TV and set-top box are required!

Sport on TV

Published by bcg on 5 December 2007 in Culture. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Sri Lanka v England 1st Test

This seems to have been a really exciting test match – I wish cricket would come back to terrestrial telly so we can watch some! It is very frustrating when national sport is exclusively on Sky. I think the government should ensure that all national sport can be watched free by the whole nation – especially the major sports like football, cricket, rugby, athletics/Olympics, boxing etc.

It was even more frustrating when Twickenham signed a deal so all England rugby home games were only on Sky... they are shooting themselves in the foot, by decreasing the number of people who can watch and get excited by sport.

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