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Ultimate Geek
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#621913 8-May-2012 21:33

xarqi: Freeview is a cypher. It neither produces nor controls content. It neither owns nor controls transmission.
It came into existence only to give the guise of a unified FTA system to foster take up at their own expense by the public.
It is a brand with no substance. It does essentially nothing. Who would buy it? What use is it?

Well put

Thunderflash

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#621959 8-May-2012 22:32

Anyone got a space ship? If so, could you please fly up the D1 and move some of those Aussie transponders to point toward NZ.

Thunderflash

Stickman779

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#621970 8-May-2012 22:53

Thunderflash: Anyone got a space ship? If so, could you please fly up the D1 and move some of those Aussie transponders to point toward NZ.

If only...

Like many others, I'm no conspiracy nut...though still think this football month is the reason it was pulled. Lets pray its back in June! (Yeah right)

baker5

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#622000 8-May-2012 23:33

Bad News... copied from the freeview.co.nz forums... all I can say is "Fudge"

satboy

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Re: SBS HD and SBS One, SBS TWO Channels brodcasting on OPTUS D1 (NOW GONE)« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2012, 01:31:14 PM »SBS is now fibre fed to Tasmania from Melbourne with the ABC mux. The satellite feed was costing SBS too much and the government is cost cutting.

The story with nine last year was that GTV-9 had moved operations at the beginning of the year to central Melbourne and put up the sat feed on one of the networks leased SNG TPs as a backup while their new fibre feed to their transmission site was being completed.

sangar

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#622014 8-May-2012 23:59

Heres something for you all tonight my TV has been off since a cooking programme on TV One finished at 2030 hours all I've had for entertainment has been Youtube and that is the norm around these parts

old3eyes

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#622056 9-May-2012 08:44

xarqi: Freeview is a cypher. It neither produces nor controls content. It neither owns nor controls transmission.
It came into existence only to give the guise of a unified FTA system to foster take up at their own expense by the public.
It is a brand with no substance. It does essentially nothing. Who would buy it? What use is it?

They do control transmission and certification. If you try in the case of Auckland to transmit from say Sky Tower on a non Freeview mux then the FV certified TVs and STBs can't pick up these channel..

Regards,

Old3eyes

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xarqi

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Ultimate Geek
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#622089 9-May-2012 09:50

old3eyes:
xarqi: Freeview is a cypher. It neither produces nor controls content. It neither owns nor controls transmission.
It came into existence only to give the guise of a unified FTA system to foster take up at their own expense by the public.
It is a brand with no substance. It does essentially nothing. Who would buy it? What use is it?

They do control transmission and certification. If you try in the case of Auckland to transmit from say Sky Tower on a non Freeview mux then the FV certified TVs and STBs can't pick up these channel..

Well, arguably they control reception, for those who choose to buy a hobbled receiver, but that is different from controlling transmission. Certification? That just guarantees that you get a hobbled receiver.

old3eyes

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#622166 9-May-2012 12:34

xarqi:
old3eyes:
xarqi: Freeview is a cypher. It neither produces nor controls content. It neither owns nor controls transmission.
It came into existence only to give the guise of a unified FTA system to foster take up at their own expense by the public.
It is a brand with no substance. It does essentially nothing. Who would buy it? What use is it?

They do control transmission and certification. If you try in the case of Auckland to transmit from say Sky Tower on a non Freeview mux then the FV certified TVs and STBs can't pick up these channel..

Well, arguably they control reception, for those who choose to buy a hobbled receiver, but that is different from controlling transmission. Certification? That just guarantees that you get a hobbled receiver.

The problem now with DTT it's nearly imposable to buy a non hobbled receiver.

Regards,

Old3eyes

xarqi

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#622181 9-May-2012 12:57

Good point. I guess since I'm unable to receive DVB-T, despite being in suburban Auckland, I tend to think in terms of DVB-S - already a poor-cousin of DVB-T, with no HD nor any prospect of there ever being HD.

old3eyes

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#622431 9-May-2012 18:48

xarqi: Good point. I guess since I'm unable to receive DVB-T, despite being in suburban Auckland, I tend to think in terms of DVB-S - already a poor-cousin of DVB-T, with no HD nor any prospect of there ever being HD.

Agreed. The only reason I bought a Sat STB was for the SBS channels.. Now they're gone..

Regards,

Old3eyes

grant_k

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#622462 9-May-2012 19:32

xarqi: Good point. I guess since I'm unable to receive DVB-T, despite being in suburban Auckland, I tend to think in terms of DVB-S - already a poor-cousin of DVB-T, with no HD nor any prospect of there ever being HD.

Sky channels are looking awesome in HD

I have noticed that TV1 is running quite a bit more HD material at nights lately, and the pictures look pretty damn fine!

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tvninja

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#622880 10-May-2012 14:14

No more Dateline on TVNZ 7.

TheGoodKnightKiwi

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Wannabe Geek

#622889 10-May-2012 14:48

Now confirmed, the end of SBS via the D1 sat, c/o freeviewshop /forum/index.php?topic=1011.5;wap2 ...
===================================================================================================SBS HD and SBS One, SBS TWO Channels brodcasting on OPTUS D1 (NOW GONE)

<< < (2/2)

tau123:
Was the Tasmanian feed on D1 a backup link for SBS like CH9?
I see SBS is on C1 but encrypted. Bugger.

almostly:
Well, that's that then! only left with Freeview now....damn shame, just as we were gearing up for the Giro Italia and The Tour de France

satboy:
SBS is now fibre fed to Tasmania from Melbourne with the ABC mux. The satellite feed was costing SBS too much and the government is cost cutting.

The story with nine last year was that GTV-9 had moved operations at the beginning of the year to central Melbourne and put up the sat feed on one of the networks leased SNG TPs as a backup while their new fibre feed to their transmission site was being completed.
Freeviewshop Administrator:

--- Quote from: satboy on May 07, 2012, 01:31:14 PM ---SBS is now fibre fed to Tasmania from Melbourne with the ABC mux. The satellite feed was costing SBS too much and the government is cost cutting.

The story with nine last year was that GTV-9 had moved operations at the beginning of the year to central Melbourne and put up the sat feed on one of the networks leased SNG TPs as a backup while their new fibre feed to their transmission site was being completed.
===================================================================================================

Anyone out there got a work-around they would like to share...?

tvninja

49 posts

Geek

#622901 10-May-2012 15:09

Hey newbie you stretched the frame!

Pwned

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Master Geek

#622919 10-May-2012 15:28

Oh no... SBS 1 and 2 are my favorite channels on Freeview. Love all their shows. Dateline, Coast, European movies, football games, Luke Nguyen, and other cooking shows, and of course the world news. Awww. Gutted!

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