All posts by Greebo
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I don't think it can be right to call it the MEN multiplex? It's run by Guardian Media Group, so GMG would be appropriate. GMG used to own the Manchester Evening News, but that has now been sold - and the MEN never ran Channel M or the local mux - the most they did was to supply news content to Channel M when they were sister companies in the Guardian Group.
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Interesting- have you got a link to the offical documentation that calls it the MEN mux?
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Tom- the channel M multiplex which contains the Movies4Men channels did indeed change last week. In order to increase the bitrate to add the 4 new TV channels they had to change the transmission mode to one that is less robust. It would suggest that your Grandad's upstairs TV signal has gone from "just good enough" to "just not quite good enough" - and because of the way that digital TV works, the picture has gone suddenly from perfect to nothing. It may well be worth checking all the aerial cabling and plugs to see if any dodgy ones can be easily replaced- that may be enough to get the signal back again. Else you'll have to hope that Channel M can improve their transmitter - which is possible, but the timescale is unknown.
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I wonder what the symbolism behind being on the bus driving past the youtube, iplayer and demand5 balloons is? Are they trying to foreshadow a future feature?
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Brian - sorry no one can really answer your signal/quality question. Every receiver is different, there is no standard that the strength/quality scales adhere to. The only thing you can really do with these figures is compare your own system with itself as you make external changes - e.g. adjusting aerial position or replacing a dodgy cable. You can't even be certain that the values will be consistent across a firmware/software update on your receiver- though on most occasions they will be.
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Briantist - the internet connectivity required for iPlayer etc is only part of the Freeview HD spec. I have a Humax Freeview HD box that can do iPlayer via a humax portal app- *not* yet via the red button and BBCi which is apparently the standardised way forward.
I wouldn't think that many standard Freeview devices will be able to do streaming - and none using anything standardised by the Freeview spec?
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I could well be doing- please correct me. Do you disagree with 'net connectivity being only mandated in Freeview HD? Or that there appeared to be some sort of plan to implement the iPlayer via BBCi on the Freeview HD platform? Or something else?
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@John Ledbury - which transmitter are you using, guessing a central postcode (don't give yours) the centre of Wisbech should get a decent signal from Belmont: Postcode Checker - Trade View
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According to forum member 'speculator' on Digital Spy at Digital Spy Forums - View Single Post - Movies4Men all versions licensed for Freeview Sony Pictures have bought Dolphin TV who operate these channels. See Sony Pictures Television buys Dolphin Broadcasting to boost UK presence | Media | guardian.co.uk for more. The channels are still running on Sky. We can only speculate why they are off air on Manchester freeview- renegotiating carriage arrangements maybe?
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Wednesday 25 May 2011 1:14PM
As Brian says, the MCR7 mux is very low power- but on top of that it is only aimed south from Winter Hill at Central Manchester & Salford. Those to the North of Winter Hill - e.g. Preston, Blackburn are sadly very unlikely to be able to receive it.