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New BT logo

Split from BT Sport -

The rest of BT has now rebranded as of last night.

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By thegeek

71 replies

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BC 18 Oct 2019 9:18amBlake Connolly

'Creative' Camera Shots

Hear hear - someone put this on my wall a while back, my only response could be "this guy is .. he's my god!". BUT this is his thing - Segway/Steadicam work is what made him, and the thing he does the best.

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By DanielK

40 replies

32 first 24hrs

GM 8 Apr 2013 1:58pmnodnirG kraM

The Big Amazon PV Streaming Test....

Live Streams now available.

Hi am looking at getting the Fire 4K stick with voice but was wondering if it has integrated voice search for the terrestrials streaming apps and Netflix?

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By DVB Cornwall

93 replies

29 first 24hrs

RE 17 Feb 2020 6:23pmremlap

ITV Channel Islands HD

Can’t Remember if this has been answered

As far as I know, it's BBC One HD (England)/BBC One London SD/BBC Two England (SD/HD) on Belgian and Dutch cable, most likely from satellite. In the Netherlands, I'm fairly sure they downlink off...

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By Rkolsen

35 replies

28 first 24hrs

MR 21 Mar 2021 8:52ammrwish

Digital TV

Were you an early adopter?

I leave it on standby now. it proabaly doesnt use much power anyway.

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By nwtv2003

57 replies

24 first 24hrs

NL 24 Jul 2020 5:35pmNe1L C

O2 & Virgin Media To Merge

Exactly my point! Maybe Sky Mobile could join Three (can't see that happening, their network is falling apart) or Vodafone (possible), but I don't know what they would gain from doing that. If...

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By PFML84

93 replies

23 first 24hrs

VA 10 Jun 2020 4:51pmvalley

Sky TV to go satellite dish-free in 2018

according to the BBC

I think it would have to support multicast for others, otherwise questions would be asked about monopolies and restrictive practises.

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By Neil Jones

45 replies

22 first 24hrs

NG 29 Jul 2017 12:52pmnoggin

Memories Of Video

What's your oldest recollections?

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By Ne1L C

229 replies

20 first 24hrs

NJ 12 Aug 2020 7:05pmNeil Jones

Samsung not Reading HDD

Recognises drive but wont play anything

I'm not entirely stuffed. I can still watch media files on my Mac. I will look at NAS drives. Thanks for all the help.

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By Ne1L C

22 replies

19 first 24hrs

NL 2 Feb 2020 2:42pmNe1L C

Where in the world are new TV studios being built?

I think some people are confusing TV studios with sound stages that are used to film TV drama. The main differences are that a TV studio has a flat resin floor, control rooms for production, lighting...

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By Riaz

28 replies

18 first 24hrs

MK 8 Jul 2020 5:30pmMartinK

World's biggest TV ratings and lies

It's all just a way of making the 10 million (or so) sound like a lot more people. The IRB seem to still be using the discredited 4 billion figure for Rugby World Cups... along with other claims....

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By sbahnhof 7

26 replies

17 first 24hrs

S7 5 Oct 2017 7:53amsbahnhof 7

First 8K broadcast

First 8K TV broadcast

Whether you get an indication of received resolution depends on the platform. Our Sony UHD set with the integrated Netflix app displays it on the OSD (2160, 1080, 720, 480 etc.) The Netflix UHD...

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By Rofters

19 replies

17 first 24hrs

NG 11 Aug 2016 8:55amnoggin

Live Broadcast

Interesting stuff - I had no idea it could be so versatile. As I say, anywhere with trunking for power sockets usually have network sockets everywhere, so it's no surprise it comes in handy for you.

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By DanielK

18 replies

16 first 24hrs

BA 21 Dec 2012 12:01ambilky asko

ITV Playout Structure

Curious how regions are played out?

I thought so.

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By Rkolsen

29 replies

15 first 24hrs

AE 25 Jun 2017 1:15pmAlexEdohHD13

SKY Q USB ports question

Can I uses an external HDD

Yep - Sky+ (non-Sky Q) boxes effectively record the stream as received directly to the hard drive without decrypting them. If the broadcast is FTA (i.e. unencrypted) then it can be copied off...

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By Ne1L C

15 replies

14 first 24hrs

NG 7 May 2019 3:13pmnoggin

How likely do you think it would be for UKTV to join iPlayer

Owned by the same company so makes sense

Yes, you’re right - see this blog post. It does seem odd that it didn’t last, seems like a positive for everyone involved. There’s maybe a parallel in the RadioPlayer project, which broadcasters...

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By Alfie Mulcahy

17 replies

13 first 24hrs

RU 26 Dec 2020 5:39pmrussellelly

Virgin Media - V6 Recordings Query

For info: Virgin have now removed these additional channels from my package, and - as predicted - the recordings I made from National Geographic HD continue to play!

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By Si-Co

22 replies

13 first 24hrs

SC 22 May 2020 7:49pmSi-Co

Geo Targeted ads

Basically yes. It's not particularly difficult to point the the RSS feed to a PHP script which geolocates the client and either returns one of several pre-compiled variants or takes the individual...

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By Markymark

13 replies

13 first 24hrs

SP 23 Aug 2019 7:22amSteve in Pudsey

HOW to record from Sky?

ie freeview, before that the 4 main channels.

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By A former member

25 replies

13 first 24hrs

:-( 6 May 2017 10:20pmA former member

Best Freeview options?

I dumped my old Freeview SD PVR for a Now TV Smart Box with 30 mins live rewind on Freeview and some NOW TV live channels. The catch up apps are really useful, although I'm a subscriber to Zattoo...

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By Larry the Loafer

12 replies

13 first 24hrs

LL 19 Nov 2016 8:45pmLondon Lite