Breffni Posted June 7, 2003 Share Posted June 7, 2003 Can anyone pickup BBC one, BBC two etc on 28° East now that its no longer encrypted? Cheers Breffni PS. any idea what size dish is required in central Italy (Rome)? Quote Link to comment
Griga Posted June 7, 2003 Share Posted June 7, 2003 Not yet free, as far as I know... but a 60 cm dish should be sufficient. See here. Griga Quote Link to comment
Breffni Posted June 7, 2003 Author Share Posted June 7, 2003 As from 30th May 2003, all BBC channels have been moved to Astra 2D (UK footprint) and are no longer scrambled in NDS- Videoguard. Anyone able to pick the channels up? Bref. Quote Link to comment
Griga Posted June 7, 2003 Share Posted June 7, 2003 Ah, I see... usually Satmania is quite up-to-date, but in this case... I can't receive Astra 28° East, but I've found something in a German forum. They say, in eastern Austria they need at least a 2 m dish for good reception. The Astra 2D beam seems to be very much focussed on the UK. In the western parts of Germany 60 cm are sufficient, but in Italy you'll need a real big one, I suppose. Maybe you're interested in this (from a British site): The BBC has said it will not switch to broadcasting from Astra 2D "in the clear" until 14th July as this will give them two weeks after the ITC ruling on the subject which is due around the end of June according to Broadcast Magazine. Originally the BBC had planned to move at the end of May but then got into a tangle with Sky over its position in the EPG. The BBC wants to retain 101 and 102 with a software change to the STBs to allow the correct location to be entered into the box by the consumer to ensure they get the correct region in those slots. Sky have countered that it is a non trivial thing to change the STB code and in any case the slots are used by RTE in Eire and so can't just be simply given to the BBC and have suggested moving the BBC down the EPG. An independent research firm suggested that a move would cause substantial problems and confusion for DSAT consumers and was likely to jam Sky's and the BBC's phone lines with irate viewers not being able to find their programmes. Quote Link to comment
Klausing Posted June 7, 2003 Share Posted June 7, 2003 here you can find the footprint of this satellite! cheers Steffen Quote Link to comment
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