Mar 18 2013
The BBC HD channel is to depart from our screens next week with a night of test signals, including a variety of BBC testcards from bygone times for the armchair enthusiast. Andy Quested, the BBC’s chief technologist for HD/3D confirmed the special event in a blog post on the BBC Internet Blog today. Once BBC […]
Oct 6 2011
The BBC has announced plans to replace the four-year-old BBC HD channel with a high definition simulcast of BBC Two. Today, the corporation confirmed a number of proposals in its Delivering Quality First initiative, aimed at saving £670m a year by 2016/7 as it faces major budget cuts under its new licence fee settlement. The […]
Jul 13 2011
BBC HD & 3D chief Danielle Nagler is leaving and will not be replaced. Control of BBC HD will pass to BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow, while the person responsible for 3D has yet to be named. Danielle Nagler joined the BBC in 1996 as a journalist and became head of BBC HD in July […]
Dec 2 2010
Future BBC HD channels could be exclusive to satellite and cable, the BBC has warned. BBC HD chief Danielle Nagler said the BBC will launch BBC Two HD when there is enough hi-def content for peak-time schedules. ‘We have over half of the peak-time content in HD now on BBC One, but we are not […]
Jun 14 2010
Ofcom has ruled that the BBC is allowed to limit the availability of its HD Freeview services to receivers that can control the use of content. The broadcaster has proposed that only receivers with content management technology should be permitted to access the electronic programme guide for Freeview HD. “This technology would control the way […]
Dec 2 2009
Freeview has commenced technical transmission of high definition broadcasts towards a full commercial launch in spring 2010. Freeview HD is now being beamed from the Winter Hill transmitter group in the North West and the Crystal Palace group in London following the world-first adoption of the DVB-T2 standard and MPEG-4. During a briefing at the […]
Dec 1 2009
Freesat managing director Emma Scott has said that the satellite platform is happy with the picture quality of BBC HD and described the controversy around it as a “geek issue”. After new encoders were introduced by the BBC on August 5, the bitrate on BBC HD dropped from 16Mbs to 9.7Mbs, a reduction of nearly […]
Nov 26 2009
The BBC’s director of archive content Roly Keating has issued a response to Paul Eaton’s campaign to get the picture quality improved on BBC HD. After new encoders were introduced by the BBC on August 5, the bitrate on BBC HD dropped from 16Mbs to 9.7Mbs, a reduction of nearly 40%. Many viewers reported a […]
Jun 26 2009
The BBC has announced that high definition broadcasts on digital terrestrial television will commence in December. The plan to launch HD services on a reconfigured version of what is presently known as multiplex B will see Freeview HD – initially comprised of high definition services from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 – will roll […]
Mar 18 2009
BBC HD is now operating a nine hour schedule, the maximum permitted by the BBC Trust. Channel head Danielle Nagler said on the BBC Internet Blog that BBC HD began operating a full service on Monday, the first time all nine hours of permitted operation had been used other than during special events. Nagler said […]
Dec 19 2008
The BBC is transmitting a test card in high definition to help viewers optimise their TV and home theatre settings. The card, airs for 90 seconds once every two hours in the BBC HD channel’s preview loop. A second test signal, which airs later in the loop, is designed to ensure that viewers with home […]
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Jan 10 2017
BBC Worldwide launches first channel for cruise ships
BBC Worldwide has announced the launch of a global entertainment channel, BBC HD, the company’s first channel produced exclusively for cruise ships and the wider maritime market. It will go live through Global Eagle Entertainment’s (GEE) MTN TV network, with P&O Cruises and Cunard being the first to offer this to their guests. Content on […]
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By Expat • BBC • Tags: BBC HD, BBC Worldwide, Cunard, Global Eagle Entertainment, MTN TV, P&O Cruises