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…
BBC HD closing with night of Testcards
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…
BBC Two HD to replace BBC HD
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…
BBC HD & 3D boss Danielle Nagler quits
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…
Freeview could miss out on extra BBC HD channels
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…
Ofcom allows BBC to limit HD Freeview
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…
Freeview HD launches using DVB-T2 MPEG4
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…
Freesat ‘backs BBC HD picture quality’
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”.…
BBC HD & bitrates – Roly Keating speaks out
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…
Freeview HD from December
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…
BBC HD increase to 9 hours per day
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…
Test Card for BBC HD
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…