[nwtv2003]

Well, that isn't what I was talking about, on that video they said that thanks to D-Mac, the Movie Channel would be broadcasting in widescreen, and I was wondering if that ever happened (in the BSB days, it never did on Astra), not about how they went widescreen years later on digital.

I think it was their plan to eventually transmit movies in a widescreen format, once the televisions became domestically available, but as far as I’m aware it never materialised. You have to remember the basis of BSB was that it was intended to be a monopoly and had a long term future in mind, hence why DMAC was used over PAL, widescreen transmissions, programme controls etc. For all of their faults, they were certainly ahead of the curve with the technology, but I also think you’ve also got the IBA to thank for that as it was part of the licence.  Sadly market forces and all that…