18-12-2022, 11:13 PM
(17-12-2022, 09:12 PM)ASnep Wrote: The extra capacity is probably needed as long as the reduced SD lagacy service is running. The BBC currently only run 5 HD streams per TP, but they need space for 16 Streams (12x BBC One, BBC Two NI, Alba, Parliament, RB1).
The question is how many of the DVB-S transponders will remain for the legacy SD service and waht will happen to the radio services?
With one DVB-S TP they could run a UK wide minimal service of 7 channels (1, 2, 3/CBBC, 4/CBeebies, News and Alba or Scotland) and there would only be the need for one channel to be uplinked by Sky. If they decide to move the radio streams to DVB-S2 as well Sky would need to uplink two or maybe three channels, depending on what codec the radio streams will use (Do Freesat/Sky boxes support AAC audio?)
They have advised that SD boxes will lose access to the radio services when the SD channels close, so they must be moving to DVB-S2