27-06-2023, 06:51 PM
(27-06-2023, 12:50 PM)Keith Wrote: Looking back I believe the 'nightlight' SD service for satellite will close on in March 2024.
I guess the outcome of WRC-23 later this year in Nov/Dec will affect what happens with Freeview. I gather this is why the BBC have yet to renew the 'BBC B' / PSB3 multiplex, which currently expires in 2026.
Speculating, but possibly if the (remaining) Freeview spectrum isn't protected at WRC-23 the BBC might look to implement a nightlight service on it's SD channels within the next couple years, so that PSB1 could then be converted to DVB-T2 and the BBC move its HD channels onto that multiplex and allowing someone else to take over PSB3.
I dare say a nightlight SD service might been implemented on Freeview in the not too distant future.
And adding local radio to PSB 3 …..
alongside the other PSB in HD say 5 legacy PSB plus a national channel
But PSB 1 could go uk wide …. Saves 6 sets of coding and mux from being national.
But the politics and commercials are not straightforward
Let along the regulatory changes needed !
And I’m sure we would all appreciate BBC Scotland.