09-01-2024, 12:41 PM
(09-01-2024, 01:30 AM)Jimbo2022 Wrote: The difference with analogue switch off was that at that point there was two separate playouts fir both main channels
One announcer on digital and one on analogue At least it was like that fir a while
On 405 line VHF television the playout was different even if there was one continuity announcer back then. On UHF you had a 1 kHz tone but on VHF you had a tone around 480 Hz I think so the output could be split.
The bbc1 nightlight was a downscaled BBC1 HD with split links and overlays.
It could have been done, after all they put a red caption out for local news. But I can see why it wasn't, it's not as big a thing as analogue.
The issue I think they will have is that there wasn't any notification of the closure on any channel other than BBC1. I wonder if there are any SD viewers, or organisations who use the SD versions of the other channels and haven't changed. Is there a service station somewhere showing the caption rather than the News Channel in their food court? :-D