Discussion topic: Is sky phasing out the use of satellite dishes and going exclusively to television through broadband
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Message posted on 12 Sep 2024 02:55 PM
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Re: Is sky phasing out the use of satellite dishes and going exclusively to television through broad
Thanks for that.
Message posted on 10 Dec 2024 07:43 PM
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Re: Is sky phasing out the use of satellite dishes and going exclusively to television through broad
I have used Sky since 1992.
Previuosly we watched on 19.2e.
Later Sky decided move their trandmissions to a newer satellite on 28.2e which they continue to use.
There is no technical nor logistical reason for Sky not to move to a different satallite. There are 100s of satellites for Sky to choose from.
I will use Freesat ( or Freeview if they sort the signal out) if Sky cease their sarallite services
Regards.
Message posted on 10 Dec 2024 07:45 PM - last edited: 10 Dec 2024 07:58 PM
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Re: Is sky phasing out the use of satellite dishes and going exclusively to television through broad
@pingPoo0 wrote:
There is no technical nor logistical reason for Sky not to move to a different satallite.
One reasonably significant 'technical and logistical reason' would be all the millions of satellite dishes currently pointed to somewhere else, particularly when Sky is downsizing its dish installer workforce (eventually to extinction)
Sky Group is now a division of the Comcast Corporation, and Comcast is not a satellite television company.
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Message posted on 10 Dec 2024 07:51 PM - last edited: 10 Dec 2024 08:45 PM
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@pingPoo0 wrote:
There are 100s of satellites for Sky to choose from.
There's a bare handful of television broadcast satellites with a footprint over western Europe. Earth observation, GPS, broadband, astronomical and military orbital platforms are very little use for tuning in to Strictly...
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Message posted on 10 Dec 2024 08:02 PM
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@pingPoo0 wrote:
I have used Sky since 1992.
Previuosly we watched on 19.2e.
Later Sky decided move their trandmissions to a newer satellite on 28.2e which they continue to use.
There is no technical nor logistical reason for Sky not to move to a different satallite. There are 100s of satellites for Sky to choose from.
I will use Freesat ( or Freeview if they sort the signal out) if Sky cease their sarallite services
Regards.
Yes SKY Moved to 28.2 when they switched to Digital - a suitable time to switch - which required new boxes and new dish installs using the now familiar oval dish
Freesat is only likely to run as long as SKY does,
As @TimmyBGood says switching back to 19.2 wuld require re-alignement of all the dishes - at a time that Engineering staff are being reduced. That is assuming there would be capacity within the Satellites there
Message posted on 10 Dec 2024 08:53 PM
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> Freesat is only likely to run as long as SKY does,
Then this will be when I stop watching the tellie.
I will still listen to the radio, and the kids will have left home by then.
Message posted on 10 Dec 2024 08:56 PM
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> There's a bare handful of television broadcast satellites with a footprint over western Europe
Oh. Let me think:. Off the top of my head
23e 19e 13e 9e 5w.
Most providers provide tight KA spot beams like Sarosat used for their RTE transmassions. KU spots beams are also available if Sky asked.
Message posted on 10 Dec 2024 09:01 PM - last edited: 10 Dec 2024 09:03 PM
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Re: Is sky phasing out the use of satellite dishes and going exclusively to television through broad
@pingPoo0 wrote:
> There's a bare handful of television broadcast satellites with a footprint over western Europe
Oh. Let me think:. Off the top of my head
23e 19e 13e 9e 5w.
Most providers provide tight KA spot beams like Sarosat used for their RTE transmassions. KU spots beams are also available if Sky asked.
Which would need 2 things to happen at the very least
Dual illumination at 2 orbital positions
Realignment of millions of dishes.
All of this would be at a huge cost to Comcast
PS for clarity there isn't just Sky but all the hundreds of 3rd party non Sky owned channels and their uplinkers.
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Message posted on 10 Dec 2024 09:10 PM
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Why would you stop watching telly when satellite stops when broadband is effectively already here as a TV delivery platform?
Message posted on 10 Dec 2024 09:26 PM
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Because I dislike using their Stream.
I also tried BBC iplayer, itvx, and c4.
Ok, my Internet connection is not that great. Regardless I want to channel hop with ease. Sky Stream does not let me do this. With satallite I can change channel within a second. Stream is ages in comparision. And it lags, and it is at least 40 seconds behind the satellire feed.
The apps are cumbersome and stressful. I watch broadcast TV feeds to relax, bot get stressed that the stream will stutter, lag, and worse timeout. This is not for me.
Message posted on 10 Dec 2024 09:33 PM
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I watch less TV over the Internet because when I changed channel I had to wait a min before it started properly. By this time I had changed channel again, which of course did not work, so I just turned it off and did something else.
Message posted on 10 Dec 2024 09:59 PM
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@pingPoo0 wrote:
The apps are cumbersome and stressful. I watch broadcast TV feeds to relax, bot get stressed that the stream will stutter, lag, and worse timeout. This is not for me.
The apps themselves and the delivery methods will improve before the normal TV viewing experience you enjoy is finally switched off.
If you are interested in seeing how things are changing when it comes to internet delivery, check out BT's work on MAUD.
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Message posted on 11 Dec 2024 07:35 AM
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Hmm, that's not been my experience, but I have very fast broadband. It depends on the app too. ITVX is sluggish.
Message posted on 11 Dec 2024 08:19 AM
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My bbc and c4 c5 is slow. c4 had the most timeouts.
Itvx was the best for me and has been the most reliable when I used it.
Message posted on 11 Dec 2024 08:24 AM
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@pingPoo0 wrote:My bbc and c4 c5 is slow. c4 had the most timeouts.
Itvx was the best for me and has been the most reliable when I used it.
Interesting. Maybe I just tried ITVX on a bad day 😀
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