Is sky phasing out the use of satellite dishes and going exclusively to television through broad

[AnneF1]

Thanks for that.

[pingPoo0]

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. 

[TimmyBGood]

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@pingPoo0 wrote:

There is no technical nor logistical reason for Sky not to move to a different satallite.

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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.

[TimmyBGood]

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@pingPoo0 wrote:

There are 100s of satellites for Sky to choose from.

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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...

[nigea99]

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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. 

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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  

[pingPoo0]

> 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.  

[pingPoo0]

> 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.

[GD1]

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@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.

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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.

[Chodley]

Why would you stop watching telly when satellite stops when broadband is effectively already here as a TV delivery platform?

[pingPoo0]

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.

[pingPoo0]

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. 

[stereohaven]

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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.

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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.

[Chodley]

Hmm, that's not been my experience, but I have very fast broadband. It depends on the app too. ITVX is sluggish.

[pingPoo0]

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.

[Chodley]

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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.

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Interesting. Maybe I just tried ITVX on a bad day 😀