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[stereohaven]

Not sure who removed my post on the improvements to internet content delivery via BT MAUD that many providers (including Sky), use/will use.

It has already been talked about in other threads such as this one and is only there to help explain how delivery and latency will improve as we head towards the inevitable end of satellite delivery.

[nigea99]

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@stereohaven wrote:

Not sure who removed my post on the improvements to internet content delivery via BT MAUD that many providers (including Sky), use/will use.

It has already been talked about in other threads such as this one and is only there to help explain how delivery and latency will improve as we head towards the inevitable end of satellite delivery.

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Chances are it was caught in the automatic filters that, at times, seem to have a mind of their own.

If so, it is likely to re-appear when the CMs review the caught posts

[pingPoo0]

> *as we head towards the inevitable end of satellite delivery*

Which is still going strong on the continent. Look at France, Germany, Austria, and Italy, for example.

[Chodley]

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@pingPoo0 wrote:

> *as we head towards the inevitable end of satellite delivery*

Which is still going strong on the continent. Look at France, Germany, Austria, and Italy, for example.

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Only a matter of time before the sats serving them go the same way.

[pingPoo0]

Harley. Quite the opposite in fact. I know BSB want satallite TV to die 🙂

June 24th 2024: " Successful launch of Astra 1P secures future of pan-European satellite TV.
New TV satellite Astra 1P was successfully launched last night. The satellite will serve 119 million TV households across Europe, securing the future of some satellite TV services until the end of the next decade. ... By 2028, Astra 1P is due to be joined by a second new satellite – Astra 1Q"

https://rxtvinfo.com/2024/successful-launch-of-astra-1p-secures-future-of-pan-european-satellite-tv/

[stereohaven]

You are swimming uphill I'm afraid @pingPoo0, but as we have all said, broadband connectivity and content delivery will improve a great deal in 5 years. 

> insert Thanos "I am inevitable" meme here < 

[pingPoo0]

Typo.  Harley meant to be Hardly.

[pingPoo0]

> You are swimming uphill I'm afraid

Why would Astra launch new satillites for continental European TV?    They did because the demand was projected.

[stereohaven]

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@pingPoo0 wrote:

> You are swimming uphill I'm afraid

Why would Astra launch new satillites for continental European TV?    They did because the demand was projected.

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You might need to move then.

[pingPoo0]

I do not need to move. I do not understand your suggestion.

Here is another article on 19.2e. Works for me because I also watch French and German TV from Europe. As long as I can get BBC1/2, ITV1, C4, FilmFour, BBC News, and a childrens channel on Freeview or Freesat then I am happy. I will ditch Sky if the satellite stops:

https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/watch-this-space-ses-set-to-launch-most-powerful-satellite-...

I think the UK tellie as different to DE and FR.  

BBC will eventually be run as a commercial company with adverts after the TV licence is axed. BBC will be just like any other channel with all their great programmes  either being sold off to companies like NF, Disney etali, using advertising revenue to support the channel.  ( Sounds unthinkable, but IPTV was unthinkable 20 years ago)  Case in point is Doctor Who which is shown on Disney+ and BBC. At some point Disney will demand that they own the licence, and BBC will not be able to show it. We will have to get a Disney+ subscription. The writing is on the wall for this.  

[pingPoo0]

> You might need to move then.

Oh wait. Was this was a veiled suggestion that  Brits who watch foreign TV should leave?   Got it. No thanks. I will stay put and to annoy those who think like this 😉

[rscott]

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@pingPoo0 wrote:

I do not need to move. I do not understand your suggestion.

Here is another article on 19.2e. Works for me because I also watch French and German TV from Europe. As long as I can get BBC1/2, ITV1, C4, FilmFour, BBC News, and a childrens channel on Freeview or Freesat then I am happy. I will ditch Sky if the satellite stops:

https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/watch-this-space-ses-set-to-launch-most-powerful-satellite-...

I think the UK tellie as different to DE and FR.  

BBC will eventually be run as a commercial company with adverts after the TV licence is axed. BBC will be just like any other channel with all their great programmes  either being sold off to companies like NF, Disney etali, using advertising revenue to support the channel.  ( Sounds unthinkable, but IPTV was unthinkable 20 years ago)  Case in point is Doctor Who which is shown on Disney+ and BBC. At some point Disney will demand that they own the licence, and BBC will not be able to show it. We will have to get a Disney+ subscription. The writing is on the wall for this.  

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Given that Channel 4 have announced they're moving towards a digital-first future and will be reducing the number of channels they have on satellite, it seems quite likely Film4 will go sooner rather than later - https://www.channel4.com/corporate/about-4/fast-forward and https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-shares-plans-become-digital-first-public-service-strea...

[stereohaven]

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@pingPoo0 wrote:

> You might need to move then.

Oh wait. Was this was a veiled suggestion that  Brits who watch foreign TV should leave?   Got it. No thanks. I will stay put and to annoy those who think like this 😉

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Nope, it was not.

[pingPoo0]

> Nope, it was not.

OK. Good.

Shame about c4/filmfour.

[Daniel0210]

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@stereohaven wrote:

Not sure who removed my post on the improvements to internet content delivery via BT MAUD that many providers (including Sky), use/will use.

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@stereohaven 

I think your missing post is back (post 27).