[Tech1] Fwd: Re: Your History of Television Studios website

Tue Jun 23 09:30:01 CDT 2020

It used to be possible to purchase, for a one~time payment, a card that enables you to use a Sky box as a FreeSat box. 
It used to be about £25.00. 

Nick Rodger 
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On 23 Jun 2020, at 14:02, vernon.dyer via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:

Here in Cornwall  (just), we haven't had BBC4 or News in HD for quite some time  (Caradon Hill transmitter. HD quality seems better via satellite anyway, I think, so use that for preference. If I ditch Sky subscription, which to be honest I rarely use these days, i'll be in the market for a Freesat receiver/recorder. Any advice, anyone?

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-------- Original message --------
From: Nick Ware via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk>
Date: 23/06/2020 13:16 (GMT+00:00)
To: tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Tech1] Fwd: Re: Your History of Television Studios website

My Humax Freeview box started doing strange things a couple of weeks ago, such as channels it couldn’t find despite re-tuning etc. Two TV’s in other parts of the house, both much newer, unaffected. The Humax was used in my editing man-cave to feed HDMI to a monitor and audio to Presonus mixer.
Initially, a slight red herring was that it happened the same day I put up a new 48 element 4g and 5g filtered aerial on the roof.
So, I binned the elderly Humax and got a new box ( https://tinyurl.com/y9b9uw7u ). All fine now, the box being light-years better than the Humax.
We only have one TV on Freesat, and it seems to be fine.
Cheers,
Nick.
Nick Ware - Sent from my iPad mini 5

>> On 23 Jun 2020, at 11:04, Tony Briselden via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
> 
> I’m not on Freesat but I have the same issue on Freeview. Can't get BBC News channel as HD but that doesn’t bother me too much as at least I can get it on channel 231 and don’t think HD is necessary for News and the programmes on the channel, not for me anyway. The one thing that really annoys me is that I can’t get BBC 4 as HD. I watch a lot of programmes and particularly the foreign films which are excellent and deserve being seen in HD. Ever since the changes came in I’ve been doing retunes of all channels but neither of the two channels I want with HD turn up. 
> 
> So I, too, would like a solution.
> 
> Tony B
>> On 22 Jun 2020, 09:21 +0100, Ravenscourt via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk>, wrote:
>> Anyone with this problem? I can’t get Freesat BBC News 
>> BEST wishes to all. 
>> BBC HD Service Update (October 2018)
>> 
>> Service Update: BBC HD Transponder Update (October, 2018) 
>> 
>> The BBC have made some changes to the transponders carrying their HD channels, which could result in some BBC HD channels not displaying correctly, or showing signs that they have lost signal. Customers experiencing this issue are advised to follow these steps until the issue is resolved:
>> 
>> Change channels, and check if the issue is resolved when they tune back
>> Remove power from their product, then re-connect and re-start; check if the channels can now be received
>> Carry out a Freesat Channel Scan
>> If the issue continues, then your satellite dish installation may require to be checked. More information is available via the BBC website - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/7a69712a-5942-4792-af89-99f73c731bbd
>> 
>> Panasonic devices 
>> 
>> Please note that some older Panasonic Freesat PVR devices and TVs might struggle to handle the revised DVB-S2 transmission mode the BBC are implementing. The potential impact of this is that BBC HD services may either suffer from reception issues or have no reception at all.  BBC SD services will be unaffected.  Impacted viewers with an internet-connected smart TV and a sufficient-speed broadband line will still be able to watch all our channels via BBC iPlayer.
>> 
>> For more information and a full list of the Panasonic devices affected, please visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/FAQs#faqitem-3-1
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On 20 Jun 2020, at 15:54, Bernard Newnham via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>> Forwarded - can anyone help?
>>> 
>>> B
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> Subject:	Re: Your History of Television Studios website
>>> Date:	Thu, 18 Jun 2020 10:46:37 +0100
>>> From:	Martin Kempton <mktvld at gmail.com>
>>> To:	Fiona Isabel Nairn-Hay <alebasifinh at gmail.com>
>>> CC:	bernie833 at gmail.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Fiona
>>> 
>>> To be honest, I'm not really in touch with any of the cameramen of that generation.  However, there is a group of ex-cameramen friends who do communicate and occasionally meet up.  I'm copying-in Bernard Newnham, in the hope he might be able to help you.
>>> 
>>> Good luck!
>>> 
>>> Martin
>>> 
>>> Martin Kempton - television lighting designer
>>> 9, Bramley Grove, Crowthorne, Berkshire
>>> RG45 6EB
>>> mobile: 07721 550285
>>> website with CV and other information: www.martinkempton.com
>>> TV Studio History website: www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 19:07, Fiona Isabel Nairn-Hay <alebasifinh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Martin
>>>> 
>>>> I came across your website whilst researching my Fathers' career as a Photographic Journalist in News and Current Affairs. My Father (Journalist name Jack Hay) was also an ex BBC Cameraman who trained most of the first camera crews to workout from and pass through Shepherds Bush Studios when BBC moved into the building.
>>>> 
>>>> I have found little history of his varied career. However, I do know that he was part of a group of long standing friends which included Journalist/ Newscaster Sandy Gall. I am writing with hope that you might have discovered some of the camera operators which my Father most probably trained or some of the people he would have worked with whilst at Shepherds Bush.
>>>> 
>>>> I know this is an extremely 'long shot'! However, I would appreciate any leads which you may know of and discretion is assured.
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you. Enjoy your day further and go well.
>>>> Fiona Nairn-Hay (Finh Of The Lens)
>>>> 
>>>> Cell & WhatsApp:  +44 074 985 32580
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