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Timeline: 2024 Week 2


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A round-up of the week’s stories and observations.

Monday 8th January

11.05am BBC SD services cease on satellite

Within the last 15 minutes or so, all SD BBC TV services on satellite have been replaced by this message:

VIDEO: BBC SD closure message on satellite. TX DATE: 8th January 2024. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

1.30pm Camera trouble on the BBC News at One

A bit of camera trouble during a link on today’s BBC News at One. The tower also seemed to experience issues temporarily with some of its tiles.

VIDEO: camera trouble on the BBC News at One. Presenter: Clive Myrie. TX DATE: 8th January 2024. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

With thanks to James Vertigan for flagging.

Tuesday 9th January

2pm ITV/STV SD service closures on satellite

ITV and STV have now closed a number of SD services on Freesat and Sky satellite:

  • ITV 1 Channel Islands.
  • ITV 1 Border Scotland.
  • ITV 1 Wales.
  • UTV.
  • ITV 3.
  • ITV 4.
  • ITVBe.
  • STV West (Glasgow).
  • STV Dundee.

Wednesday 10th January

1.10pm BBC Radio begins move to DVB-S2

The first BBC radio station has migrated to new DVB-S2 satellite capacity on Sky boxes.

BBC Radio Cymru 2 is now no longer available on old Sky receivers.

The migration of all stations is already complete on Freesat.

UPDATE (2.05PM): BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra has now also migrated.

And ITV has now pulled the SD feeds of its channels that were removed from Freesat and Sky EPGs yesterday.

UPDATE (11TH JAN 10.35AM): the BBC continues to remove old DVB-S radio stations, with the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4 Extra among those making the switch today.

Very soon, BBC Radio on satellite will be receivable on DVB-S2 (HD) receivers only.

UPDATE (17TH JAN 12.15PM): the BBC has completed the migration of its radio stations on satellite. BBC Radio on satellite is now only receivable on DVB-S2 (HD) receivers.

Courtesy @a516digital.

Sunday 14th January

11.25pm BBC Look North (NE/Cumbria) off air this weekend

If you were expecting the regional news from BBC One North East (Newcastle) this weekend, it looks as though it’s been off air – presumably to allow for technical upgrades.

The 10.25pm regional bulletin tonight was replaced by a simulcast of the BBC News Channel.

VIDEO: BBC Look North (NE/Cumbria) replaced by BBC News Channel simulcast. TX DATE: 14th January 2024. COPRYIGHT: BBC.

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PICTURED: BBC SD closure message on satellite. COPYRIGHT: BBC.