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Chris
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Date Posted: 11:26:48 01/16/04 Fri
In reply to:
pipoo
's message, "Re: BBC Radio 1 and 3" on 03:16:13 01/16/04 Fri
>And this, very recently received e-mail from Ian
>Adams, BBC Distribution:
>"Thank you for your recent email about reception of
>BBC radio services
>outside the UK, which Andy Townend, controller of
>Distribution, has
>asked me to respond to on his behalf.
>
>Your email suggests that you have had recent dialogue
>with the BBC's
>Reception Advice department. Technically, it would be
>possible to
>transfer some of our interactive streams, currently on
>Astra 2B to Astra
>2D, and replace them with Radio 1 and Radio 3 on Astra
>2B. However, the
>issue of broadcast rights remains central to our
>distribution strategy.
>
>
>Rights-holders continue to sell rights in Europe on a
>country-by-country
>basis. Therefore, the BBC must demonstrate that it
>continues to act
>with due care in terms of restricting access outside
>the UK to content
>on BBC channels (TV, radio and interactive). Because
>of the way in
>which our interactive services are accessed by users,
>from within a
>video stream available only on Astra 2D, this
>effectively means that
>these interactive services are receivable largely
>within the UK only.
>Therefore, rights for these services are less of a
>concern, in terms of
>spillover outside the UK.
>
>Linked to this, the use of Astra 2B for Radio 2 and
>Radio 4FM reflects
>our current overall demand for transponder capacity on
>Astra 2D. We
>have had to balance this demand against the risks
>associated with
>broadcasting these two UK-based radio services more
>widely than we would
>like. Thankfully, discussions with the relevant
>rights holders did not
>lead us to believe that this particular decision would
>prejudice our
>position in any future content acquisition
>negotiations. However,
>please understand that the arrangements concerning
>Radio 2 and Radio 4FM
>are determined by a capacity requirement. It remains
>our policy to
>focus distribution of our other domestic services on
>the UK (barring a
>few local cable redistribution arrangements, which are
>largely
>historic).
>
I'm sorry to be a bit slow about this but what is the man on about? All these programmes are available all over the world on the internet! What we are wanting in Europe is a better signal on Astra 2B so that those of us who aren't lucky enough to live close to the UK or rich enough to buy enormous dishes can enjoy the programmes at a higher quality of reception. It isn't a matter of "Rights selling" or anything else of a legal manner.
Oh well back to Swiss Classic and Swiss Jazz on Hotbird.
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