Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending a very enjoyable event at Dundee Contemporary Arts as part of the 10th Anniversary celebrations of TayScreen that has done so much good work to promote Fife and Tayside for media development and film and TV production, post-production and animation. My involvement with TayScreen stems from our joint [...]
Archive for the ‘digital television’ Category
I have taken a close interest in the possibility of local television for Dundee, Tayside and North Fife and it was therefore good to see the positive news for Dundee following the recent announcement of areas to be licensed for local TV services. News on national TV and in the national press on the day [...]
Oh no it doesn’t – it happened last August! I recently spoke with a resident who lives just south of Perth Road in the Sinderins area. She was surprised to have received a mailing in the past few days from Digital UK about TV digital switchover when, like all other residents in the area, [...]
Further to my update earlier this month, the final stage of the digital switchover in Dundee and across Tayside and north Fife takes place tomorrow – when the final analogue channels get switched-off permanently. Freeview viewers should rescan channels again tomorrow. Full details are available on the Digital UK website. This does not affect cable [...]
Tomorrow sees the start of Dundee and Tayside’s digital switchover, with relay transmitters like Tay Bridge (that serves much of the West End as well as the City Centre, Craigiebank and much of Broughty Ferry and North East Fife) starting to transmit Freeview for the first time. Additionally, analogue BBC2 will be switched off and [...]
Yesterday’s “Courier” highlighted the intention on the part of the Arqiva, the owners and operators of television transmitters, to re-site the Campberdown transmitter in the adjacent Lochee Ward, as it currently sits on one of the Menzieshill multi-storeys being demolished. The article highlights that the relocated transmitter will carry a much-reduced number of digital TV [...]
Further digital TV meetings with local residents
Posted: June 11, 2010 in digital television, Lime Street, Sinderins CourtLast June, I chaired meetings at various sheltered housing lounges across the West End at which Digital UK updated residents about the digital switchover. With the switchover now imminent – in August – I held two more today at two lounges we were unable to visit last time – Sinderins Court in Hawkhill and the [...]
Yesterday at Tayside House, I had a useful meeting with John MacNeil, Assistant National Manager, STV North with Digital UK and Luke McCullough, National Manager for Scotland for the BBC Switchover Help Scheme, to get an update on how the switchover to digital TV is going – with just a couple of months to switchover [...]
I have had discussions with Digital UK and Arqiva Terrestrial Broadcast, who own and manage the UK’s TV transmitters about the recent TV reception problems, particularly BBC1 on analogue from the Tay Bridge relay transmitter, that serves much of the West End. I have had helpful feedback from Arqiva’s marketing manager, who confirms that the [...]
Reports in the local press today and yesterday (go to http://tinyurl.com/tvreceptiondundee to read last night’s Evening Telegraph) about TV reception and in particular BBC1 analogue reception in those parts of the city served by the Tay Bridge transmitter (including most of the southern part of the West End) has resulted in a number of complaints [...]
Latest on the Digital TV Switchover
Posted: October 31, 2009 in digital television, Freeview, West End Christmas WeekHere’s part of the latest update from Digital UK about the awareness campaign for the ‘digital switchover’ taking place in our area (the STV North region) next summer. It is reproduced below the Digital UK logo (below). Along with a number of my councillor colleagues in Dundee, I attended a briefing from Digital UK [...]
At the end of last month, I advised that a constituent in Tait’s Lane had contacted me about an anomaly in terms of the provision of cable TV in the area. Go to http://tinyurl.com/taitslane to view the earlier story. Her block of flats – pictured above – unlike others in the lane – cannot receive [...]
STV North TV region gets Switched On to Switchover Help Scheme
Posted: October 14, 2009 in digital television, FreeviewHere’s an update from John MacNeil, Assistant National Manager – STV North, Digital UK received yesterday regarding the digital TV switchover and the Help Scheme : “More than 190,000 older and disabled people in the STV North region will be entitled to practical help to switch over to digital. The Switchover Help Scheme is run [...]
Last week, TV viewers throughout Scotland were asked to retune their Freeview TVs and boxes to continue receiving all of the channels available in their area. The retune was required due to an “upgrade” to the service that was supposed to ensure that “Five” became more widely available and to prepare the way for the [...]
I have been speaking with Scott at www.dundeechannel.com, an excellent initiative for the city. Here’s an update www.dundeechannel.com has sent me : The Dundee Channel at www.dundeechannel.com is an internet based TV station which through the high speed internet can offer local people news and features about the local area on their PCs, laptops and [...]
Later today, I met with two senior representatives of the BBC digital switchover help scheme to discuss ways in which elderly and disabled people in the West End can be assisted with the digital TV switchover, taking place in Dundee and Tayside next summer. I met with Alan Moore, the Switchover Help Scheme Manager for [...]
The meetings with Digital UK that I chaired at some of the sheltered housing complexes in the West End yesterday, to allow constituents to raise complaints and concerns about TV reception – and on the issue of the digital switchover – proved extremely successful with over 120 residents attending. Actually 123 residents and a lovely, [...]
Following a deluge of complaints about TV reception from constituents and many questions about the digital TV switchover, taking place in the summer of next year – as reported in tonight’s “Evening Telegraph” – I have organised six meetings on Wednesday of this week at some of the sheltered housing complexes in the West End. [...]
As regular readers of www.dundeewestend.com will be aware, I have been actively involved in the campaign to progress local television provision across Scotland, something that becomes possible because of the digital switchover. See more at www.fifetaysidetv.com. Dr Dave Rushton of the Institute of Local Television (on behalf the Scottish Local TV Federation) has recently drawn [...]
I had a very useful meeting with John MacNeil, Digital UK’s Assistant National Manager for Scotland to discuss the recent TV reception problems locally and the forthcoming ‘digital switchover’ – if you go to http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2009/04/30/story13054168t0.shtm you can read the report on this in tonight’s “Evening Telegraph.” John & I are holding “Digital TV Surgeries” during June [...]
Freeview update … what your TV licence should but might not get you …
Posted: April 28, 2009 in digital television, FreeviewLast night’s “Evening Telegraph” (see http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2009/04/27/story13034197t0.shtm) gave readers an update on the recent TV reception issues (and my meeting this week with Digital UK). It also highlighted a long-standing concern of mine that – even when all transmitters finally transmit digital signals (the relay transmitters currently don’t) – the intention is to provide a reduced [...]
I am pleased at the latest response from Digital UK regarding the numerous television reception problems I have raised on behalf of local people – affecting many viewers who get their TV signals from the Angus transmitter at Tealing, particularly those watching Freeview. The issue is covered in tonight’s ‘Evening Telegraph’ – go to http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2009/04/17/story12971574t0.shtm to [...]
An update on Monday’s blog entry on the TV reception problems : Last night’s “Evening Telegraph” (see http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2009/04/08/story12922227t0.shtm) carried an article about the matter, and Digital UK’s response. There was a further update in today’s “Courier” – I have been in correspondence with Paul Hughes, National Manager for Scotland for Digital UK. Digital UK had [...]
I recently highlighted complaints from constituents in parts of the West End about reduced and poor television reception in recent weeks, and have since had been inundated over the past week with feedback from people in the West End and from across the city about the issue. Today’s Courier covers the issue – see http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2009/04/06/newsstory12908876t0.asp [...]
As reported in today’s ‘Courier’, I have, over the past few days, highlighted complaints from numerous residents in parts of the West End over reduced and poor television reception in recent weeks. I have been contacted by a number of residents who had expressed concern about their recent poor TV reception. Most receive ‘traditional’ analogue [...]
Further to my recent piece about local television, there’s an on-line survey on the subject. It takes only 2 minutes to complete and is available by going to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ixCl_2fF4PsQpgbQCJ56az5w_3d_3d.
Channel 6 – the TV station that knows where you live
Posted: March 22, 2009 in digital television, FreeviewAs regular readers of www.dundeewestend.com will know, I have long highlighted the campaign for local television made possible by the digital switchover, and I have helped by chairing the Fife and Tayside Local Television working group. (See more at http://www.fifetaysidetv.com). Peter Preston has an interesting item about local TV/Channel 6 in today’s ‘Observer’ - go to [...]
Positive progress on local television provision for the future
Posted: December 6, 2008 in digital television, FreeviewI was pleased to see the Scottish Parliament last Thursday pass the following motion – after considerable debate – on Ofcom’s Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) Review : “That the Parliament notes that 4 December 2008 is the final date for submissions to Ofcom’s Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) Review, Preparing for the Digital Future; recognises [...]
Back in September (see http://www.dundeewestend.com/2008/09/future-of-scottish-public-broadcasting.html) I lamented the impending demise of Border TV, with Ofcom appearing to accept that the ITV proposed merger between Border and Tyne Tees news should go ahead. As I said at the time, “For ITV, of course, read ITV England and Wales, and the suggestion of the Scottish Borders and [...]
As an enthusiast for local TV, its great to see a local TV spin-off from the Glenrothes by-election. Fife has a new on line Web TV channel with the launch of CHANNEL FIFE. The new station is being launched as a pilot during the Glenrothes By Election and will see four dedicated TV news [...]
