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Steve PWednesday 6 July 2011 4:07PM
Thanks FEFS 262 FS 405 +1 for +1HHenryWednesday 6 July 2011 11:55PM
English pizza please:
Cheese on beans on toastIainFriday 8 July 2011 7:22PM
dave: I can't seem to get Food Network on channel 49 despite doing a rescan of both tvs last night and tonight - getting everything else as usual. Served by the Darvel transmitter in Scotland. Any ideas? keeferSaturday 9 July 2011 6:43PM
Kirkcaldy me neither!
just found out about this today, so re-scanned - no ch.49
waited till after 6pm, just in case, re-scanned, still no ch.49.
all other channels are ok
served by craigkelly/angus transmittersJason BSaturday 9 July 2011 9:20PM
Just retuned and we have it, also QVC Beauty has shown upIainSunday 10 July 2011 12:33PM
Tried again last night (Saturday 9th) and it appeared. Broadcasting 6-10pm .keeferTuesday 19 July 2011 9:13PM
tried re-scasnning a couple of times last week, no luck, then it decided to appear by itself!
pity it's only 6-10pm though, i could watch food progs all day rather than rehashed 'reality' guffkeefer: I'm pleased the channel has appear for you. JackWednesday 24 August 2011 10:27PM
Why is food network only broadcast from 6pm until 10pm on freeview? The channel obviously runs later as it advertises shows (incidentally, shows I'd like to watch) running as late as 11pm. It's not like they broadcast anything else on channel 49 after 10. Why not air the channel until the content finishes rather than cut it off at 10pm?Mike DimmickWednesday 24 August 2011 11:01PM
Jack: Because that's the amount of airtime they have leased.
We often talk about 'slots' of capacity, one channel's worth of data. At any instant, the bitrate of a service can vary to allow this service to encode something more complex, or other services can borrow from this one, but on average, there's space for about 9 services on Multiplex C before switchover, probably 11 after switchover (as Arqiva A). There can only really be 45 channels running at the same time, not the 100 or so that your box will list. Many of them time-share the capacity.
Based on what starts up and shuts down when, it's believed that Food Network shares a slot with Big Deal, from 5am to 6am, Create & Craft, from 6am to 6pm, and ADULT smileTV3 from 10pm to 5am. For Food Network to extend its hours, they would need to negotiate to swap slots with someone else, or get smileTV3 to reduce their hours.
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