Subj : Re: TV Woes
To   : August Abolins
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Sep 22 2025 19:38:14

 > Hello Mike!

 >  MP> [...] but I saw a video on YT the other day from a fellow
 >  MP> that does a lot of radio and TV broadcast videos.  I
 >  MP> didn't watch it, but the title suggested that they are
 >  MP> doing away with satellite tv in the UK.  I didn't watch
 >  MP> because it didn't sound like something that'd be happening
 >  MP> here.

 > SATTV is still in play.  Only specific standard-definition (SD)  
 > channels are swithing over to high-def (HD) ..from I can find  
 > online.

 > https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/33457428/sky-freesat-uktv-tv-
 > channels-disappear-satellite-switch/

Here is the video in question:

https://youtu.be/H3Qg6exDBAI?si=eWRqSn8WMCpCJhn5

Sounds like sat tv might be a thing of the past in the UK and Ireland after
2030 due to a lack of interest in replacing the existing satellites, which will
reach the end of their life spans around then.

Mike
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