On Friday I completed a bespoke installation for the very prestigious Retreats Group accommodation in StDavids. The Old Priory underwent massive renovation works and was completed about two years ago. Along with the renovation, Digital freeview TV was installed in all the rooms and satellite tv was not originally needed or specified. Now after requests from some regular guests, the owners […]
As an aside to local Pembrokeshire TV, Broadband and mobile phone information, I am putting a little time into a blog regarding possible 4G mobile broadband interference to Freeview Terrestrial TV. Whilst 4G won’t affect us here in Pembs for a long time yet, my links to the industry as a whole may help those […]
Channel 4 is to launch the high-definition simulcast of its main network in Wales after the broadcaster secured the Freeview HD capacity formerly owned by S4C. Welsh-language broadcaster S4C informed Ofcom in July this year that it intended to cease provision of S4C HD on Freeview in Wales on December 1, 2012. © Showtime © Rex […]
The government have announced this week that the impending ‘Radio Digital Switchover’ is not realistic. Originally set as the end of 2015, it has been recognised that there is still much to do to ensure DAB digital radio can be received in all homes, workplaces, vehicles and portable sets.Whilst sets for these locations have been […]
Another retune is required this Wed for Freeview viewers. Viewing will be disturbed 6am during the work. The best time to retune is after 6pm when all the work is expected to be complete. For help and more information, click through to the digital UK website here… Digital UK And of course, if you need to speak […]
The End of Analogue TV is nigh… Northern Ireland is to start the final stage of the Digital TV switchover today.This will be the last area of the UK to see the cessation of analogue broadcasts and mark the completion of a thirteen year project. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20033934 A Bit of History Trivia…From it’s first colour, full public test broadcasts in July 1967 (The […]
Most viewers will have noticed a pop up banner warning us of an imminent change in channel lineup.Mostly this is for renumbering of the HD services for those of us with Freeview HD equipment. HD Channel Old channel number New Channel number BBC One HD 50 101 BBC HD […]
Work is all but complete on the installations for over twenty residents of Angle Village near Pembroke today. With one final installation for tomorrow, everyone of the subscribers have had their equipment installed and will be surfing the net at around 10MBps download and 4MBps upload when the network is fully commissioned. (Hopefully by the end […]
I was in Little Haven today replacing yet another rusty sky dish with a Weatherproof Fibreglass Dish that can brave the Pembrokeshire coastal sea air. The dish in question was only three years old and like many others, was falling apart beyond repair. SMC (or Sheet Moulded Composite) dishes work in the same way but are […]
Newgale & Penycwm villages are the next on the list to to be assessed for faster broadband supplied by Wales Broadband. of Neyland. A meeting for residents is to be held at Newgale YMCA on Wed 19th at 6:30pm. The proposed project will be applying for funding from Pembrokeshire County Council. If you are in […]
The interference currently affecting most of Pembrokeshire could be due to high atmospheric pressure. The only mast transmitting BBC stations on that frequency with any amount of power is Wenvoe in Cardiff so unless there’s a new transmitter we weren’t expecting, this is being caused by high pressure which means there’s nothing anyone can do to resolve […]
It seems quite a lot of people in Pembrokeshire are experiencing interference with Digital TV, Digital and analogue radio.Reports say that it started last night and it’s been coming and going all day. Right now, there’s nothing you can do to resolve this so please don’t adjust your sets or start trying to fix your aerials. I’ll […]