Re: uk_rt: BBC regional channels update

On 22 October 2010 15:11, Chris Butler <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've just tried reconfiguring the uk_rt grabber, since I noticed my BBC 1/2
> listings weren't being populated. I discovered this is due to the
> "Yorkshire" regional channel is no longer available on the RT site.
> channel_ids seems to have been updated to reflect this.
>
> When reconfiguring (skydigital, S6), I was not offered the option of any BBC
> 1 or 2 channels. There are two different reasons for this:
>
> · yorkshire.bbc1.bbc.co.uk is still listed in regional_channels_by_postcode;
>  I guess these postcodes should probably be moved to north.bbc1…
> · north.bbc2.bbc.co.uk is not listed as available on skydigital in
>  channels_platform. AFAIK, it is BBC2 North that we get.

Chris,

Just put through some further updates for Sky/Freesat/Virgin.

Experience shows Sky/Freesat only provide national-level BBC2
channels, so these should default to the correct national channel and
also provide BBC1 England, in addition to the regional BBC1 channel
based on user's postcode.

Virgin rebroadcast the local Freeview signal for both BBC1 and BBC2,
so users should see regional versions of both plus BBC1 England which
is also broadcast on the service.

Due to current limitations in the way platforms and postcodes are
handled in uk_rt, it is not possible (AFAICT at this time in the
morning!) to have different postcode sets for different services
unless we create dozens of duplicate channel entries with different
XMLTVIDs for each platform. As a result of this limitation, although
cable and satellite platforms provide many BBC/ITV regional variants
in addition to the above standard 101/102/103 channels, manual
configuration must be used for these.

Cheers,
Nick

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