BBC HD to become BBC TWO HD

Rick_

The BBC are going to change BBC HD into BBC TWO HD and the BBC HD channel will cease to be. What this means for the programme on BBC THREE and BBC FOUR that are in HD remains to be seen.

The head of HD/3D for the BBC, Danielle Nagler, is leaving the corporation and will not be replaced. No big loss there, she didn't have a clue about her job and thought lower bit rates and resolutions would not go unnoticed and didn't affect picture quality!

Mike 1972

Makes sense really

Timeshifted BBC 3 and 4 HD programming could go out on BBC1/2 HD in place of those BBC1/2 programmes which are
1) Repeats
2) Not originally produced in HD

Widescreen

If that happens and they don't put it on the Irish EPG we will then be down to zero BBC HD channels on the Irish EPG.

Lets hope it goes the opposite way, and both BBC1HD and 2HD appear here.

givecredit

Widescreen wrote: »

If that happens and they don't put it on the Irish EPG we will then be down to zero BBC HD channels on the Irish EPG.

Lets hope it goes the opposite way, and both BBC1HD and 2HD appear here.

Nothing is going to happen in the near future. The Full story below:

The BBC’s head of HD and 3D Danielle Nagler is leaving the corporation along with two team members - and is not being directly replaced.

Meanwhile, the BBC HD channel will move towards becoming a simulcast of BBC2, although a spokeswoman stressed that a full BBC2 HD channel remained a long term aspiration. No proposals have been put to the BBC Trust yet, but they could feature as part of Delivering Quality First.

Nagler will leave in September to join City law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner, while team members Ian Potts and Umme Ali will depart the business at the end of the year.

BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow will take overall responsibility for HD at the BBC, while a replacement for the 3D elements of Nagler’s role will be announced in due course.

Nagler joined the BBC as a journalist in 1996, moving to Vision in July 2008. She was responsible for a series of developments including the launch of the BBC HD and BBC1 HD channels, as well as spearheading the corporation’s push into 3D, resulting in the first free-to-air 3D broadcast, of the Wimbledon finals, earlier this month. The broadcaster also recently revealed a push into original 3D content.

Roly Keating, director of archived content, paid tribute to her “tremendous” work. “Danielle has always played a very active role within the BBC, bringing to all her jobs a sharp strategic focus, a beady sense of humour and a can-do approach,” he said.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Danielle for the exceptional contribution she has made to the BBC, and to Vision in particular: her passion, intellect, energy and drive have made remarkable things happen here, and she’ll be much missed.”

enfant terrible

If Sky had any sense they would switch us to BBC 1 HD from BBC HD

200motels

enfant terrible wrote: »

If Sky had any sense they would switch us to BBC 1 HD from BBC HD

I'd like both but if I had a choice I'd go for BBCHD as BBC1 HD is not a great channel.

tlaavtech

200motels wrote: »

I'd like both but if I had a choice I'd go for BBCHD as BBC1 HD is not a great channel.

Also, most of the good stuff on BBC1 is repeated later in the evening on BBCHD.