Alix Pryde
Director, BBC Distribution
Blog posts in total 18
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CBBC HD, CBeebies HD, BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD & BBC News HD launch Tuesday 10 December 2013
Alix Pryde introduces the new HD channels BBC channels will be broadcasting on from Tuesday 10 December 2013.
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The return of five radio stations in the evenings on Freeview in Scotland
Alix Pryde announces the restoration of five further radio services to full-time carriage on Freeview in Scotland, bringing the total to eight out of 13
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Making Waves: extending the BBC’s digital radio coverage to a further 2 million people
Director of BBC Distribution Alix Pryde expands upon her Tech Con speech about increasing the number of digital radio transmitters in the UK.
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A BBC Red Button summer 2013
Alix Pryde details additional coverage of great sporting and musical events this summer on the BBC, including additional HD.
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BBC ALBA moving to channel number 143 on Sky
From Tuesday 26 March 2013 there will be a new home for BBC ALBA on Sky - channel 143.
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Launching BBC One Scotland HD and BBC One Wales HD
Director of BBC Distribution, Alix Pryde's blog about launching national variants of BBC One HD.
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Changes to BBC satellite transponders in 2013
Alix Pryde sets the record straight on timings of forthcoming moves of BBC services between satellites and the reason for these changes
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Happy Birthday, radio
As BBC radio celebrates 90 years, Alix Pryde recounts the story of British radio and how we came to have the networks of today.
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The end of an era, and a coming of age
Marking the end of the largest broadcast engineering project in history – digital switchover.
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Satellite Shuffling: reducing BBC Red Button and expanding BBC One HD
An update on Red Button and HD services at the BBC.
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A change to the BBC HD channels on satellite on 27 September
Forthcoming changes to the transponder on Astra 1N that carries BBC One HD and BBC HD.
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Different ways to listen and watch the BBC's Olympics 2012 coverage
Wimbledon may be over, but the time for strawberries and cream in the BBC Distribution office is short. I wrote in May about how we were working on delivering to you the BBC's greatest year of broadcasting and I wanted to let you know how our final preparations are going. I think there are a ...
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Recording your favourite television programmes during the Olympics
A collection of TV remote controls, photographed by Flickr user Odonata98 and used here under the terms of Creative Commons. With less than one week to go before the Opening Ceremony I wanted to take a few minutes to make sure you understood the details about recording your favourite shows ...
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Delivering to you the BBC's Greatest Year of Broadcasting
2012 is set to be the BBC's greatest year of broadcasting. In BBC Distribution, we are currently making preparations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee followed closely by the London 2012 Olympic Games, not to mention the Euros, Wimbledon, the European Championship Athletics, The Scottish Open ... a...
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Changes to BBC services on satellite on 24th February 2012
I wanted to share some information with you about an upcoming change to how we broadcast our satellite channels. You should not need to take any action, but I thought you might like to know what will be going on in the background. As some people may already be aware, the satellite operator SES...