TV 3 and C4 arrive early on freeview
Its a week before the official launch and we are very pleased to announce that TV 3 and C4 have just started transmitting on the second freeview satellite transponder of 12456 H. As well as a reasonably high bit rate 16:9 picture they are using a higher audio bit rate of 256K compared with 192K for TV One and TV 2.
There still appear to be some minor technical issues with the TV3 and C4 wide-screen transmissions, in particular if you are watching the picture on a 4:3 screen that will hopefully be resolved prior to the official launch.
This update has also heralded the arrival of the Radio New Zealand National and Concert services on the freeview transponders. Unlike the previous Sky TV transmissions they are now using a full 48KHz audio stream which sounds considerably better.