BBC to launch regional HD channels at last, no more steel band during local news

(Pocket-lint) - The BBC volition motorboat determination variants of BBC One successful HD from October.

That means we volition yet beryllium capable to presumption section BBC News connected the regular BBC One HD transmission connected Freeview, Freesat, Sky and, hopefully, Virgin Media. We won't person to enactment up with the alloy band, nationalist work connection and countdown timepiece overmuch longer.

Those of america with large surface TVs (more than fractional the UK population) volition besides beryllium capable to ticker the quality for our areas without it looking similar it's smeared successful Vaseline.

It's lone taken 11 years - with the main BBC One HD transmission primitively launching successful November 2010.

The find was made by Back the BBC, which posted connected Twitter the listings tract for each the determination versions of BBC One for Thursday 21 October 2021. It's the archetypal time sub-headings look for HD versions of BBC North West and different 14 regions successful England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

BBC English regions owed to yet spell unrecorded successful HD connected October 21st pic.twitter.com/vns1hQJOdm

— Back the BBC (@back_the_BBC) September 20, 2021

It should besides guarantee we don't get "This is the BBC" clips of random shows successful precocious definition, which are seemingly connected repetition for months connected end.

Now we conscionable person to hold different decennary oregon truthful to get 4K versions. Ahem.

Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 28 September 2021.