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    > Hello Mike!   
      
    >  MP> [...] but I saw a video on YT the other day from a fellow   
    >  MP> that does a lot of radio and TV broadcast videos.  I   
    >  MP> didn't watch it, but the title suggested that they are   
    >  MP> doing away with satellite tv in the UK.  I didn't watch   
    >  MP> because it didn't sound like something that'd be happening   
    >  MP> here.   
      
    > SATTV is still in play.  Only specific standard-definition (SD)     
    > channels are swithing over to high-def (HD) ..from I can find     
    > online.   
      
    > https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/33457428/sky-freesat-uktv-tv-   
    > channels-disappear-satellite-switch/   
      
   Here is the video in question:   
      
   https://youtu.be/H3Qg6exDBAI?si=eWRqSn8WMCpCJhn5   
      
   Sounds like sat tv might be a thing of the past in the UK and Ireland after   
   2030 due to a lack of interest in replacing the existing satellites, which will   
   reach the end of their life spans around then.   
      
   Mike   
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