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Originally Posted by Mr K
Wales and Scotland seem to get their regional opt out programmes in HD OK. Why does England lag behind? Irritating to get blank screens on BBC 1 HD on Breakfast, every half hour as it can't show regional news.
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Because the nations (Wales, NI and Scotland) opt out of more programming on BBC1 than any of the English regions do, so there was a more immediate need to get them into HD. Besides, there are only three of them, whereas there are 12 regions for England.
Providing all variations of BBC1 in HD and SD would require 30 separate satellite streams, which comes with a significant cost.