Yes, in Wollongong both LCNs just reference the same HD stream, so next to no additional bandwidth is used for the additional LCN.
LCN 8:
LCN 80:
Both refer to VPID 130 and APID 530.
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I see, thankyou.
Wonder if the spare bandwidth they now have will be used to convert 9Life to HD or they carry 9Rush on an additional LCN?
Do Seven Regional and WIN9 need to keep LCN60/80 active anymore?
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No, not really. Even @tvcl removed Channels 60 and 80 from the Sydney/Wollongong DVB-T Webserver since the MPEG-4 HD upgrades there.
Networks seem to generally have the duplicate up there to ensure that when you’re flipping with the channel up/down buttons you have all the channels from the network together. Makes it look nicer in an EPG view as well if you press the guide to see all the channels together rather than next to the competition.
Given it’s of no cost to do it, the benefits seem to stack up. Especially as a lot of people who appreciate decent picture quality will long have trained themselves to punch in channel 80 etc for the HD version.
There’s also the minor benefit of assisting those with DVRs who have done channel based schedules, but obviously that’s a fading market.
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Convoy:
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Nine is now MPEG4 HD instead of MPEG2 SD on channel 8 in Queensland.
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WIN aired a repeat of the WIN Symphony Orchestra Special (2017) at 10am on Christmas Day. I don’t think there were any other changes to the Xmas schedule this year.
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No. 
What would $550 buy me? 
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An evening with Mappy… they’ll take you out on a nice date, wine and dine you, and take you back to their room for an evening of Crawford repeats and watching WIN Gold.
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No thanks.
Speaking of Crawfords, have they considered putting that stuff on 9Now or Stan? You could have a FAST channel right there.
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I don’t think they want to risk cannibalising their DVD sales, whatever those numbers might be.
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If they put it on Stan, they might make a few bucks.
Who the hell is buting those DVDs these days?
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If they were a bit less pricey i’d be buying them
They’d have to give Nine a cut, which they probably don’t want to do.
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I’ll take a pass - they’ve over valued that deal by $549.99
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The same people that are buying from Magnetmail and it’s associates…
The Saddle Club appeared on Stan a few years ago. I’m not sure if it’s still there or not.
in 2018, there were the variations went from around 10am through til 5pm with The Saddle CLub, Win Orchestra and a movie i think
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9 is now HD instead of SD on channel 8 in South east SA.
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