The BBC have announced that they will finally go live in HD in October.
The broadcaster comfirmed on Twitter that the 12 regional and the three sub-regions versions of BBC One will be moving to HD by October 21 2021.
The BBC had committed to moving that are currently broadcast in SD quality only by the end of this year.
This is part of their long-term strategy to help reconnect with audiences beyond London.
BBC English regions due to finally go live in HD on October 21st pic.twitter.com/vns1hQJOdm
— Back the BBC 📺📻📡📱 (@back_the_BBC) September 20, 2021
BBC One Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are already served by dedicated HD simulcasts, but in England there is only a single HD feed of BBC One, which is forced to go on pause whenever regional programming is broadcast.
What English regions will now be broadcast in HD?
- Cambridgeshire
- Channel Islands
- East
- East Midlands
- London
- North East and Cumbria
- North West
- Oxfordshire
- South
- South East
- South West
- West Midlands
- Yorks and Links
- Yorkshire
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