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Title: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on Aug 11^th, 2021, 10:35pm

Here is a report from the BBC regarding the major fire that broke out at a main transmitter serving part of the north east of England.

All services were disrupted for several hours

"Mast operators, Arqiva, said it had managed to restore TV and radio services for hundreds of thousands of people."

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Dickie Mint on Aug 15^th, 2021, 11:57am

If anyone wants a lot more detail there are dozens of posts over on Usenet; or via google groups. UK.tech.broadcast.

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on Aug 15^th, 2021, 10:44pm

The BBC has a page with the latest situation, here.

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on Aug 16^th, 2021, 5:46pm

Arqiva has the latest, here.

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on Sep 2^nd, 2021, 9:40pm

More from The Yorkshire Post, here.

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on Oct 7^th, 2021, 8:36am

The old mast has been brought down.

A video is here.

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on Oct 15^th, 2021, 8:30am

Update from Arqiva:- The temporary mast is 'on'.

More information, here.

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on Oct 25^th, 2021, 3:58pm

Some FAQs here.

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on Feb 22^nd, 2022, 5:38pm

Latest from Arqiva....here, via BBC Tees.

"A new interim TV mast to replace the fire damaged Bilsdale transmitter is set to be activated on Wednesday.
The 252ft (80m) mast at Bilsdale will benefit more than 100,000 homes in North Yorkshire, County Durham and the Tees Valley, operator Arqiva said."

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on May 14^th, 2022, 11:48am

"TV and radio services disrupted after a fire destroyed a transmitter should be fully restored by the end of the year."

so says the BBC News website quoting Arqiva.

More here.

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on May 21^st, 2022, 12:29pm

According to this BBC site

"A fire which destroyed a TV and radio transmitter was caused by water getting into electrics at the site, an investigation has found.
The Bilsdale transmitter caught fire on 10 August, leaving more than 600,000 homes across Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire without signals.
Arqiva, which operated the mast on the North York Moors, said the water damage was connected to third-party equipment"

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on Jun 14^th, 2022, 11:44am

"Better planning needed before fire - Ofcom"

Here is the latest BBC Tees report

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on May 16^th, 2023, 11:01am

According to BroadbandTV News...

"BBC sues Arqiva after Bilsdale transmitter loss"

More, here, by Julian Clover

"The BBC is suing Arqiva over performance levels around the Bilsdale transmitter site, almost two years after the North Yorkshire mast was destroyed by fire, leaving millions of Freeview viewers without a TV service."

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by DMCP on May 16^th, 2023, 5:04pm

During the 30 years that I was with BBC Transmission, there were several big shutdowns but everyone knew we were doing our best to restore the service and there was never any question of compensation.

Alas we've now gone down the American route of "If there's a problem, somebody must be responsible and that somebody must pay a penalty".

Title: Re: Bilsdale TX Fire
Post by Administrator on Jun 23^rd, 2023, 11:37am

Helpline to be turned off.

According to this site, the Arqiva helpline is to be turned off.

"Adrian Twyning, chief of operations at Arqiva, said: “Only a very small percentage of all viewers served by the Bilsdale mast have needed to contact our helpline for support since we switched on the new mast."

Source Richmondshire Today