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Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 3264	Bilsdale TX Fire 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."
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Dickie Mint Senior Member Offline Posts: 259 Solihull, West Midlands Gender:	Re: Bilsdale TX Fire Reply #1 - 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.
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Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 3264	Re: Bilsdale TX Fire Reply #2 - Aug 15^th, 2021, 10:44pm The BBC has a page with the latest situation, here.
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Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 3264	Re: Bilsdale TX Fire Reply #3 - Aug 16^th, 2021, 5:46pm Arqiva has the latest, here.
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Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 3264	Re: Bilsdale TX Fire Reply #4 - Sep 2^nd, 2021, 9:40pm More from The Yorkshire Post, here.
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Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 3264	Re: Bilsdale TX Fire Reply #5 - Oct 7^th, 2021, 8:36am The old mast has been brought down. A video is here.
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Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 3264	Re: Bilsdale TX Fire Reply #6 - Oct 15^th, 2021, 8:30am Update from Arqiva:- The temporary mast is 'on'. More information, here.
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Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 3264	Re: Bilsdale TX Fire Reply #7 - Oct 25^th, 2021, 3:58pm Some FAQs here.
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Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 3264	Re: Bilsdale TX Fire Reply #8 - 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."
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Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 3264	Re: Bilsdale TX Fire Reply #9 - 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.
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Reply #10 - 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"

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Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 3264	Re: Bilsdale TX Fire Reply #11 - Jun 14^th, 2022, 11:44am "Better planning needed before fire - Ofcom" Here is the latest BBC Tees report
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Reply #12 - 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."

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Reply #13 - 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".

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Reply #14 - 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."

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