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where it started to be back-lit over an announcement. These were used until 2009 when the presentation changed to a style featuring an ordinary scene which would become extraordinary when viewed through a rotating diamond shape. An example of this was a cat chasing pigeons that was seen as a lion when looked through the diamond shape. Original programme trailers and slides used the back-lit diamond shape as a base, while the 2009 versions used bright colours and textures inspired from the idents, for example the picnic blanket from the cat ident.
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launched as a separate simulcast of the channel and at approximately the same time, BBC HD's broadcast hours were extended to twelve hours a day. Due to BBC One HD’s launch, BBC HD on Virgin Media moved from channel 108 to channel 187. The channel now catered for the programming of the BBC's channels
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encoding and fixed previous problems with mixing, fading and noise in pictures. The variable bitrate encoding allowed the channel to maintain the same average bandwidth while allowing an increase in bitrate for more demanding programme scenes such as fast movement. Equally the fixes for mixing and
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Wimbledon finals in 2011 saw the screen resolution increased from the usual 1440 by 1080 to
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final when the resolution was changed between 8 December 2011 and 5 January 2012. An increase to 1920 horizontal resolution was again observed on 30 May 2012 as part of the preparations of 2012's 3D broadcasts.
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1806:"BBC's Quested talks EBU recommendations"
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1209:. Broadband TV News. 2 August 2011.
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1282:"A 'Summer of 3D' on the BBC"
1057:. BBC Trust. 14 November 2007
1035:. BBC Trust. 19 November 2007
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414:Last Night of the Proms
306:Eurovision Song Contest
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985:About the BBC Blog
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