2009/11/9 Mo McRoberts <m...@nevali.net> > > On 9-Nov-2009, at 13:10, Brian Butterworth wrote: > > >> http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2009/11/09/ofcom-holds-on-hd-licence-change/ >> >> "Days before the launch of high definition services on the terrestrial >> Freeview platform, Ofcom has written to the BBC over the a variation in the >> licensing of the HD multiplex brought about by its ownership of service >> information contained within the so-called Huffman look-up tables. >> >> In a letter to the BBC’s BBC head of distribution technology Graham Plumb, >> David Harrison, Head of Broadcast and New Media Technology at Ofcom says the >> regulator has received a large number of responses from consumers and >> consumer groups that raise “potentially significant consumer ‘fair use’ and >> competition issues”. The published responses are heavily weighted towards >> consumers with little or no correspondence from the receiver manufacturers >> or broadcasters who could be impacted by the plans." >> > > > I must say I was a bit puzzled by the lack of response from the industry. >
There was the small matter of the tight deadline, and I can't think of a single person in the hardware supply chain that would want to use the proposed system. It would cost money to implement and provide no benefit whatsoever to the consumer or manufacturer. The big shock was that (and I read all of the responses) no "content provider" was prepared to say why they asked the BBC for it in the first place. No PACT. No BSkyB. Let's face it, it was A BAD IDEA and we are best shot of it. > > My write-up’s here: > http://nevali.net/post/238059210/freeview-hd-scrambling-ofcom-says-no-so-far > > Ofcom’s full response is here: > http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tvlicensing/BBC_letter.pdf > > The door hasn’t been slammed shut yet, but it’s pretty decisive. > > M. > > -- > mo mcroberts > http://nevali.net > iChat: mo.mcrobe...@me.com Jabber/GTalk: m...@ilaven.net Twitter: @nevali > > Run Leopard or Snow Leopard? Set Quick Look free with DropLook - > http://labs.jazzio.com/DropLook/ > > > > > > > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
