On 10/9/07, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't see a broadcaster wanting this kind of EPG on their system, as it > removes the channel identities. >
As a viewer, do you really need to know which channel a programme is on before you decide to watch it? I suppose there are a few cases where this would be useful (eg: Scrubs is on now - is it the series I've been watching on E4, or the series I've already seen twice on Paramount?), but generally if I'm channel-hopping, I don't really care. On the other hand, if the broadcaster is showing something unpopular, it may not show in the cloud, in which case the channel-hopper won't know it's on, and won't watch it. That's something for a broadcaster to be concerned about - but maybe they should show better programmes. > Perhaps it could help Sky? > > http://www.screendigest.com<http://www.screendigest.com/online_services/intelligence/tv_and_broadband/updates/tvi-051007-gbb1/show> > /online_services/intelligence/tv_and_broadband/updates/tvi-051007-gbb1/show > > <http://www.screendigest.com/online_services/intelligence/tv_and_broadband/updates/tvi-051007-gbb1/show> > AIUI, a large part of Sky's capacity problem is to do with their receivers still being built to more or less the same spec as when they launched in 1998. There are many things in them which could be done better, but Sky are obviously keen to keep the user experience identical to all their users, so haven't brought in features which might only work on newer boxes. And you never know, they may even have users in mind and realise that 700 channels is just too damn many to flick through. - martin
