On 22/10/2007, Duncan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Christopher Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Going back to mosaics, I'm fairly sure Sky could do it because don't > they > > have monitor (or at least have the ability to monitor) every channel > being > > broadcast at any time from their NOC? The way it's done on CanalSat is > the > > mosaic's presented as a full-frame live video stream, and all > the................ > > ...............but can't! Of course, as we all know, broadcast rights is > a minefield, I can > > only approach this from the logical common-sense point of view, but it > still > > seems like a good idea. > > > > Ahh its done at the head end, I was wondering how else you'd do video > previews across several mux's! Now I think about it, I do remember > someone doing something along these lines at my college a few years > ago on a local DVB-C system. > > I don't know why Sky would be so against it, after all there are some > services on Sky which use a similar principle for full screen video. > NHS direct for instance is based on a number of quad-split video feeds > which are then enlarged by the set-top box at the user end. Perhaps > its changed now but it was still being done like that in January.
Let's just get this 100% clear: Sky DO NOT OWN THE ASTRA SATELLITES. Sky Subscriber Services Ltd do provide the encryption systems for the channels that their card is used for, but they do not own the upload services. Also, logical channel numbers (101, 102, 103, etc) do not in anyway follow the satellite transponders, viz: http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html Sky do not have anything to do with many of the transponders as they do not provide the content, up link or have anything to do with non-Sky transponders (like those used by the BBC, ITV and many others). So, why should Sky pay good money to put up a ten channels of mosaics? Sorry to be negative, but an understanding of the medium is helpful before suggesting changing it. - > 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/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
