I've just read the whole of that Ofcom proposal in full and I have to say that, despite being on a ferry between Athens and Crete, I am insensed.
Can someone explain how Ofcom is supposed to do it's duty in efficiently allocating use of precious bandwidth WITHOUT MENTIONING THE PHRASE MEGABITS PER SECOND once? It talks of "allocation blocks" - utter complete HOGWASH :@ The document is full of errors. It fails to take note of several services (such as the 2 x national radios on Mux 1 in Scotland, Wales and NI). Seems that interactive screens are not "SD" services. Just look at the last page of that document and LAUGH people. If I were advising the BBC Trust, I would say just the words "judicial review". Ofcom has exceeded it's powers. It cannot just take bandwidth from the BBC. It cannot take it from the commercial operators of Muxes C and D. It cannot demand - (did someone say about accountants) - bitrate reductions in service. Where is the proof that people will want rubbish low bandwidth services after switchover? I can see NONE of it. At least if you couldn't stand all those MPEG artifacts and blurry services (yes, those on mux 2 at horrible low res in particular) you could go back to analogue. But, come switchover, there will be no "normal" services, they will all be in rubbish quality. Time, please, for Auntie to play hard ball and start a "save our bandwidth" campaign? On 03/04/2008, Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew Bowden wrote: > > > Incidentally, this is the proposed change in diagramatic form > > http://www.ofcom.org.uk/images/nr/multiplexes > > > > I love the spin they put on it by drawing the current arrangement as all > > jumbled up, whilst the new arrangement is all neatly regimented and > > organised :) > > > > It's interesting how much it (and the press release it illustrates) focus > only on the headline benefits, isn't it? :-) I look forward to seeing what > 8MB/s h.264-encoded HD looks like - presumably the assumption is that the > efficiency of h.264 encoders will have doubled by 2012. > > S > - > 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/[email protected]/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
