Hi It's all a bit of a disappointment...
I'm still trying to work out how many times over this "so call surplus" from the TV Licence is going to be spent, but whilst I go and spread some sheets, I can't help noticing some of the good goofs in the Digital UK Report. My favourite are: *128 ... Free-to-air digital terrestrial broadcasting ... and, we expect, leading-edge high-definition capability from early 2010* What is "leading-edge" about a service that is TODAY the ONLY form of terrestrial broadcasting used by 303 million people (in 113 million households) in the US? *131 "High definition transmissions offer much clearer TV pictures"* No manure. *132. "Another missing infrastructure link for digital terrestrial TV is a return path for interactive services - a capability already provided on satellite, DSL and cable networks."* That's because it's a broadcast, not a peer-to-peer network. And this "return path" would be - oh yes, the internet. *101 ... higher mobile termination rates applied to T-Mobile and Orange have provided some compensation for the higher costs associated with poorer propagation properties.* Or, in English, "T-Mobile/Virgin and Orange (1800Mhz) phones don't work as well as Vodafone and O2 (900 MHz) ones, but cost more to call. " 2009/6/16 Ian Forrester <ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk> > The Final Digital Britain Report http://www.culture.gov.uk/ > what_we_do/broadcasting/6216.aspx > > So what do people think? Time to leave the country or dig a hole and stick > our heads into it? > > Cheers, > > Ian Forrester > > This e-mail is: []secret; []private; [x]public > > Senior Producer, BBC Backstage, BBC R&D > Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ > email: ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk > work: +44 (0)1612444063 | mob: +44 (0)7711913293 > > - > 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
