Ofcom is going to use Multiplex B (vacated by the BBC) to provide DVB-T2 HD services. First region on air is Granada later this year.
2009/9/17 Alun Rowe <[email protected]> > > Will we ever see HD freeview though? The bandwidth requirement would be > enormous. > > > On 17 Sep 2009, at 16:53, "Frankie Roberto" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 2009/9/17 Christopher Woods < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> > > Moreover, you just *know* that within months of any broadcast flag >> implementation, the more creative technological tinkerers will have >> subverted the flag entirely using commonplace/free equipment and software. >> Like region coding, broadcast flags really are an exercise in stupidity and >> corporate backslapping. >> > > By the sounds of it, the main 'enforcement' mechanism of the metadata > compression/encryption isn't so much technological, as the fact that you > won't be able to use the "Freeview HD" logo, or be listed on the Freeview > website, without signing for a free licence (which requires you to implement > some as-yet-unspecified restrictions). Which won't really stop free software > from existing - but may stop it from being a commercial success. > > That said, I wonder how many people will really bother to upgrade from > Freeview to Freeview HD anyway - standard definition Freeview seems good > enough for most people (especially those with non-enormous tellies). So the > migration to Freeview HD will happen slowly, as people upgrade their > televisions as part of their natural lifecycle. (Assuming that the signal > doesn't get switched off). > > Frankie > > -- > Frankie Roberto > Experience Designer, Rattle > 0114 2706977 > <http://www.rattlecentral.com>http://www.rattlecentral.com > > > > This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information > that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If > you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated > with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message > in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and > deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to and from us may be > monitored. > > > > Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or > incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore, we do not accept responsibility > for any errors or omissions that are present in this message, or any > attachment, that have arisen as a result of e-mail transmission. If > verification is required, please request a hard-copy version. Any views or > opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of the company. > > > > *Alun Rowe* > > *Pentangle Internet Limited* > > 2 Buttermarket > > Thame > > Oxfordshire > > OX9 3EW > > Tel: +44 8700 339905 > > Fax: +44 8700 339906 > *Please direct all support requests to > **[email protected]*<[email protected]> > > Pentangle Internet Limited is a limited company registered in England and > Wales. Registered number: 3960918. Registered office: 1 Lauras Close, Great > Staughton, Cambridgeshire PE19 5DP > -- Simon Thompson GMAIL Account
