Freeview+ is the name of the Freeview PVR/DVR. Freeview HD will be called, Freeview HD.
2009/9/17 Ant Miller <[email protected]> > Freeview and freeview+ (as the DVB-T2 carried HD mux is to be called) > will exist in parallel- the number of muxes will drop from 6 to 5, one > will go to DVB-t2, the other 4 will up their capacity with a little > tweak and reshuffled channels from the flipped mux will be shared > around them. The New mux will be a part of the main digital switch > over process from the Granada switch onwards, with advance broadcasts > in enough areas to make HD a possible service for a decent majority of > the population by the time of the World Cup. > > Yes, by the middle of next year, a very large part of the UK TV > audience will have the option to buy kit that will let them watch HD > over terrestrial digital broadcast at home using their existing TV > ariel. The bandwidth is moderate- improvements in carrier (256 QAM) > and video compression (h.264) have given the broadcasters about 50% > more capacity for a given bit of spectrum. > > Keeping audiences happy as DSO happens and Freeview+ rolls out is a > critical task, and one that a phenomenal amount of effort is going > onto- in fact the whole DVB-T2 story is one of incredibly good AND > quick research, development and engineering, driven along by > frighteningly tight regulatory deadlines. To be honest, slotting > additional DRM requirements at this stage looks like adding a horrid > additional complication to an already mind bending engineering > challenge, and perhaps more importantly, could break the delicate > public trust the roll-out depends upon. > > All of the above is based on my personnal opinion and understanding > based on public domain discussions, especially from the IBC conference > last week. It is not the BBC's official possition. > > a > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Frankie Roberto > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 2009/9/17 Christopher Woods <[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 > > > > > > > > -- > Ant Miller > > tel: 07709 265961 > email: [email protected] > - > 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]/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
