Poor choice of words by me. Multiplex B is having the SD channels removed from it and is being converted to MPEG4 part 10 and DVB-T2 to allow HD channels to be transmitted.
2009/9/18 Brian Butterworth <[email protected]> > Multiplex B aka PSB3 aka BBCB is not VACATED by the BBC, BBC FTV Ltd still > owns the multiplex. It is being used for Freeview HD carrying three (soon > four) public service HD channels. > > 2009/9/17 Simon Thompson <[email protected]> > > 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 >> > > > > -- > > Brian Butterworth > > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, since 2002 > -- Simon Thompson GMAIL Account
