Yup, my bad. In my defense, it's all a bit complex, and the slides I saw didn't make the distinction clear.
Still and all, to get back to the original thread subject, I've seen no sign of a broadcast flag or even CPCM being shoe horned into either the DSO or HD roll out. a On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Brian Butterworth <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- 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]/
