It's not really being "converted". The Freeview HD services are a cease and re-provide. After switch-over the multiplexes are known as BBCA, D3+4, BBCB, SDN, ARQA and ARQB or PSB1, PSB2, PSB3, COM4, COM5 and COM6 (plus the MEN mux in Manchester).
2009/9/18 Simon Thompson <[email protected]> > 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 > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
