RE: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-15 Thread Andrew Bowden
There is provision in the system to allow software updates to particular models so it should in theory be possible to release an EPG update to the newer boxes only. I can however imagine that this would become a real headache to keep track of as there are quite a few different box

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-11 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 10/10/2007, Richard Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/10/07 19:24, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But it could be done on analogue - you could never see the join in the switch to regional programmes on the BBC even back as far as Sixty Minutes, so it MUST be

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-11 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 09/10/2007, Mr I Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://radar.oreilly.com/Picture%2052.html Full story - http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/09/throng_unveils.html I saw this while browsing my rss aggregator. Seems like a decent design for a TV Guide. I was wondering how it would

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-10 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 09/10/2007, Martin Deutsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/9/07, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't see a broadcaster wanting this kind of EPG on their system, as it removes the channel identities. As a viewer, do you really need to know which channel a programme is on

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-10 Thread David Greaves
Mr I Forrester wrote: http://radar.oreilly.com/Picture%2052.html Full story - http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/09/throng_unveils.html I saw this while browsing my rss aggregator. Seems like a decent design for a TV Guide. I was wondering how it would work if placed on one of those

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-10 Thread Duncan Barnes
On 09/10/2007, Martin Deutsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AIUI, a large part of Sky's capacity problem is to do with their receivers still being built to more or less the same spec as when they launched in 1998. There are many things in them which could be done better, but Sky are obviously keen to

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-10 Thread Andy
On 10/10/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When you use the word compressed do you mean lossless data compression of the EPG data, or lossy MPEG-2 compression of the videostreams? That's not the only type of compression in existence. Theoretically if I want to transmit 3 streams

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-10 Thread Duncan Barnes
On 10/10/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/10/2007, Duncan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 09/10/2007, Martin Deutsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AIUI, a large part of Sky's capacity problem is to do with their receivers still being built to more or less the same

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-10 Thread Martin Deutsch
I fear we're veering rapidly off topic here, but... On 10/10/07, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/10/2007, Duncan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately nobody as yet has come up with a way of doing a seamless (ie no macro blocking/breaks in transmission) switch

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-10 Thread Duncan Barnes
On 10/10/2007, Martin Deutsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Switching between SDI signals is easy; what Duncan's suggesting is a bit trickier. At present: the BBC and ITV, and Channel 4 have satellite multiplexes which carry several channels which are the same for most of the day; they can differ

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-10 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 10/10/2007, Duncan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/10/2007, Martin Deutsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Switching between SDI signals is easy; what Duncan's suggesting is a bit trickier. At present: the BBC and ITV, and Channel 4 have satellite multiplexes which carry several

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-10 Thread Richard Cartwright
On 10/10/07 19:24, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But it could be done on analogue - you could never see the join in the switch to regional programmes on the BBC even back as far as Sixty Minutes, so it MUST be possible. On analogue Satellite? I donĀ¹t think so. After all, the

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-09 Thread Brian Butterworth
Interesting. It's a bit like this... http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm?layout=0selected=ukcategories=world,nation,business,technology,sports,entertainment,health I can't see a broadcaster wanting this kind of EPG on their system, as it removes the channel identities. Perhaps it

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-09 Thread Martin Deutsch
On 10/9/07, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't see a broadcaster wanting this kind of EPG on their system, as it removes the channel identities. As a viewer, do you really need to know which channel a programme is on before you decide to watch it? I suppose there are a few