Ofcom Chooses Multichannel over HDTV
Ofcom, the industry's communication watchdog, has delivered the Digital Dividend review which is the paper directing the use of the bandwidth that will be freed up when analogue is laid to rest sometime before 2012.
The carve up doesn't do HDTV any favours with Ofcom deciding that the format doesn't give the public any benefits, apparently multichannel does!
The DTT HD group which includes the BBC, Channel 4 and Five hoped that the regulator would reserve some bandwidth for HDTV Freeview services but they will have to bid for the bandwidth like everybody else.
The digital switchover should free some bandwidth up for HD versions of BBC1, 2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five but not much else and not everywhere in the country.
Others looking to bid for the bandwidth when it's freed up are the mobile phone companies who may have saved up from the momentous 3G bidding of a few years ago - they want it for Mobile TV services.
So coming soon to your phone - 99 channels and nothing on, well at least you can call your mum!
The carve up doesn't do HDTV any favours with Ofcom deciding that the format doesn't give the public any benefits, apparently multichannel does!
The DTT HD group which includes the BBC, Channel 4 and Five hoped that the regulator would reserve some bandwidth for HDTV Freeview services but they will have to bid for the bandwidth like everybody else.
The digital switchover should free some bandwidth up for HD versions of BBC1, 2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five but not much else and not everywhere in the country.
Others looking to bid for the bandwidth when it's freed up are the mobile phone companies who may have saved up from the momentous 3G bidding of a few years ago - they want it for Mobile TV services.
So coming soon to your phone - 99 channels and nothing on, well at least you can call your mum!
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