> Anyway, aren't Ofcom the people to complain to about this and
> not the online petitions site (which, as the recent road
> charging and ID card petitions has shown, doesn't appear to
> influence anything anyway)?
Ofcom have stated that as and when Sky apply for a variation in their
broadcast licence, there will be a public consultation - going as far to
state what they'd need to assess, which is:
* The potential benefit of a rapid migration from the current
compression standard MPEG2, to MPEG4 which will ultimately increase the
number of channels available on digital terrestrial television;
* The potential detriment associated with a reduction in the number
of channels received by existing set-top boxes or digital televisions;
* The risk that existing set-top boxes or digital televisions might
be incompatible with multiplexes broadcast using a combination of MPEG2
and MPEG4 coding;
* The overall effect on consumer confidence in the digital
switchover process.
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2007/02/nr_20070216
Points 1 and 4 are perhaps the most interesting ones in the whole
argument.
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