On 22/10/2007, Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Christopher Woods wrote: > > Here's a thought... On Sky, and on cable too (right?) there's no > > channels at each hundred's -00 (100, 200, 300 etc). Why not do some > > interactive service which shows realtime mosaics, just like like > > CanalSatellite and Astra do in Europe? That'd be smashing. I've emailed > > Sky about that in the past and like hell did they take any notice :D but > > I think that'd be a genuinely useful feature, far simple than flicking > > through an EPG - just skimread the screen to see if you recognise > > anything on, or if you see something you might find interesting? arrow > > button across to it and there we go. The buttons are already there on > > the Sky remotes (and most if not all Freeview remotes, too). > > There's some tricky architectural and copyright issues associated with > that idea - it's a bit trickier than having the buttons available on the > remotes. Sky don't necessarily have access to the channels that form > part of their platform other than by pointing a dish at the satellite > constellation and decoding them like a consumer, which wouldn't > necessarily be reliable enough for broadcast critical use. There might > well be issues related to rights-clearing the service for rebroadcasting > each channel in miniature, too, especially if it gave people access to > picture from channels they weren't subscribed to. And then there's the > requirement for satellite space to carry the service, which wouldn't > necessarily be suitable for conventional advertising.
And as all channels are on loads of different transponders, it would be impossible to do the service using the box, it would take several seconds even just to do freeze frames, if were even possible to grab these and store them in the box... > Anyway, back to my original thought - does anybody think that Sky will > > EVER offer the + functionality for free or a one-off payment? It'd kill > > me to finally get Sky in my own place and not have Sky+, especially as I > > had to put up with my Dad's resistance against getting Sky+ in our house > > when I was younger (he still doesn't have it, says installation and box > > makes it too expensive). Grr. > > No idea on this one, but I'm sure there are lots of people in the same > situation as you. You might want to consider a subscription-free > Freesat PVR, when they launch. > > S > > - > 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
