2008/5/14 Gareth Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Brian Butterworth wrote: > Does that mean a BBC News HD channel would be possible? > Why would it be? SDI is the usual way we send SD digital audio and video > round the studios. The bitrate may be high, but it is still interlaced SD > resolution video. I can't remember the various different bandwidth figures > for HD SDI, and I can't be bothered digging through my training notes from > Wood Norton now - But I think they are measured in Gbps. > > News have just done a technical refresh of their studios and AFAIK they > have not put any HD kit in. I've no idea if any will go in before we > all move into new studios in the new BHX in 2012. >
Shame, just having a HD Astons would mean a second HD channel for Freesat. Until Film4 HD anyway... > -- > *Gareth Davis* | Production Systems Specialist > World Service Future Media, Digital Delivery Team - Part of BBC Global > News Division > 8 http://www.bbcworldservice.com/ + 702NE Bush House, Strand, London, WC2B > 4PH > ( 02 71285 (internal) ( +44 (0)20 7557 1285 (external) : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
