On 9-Nov-2009, at 13:10, Brian Butterworth wrote:
http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2009/11/09/ofcom-holds-on-hd-licence-change/
"Days before the launch of high definition services on the
terrestrial Freeview platform, Ofcom has written to the BBC over the
a variation in the licensing of the HD multiplex brought about by
its ownership of service information contained within the so-called
Huffman look-up tables.
In a letter to the BBC’s BBC head of distribution technology Graham
Plumb, David Harrison, Head of Broadcast and New Media Technology at
Ofcom says the regulator has received a large number of responses
from consumers and consumer groups that raise “potentially
significant consumer ‘fair use’ and competition issues”. The
published responses are heavily weighted towards consumers with
little or no correspondence from the receiver manufacturers or
broadcasters who could be impacted by the plans."
I must say I was a bit puzzled by the lack of response from the
industry.
My write-up’s here:
http://nevali.net/post/238059210/freeview-hd-scrambling-ofcom-says-no-so-far
Ofcom’s full response is here:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tvlicensing/BBC_letter.pdf
The door hasn’t been slammed shut yet, but it’s pretty decisive.
M.
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