Ofcom says 4 national HD channels on DTT

Ofcom has given a presentation for analysts that they've streamed on t'net,
and about 25 minutes of it (starting at about 40-45 minutes into the
presentation) is about Digital Dividend Review and the DTT spectrum and so
forth, and they said that by using DVB-T2, statistical multiplexing (they
called that a new technology, not sure why), "mode change" (i.e. the use of
8K) and MPEG-4 video they think that they'll be able to fit 4 HD channels
onto existing DTT multiplexes and they'll be "universally available" (I
think they used those words).

You can watch the webcast of it here (it's WMV):

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/asx/briefing190907.asx

Also, channel 36 will be available for mobile TV use nationally by 2009.


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Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info


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