EU Propose Spectrum Scheme for the UHF and VHF Bands post switchoff

Sponge Bob

http://rspg.groups.eu.int/doc/consultations/multimedia_services/draft_op_multimedia_serv%20.pdf

Consultation between now and mid July were anybody minded to put a few thoughts at them

The rspg is the Radio Spectrum Policy Group although the Irish representative Mike Byrne is the one who thought the Internet Was "Functional" at 0k a few years back .

http://rspg.groups.eu.int/

I hope he did not let on we would be switching off analogue in 2012 like most advanced countries.

Ulsterman 1690

I see that theyre planning on using band 3 for TV broadcasts for portables

I dont get it.

First off they replace analouge with DTT in order to (among other things) "save spectrum space"

Then they realise the because DTT system was badly thought out/designed it wont work on portables. :rolleyes:

So now they want to DUPLICATE many DTT services on Band 3 using a new "portable friendly" standard (DVB-H) :eek:

Isint this a waste of both spectrum and money ? How many broadcasters are going to bother with MHEG anyway ? I hear talk in the media about charging people a fiver a month to "watch TV on their mobile phones" quite frankly I reckon the demand for such a thing will be tiny even if its free !

byte

Hmm, don't think I'll be desperate enough to pay a subscription to watch TV on the move!

flogen

Portable DVD players and Video iPods don't really interest me, I certainly wouldn't be bothered when the content I'm watching isn't certain to be something I want to see.

Sponge Bob

they seem blissfully unaware of DVB-H as well, most odd.

Nevertheles there will be consultations ongoing for the next while and you may wish to tell them what you think of their schemes and their overall approach.

watty

DVB-h though on a 7" portabale screen in kitchen, Study, workshop etc like you plonk down a portable radio when doing something in the house isn't stupid.

In trials of DVBh they discovered that people used the handset at home more than on the move. I could have told them that!

L1011

watty wrote:

DVB-h though on a 7" portabale screen in kitchen, Study, workshop etc like you plonk down a portable radio when doing something in the house isn't stupid.

In trials of DVBh they discovered that people used the handset at home more than on the move. I could have told them that!

But with modern DVB-T reception techniques (shown by Thomson), you can just use DVB-T for that and not bother wasting frequencies on DVB-H.