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Its always the economy...even in DTT

  • 20-04-2009 3:43pm
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    mrdtv
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    I was very amused by the hostile reactions to my forecast last week that Boxer was DOA. As expected Boxer pulled out today. As night follows day. The expectations of the Irish Government, RTENL, BCI et al were completely unrealistic. None of the other parties will follow Boxer into the morass.

    The most logical solution NOW would be to :

    a) Align with the UK whether that be MPEG2 DVB-T or MEPG4 DVB-T2

    b) Align with Freesat. RTE and TV3 could be transmitted using the MHEG5 fix which ITV HD uses making them invisible to Sky and most FTA boxes. A very attractive interim fix

    c) Ditch the rollout programme for FTA DTT to relay stations.

    d) Keep it really simple.

    Otherwise another eight years will be wasted. This is just like the whole 1960's ourselves alone TV solution. It is, as the venerable Bill Clinton said, all about the economy stupid. But will the politicians, posters, pundits and regulators get it?

    I doubt it!
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