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RTE announces digital TV launch later this year.

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  • 16-05-2005 5:48pm
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    eirman
    Registered Users Posts: 994 ✭✭✭


    enn.ie quote ....
    Speaking at a recent media forum hosted by Initiative, Noel Curran, managing director of television with RTE, announced that RTE is to launch its interactive service by the end of the year. RTE's digital TV proposal, RTENL, is currently being examined by the government.

    You can read more here ....
    http://www.enn.ie/frontpage/news-9606965.html


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    Ulsterman 1690
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    Ummmm its all a bit vauge

    First off RTE are already broadcasting digital TV albeit via an unholy alliance with one of its competitors

    The article mentions digital terrestirial TV in passing but it mainly focusses on interactive TV

    Interactive TV can be done via satellite, cable or (with the aid of a phoneline or RF return path) terrestrial Hell it can be even be done on ANALOUGE platforms (Anyone remember their experiment with interactive teletext a few years ago)

    In short Interactive and DTT are not necessairly the same thing


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    lawhec
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    The article is vague and confusing. As Ulsterman points out RTÉ already broadcast digitally on the $$$ly platform. If they were to formally announce a launch on DTT transmission that would be great news, but the report leaves that none the wiser.


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