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Comment on Why has DVB-H been less successful than hoped? by andrea venturi

andrea venturi — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:40:42 +0000

hi,
i really don’t know if this post will be read by anyone so later anyway i’d like to submit my opinion on DVB-H failure looking at the italian experience.
people don’t see mobile television such a compelling experience to pay for it..
now that plain FTA DVB-T mobile phones are coming (like in Germany) and are “good enough”, people will choose them and that’s all.
no more wasted bandwidth and “special gears” for airing twice the same service. goodbye DVB-H, we’ll not miss you too much..
the good news here is that DVB-T is already too good to be true, but it is!

just my 2 cents, of course!

Comment on Downloading the presentations by Conference Admin

Conference Admin — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:48:28 +0000

The presentation of Graham Plumb (BBC) on the roll-out of DVB-T2 in the UK has now been made available from the download page.

Comment on Copyright or copy wrong? by MD

MD — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:34:06 +0000

Steve said: illegal copying of (any) media are not really different from stealing books in a book store or records in a record store.

I disagree. It’s still a stealing, but it’s not the same. If you steel a book, the book cannot be sold to anybody else. Downloading of music/video is not illegal in all countries. Only uploading/sharing is illegal there, AFAIK.

Comment on Better SFNs – answer to a prayer? by GHOMMAM MOHSEN

GHOMMAM MOHSEN — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:57:48 +0000

SFN???MFN???
is it the question to reply if it is necessary to put away DVB-T and go to DVB-T2. Let’s talk about something else

Comment on Vive la différence! by Peter

Peter — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:09:14 +0000

On Simon’s comments, it’s a real shame that there are differences – sometimes completely unnecessary – in basic technical issues such as SI signaling between different European countries. Why can’t the “implementation groups” co-ordinate?

Comment on Vive la différence! by David Wood

David Wood — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:37:41 +0000

On Chris comment about audio codecs in France…I understood that there WAS chaos but from this summer there will be only one type used, DD+.

Comment on DVB-C2 brings gains and comes at the right time. by David Wood

David Wood — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:34:03 +0000

Interesting point about DVB-C2 beyond Europe from Serge. Could Peter Siebert and Helmut Stein answer?

Comment on DVB-C2 brings gains and comes at the right time. by Serge Francois

Serge Francois — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:25:11 +0000

Is DVB actively promoting DVB-C2 beyond Europe, I’m thinking here about India and APAC?
We know that a big share of the growth will come from those fast growing markets. That may be a strong driver to accelerate the adoption of the new standard or, at least, a derivated but hopefully close version.

Comment on Vive la différence! by Simon Gauntlett

Simon Gauntlett — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:55:09 +0000

I’m concerned about the SI signalling services as Type 0×01, meaning that all legacy receivers will store and try and decode the service, even if they cannot decode MPEG-4. In the UK we have decided to broadcast the service type 0×19 for HD (can’t remember the SD number of the top of my head) to allow the receivers to filter services if they wish.

How are they dealing with legacy receivers in France?

Comment on Plumb new systems for the UK by Simon Gauntlett

Simon Gauntlett — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:52:29 +0000

We do hope to be able to publish wider than the DTG membership eventually, but at this stage, given the likely clarifications up to launch, we are restricting it to DTG Members only.