"Viewers may have to buy new set-top boxes to watch BBC high definition service"

Britannist · 26-09-2007, 03:51 AM

Viewers to decide on launch of BBC's high definition TV channel - Independent Online Edition > Media

Britannist · 26-09-2007, 04:40 AM

Satellite - News - Channel 4 HD to launch in December - Digital Spy

harryaldridge · 26-09-2007, 02:12 PM

Yes, presumably because the BBC HD channel will use MPEG-4 encoding. It is also debatable whether HD channels provide sufficient additional revenue per MHz of spectrum to justify running adn HD service instead of 2 ordinary channels.

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harryaldridge Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: West Sussex Posts: 1,912	Yes, presumably because the BBC HD channel will use MPEG-4 encoding. It is also debatable whether HD channels provide sufficient additional revenue per MHz of spectrum to justify running adn HD service instead of 2 ordinary channels. __________________ http://vindicovindico.blogspot.com

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