Got a response today from Freeview saying they updated their FAQ. So it's the official word now:<br><a href="http://freeviewnz.tv/index.php?section_id=8">http://freeviewnz.tv/index.php?section_id=8</a><br>-- <br><div><a style="" class="p7minusmark" href="http://freeviewnz.tv/index.php?section_id=8#" onclick="P7_TMall(1);P7_TMenu(this);return false">
How will the Schedule data be broadcast on Freeview Aerial (DTT)?</a>
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The Freeview EPG is populated by a MHEG-5 data stream for both
satellite and aerial. However, the Freeview Satellite service had an
existing base of free-to-air satellite set-top boxes and PVRs which
work off an EIT schedule. We will continue to broadcast this data
format for the Freeview satellite service. For the Freeview Aerial
(DTT) service, planned for launch next April, there will be no existing
base of Aerial(DTT) set top boxes so Freeview has chosen to broadcast
the schedule using MHEG-5 only, as it is a more bandwidth efficient and
presentation friendly standard.
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</div>--<br>Isn't there already an existing base of DTT STB's?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Ellis</b> <<a href="mailto:steven@openmedia.co.nz">steven@openmedia.co.nz
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Simon Green wrote:<br>> On 29/09/2007, Steven Ellis <<a href="mailto:steven@openmedia.co.nz">
steven@openmedia.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> Daniel McKenzie wrote:<br>>><br>>>> I read on a <a href="http://hairy.geek.nz">hairy.geek.nz</a> that EIT data isn't going to be included on DVB-T.
<br>>>> Is that true?<br>>>><br>>>><br>>> Nothing official on that. You might try contacting freeview to get an<br>>> answer.<br>>><br>><br>> While I don't know anything official, I'd be suprised if this is the
<br>> case. One of the big plus to freeview is having an EPG. It's available<br>> on DVB-S currently.<br>><br>><br>The EIT EPG isn't the official freeview one, the MHEG-5 one is.<br><br>They will still be providing an MHEG-5 one on DTT, and it isn't that
<br>difficult to produce XMLTV data off MHEG-5.<br><br>Steve<br><br>--<br>Steven Ellis - Technical Director<br>OpenMedia Limited<br>email - <a href="mailto:steven@openmedia.co.nz">steven@openmedia.co.nz</a><br>sales -
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