[mythtvnz] Sky viewers may get new TVNZ channels after all ....

[Steven Ellis]

On Tue, September 11, 2007 3:50 pm, Steve Hodge wrote:
> On 9/11/07, Steven Ellis <steven@openmedia.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, September 11, 2007 1:57 pm, Steve Hodge wrote:
>> > On 9/11/07, Steven Ellis <steven@openmedia.co.nz> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, September 11, 2007 11:58 am, Steve Hodge wrote:
>> >> > I'm not sure what is preventing them from using the EPG data TVNZ
>> >> > transmits now though.
>> >>
>> >> Their STBs use more than just the DVB EIT data to work.
>> >
>> >
>> > But does it need to or is it just due to the way they've currently
>> > implemented it? I mean I can't see anything in the Sky EPG that isn'=
t
>> > available in the EIT data (though I haven't looked closely), so
>> presumably
>> > they could implement their EPG using just the EIT data and if they d=
id
>> > that
>> > they could use TVNZ's transmission as the source for TVNZ6 and 7.
>>
>> Hence their requirement for a firmware upgrade?
>
>
> Could be, but the article seems to be talking about switching between a
> Freeview mode and a Sky mode ("devices that could toggle between operat=
ing
> as Freeview free- to-air boxes and Sky boxes"). That sounds rather less
> integrated, and probably wouldn't work well for MySky.
>

Or all of this might just be some posturing by Sky.

Also MySky is going to be a problem anyway as it does use more than just
the EIT data for programming.

Steve

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