[mythtvnz] Getting DVB-T reception

[Steven Ellis]

On Wed, December 17, 2008 9:53 am, Neil Bertram wrote:
> That's interesting. It would also be interesting to see if Sky add a
> DVB-T service in the future (using the same frequencies they have). It
> would give them a lot more HD capacity one would think... It would be a
> good reason to phase out analogue UHF, if they want to switch those
> frequencies to digital...
>
> Anyone picked up a whiff of such plans?

Sky have made a request to extend their existing analogue licenses beyond
the digital switch over. No confirmation on reason but there are two
likely ones.

1) Launch their own Pay DVB-T service
2) Prevent freeview's expansion by holding broadcast capacity.

Steve

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