[The News Bot]

Time is running out for the future of Freeview. Industry watchdog Ofcom’s decision not to put aside frequency space to extend the digital terrestrial service into high definition broadcasting when the analogue network shuts down in 2012, has consumer electronic companies and industry watchers despairing. Danny Churchill, deputy chair of the Digital TV Group and consultant [...]
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[dso]

Great, looks like Sky and NTL will have no competition for HD services - no drop in their subscriptions then

[sbowler]

It was always an OAP of a system before it started out. Choosing the MPEG2 without any possibility of ugrading in future, was to say the least shortsighted. They chose back in 1997 to stage a roll out over numerous years and with a final analogue switch of date of 2012!!!! come on guys how fast does consumer electronics move....