[The News Bot]

Broadcast regulator Ofcom has categorically rejected calls to turn over a portion of the TV spectrum to terrestrial HD, when the analogue TV network shuts down in 2012. Ofcom chief Ed Richards told a broadcasting conference: “We are not yet persuaded by the case, argued predominantly by the ‘High Definition for All’ campaign, that the [...]
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[digriz666]

Roll up roll up buy your hd tvs here! then watch sd tv on it!!!!!! wonderfull

[Figment]

Well no surprise there then...didnt you just know that this is what would happen all along. As usual the rich get richer at the expense of the poor.

[UKflames]

Originally Posted by Figment

Well no surprise there then...didnt you just know that this is what would happen all along. As usual the rich get richer at the expense of the poor.

More like the government get richer from the auction, they were never going to give this away for free when they could make a pretty packet on it.

[GrahamC]

No real suprise here, move along.

[David Mackenzie]

Can OFCOM please answer this question:

Do they *seriously* expect people to be watching SD Digital TV as it currently stands for the next, what, 20+ years?

So, what does everyone think is going to happen next? Are OFCOM basically nailing the coffin shut for ground-based transmissions in the UK? Will we all be watching BBC/ITV "Freesat" in the future, and rely on non-terrestrial methods like some continental European countries?

[Figment]

Originally Posted by UKflames

More like the government get richer from the auction, they were never going to give this away for free when they could make a pretty packet on it.

The Government won't get richer because any money they make will just go into the bottomless spending black hole created by the NHS, Social security, Deffence etc. It is the telecoms company shareholders who will ultimately benefit by them charging an arm and a leg for new services provided using what is OUR bandwidth.