bellotv Posted May 17, 2007 Posted May 17, 2007 In a nutshell, what would the problems with getting HD over satellite be? If it would allow for a greater number of channels on DVB-T, then why not go for it?Furthermore, a normal HD channel and a HD+2 channel should be all that's needed, from Lord Howe Island to Western Australia. It's not like local news needs to be in HD. Free to air is free because local business advertise in a local area served by the terrestrial transmitter in that area. One satellite feed to all Australia couldn't raise enough revinue through commersials to make it free any more.
matturn Posted May 18, 2007 Author Posted May 18, 2007 Free to air is free because local business advertise in a local area served by the terrestrial transmitter in that area.One satellite feed to all Australia couldn't raise enough revinue through commersials to make it free any more. Haven't you seen the quantity of national advertising on TV? Another possibility is to run local ads at a lower res and bitrate than other programming, and have multiple streams seamlessly pieced together.
matturn Posted May 18, 2007 Author Posted May 18, 2007 So, why would anybody want to adopt a standard that is old (MPEG 4)? Especially around 2012, which is still some time away. It seems more than likely that by then, H.264 will become much more prevalent or probably something like Dirac might shine through. MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264) is the variant of MPEG-4 being used for DTT.
nthnthn Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 Free to air is free because local business advertise in a local area served by the terrestrial transmitter in that area.One satellite feed to all Australia couldn't raise enough revinue through commersials to make it free any more. The problem is that there wouldn't be enough money for ads if each network had only one Australia-wide channel, and I agree with that. What I was talking about was the possibility of keeping every SD feed and only making the HD feeds nationwide and on satellite, which would free up FTA space on DVB-T. This would allow for advertisements on any new channels and a separate nationwide advertisement market for HD, both of which advertisers and networks will be happy about. Satellite also has the potential to make sure that every single local variation for each network, in advertisements, can fit into less than 3 transponders, meaning that a satellite would be around half full after taking over every current commercial SD channel in Australia and a nationwide HD feed. Problems with that would be that any new channels would be limited to nationwide advertising, or alternatively to a small number of variations.
Proud Queenslander Posted May 21, 2007 Posted May 21, 2007 No it doesn't. 22 is called 'ABC TV' it redirects to the same feed that you see on channel 2 or 'ABC City Name'. Channel 20, 'ABC HD' is the one that you sometimes see NSW content on interstate After checking the televised content on ABC Brisbane and ABC TV last Saturday afternoon, I have to admit that you're right. I am not sure when the ABC started doing this. All I know is was different during the winter of 2005. Back then I used to see the Queensland Wizard Cup on ABC Brisbane and the NSW Rugby Union competition on ABC TV each Saturday afternoon. It would be good if they went back to the way it was in 2005.
Proud Queenslander Posted May 21, 2007 Posted May 21, 2007 I have heard many references to the government selling off the old analog bandwidth.Does anyone know what services are likely to buy and occupy these channels interspersed with Digital tv channels ? It would be good if one channel was dedicated specifically to datacasting. That way, a few really low standard definition sub-channels could be set up on the one channel. The sub-channels could display slide-show type information. One could be set up as a weather channel. Another could be a world news feed channel. The third sub-channel could show a national news feed, and the fourth could be an electronic program guide (EPG) with a week's worth of programming.
yabbal Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 fourth could be an electronic program guide (EPG) with a week's worth of programming. Please dont confuse a VPG (video program guide) and an EPG (electronic program guide). What you are referring to is a VPG - like say channels 77,99 and 100. The problem with a VPG is that you have to site and watch as it slowly scrolls through the list until it reaches what you want. I cant be bother using the ones already on TV as it is quicker just to go get the TV guide - and that is just for one day of listings - imagine how much longer it will take to scroll a weeks worth of listings. While the rest of your ideas are good, I honestly believe that a week long VPG would be a waste of bandwidth as no one will use it.
BribieG Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Have removed the program guides from my STB as they are a total waste of time. Most of the time, 9's so called guide would just show a huge 9 logo, and 10 would have me sitting there at, say 3 in the afternoon, slowly scrolling through the midnight programs, then the early morning programs, then the late morning programs, then back to the midnight programs! What's the f* use of them? Worst one of the lot is the ABC stuff they show on channel 20 when the evening (State Specific) news is on. Perhaps an improvement on the plain ABC logo they used to show until a few months ago, but why not put on say Dr Who or something entertaining for that half hour?
Skid_MacMarx Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 I think VPGs are a waste and they should focus on an extended EPG like aunty.. and getting their EPGs working correctly...
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