09-02-2007, 09:54
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Cable Forum Team
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Re: Sky goes terrestrial
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Originally Posted by Creative
I don't see what the big fuss is about. Advertising revenues are falling. Sky will spend money developing the STB, and providing the equipment to do the compression, and will pay to maintain it. Add to this the fact that if you don't want to pay Sky for these channels then YOU DON'T HAVE TO! Sky can only sell this product to people who actually want to pay for it
Too many people seem to want everything for free. You don't want to pay then do without.
Popper, VLC will play Part10 Level 3 streams OK. Obviously you need the unencrypted stream.
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From previous post
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Sky will replace its three existing DTT channels with four new 24-hour streams using the more efficient Mpeg4 compression technology.
The company hopes a range of set-top box manufacturers will start making receivers with compatible software once the service has launched.
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