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Originally Posted by demented
What do people think? More HD channels for freesat from channel 4 in 2010/11 even if they don't get the slot on freeview?
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Agreed. As the dog's breakfast that is HD via Freeview becomes ever more apparent, the broadcasters are going to look increasingly at Freesat, which has already positioned itself as the home of free-to-air HD (some feat, considering it only has BBC and a red-button ITV service at the moment, amounting to not-very-many hours of actual HD broadcasting).
Some questions I wish Ofcom would answer (but don't imagine they will):
Where does Ofcom think it's going to find space for a fifth HD channel on Freeview? Does this mean it's beginning to look again at its commitment to selling off the analogue spectrum to the highest commercial bidder?
Given that anyone wanting Freeview+HD will have to buy a new STB, why isn't Ofcom simply dropping its messy Freeview compromise completely and telling everyone to get Freesat+HD?
What are they going to tell Freeview users to do a few years from now when the entire output of the BBC is HD and it inevitably wants to drop the dedicated BBC-HD channel in favour of HD versions of its regular channels?
On a scale of 1-10, how p**sed off does Ofcom estimate British TV viewers will be when they realise that their brand new, Freeview integrated, HD-ready TV set will be unable to receive Freeview+HD channels without a STB?
The whole thing is an unmitigated, short-sighted mess.