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Ofcom says Top-up TV "misleading"
Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert
breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. |
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:06:44 +0100, "Harry12" wrote:
Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. And one of those is an IR camera in the Big Brother bedroom. JPG |
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:06:44 +0100, "Harry12" wrote:
Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. And one of those is an IR camera in the Big Brother bedroom. JPG |
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:06:44 +0100, "Harry12" wrote:
Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. Sounds like a very poor use of bandwidth, and not just Top-Up TV. Cable and satellite seem to be also bursting at the seams bandwidth-wise during peak times, reducing to just about sweet FA during the wee small hours. This means that all the unused night-time bandwidth is going to waste. What is needed is some method of utilising the spare night-time bandwidth to store TV channels and muxes locally, and then "release" them during the day as extra channels. HDD recorders would be one answer (possibly the only one at the present time) and might even allow HDD TV to be broadcast at night and then retransmitted during the day. JPG |
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:06:44 +0100, "Harry12" wrote:
Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. Sounds like a very poor use of bandwidth, and not just Top-Up TV. Cable and satellite seem to be also bursting at the seams bandwidth-wise during peak times, reducing to just about sweet FA during the wee small hours. This means that all the unused night-time bandwidth is going to waste. What is needed is some method of utilising the spare night-time bandwidth to store TV channels and muxes locally, and then "release" them during the day as extra channels. HDD recorders would be one answer (possibly the only one at the present time) and might even allow HDD TV to be broadcast at night and then retransmitted during the day. JPG |
"Harry12" wrote in message ... Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. Is it one rule for the BBC/Freeview and a different one for TopUp Tv? -- Regards, David Please reply to News Group. |
"Harry12" wrote in message ... Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. Is it one rule for the BBC/Freeview and a different one for TopUp Tv? -- Regards, David Please reply to News Group. |
"Harry12" wrote in message
... Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. Good! Regards Mike. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.714 / Virus Database: 470 - Release Date: 02-Jul-2004 |
"Harry12" wrote in message
... Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. Good! Regards Mike. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.714 / Virus Database: 470 - Release Date: 02-Jul-2004 |
JPG wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:06:44 +0100, "Harry12" wrote: Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. Sounds like a very poor use of bandwidth, and not just Top-Up TV. Cable and satellite seem to be also bursting at the seams bandwidth-wise during peak times, reducing to just about sweet FA during the wee small hours. This means that all the unused night-time bandwidth is going to waste. What is needed is some method of utilising the spare night-time bandwidth to store TV channels and muxes locally, and then "release" them during the day as extra channels. HDD recorders would be one answer (possibly the only one at the present time) and might even allow HDD TV to be broadcast at night and then retransmitted during the day. It'd be nice in a way if digital media had not taken off until it was possible economically to store all channels broadcast for a week. Repeats take no bandwidth, adverts are all locally stored, statmuxing for non-live programs can happen over periods of minutes, radio only uses the bandwidth needed for unique content, ... |
JPG wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:06:44 +0100, "Harry12" wrote: Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. Sounds like a very poor use of bandwidth, and not just Top-Up TV. Cable and satellite seem to be also bursting at the seams bandwidth-wise during peak times, reducing to just about sweet FA during the wee small hours. This means that all the unused night-time bandwidth is going to waste. What is needed is some method of utilising the spare night-time bandwidth to store TV channels and muxes locally, and then "release" them during the day as extra channels. HDD recorders would be one answer (possibly the only one at the present time) and might even allow HDD TV to be broadcast at night and then retransmitted during the day. It'd be nice in a way if digital media had not taken off until it was possible economically to store all channels broadcast for a week. Repeats take no bandwidth, adverts are all locally stored, statmuxing for non-live programs can happen over periods of minutes, radio only uses the bandwidth needed for unique content, ... |
JPG wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:06:44 +0100, "Harry12" wrote: Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. And one of those is an IR camera in the Big Brother bedroom. I'm very dissapointed that nobodies worked out IR transmissive blankets yet :) |
JPG wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:06:44 +0100, "Harry12" wrote: Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. And one of those is an IR camera in the Big Brother bedroom. I'm very dissapointed that nobodies worked out IR transmissive blankets yet :) |
In article ,
says... HDD recorders would be one answer (possibly the only one at the present time) and might even allow HDD TV to be broadcast at night and then retransmitted during the day. It'd be nice in a way if digital media had not taken off until it was possible economically to store all channels broadcast for a week. Repeats take no bandwidth, adverts are all locally stored, statmuxing for non-live programs can happen over periods of minutes, radio only uses the bandwidth needed for unique content, ... When will we get Freeview boxes with twin tuners? (and affordable) If analogue is switched off (2010, my best hat), I don't want one separate box to record from and one to watch from, on every TV in the house. I'd soon run out of plug sockets. -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor), http://LeilaniWeb.co.uk (editor), /* 992 DVDs, 293 games, 33 videos, 87 cinema films, 77 CDs, concerts & news /* lost in translation, driv3r, red hot chili peppers, sex lives of potato men Fight back against "PRESS RED": http://dvdfever.co.uk/pressrel/pressred.shtml How crap is your postal service? Vent your spleen! http://tinyurl.com/2z7wa |
Dom Robinson wrote:
In article , says... HDD recorders would be one answer (possibly the only one at the present time) and might even allow HDD TV to be broadcast at night and then retransmitted during the day. It'd be nice in a way if digital media had not taken off until it was possible economically to store all channels broadcast for a week. Repeats take no bandwidth, adverts are all locally stored, statmuxing for non-live programs can happen over periods of minutes, radio only uses the bandwidth needed for unique content, ... When will we get Freeview boxes with twin tuners? (and affordable) I reckon either the run-up to Christmas or January sales, although it depends what you call affordable. -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info DAB sounds worse than FM, Freeview, digital satellite, cable and broadband internet radio |
Dom Robinson wrote:
In article , says... HDD recorders would be one answer (possibly the only one at the present time) and might even allow HDD TV to be broadcast at night and then retransmitted during the day. It'd be nice in a way if digital media had not taken off until it was possible economically to store all channels broadcast for a week. Repeats take no bandwidth, adverts are all locally stored, statmuxing for non-live programs can happen over periods of minutes, radio only uses the bandwidth needed for unique content, ... When will we get Freeview boxes with twin tuners? (and affordable) I reckon either the run-up to Christmas or January sales, although it depends what you call affordable. -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info DAB sounds worse than FM, Freeview, digital satellite, cable and broadband internet radio |
On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 16:59:06 GMT, Ian Stirling wrote:
JPG wrote: On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:06:44 +0100, "Harry12" wrote: Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. Sounds like a very poor use of bandwidth, and not just Top-Up TV. Cable and satellite seem to be also bursting at the seams bandwidth-wise during peak times, reducing to just about sweet FA during the wee small hours. This means that all the unused night-time bandwidth is going to waste. What is needed is some method of utilising the spare night-time bandwidth to store TV channels and muxes locally, and then "release" them during the day as extra channels. HDD recorders would be one answer (possibly the only one at the present time) and might even allow HDD TV to be broadcast at night and then retransmitted during the day. It'd be nice in a way if digital media had not taken off until it was possible economically to store all channels broadcast for a week. Repeats take no bandwidth, adverts are all locally stored, statmuxing for non-live programs can happen over periods of minutes, radio only uses the bandwidth needed for unique content, ... What is the typical but-rate for a mux? IOW how much HDD space would be required for an hour's worth, a week's worth? How much HDD space for a week's worth of DTTV? JPG |
On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 16:59:06 GMT, Ian Stirling wrote:
JPG wrote: On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:06:44 +0100, "Harry12" wrote: Ofcom has banned a TUTV advert after viewers' complaints. The advert breached the advertising code by claiming that the package contained ten channels, but a maximum of only five is available at any one time, reducing to just two in the early hours of the morning. Sanity prevails. Sounds like a very poor use of bandwidth, and not just Top-Up TV. Cable and satellite seem to be also bursting at the seams bandwidth-wise during peak times, reducing to just about sweet FA during the wee small hours. This means that all the unused night-time bandwidth is going to waste. What is needed is some method of utilising the spare night-time bandwidth to store TV channels and muxes locally, and then "release" them during the day as extra channels. HDD recorders would be one answer (possibly the only one at the present time) and might even allow HDD TV to be broadcast at night and then retransmitted during the day. It'd be nice in a way if digital media had not taken off until it was possible economically to store all channels broadcast for a week. Repeats take no bandwidth, adverts are all locally stored, statmuxing for non-live programs can happen over periods of minutes, radio only uses the bandwidth needed for unique content, ... What is the typical but-rate for a mux? IOW how much HDD space would be required for an hour's worth, a week's worth? How much HDD space for a week's worth of DTTV? JPG |
On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 12:08:27 +0100, JPG wrote:
What is the typical but-rate for a mux? 18 or 24 Mbit/sec. IOW how much HDD space would be required for an hour's worth 8 or 11 gigabytes. a week's worth? 1.3 or 1.8 terabytes. Per mux. -- QrizB "On second thought, let's not go to Z'Ha'Dum. It is a silly place." |
On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 12:08:27 +0100, JPG wrote:
What is the typical but-rate for a mux? 18 or 24 Mbit/sec. IOW how much HDD space would be required for an hour's worth 8 or 11 gigabytes. a week's worth? 1.3 or 1.8 terabytes. Per mux. -- QrizB "On second thought, let's not go to Z'Ha'Dum. It is a silly place." |
In message , QrizB
wrote IOW how much HDD space would be required for an hour's worth 8 or 11 gigabytes. a week's worth? 1.3 or 1.8 terabytes. Per mux. or just a few Mbytes for the stuff worth watching! -- Alan |
In message , QrizB
wrote IOW how much HDD space would be required for an hour's worth 8 or 11 gigabytes. a week's worth? 1.3 or 1.8 terabytes. Per mux. or just a few Mbytes for the stuff worth watching! -- Alan |
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