After the analogue switch off......

In article , Stephen
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"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
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Mark Carver wrote:
Nel wrote:
How much bandwidth is said to be going to be available once the
analogue terrestrial switch off is complete?

UHF Channels 31-35, 37, 39, 40 and 63-68 *might* be sold off for non
broadcasting use. That's 14 channels out of the presently used 46. Or
112 MHz of bandwidth, out of the present 368 MHz.

What would that "non-broadcasting use" actually be?

It would be broadcasting, but by mobile phone companies. The idea is to
repeat the mistakes made by On Digital by trying to charge the same level of
subscription as Sky Digital for a vastly inferior TV service with fewer
channels and, in this case, only a tiny low resolution picture. Channels
31-35, 37, 39, 40 and 63-68 will be used for Free to Air terrestrial HDTV,
as surely as On Digital failed and Freeview succeeded. The only question is
how long the government will delay the terrestrial HDTV service which both
the public and ITV's advertisers want, by hanging on to the "subscription
model" for this spectrum.

As long as they thing they can get a stealth tax on it i.e. as long as
they can....

I think the terrestrial HDTV "trial" conducted by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4,
and Channel 5 from Crystal Palace was the first stage in the broadcasters'
battle for this spectrum, and I hope they win the war.



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Tony Sayer

Nel wrote:
"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
...
Mark Carver wrote:
Nel wrote:
How much bandwidth is said to be going to be available once the
analogue terrestrial switch off is complete?
UHF Channels 31-35, 37, 39, 40 and 63-68 *might* be sold off for non
broadcasting use. That's 14 channels out of the presently used 46. Or
112 MHz of bandwidth, out of the present 368 MHz.
What would that "non-broadcasting use" actually be?

More dosh for the government! :-(

Which, with a bit of luck, would be spent on education as it is needed.

In article ,
lid says...
Nel wrote:
"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
...
Mark Carver wrote:
Nel wrote:
How much bandwidth is said to be going to be available once the
analogue terrestrial switch off is complete?
UHF Channels 31-35, 37, 39, 40 and 63-68 *might* be sold off for non
broadcasting use. That's 14 channels out of the presently used 46. Or
112 MHz of bandwidth, out of the present 368 MHz.
What would that "non-broadcasting use" actually be?

More dosh for the government! :-(

Which, with a bit of luck, would be spent on education as it is needed.

Nah, how else is Blair going to fund the Trident programme that he claims will
cost £20bn, but will somehow later cost five times that due to typical top-
level government mismanagement.
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In article ,
lid says...
Nel wrote:
"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
...
Mark Carver wrote:
Nel wrote:
How much bandwidth is said to be going to be available once the
analogue terrestrial switch off is complete?
UHF Channels 31-35, 37, 39, 40 and 63-68 *might* be sold off for non
broadcasting use. That's 14 channels out of the presently used 46. Or
112 MHz of bandwidth, out of the present 368 MHz.
What would that "non-broadcasting use" actually be?

More dosh for the government! :-(

Which, with a bit of luck, would be spent on education as it is needed.

Nah, how else is Blair going to fund the Trident programme that he claims
will
cost £20bn, but will somehow later cost five times that due to typical top-
level government mismanagement.

How else is Blair going to fund the existing military in Afganistan and
Iraq,
except by slashing internal policing and social services

Steve Terry