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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
This article shows you that terrestrial broadcasting after 2035 is unlikely.
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No, it shows that a decision on reserving spectrum has been deferred.
As it happens I agree, the UK authorities most likely do want to call an end to terrestrial broadcast at some point. To be honest the ideal time to have done it was when we went digital. A free broadcast service standardised on Freesat would have avoided all these years of fiddling around trying to fit a quart in a pint pot. DTT has never, and will never, have the bandwidth satellite does and can never provide a full range of HD channels across the board. Freeview is a messy compromise and we only have it thanks to a combination of inertia and poor planning.
Having said all that, note also the move by the UK’s PSBs to launch ‘Freely’ next year …
https://inews.co.uk/news/freely-new-...o=most_popular
… as they finally acknowledge that to truly embed IP delivery of their content they are going to have to show people that their broadcast schedules are still available, even if they access content via their internet connection rather than an aerial or a dish.
If we end up with a fully IP delivered TV service in the next 10 years (and that’s still unlikely, given the pace of the super-fast broadband rollout in those famously ‘hard to reach’ areas) they’re only going to achieve it by making it look like Freeview. Plus ca change, as some foreigner or other once said.