UK Free to air digital TV in danger. ITV Digital’s financial woes could damage prospects for digital TV generally in the UK. All of the digital TV providers (naturally enough) want people to pay to subscribe, which turns people off. But terrestrial broadcast (from ITV Digital) is the only technology that can bring the many free to air channels on offer (primarily from the BBC) without requiring cabling or a satellite dish – in the long run this is the way that most people will get their digital TV. As long as ITV Digital is pushing subscription TV (an inferior package to the others because of their lower bandwidth available) it will continue to flounder.
But there are rumours in this piece in The Independent that the BBC, BT (and possibly the Government) might offer an alternative in partnership with ITV Digital. An inexpensive add-on box which gives access to the new free digital channels, can offer subscription channels and also could provide broadband Internet access but doesn’t start with a subscription fee sounds like an excellent set of “training wheels”. Let us hope that all the parties can get together and market a device like this before digital TV is wholly taken over by subscription fee-based services (which would significantly slow take-up in the long term).
Epilogue: I can’t believe this has been up for three days and not one person clicked on the link! Come on, people – doesn’t anyone care about anything but the war and weird stuff that people do (like the wife-hunting trip to Russia I mentioned last month? The future of UK terrestrial digital TV is important – if it succeeds it could be an important way to close the digital divide. The UK Government certainly thinks so – they have just announced a new PR drive to encourage people to switch.clit movies freemovies daily adult freefemale movies free dominationhentai free movies gaymovies pissing mpeg freemovies sapphic freesex post movie freeclips movie free teenporn vintage movies freemovies wifey freeloan $200loan rates 2007 studentincome stated 75 loana fresh start loan servicepercent loans on 0 auto financingapproval loan 100loans agricultural arizona5000 secured bad credit loanloan a advantages to home equityhome loan america contentialcard boa credit 0 lifeaccept card unsecured creditbetter alabama business bureau creditprogram resident accredited managercredit joint air force tourcommission accreditingcredit adoption foster childdegrees studies edu online accredited american Map
