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[jsmith]

http://www.technolog...cord-h1-results

"We have taken full advantage of our capabilities to be the first to launch NBN services across all technologies including fibre, satellite and wireless as well as multicast IPTV services over the NBN

http://www.theaustra...o-1226443441680

"...prediction that by 2016 one-third of all Australians would have ditched free-to-air telly in favour of something called IPTV.
Sony-Google TV and AppleTV both offer chances to download free-to-air TV shows you may have missed, through catch-up sites such as the ABC's iView or Seven's Plus7."

http://www.iptv.com.au/

"More than a quarter of Australians will have signed up to an online television subscription service within the next 4 years, a report forecasts. And IPTV, other subscription entertainment services and new mobile media apps will drive growth in Australia’s media and entertainment industry of 18 per cent over the next five years, it says..."

JSmith

[ckent]

If and when HD comes to IPTV in any kind of mainstream way, it will start life as 720p25 in a cheapened alternative to 1080i50.
We are seeing this already with BBC HD channel being changed to BBC2HD, booting off a lot of content to BBC iPlayer HD, but at a lower resolution and lower frame rate.

A ray of hope is someone like Foxtel, who put their catch-up service into the IQ box via IP in pure 576i50, no stupid pointless deinterlacing to remove the motion detail.

[alanh]

CKent,
A single transmitter per site is transmitting BBC HD1, BBC HD2, ITV HD and 4 HD all in 1920 x 1080. This is the advantage of DVB-T2 Modulation and MPEG-4 compression.

I suppose its like the ABC's IView, delayed viewing because the viewer missed the original transmission.

Alanh

Edited by alanh, 05 March 2013 - 12:38 PM.

[jsmith]

alanh, on 05 March 2013 - 12:37 PM, said:

A single transmitter per site is transmitting BBC HD1, BBC HD2, ITV HD and 4 HD all in 1920 x 1080. This is the advantage of DVB-T2 Modulation and MPEG-4 compression.

Alanh

... and what does that have to do with IPTV?

JSmith

[DrP]

About as much as any other alanh post.  Well the posts where he isn't patting himself on the back or performing some other sort of self-congratulatory maneuver, such as posting a question under a ghost account and then answering it to puff up his ego, at least.

(and yes, he really does do that sort of stuff dear forum reader).

[jsmith]

http://www.smh.com.a...0515-2jm0t.html

Is Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV the future of Australian television?

JSmith

[hidefdave]

jsmith, on 22 May 2013 - 01:45 PM, said:

http://www.smh.com.a...0515-2jm0t.html

Is Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV the future of Australian television?

JSmith

I think they're clutching at straws. Look what a hash the 7 network made of TiVo in oz. a great product that had the potential to be so much more than what they ultimately delivered.

D.

Edited by hidefdave, Yesterday, 12:02 AM.

[jsmith]

hidefdave, on 22 May 2013 - 05:13 PM, said:

I think they're clutching at straws.

Yup, I tend to agree with you there Dave.

JSmith

[DigitalObserver]

While spectrum and licences and NBN are managed by the stooges (politicians) of the Media Owning Classes, any alternative to the well known cable and FTA sources will be hobbled.
iView type service will surely go when the ABC, SBS are "privatised" that is sold to the same owners as the cable and FTA sources.

[timj]

HD TV on FTTN?

Tell 'em they're dreaming.

[jsmith]

"Global IPTV subscriptions will pass the 100 million mark in 2013 and grow to nearly double that by 2017, according to Pyramid Research. IPTV now accounts for nearly one in ten pay TV subscribers around the world. The Asia-Pacific region remains the largest IPTV market, accounting for 45.3% (38.2 million) of global IPTV subscriptions as of year-end 2012."

http://www.iptv.com....ning-on-pay-tv/

JSmith