Friday 29 February 2008

HD FREESAT BOX INFORMATION ABOUT METADATA.

FREESAT HD BOX AND

FREESAT INFORMATION ALTHOUGH ALREADY PUBLIC HAS NOT BEEN DEFINED OR EXPLAINED CLEARLY
BUT WE AT DOMAIN-HOLDINGS WILL TRY AND EXPLAIN FROM PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE WHAT IS EXPECTED
TO HAPPEN IN EARLY 2008.
FREESAT WILL BE CARRIED ON TWO PLATFORMS, YES WE SAID TWO, THIS OF COURSE DOES NOT TAKE
INTO ACCOUNT THE CABLE OR BROADBAND NETWORKS VIA MOBILE PHONES OR COMPUTERS. THE TWO
PLATFORMS KNOWN TO CARRY FREESAT TO BEGIN WITH ARE FREESAT AND SKY. THE TRANSMISSIONS
WILL BE SHARED BY THE TWO PLATFORMS.
THE TWO SETS OF "METADATA" MUST BE CARRIED IN THE SAME TRANSMISSION.
THE NEW FREESAT DATA MUST NOT AFFECT THE MILLIONS OF SKY RECEIVERS ALREADY BEING USED.
BBC RESEARCH AND INOVATION HAVE DESIGNED THE ARCHITECTURE AND SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
SO THAT FREESAT DATA IS EFFECTIVELY INVISIBLE TO NON FREESAT TVS AND SET TOP BOXES.
THIS STATEMENT HAS A RATHER AMBIGUOUS AND UNCLEAR MEANING AND THE PROBABLE CLARITY
MAY COME WHEN DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS REVEAL THEIR NEW BOXES.
READING DIFFERENT "WELL RESEARCHED PUBLIC DOCUMENTS", IT LOOKS AT FIRST GLANCE THAT
SKY RECEIVERS WILL GET.....read more!

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