HD TV For UK Digital Broadcasts
Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator is proposing an upgrade of the broadcasting technology to allow for more channels and HD TV broadcasts. The changes involved would be changing the coding standard for digital terrestrial television (DTT) from MPEG2 to MPEG4. This change will effectively make it twice as efficient.
Ed Richards, head of Ofcom, said: “Our proposals to upgrade Digital Terrestrial Television represent a major opportunity to build on its success with wider, richer and more varied television services, including the potential for HDTV to be made available to millions of people free to air. We look forward to hearing the views of viewers and from right across the industry.”