DVB-H given Europe-wide approval - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 19th Mar 2008, 08:49

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/03...ide_approval/1

The Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld (DVB-H) standard has been officially endorsed by the European Commission, paving the way for a Europe-wide mobile TV network.

cjoyce1980 · 19th Mar 2008, 09:32

how the hell are the BBC gonna license this..............?

DougEdey · 19th Mar 2008, 09:35

Since it's coming over 3G or GPRS I'll assume that they check for a licenced IMEI number.

Hopefully this will be the incentive to scrap or significantly reduce the licence fee.

Paradigm Shifter · 19th Mar 2008, 09:38

Nah, of course the License Fee won't go down.

It might well go up a bit, though...

quack · 19th Mar 2008, 09:45

DougEdey hates the BBC.

DougEdey · 19th Mar 2008, 10:12

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Originally Posted by quack

DougEdey hates the BBC.

I don't hate them, I just wish they never hired Catherine Tate or made a lot of the new "comedy", stuff like Lilly Allen and Friends annoys me, so does Gavin and Stacey, Little Britain was OK for the first 4 episodes, then it was just repetitive, and the one that'll probably get me killed is that Ricky Gervais is not funny, neither is Russel Brand or Nick Grimshaw.

atanum141 · 19th Mar 2008, 10:16

atlest the BBC have good cooking shows.

cjoyce1980 · 19th Mar 2008, 11:56

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Originally Posted by DougEdey

Quote:

Originally Posted by quack

DougEdey hates the BBC.

and the one that'll probably get me killed is that Ricky Gervais is not funny, neither is Russel Brand or Nick Grimshaw.

I'm with you on that one, I just dont get them either and you can add the might boosh to that also

Constructacon · 19th Mar 2008, 21:35

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Originally Posted by DougEdey

and the one that'll probably get me killed is that Ricky Gervais is not funny, neither is Russel Brand or Nick Grimshaw.

Ricky Gervais' stand up comedy is actually pretty good. It's just his tv shows which suck.

Phil Rhodes · 19th Mar 2008, 22:15

The BBC is just a particularly extreme expression of the personality cults - or perhaps success cults - that exist in film and television at the moment. Tate is a good example - she's not particularly talented or funny, she's merely OK rather than "very very good", but she's had one hit show so she immediately gets hired onto every damn thing in the galaxy, regardless of whether she's suited to it or not. Which brings me on to another example. I guarantee you that the majority of people who are involved with Doctor Who are fully aware that Russell Davies is a talentless hack who would write embarrassing EastEnders, let alone major science fiction, but nobody will do anything about it because of the enormous cult of success.

Hamish · 20th Mar 2008, 00:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by DougEdey

Since it's coming over 3G or GPRS I'll assume that they check for a licenced IMEI number.

someone didnt RTFA

"Although there are advantages to the DVB-H system – unlike streaming video over a GPRS or 3G connection, it doesn't use airtime or rack up data transfer charges"

r4tch3t · 20th Mar 2008, 01:47

Would be good for those who have to commute long distances, but for me, I need a new phone and texts and calls is all it needs to do. I wonder if you could use the "white space" to get more data on the go?

Javerh · 20th Mar 2008, 06:02

The patent-holder would be Nokia then. DVB-H was developed at Nokia's RnD - center right across the street from where I go to school.

DougEdey · 20th Mar 2008, 08:02

That was more of a bad wording actually Hamish, I meant that 3g.GPRS can be used to track users.

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Phil Rhodes Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 582	The BBC is just a particularly extreme expression of the personality cults - or perhaps success cults - that exist in film and television at the moment. Tate is a good example - she's not particularly talented or funny, she's merely OK rather than "very very good", but she's had one hit show so she immediately gets hired onto every damn thing in the galaxy, regardless of whether she's suited to it or not. Which brings me on to another example. I guarantee you that the majority of people who are involved with Doctor Who are fully aware that Russell Davies is a talentless hack who would write embarrassing EastEnders, let alone major science fiction, but nobody will do anything about it because of the enormous cult of success.

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