07-06-2023, 01:11 AM
The problem for Freeview right now, as I see it, is that IP-Fallback and CLM should have been in the spec 5 to 10 years ago if you wanted to adopt them tomorrow.
Unfortunately, they weren’t so most devices currently in use cannot implement a channel swap (unless the EPG for everyone swaps which, with SD on the way out, ought to happen now in my opinion).
IP Fallback will be crucial if/when we move to a future with no OTA broadcast, although even then technologies such as 5G broadcast could be used so transmission may not entirely rely on a conventional internet connection as you might imagine. I really think that the missed opportunities to drive a “T2 switchover” including more HD channels also actually, practically-speaking, will hasten the adoption of IP Fallback as it will be an excellent method of providing a much greater number of HD channels.
Freeview’s poor showing of only the main 5 PSB channels plus a few extra BBC ones in HD is really going to stick out like a sore thumb when every other platform is quickly going HD-only. Consumers will be keen to upgrade to HD and 4K capable internet TV, if it becomes available under the Freeview banner.
Unfortunately, they weren’t so most devices currently in use cannot implement a channel swap (unless the EPG for everyone swaps which, with SD on the way out, ought to happen now in my opinion).
IP Fallback will be crucial if/when we move to a future with no OTA broadcast, although even then technologies such as 5G broadcast could be used so transmission may not entirely rely on a conventional internet connection as you might imagine. I really think that the missed opportunities to drive a “T2 switchover” including more HD channels also actually, practically-speaking, will hasten the adoption of IP Fallback as it will be an excellent method of providing a much greater number of HD channels.
Freeview’s poor showing of only the main 5 PSB channels plus a few extra BBC ones in HD is really going to stick out like a sore thumb when every other platform is quickly going HD-only. Consumers will be keen to upgrade to HD and 4K capable internet TV, if it becomes available under the Freeview banner.