Bandwidth restraints hindering New Zealand's Freeview HD expansion

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KN @ Oct 9th 2008 6:44AM

Freeview/TVNZ were warned at the outset to have MPEG 4 on DVB-S, however, at the time the investment was thought to be too high and the receivers too expensive. They also had a remit to launch as soon as possible since they had an abortive attempt a number of years earlier. Since DVB-T occurred a year later, they were 'convinced' (eventually) that MPEG4 was the way to go thus allowing HD coding efficiencies.

Hindsight is always a good thing, but then so is educated foresight.

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