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<blockquote data-quote="timo_w2s" data-source="post: 843000" data-attributes="member: 196043"><p>Presumably if everyone has an HD MPEG4 compatible Sky box then eventually all encrypted channels will move over to the more efficient DVB-S2 standard with MPEG4 encoding, even for SD channels. Sky (and other uplinkers) could then squeeze more channels into each transponder and close some transponders that will no longer be needed. So then it becomes a question of why keep an inefficient DVB-S running just to please a few FTA customers who want the EPG data for their outdated boxes.</p><p></p><p>The only DVB-S MPEG2 channels that will need to keep running for compatibility with older Freesat boxes are the SD versions of any Freesat channels and any encrypted channels that share a transponder with a FTA Freesat channel. I suppose these will eventually close too as everyone moves over to Freesat HD boxes.</p><p></p><p>I'm not suggesting this will happen any time very soon but I'm sure it'll be the long term plan for most broadcasters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timo_w2s, post: 843000, member: 196043"] Presumably if everyone has an HD MPEG4 compatible Sky box then eventually all encrypted channels will move over to the more efficient DVB-S2 standard with MPEG4 encoding, even for SD channels. Sky (and other uplinkers) could then squeeze more channels into each transponder and close some transponders that will no longer be needed. So then it becomes a question of why keep an inefficient DVB-S running just to please a few FTA customers who want the EPG data for their outdated boxes. The only DVB-S MPEG2 channels that will need to keep running for compatibility with older Freesat boxes are the SD versions of any Freesat channels and any encrypted channels that share a transponder with a FTA Freesat channel. I suppose these will eventually close too as everyone moves over to Freesat HD boxes. I'm not suggesting this will happen any time very soon but I'm sure it'll be the long term plan for most broadcasters. [/QUOTE]
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