| Sky slams Freeview. |
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BSkyB has told Parliament Freeview is not fit to lead Britain into the digital TV future, describing it as an analogue platform with not very convincing go faster stripes. It accused the BBC of promoting Freeview at the expense of its digital rivals, including Sky, and said the corporation was guilty of structural non-neutrality.
Mike Darcey, the BSkyB group director of strategy, said Freeview was simply not up to the job to convert every home to digital before the analogue TV signal is switched off in 2012. Freeview will be the platform for the elderly and economically inactive, he told the culture, media and sport committee.
Darcey said its basic technology, without the on-demand and interactive services offered by broadband, cable or satellite - would not meet consumer demands by the time of digital switch-off. He said it would also not be able to fulfil all the demands of high definition television, or HDTV. |
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