Looks like we will (finally) be be getting Digital TV in NZ:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,,3701440a10,00.html
It seems from the article (I don't think the official government release is up yet) that it will be called 'Freeview', be both DVB-T and DVB-S, and will get properly underway in 2007.
There's an interesting opinion on the Freeview model here:
http://hairy.geek.nz/archives/000192.html
It will be interesting to see if Freeview ends up encrypted (yet still FTA) or not. TV1 and TV2 are currently broadcast unencrypted via DVB-S, though TVNZ don't advertise this.
Thoughts, fellow NZers?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,,3701440a10,00.html
It seems from the article (I don't think the official government release is up yet) that it will be called 'Freeview', be both DVB-T and DVB-S, and will get properly underway in 2007.
There's an interesting opinion on the Freeview model here:
http://hairy.geek.nz/archives/000192.html
It will be interesting to see if Freeview ends up encrypted (yet still FTA) or not. TV1 and TV2 are currently broadcast unencrypted via DVB-S, though TVNZ don't advertise this.
Thoughts, fellow NZers?