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Sky Freeview channels to switch to MPEG-4As was mentioned on this site a year ago, Freeview set-top boxes look set to switch from the current MPEG-2 standard to MPEG-4. "UK's Freeview boxes could soon be obsolete"
Sky have just announced that Sky News, Sky-3 and Sky Sports News are going to be withdrawn from Freeview and the capacity used for a new subscription services, Sky-1 / Sports / Movies, using the MPEG-4 standard. None of the existing Set-Top Boxes (STB's) will be able to receive these channels and Sky say once the service has launched manufacturers will produce new compatible set-top boxes and other DTT receivers. Because of its more efficient compression, MPEG-4 allows many more channels to be available on a multiplex. In the coming years, it is likely we will see other media companies follow Sky's example and change to MPEG-4 which would render existing STB's useless.
Sky reveals digital terrestrial pay-TV strategy
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