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[David Boxall]

<http://www.pcauthority.com.au/BlogEntry/130263,get-ready-for-freeview--televisions-new-weasel-word.aspx>
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> Fifteen channels sounds exciting until you sit down and do the maths.
>  In Australia's capital cities you've already got a standard-def and
>  high-def channel from each of the five broadcasters, plus a second 
> standard-def channel from the ABC and SBS. So there's 12 channels 
> already, and once the commercial networks are allowed to broadcast a
>  second standard-def channel next year you'll have your 15.
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> The only thing I've heard about Freeview that sounds vaguely 
> interesting is that Network 10 intends to launch a 24 hour sports 
> channel - which hopefully might stop more sport being locked away on 
> pay TV.

> Apart from 15 channels, Freeview's other big selling point is the
> Electronic Program Guide, which we've supposedly had for a year
> anyway. Maybe the networks are promising to stop stuffing around and
> actually provide a decent EPG rather than the hotch-potch effort we
> get now.
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David Boxall                    |  Dogs look up to us
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