Sports events like Wimbledon and Formula 1 racing have proved predictably popular. The BBC has maintained a commitment to such interactive television services, accessed through the red button on the remote control. Two additional channels have also been provided on terrestrial television for other interactive services. Although providing some pretence at interactivity, the broadcast nature of these services fell short of offering true video on demand and the picture quality was limited by the available capacity. It is advertising the “spare capacity” and putting it out to competitive bid.įor many years, the BBC has transmitted a News Multiscreen channel of looping videos, covering news, sport, entertainment and weather, arranged in a mosaic with selectable audio streams.
While digital television purports to offer viewers greater choice and better quality pictures, the BBC is cutting continuously available news, sport and weather bulletins and reducing the range of interactive services on Freeview. The BBC is dropping two of its three interactive channels on Freeview to make way for high definition services that will initially only cover half the country and will require new Freeview HD receivers.
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