Sky Says ‘No More New Channels’ October 8, 2007
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Sky has slammed the brakes on rolling out new channels on its EPG (electronic programming guide) launch queue, thanks largely to memory constraints of its set-top boxes.
There are 100 or so radio and TV channels already on the launch queue but Sky has said it’s going to proceed with their rollout with ‘extreme caution’ and is no longer taking any more applications from those broadcasting companies desperate to get on the Sky satellite service. Nicola Bamford, director of channels and operations at Sky, commented:
“After a very careful consideration we have taken the decision to make these changes in order to safeguard the interests of both viewers and platform users. Our goal is to provide a high quality viewer experience and a stable environment for all platform users, while maintaining the principle that access to the EPG should be available without discrimination to broadcasters.”
According to Sky, several models of its set-top boxes are suffering from “very significant memory constraints”.-Martin Lynch
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To say the least. The set top box perfomance is a scandal.
“...Our goal is to provide a high quality viewer experience...”
Did they say that with a straight face? Whether you look at the quality of programming or the picture quality of films after being squeezed through at low data rates, "high" is not how I would describe it.