[opendtv] Re: DISH Network Delivers Six Networks Simultaneously to Interactive TV Viewers; Mosaic of Popular TV Channels and Interactive Features Entice Viewers
- From: Kon Wilms <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:09:20 -0700
http://www.nds.com/worldvision/wv11/ndswv11_dtvla.pdf
Interative multi-camera mosaic in summer (?) 2002. And before that in
Feb 2002 for the SuperBowl #36. And before that on SKY for numerous
football matches, going back to 1997-ish.
Echostar is first? Maybe in a parallel universe!
Funny that DTV LA had more advanced applications than DTV USA, and the
superbowl is a US sport.
Cheers
Kon
On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 16:17 -0400, John Shutt wrote:
> John,
>
> I defer to your expertise in the matter with Dish. There was no engineering
> necessary for the DirecTV mix channels, however. At least not any
> engineering with the STBs, or related satellite equipment.
>
> The DirecTV mix channels are simply several small video images with the name
> and channel number under each one, made in a production switcher, then fed
> on a channel of the multiplex. The audio of each is a barker channel of
> some sort, I think Headline News and ESPN, but I'm not certain, and the
> DirecTV subscriber I saw this on is not handy for me to confirm.
>
> Definitely low tech, and I think DirecTV also does it for their MLB, NFL,
> and NBA premium services. It's just a separate channel with a bunch of
> images on it, with the channel numbers under each image. You punch in the
> channel you want to view, and jump back to the mix channel to "surf" again.
>
> John Shutt
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 1:57 PM
>
> > Mosaic is an element of DVB-SI, so it's not all that unique, since Dish
> > uses
> > DVB-SI for their program specific information. Dish definately beat
> > DirecTV
> > to this: during last fall's elections, Dish offered news channels this
> > way.
> > Indeed, a press release on it was posted to this list. Unfortunately, my
> > email items on this particular computer only go back to the beginning of
> > the
> > year, when I replaced a hard drive, so I can't quote it.
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