<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 25, 2023, 2:04 p.m. Simon <<a href="mailto:linux@thehobsons.co.uk">linux@thehobsons.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Ian Evans <<a href="mailto:dheianevans@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dheianevans@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>
> Just curious what the state of OTA is in the UK. Any whiff of broadcasters changing to a standard that allows DRM or is that not allowed by law? <br>
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IIRC the BBC is not permitted to encrypt it’s channels, there was “some heated discussion” a few years ago when they encrypted the listing stream for HD channels to prevent “non approved” equipment from working properly.<br>
I think other companies are free to encrypt if they wish to, and IIRC there are some subscription channels on Freeview.<br>
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But in general, I find there’s more than enough freely available material - certainly enough that it’s filling my disks faster than I have time to watch and delete stuff.<br>
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Simon<br>
<br><br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That's good to hear. My US neighbours still have ATSC signals but broadcasters are starting to DRM their ATSC3 signals, so when that becomes the standard in a few years, MythTV will be unable to record them. Luckily in Canada, the broadcasters are so dismissive of OTA that they're unlikely to spend the $$$ to upgrade to ATSC3. </div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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