[mythtv-users] State of OTA in the UK

[Simon]

Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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? 

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.
I think other companies are free to encrypt if they wish to, and IIRC there are some subscription channels on Freeview.

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.

Simon