Wednesday, November 23, 2005

DTT ina shui: Irish DDT trial moves to phase 2

John Kennedy of Silicon Republic Reports:-
Having completed the first stage in the development of a digital terrestrial television (DTT) pilot, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Noel Dempsey TD, is seeking tenders for the transmission equipment elements of the pilot. Deals for the network component have already been signed with BT Ireland, Chorus and Siemens.
So mid 2006 DTT will test again from 3 Rock and Clermont Carn, and Minister Dempsey said "he will be looking to explore possibilities for citizen-focused digital television services that can be delivered across all platforms during the course of the pilot"

What the heck does that mean? but slagging aside, Noel uses the 'C' word, and its not customer, its Citizen, a word dropped and replaced with customer by the current Govt. Perhaps a shift of focus, or was he off script?
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