Statistical multiplexing technology doesn’t justify taking spectr...
Statistical multiplexing technology doesn’t justify taking spectrum to use half of each station’s digital broadcasting capacity for other purposes, a station testing the technology told the FCC. “A central feature of this technology is that it provides the station…
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with flexibility in using its entire bandwidth,” WBOC-TV Salisbury, Md., said Friday, http://xrl.us/bgubt6. “And the potential technical and other drawbacks to the technology are still being explored.” If the commission allocates half a station’s bandwidth to another user, the broadcaster “would no longer have the ability to make critical adjustments to our bit stream, and this entire approach would not be possible” the filing said. “The result would be an inefficient use of our channel capacity.” WBOC had met with FCC broadband officials at their request to discuss broadcasting 720p and 1080i and streams and adjusting the bitrate (CD Jan 25 p11).