Today is a big day for Digital TV (and Convergence?)

Today, 11 million viewers in the Granada TV region will no longer be able to receive BBC2 via an analogue TV receiver.    Digital TV and set top box owners will need to retune their digital receivers later today.  There is a series of road shows in the area to support viewers. 

Interestingly image quality had been one of the touted benefits of Digital TV, but this has fallen by the wayside as more choice and interactivity lead the way as benefits of change. 
http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/what__and__why


Layered content is a trend to watch out for .... 'Convergence' being the term reborn.  In 2000 it was impossible to go to a digital event without at least half the attendees banging on about convergence.  But its all getting a lot more real now. 

For  example, Wikipedia content to back up a documentary, or VW content over Top Gear...  the trouble is of course, that most of the set top boxes out there are dumb, and not networked....

Funny to look at this post from '07 on 'predictions for the year'....

http://digispag.blogspot.com/2007/01/next-big-winners.html