Freeview and Freesat must be able to innovate

摘要

Accusations of huggermuggery are hardly new for those involved in Project Canvas who have been repeatedly accused of secrecy, but this week we find proponents of Freeview and Freesat complaining not of huggermuggery but worried about being mugged by Huggers.rnCynics will say that having riled pretty much every other part of the industry - from manufacturers and advertisers to pay-television operators and standards bodies - it is only fair that Canvas finally got round to alienating Freeview and Freesat as well.rnCertainly, Erik Huggers' remark at a conference last week that there was "no clear future" for the free-to-air platforms would have made for rather uncomfortable listening for the Freeview and Freesat managing directors, who were among the attendees.