Who is in charge of Freeview?
That is a very difficult question to answer. Numerous organisations are involved. Their precise roles and the administrative and financial relationships between them are not easily discovered. Freeview (external link verified May-06) is generally described as being a marketing organisation, promoting digital terrestrial television in Britain. The multiplex operators contract to carry channels and combine those channels to form the signal for each multiplex. The Digital Television Group (external link verified May-06) (DTG) administer some technical aspects of the Freeview system, including the transmission of on-air downloads (OAD’s) for set-top boxes supplied by their manufacturers. DTG also establish the technical standards for UK digital terrestrial television and its MHEG text system. DMOL apparently also administer some technical aspects of the Freeview system. DTV Services appear to actually own Freeview. DTV Services appears to be partly or wholly controlled by the BBC but infor
