Freeview Plus Launch date today 2nd September 2014

**TVguy** · 10-09-14, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by SpankedHam

There may be a grace period where hbbtv compliant receivers without the secret will be allowed to run the applets, ie until Freeview and the manufacturers get their act together but after that, if it ain't on the approved list, it ain't workin'.

Time will tell.

The only reason I question the likelihood of mandatory certification is I attended a Freeview HbbTV trade presentation in March and queried the presenter on this exact issue. The first response was somewhat equivocal, so I pressed the point and was told outright that non certified products would not be prevented from operating. This was a room with at least fifty people in attendance and the Freeview representatives were all very senior.
Then again, I am a bit too trusting in people and may be proven wrong (yet again).