Sky in a box now £150?
 

http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcas...331071,00.html

"BSkyB will start selling the system, which will deliver around 200 TV and
radio channels for a one-off payment of £150, in time for the Christmas
market in a bid to make an inroad into the 200,000 boxes Freeview is selling
each month.
According to sources in the electronics trade, the new system will be
launched using refurbished Sky Digital boxes and modified smart cards that
will give viewers access to encrypted channels such as Channel 4 and Five
for up to two years. After that BSkyB is hoping to convert as many viewers
as possible to pay-TV"

You only get a refurbished box.
And what happens after two years, do you have to buy it again, or subscribe
to sky?

Loz

"loz" wrote in message
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http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcas...331071,00.html

"BSkyB will start selling the system, which will deliver around 200 TV and
radio channels for a one-off payment of £150, in time for the Christmas
market in a bid to make an inroad into the 200,000 boxes Freeview is
selling each month.
According to sources in the electronics trade, the new system will be
launched using refurbished Sky Digital boxes and modified smart cards that
will give viewers access to encrypted channels such as Channel 4 and Five
for up to two years. After that BSkyB is hoping to convert as many viewers
as possible to pay-TV"

You only get a refurbished box.
And what happens after two years, do you have to buy it again, or
subscribe to sky?

The 2 year clause is a guarantee that Sky will replace the viewing card with
a new one if they change encyption system within the first 2 years. They
aren't committing to replacing cards after this time - presumably to allow
them to charge for a new viewing card. So far Sky have changed cards just
once in the 6 years that Sky Digital has been on-air.

Steve

"loz" wrote in message
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http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcas...331071,00.html

"BSkyB will start selling the system, which will deliver around 200 TV and
radio channels for a one-off payment of £150, in time for the Christmas
market in a bid to make an inroad into the 200,000 boxes Freeview is
selling each month.
According to sources in the electronics trade, the new system will be
launched using refurbished Sky Digital boxes and modified smart cards that
will give viewers access to encrypted channels such as Channel 4 and Five
for up to two years. After that BSkyB is hoping to convert as many viewers
as possible to pay-TV"

You only get a refurbished box.
And what happens after two years, do you have to buy it again, or
subscribe to sky?

Should add that the £150scheme is the Sky FTV (not going to be called
FreeSat) scheme. Sky are also launching "Sky in a Box" - which will allow
people to buy a box (containing only a remote control) for a small amount
(£39.95?)- and then have a receiver and dish delivered and fitted for
subscription channel viewing. This is to allow people to give a "present"
that can be opened on Christmas or for a Birthday I guess...

Steve

loz wrote:
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Notice this bit?
"modified smart cards that will give viewers access to encrypted channels
such as Channel 4 and Five"

Where is ITV???

The mystery about wether ITV will go FTA deepens :o)

"Stephen Neal" wrote in message
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BSkyB will start selling the system, which will deliver around 200 TV and
radio channels for a one-off payment of £150, in time for the Christmas
market in a bid to make an inroad into the 200,000 boxes Freeview is
selling each month.
Should add that the £150scheme is the Sky FTV (not going to be called
FreeSat) scheme. Sky are also launching "Sky in a Box" - which will allow
people to buy a box (containing only a remote control) for a small amount
(£39.95?)- and then have a receiver and dish delivered and fitted for
subscription channel viewing. This is to allow people to give a "present"
that can be opened on Christmas or for a Birthday I guess...

OK, thanks for the clarification, I *think* I understand the difference now

Loz

loz wrote:

According to sources in the electronics trade, the new system will be
launched using refurbished Sky Digital boxes

Good grief.


and modified smart cards that
will give viewers access to encrypted channels such as Channel 4 and Five
for up to two years.

That should be "at least two years or until the next card change".


After that BSkyB is hoping to convert as many viewers
as possible to pay-TV

The FTV services **must** be totally removed from Sky's control using
any means necessary.

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Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

Should add that the £150scheme is the Sky FTV (not going to be called
FreeSat) scheme. Sky are also launching "Sky in a Box" - which will allow

interestingly enough, there is an article on the BBC site about this
today... and they call it FreeSat!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...io/3762910.stm

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:02:35 +0000 (UTC), "loz"
wrote:

http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcas...331071,00.html

"BSkyB will start selling the system, which will deliver around 200 TV and
radio channels for a one-off payment of £150, in time for the Christmas
market in a bid to make an inroad into the 200,000 boxes Freeview is selling
each month.
According to sources in the electronics trade, the new system will be
launched using refurbished Sky Digital boxes and modified smart cards that
will give viewers access to encrypted channels such as Channel 4 and Five
for up to two years. After that BSkyB is hoping to convert as many viewers
as possible to pay-TV"

You only get a refurbished box.
And what happens after two years, do you have to buy it again, or subscribe
to sky?

Loz


So what channels would you get then ? I'm presuming that the Movie
Channels and Sports Channels would be omitted from the line up ?

Chelsea Fan wrote:
|| On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:02:35 +0000 (UTC), "loz"
|| wrote:
||
||| http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcas...331071,00.html
|||
||| "BSkyB will start selling the system, which will deliver around 200 TV
and
||| radio channels for a one-off payment of £150, in time for the Christmas
||| market in a bid to make an inroad into the 200,000 boxes Freeview is
selling
||| each month.
||| According to sources in the electronics trade, the new system will be
||| launched using refurbished Sky Digital boxes and modified smart cards
that
||| will give viewers access to encrypted channels such as Channel 4 and
Five
||| for up to two years. After that BSkyB is hoping to convert as many
viewers
||| as possible to pay-TV"
|||
||| You only get a refurbished box.
||| And what happens after two years, do you have to buy it again, or
subscribe
||| to sky?
|||
||| Loz
|||
||
|| So what channels would you get then ? I'm presuming that the Movie
|| Channels and Sports Channels would be omitted from the line up ?

If you have a digibox now, take your card out, and see what you will get.
Then simply add ITV1, Ch4 & Ch5. There ya go. That is this "all new" (not)
service!