solus P2 FTV cards switch off

just to see what the £23. Sky con was about I phoned the Sky number on
http://www.free2view.tv/

They said they only dealt with ex subscription cards but said both P1 & P2
cards would be turned off

Did not even kbow what a Solus card was , but tried to sell me a £23 new
card,,, said I would wait until my solus P2 card was switched off

Does anyone have the new £23 card?, does it have just the same channels as
the solus card, there was a rumour it would be the same channels as
terrestrial digital ( just I would have liked to see the rugby on ITV2)

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IOOA wrote:
just to see what the £23. Sky con was about I phoned the Sky number on
http://www.free2view.tv/

They said they only dealt with ex subscription cards but said both P1 & P2
cards would be turned off

Have a look there :
http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...047ab35ds.html

"IOOA" wrote in message
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just to see what the £23. Sky con was about I phoned the Sky number on
http://www.free2view.tv/

They said they only dealt with ex subscription cards but said both P1 & P2
cards would be turned off

Did not even kbow what a Solus card was , but tried to sell me a £23 new
card,,, said I would wait until my solus P2 card was switched off

Does anyone have the new £23 card?, does it have just the same channels as
the solus card, there was a rumour it would be the same channels as
terrestrial digital ( just I would have liked to see the rugby on ITV2)

You get excatly the same channels as the old Solus cards. No ITV2. Sorry.

Just received copy of half hour debate at Westminster 21st Oct Television
reception (rural areas) - could post if of any interest to anyone. We are
putting it to our MP that if folk have to pay the £23.50p then it would only
be fair that BBC encrypted all ftv channels and everyone had to pay them for
a card seperate to skys. Removing the free service from sky's package would
at least make it a level playing field for all. - Mike

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 09:42:14 -0000, "Mick" wrote:

Just received copy of half hour debate at Westminster 21st Oct Television
reception (rural areas) - could post if of any interest to anyone. We are
putting it to our MP that if folk have to pay the £23.50p then it would only
be fair that BBC encrypted all ftv channels and everyone had to pay them for
a card seperate to skys. Removing the free service from sky's package would
at least make it a level playing field for all. - Mike

What a nonsensical argument. The more obvious solution is that ITV, C4 & C5 go
FTA like the BBC & then nobody will need to buy a card.

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IOOA wrote:

They said they only dealt with ex subscription cards but said both P1 & P2
cards would be turned off

If so I would have expected to see some on-screen warning by now.

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"Nigel Barker" wrote in message
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What a nonsensical argument. The more obvious solution is that ITV, C4 &
C5 go
FTA like the BBC & then nobody will need to buy a card.

just out of interest, why arent they?

spammy wrote:
"Nigel Barker" wrote in message
...

What a nonsensical argument. The more obvious solution is that ITV,
C4 & C5 go FTA like the BBC & then nobody will need to buy a card.

just out of interest, why arent they?

Because the payments for programming rights for FTA satellite transmission,
are more than the cost of FTV encryption. Even more of a problem for C4 and
5 because they are not on Astra 2D (which has a much tighter footprint),
although of course the Beeb have managed it. (excluding the issues relating
to Scottish PL football, and some Hollywood film studios)

ITV, C4, and 5 will go FTA only if it benefits them (rather than the viewers).

In article ,
"spammy" wrote:

"Nigel Barker" wrote in message
...

What a nonsensical argument. The more obvious solution is that ITV, C4 &
C5 go
FTA like the BBC & then nobody will need to buy a card.

just out of interest, why arent they?

Because of rights agreements and issues that mean they must encrypt. Cost
of encryption is cheaper than the [rights] costs of not encrypting.

In article ,
"Mark Carver" wrote:

Because the payments for programming rights for FTA satellite transmission,
are more than the cost of FTV encryption. Even more of a problem for C4 and
5 because they are not on Astra 2D (which has a much tighter footprint),
although of course the Beeb have managed it. (excluding the issues relating
to Scottish PL football, and some Hollywood film studios)

How do you know the BBC has "managed it" (ie won't be paying out more in
rights costs than it saves in encryption costs?