FilmFour free on Sky?

"loz" wrote in message
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"Ian" wrote in message
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In message , loz
writes

"The channel will launch on Freeview for the first time and will continue
to
be available to all cable and satellite viewers at no additional cost. On
digital satellite, the FilmFour Channel will be available to freesat
viewers
as well as Sky digital subscribers."

All this is saying is that Sky subscribers will not lose Film Four.

I think it is saying, or trying to say a bit more than that.
Clearly it is saying something about cost, and availability on Freeview
and Freesat

Loz





It says something about the C4's marketing and public relations muppets that
no one can understand what they write.

On Wed, 24 May 2006 14:14:53 +0100, "Adrian A" wrote:

Nigel Barker wrote:
On 24 May 2006 10:50:05 GMT, MJ Ray wrote:

"loz"
who knows. C4 did make similar statements about More 4 that turned
out not to be FTA on sky

I've asked C4 by email whether it will be properly FTA, and reminded
them that FreesatFromSky is about twice the price of other freesat
sets.
I'll let you know what comes back.

Our local Carrefour has FTA digital satellite receivers for just 37
Euros or just over twenty pounds!

Just over twenty-five pounds, good value.

Quite correct. My mistake. 25.24843 GBP according to www.oanda.com

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

On Wed, 24 May 2006 16:05:07 GMT, Nigel Barker wrote:

On Wed, 24 May 2006 14:14:53 +0100, "Adrian A" wrote:

Nigel Barker wrote:
On 24 May 2006 10:50:05 GMT, MJ Ray wrote:

"loz"
who knows. C4 did make similar statements about More 4 that turned
out not to be FTA on sky

I've asked C4 by email whether it will be properly FTA, and reminded
them that FreesatFromSky is about twice the price of other freesat
sets.
I'll let you know what comes back.

Our local Carrefour has FTA digital satellite receivers for just 37
Euros or just over twenty pounds!

Just over twenty-five pounds, good value.

Quite correct. My mistake. 25.24843 GBP according to www.oanda.com

For about the same price I just saw a complete FTA analogue system in our local
DIY superstore. Includes receiver, dish, LNB, cable etc

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

loz wrote:

So as usual C4 find it difficult to be precise about what they actually mean
and the people who write such statements there would seem to still not fully
understand the difference between FTA and FTV, or between Freesat, Sky, and
Freesatfromsky.

Not just C4. All the PR people in broadcasting (and Ofcom for that
matter) seem not to know the difference between FTA and FTV and pay.

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MJ Ray wrote:

I've asked C4 by email whether it will be properly FTA, and reminded them
that FreesatFromSky is about twice the price of other freesat sets.

Hmm. FreesatfromSky is £150 installed.

I think you would be hard put to find anyone to supply and install a
new dish and box for £75. I certainly wouldn't do it.

--
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The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/8vef5
UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
BBC reception questions? ; http://www.astra2d.com/
Fed up with on-screen logos? : http://logofreetv.org/
----
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No monies return'd. ;-)

Nigel Barker wrote:

Our local Carrefour has FTA digital satellite receivers for just 37 Euros or
just over twenty pounds!

I doubt that the build quality is anywhere near that of a current Sky
box.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/8vef5
UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
BBC reception questions? ; http://www.astra2d.com/
Fed up with on-screen logos? : http://logofreetv.org/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

Jomtien
Not just C4. All the PR people in broadcasting (and Ofcom for that
matter) seem not to know the difference between FTA and FTV and pay.

Ofcom knew enough to exclude FTA sets from the official statistics.
Why the $DEITY is Ofcom allowed to compile them instead of ONS?

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Jomtien
Hmm. FreesatfromSky is €150 installed.

I think you would be hard put to find anyone to supply and install a
new dish and box for €75. I certainly wouldn't do it.

It's not difficult to bolt on one dish and run a length of cable,
while the nearby Sky installations look pretty shoddy and the
in-laws Sky box seemed to be forever failing.

No way is that install + C4/five worth an 80 quid premium.

Adrian A wrote:

~ Nigel Barker wrote:
~ ~ On 24 May 2006 10:50:05 GMT, MJ Ray wrote:
~ ~
~ ~ ~ "loz"
~ ~ ~ ~ who knows. C4 did make similar statements about More 4 that
~ ~ ~ ~ turned out not to be FTA on sky
~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ I've asked C4 by email whether it will be properly FTA, and
~ ~ ~ reminded them that FreesatFromSky is about twice the price of
~ ~ ~ other freesat sets.
~ ~ ~ I'll let you know what comes back.
~ ~
~ ~ Our local Carrefour has FTA digital satellite receivers for just 37
~ ~ Euros or just over twenty pounds!
~
~ Just over twenty-five pounds, good value.

26 pounds 50.4297 pence at this precise moment ;-)


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RKP

R K Pelligo wrote:
Adrian A wrote:

~ Nigel Barker wrote:
~ ~ On 24 May 2006 10:50:05 GMT, MJ Ray wrote:
~ ~
~ ~ ~ "loz"
~ ~ ~ ~ who knows. C4 did make similar statements about More 4 that
~ ~ ~ ~ turned out not to be FTA on sky
~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ I've asked C4 by email whether it will be properly FTA, and
~ ~ ~ reminded them that FreesatFromSky is about twice the price of
~ ~ ~ other freesat sets.
~ ~ ~ I'll let you know what comes back.
~ ~
~ ~ Our local Carrefour has FTA digital satellite receivers for just
37 ~ ~ Euros or just over twenty pounds!
~
~ Just over twenty-five pounds, good value.

26 pounds 50.4297 pence at this precise moment ;-)

I don't know where you get your figure from but it's way out.
37 euros = £25.2622
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Adrian