FilmFour free on Sky?

On Mon, 29 May 2006 22:06:40 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote:

I think the (tenous) argument is that you originally paid for a Sky card,
hence its a 'pay' channel (whereas for say, BBC1 it would work without a
card)

But you pay for a TV licence, so BBC1 must be 'pay-tv' too.

(Except it STILL isn't, of course.) :-)

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On Mon, 29 May 2006 22:06:40 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote:
I think the (tenous) argument is that you originally paid for a Sky card,
hence its a 'pay' channel (whereas for say, BBC1 it would work without a
card)

But you pay for a TV licence, so BBC1 must be 'pay-tv' too.

No, the TV licence is not linked to viewing of BBC channels.

Face it: Public Service Broadcasters should not encrypt in only one
platform owner's system. That's anti-competitive bundling.

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On 30 May 2006 12:35:01 GMT, MJ Ray wrote:

Face it: Public Service Broadcasters should not encrypt in only one
platform owner's system. That's anti-competitive bundling.

Absolutely. But how many other satellite encryption platforms exist in
the UK? None which are major enough for it to be worth the PSBs
simulcrypting with.

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Zero Tolerance wrote:
On Mon, 29 May 2006 22:06:40 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote:

I think the (tenous) argument is that you originally paid for a Sky card,
hence its a 'pay' channel (whereas for say, BBC1 it would work without a
card)

But you pay for a TV licence, so BBC1 must be 'pay-tv' too.

So when my FTV card expires (because Sky change the encryption scheme)
it will be replaced by Sky free of charge ? If not, then in my book
that's an 'ongoing cost' ?

sky and free surely an oxymoron

On 30 May 2006 09:10:23 -0700, "Mark Carver"
wrote:

But you pay for a TV licence, so BBC1 must be 'pay-tv' too.

So when my FTV card expires (because Sky change the encryption scheme)
it will be replaced by Sky free of charge ? If not, then in my book
that's an 'ongoing cost' ?

No more an ongoing cost than buying a new TV every time the old one
breaks, and not one which is specific to any particular TV channel in
any case.

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On Wed, 31 May 2006 11:03:56 GMT, (Zero Tolerance)
wrote:

On 30 May 2006 09:10:23 -0700, "Mark Carver"
wrote:

But you pay for a TV licence, so BBC1 must be 'pay-tv' too.

So when my FTV card expires (because Sky change the encryption scheme)
it will be replaced by Sky free of charge ? If not, then in my book
that's an 'ongoing cost' ?

No more an ongoing cost than buying a new TV every time the old one
breaks, and not one which is specific to any particular TV channel in
any case.

The FTV cards are specific to Channel 4, five & Sky Three.

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On Wed, 31 May 2006 11:03:56 GMT, (Zero
Tolerance)
wrote:

On 30 May 2006 09:10:23 -0700, "Mark Carver"
wrote:

But you pay for a TV licence, so BBC1 must be 'pay-tv' too.

So when my FTV card expires (because Sky change the encryption scheme)
it will be replaced by Sky free of charge ? If not, then in my book
that's an 'ongoing cost' ?

No more an ongoing cost than buying a new TV every time the old one
breaks, and not one which is specific to any particular TV channel in
any case.

The FTV cards are specific to Channel 4, five & Sky Three.

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And the TV licence is specific to the BBC

"Big Al" Big wrote:


"Nigel Barker" wrote

The FTV cards are specific to Channel 4, five & Sky Three.

And the TV licence is specific to the BBC

The licence fee is specific to all television in the UK, you can't get
out of buying one by not watching Auntie.
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Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

In article ,
Big Al Big wrote:
The FTV cards are specific to Channel 4, five & Sky Three.

And the TV licence is specific to the BBC

No it isn't. The TV licence is *not* payment for watching BBC programs but for
having broadcast receiving equipment.

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