Originally Posted by DaMac (Post 35707000)

There isn't any competition on the box buying market...

Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35706988)

Sky don't pay for those things, you buy your equipment from Sky, and own it outright.

Originally Posted by DaMac (Post 35707000)

There isn't any competition on the box buying market... Imagine if you could only view BBC channels on a set supplied by TV licencing UK, there would be an outcry, what Virgin get away with must be illegal under EU law.

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But they don't let you use a box of your choice, EU legislation states that pay satellite providers must allow the end user to view a legally obtained subscription via a receiver of their choice via a suitable cam slot, they don't get away with it in other EU countries, only here because British consumers just accept their lot and don't challenge anything, lets start throwing cows into the sea is what i say.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35707062)

Sky are also breaking a European Directive that states that any available FTA channel should be obtainable by their boxes.

As they are now using non standard FEC variables for some HD channels, it isn't possible to manually tune in some FTA channels not on ones EPG.

I have asked our legal firm to look into this and they have advised me that, whilst they concur with my view, now is not the right time to take any action to force Sky to update their boxes to deal with the new FEC parameters.

Originally Posted by Derekb108 (Post 35707048)

Sky don't own the TV infrastructure like virgin do they share astra satalites with europe...

Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35707177)

Morning all. Another quiet week ahead?

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35707178)

One suspects once the WC is over then things will move quite quickly with regards to certain channels.

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35707019)

There is plenty of competition in the box buying market. Cisco, Samsung and half a dozen others compete heavily against each other. In turn that helps VM be competitive in the pay TV market.

Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35707177)

Morning all. Another quiet week ahead?

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35707212)

l think you will find that Vince is a "glass half empty man" sometimes.:waving:

Originally Posted by DaMac (Post 35707207)

You should be Labour spokesman for immigration, you know what I meant, I can't go into an electrical shop, buy a box, insert my viewing card and watch my subscription.