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Rob King 18-05-2012 18:48

Sky Dish Alert
 
i had my superhub replaced today the guy was talking to me about sky and the plans of the Goverment to bann all satelitte dishes in 5 years time of all new built homes i hope thats true , i can see virgin media rubbing there hands together as we speak if its true ?

muppetman11 18-05-2012 18:55

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http://advanced-television.com/index...ellite-dishes/ :)

denphone 18-05-2012 18:57

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Originally Posted by Rob King (Post 35429984)
i had my superhub replaced today the guy was talking to me about sky and the plans of the Goverment to bann all satelitte dishes in 5 years time of all new built homes i hope thats true , i can see virgin media rubbing there hands together as we speak if its true ?

Somehow l think he was talking pie in the sky Rob.:)

nodrogd 18-05-2012 19:04

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If you move into a lot of new housing association properties you have to use the communal systems they have installed. So perhaps this is the way things will go.

LexDiamond 18-05-2012 20:07

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Somehow I very much doubt this will happen.

Zee 18-05-2012 21:43

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Wouldn't Sky go bust over time if this was to be true, dont believe it somehow...

TheDon 18-05-2012 22:18

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Well we know how anti-murdoch the government are at the moment ;)

In reality it can't happen though. Especially seeing as how the governmental advice on the switchover is that some people will have to get satellite if they want to continue to receive TV post switchover.

Chad 18-05-2012 22:19

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SKY already operate in a "dish less environment" via XBOX live and will continue this trend via their upcoming Now TV venture.

We all know how innovative SKY are. If the dishes have to go, they will simply deliver their content in a different way.

DaMac 19-05-2012 06:34

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I agree, i can see a day when you will get your SKY via 4g wifi or something, it will be cheaper to mantain and install than a big crappy sat orbitting the earth.

Superblade7 19-05-2012 06:59

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Or they might just buy VM and deliver Sky via cable and expand the network. They certainly won't go down without a fight!

denphone 19-05-2012 07:02

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Originally Posted by Superblade7 (Post 35430109)
Or they might just buy VM and deliver Sky via cable and expand the network. They certainly won't go down without a fight!

Somehow l cannot see that happening SB.

Superblade7 19-05-2012 07:15

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35430110)
Somehow l cannot see that happening SB.

I know it's unlikely Den but you never know with Sky, they've got enough money to pretty much do what they like as we all know!

Maggy 19-05-2012 08:54

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35429992)

Hell! That's not a human right..that's a complete travesty of what human rights are about..:mad:

Stuart 19-05-2012 09:28

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Originally Posted by Superblade7 (Post 35430112)
I know it's unlikely Den but you never know with Sky, they've got enough money to pretty much do what they like as we all know!

It's more likely they'd buy Virgin and shut it, probably offering VM customers deals to get them to move to Sky, This would be cheaper than maintaining a huge cable network that is competing against their own network in a lot of areas.

Either way, any attempt by Sky to buy Virgin would result in action being taken by the competition commission.

Maggy 19-05-2012 09:31

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Originally Posted by Stuart (Post 35430149)
It's more likely they'd buy Virgin and shut it, probably offering VM customers deals to get them to move to Sky, This would be cheaper than maintaining a huge cable network that is competing against their own network in a lot of areas.

Either way, any attempt by Sky to buy Virgin would result in action being taken by the competition commission.

What a horrible thought.However even under those circumstances I'd still not buy Sky.
Anyway hopefully it would be considered too much of a monopoly..If government has any balls left.

Stuart 19-05-2012 09:33

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Moved to Other Digital TV Services Discussion.

Superblade7 19-05-2012 10:05

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35430150)
If government has any balls left.

That's a big IF Maggy!

muppetman11 19-05-2012 11:57

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Is this a fantasy thread or what ? :p:

denphone 19-05-2012 12:04

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35430201)
Is this a fantasy thread or what ? :p:

It seems the master has been stirred somewhat.:D;)

muppetman11 19-05-2012 12:08

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It's worth a read for the the comedy value I suppose :)

denphone 19-05-2012 12:11

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35430206)
It's worth a read for the the comedy value I suppose :)

Frankly l cannot ever see the dish being got rid off or banned even though some of us would like to see Sky's power curbed but thats for another thread on another day.:)


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