BBC and ITV to start Sky TV rival
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...io/4221722.stm

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:scratch:Perhaps I'll hang on to the carbuncle of a dish on the side of my house after all.

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Looks interesting, might go for it for the bedrooms upstairs, the lads have freeview at the moment, but it might give them more choice, we'll have to wait and see what happens when it launches.

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I hope they bring back the squariel (sp?)!!!

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are you :nutter:




:D

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You remember them too:rofl:

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Yeah, they were great.

And the adverts had Lenny Henry in them...

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A winning combination:tu:

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Or am I confusing it with when he did the ' smiths square crisps' adverts?? :confused: :)

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Doesn't matter, didn't both products proove inedible to the british public:)

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Maybe that's why he doesn't do adverts anymore? :)

Anyway, back on topic.... I can see this being another 'ondigital' fiasco with it all going belly up after people have bought boxes, etc

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Honestly can't see that happening, as both BBC and ITV want everything broadcast in the clear, no encryption, or so I read, fingers crossed they keep to that way of thinking.

Just wondering who else they have lined up to join them?

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Hmm.. I just hope ITV's contribution isn't ITV2, ITV3 and a new channel ITV4 - or as they would be better know as 'Repeats', 'Crap Repeats', and 'Is anyone actually watching this ****e Repeats'.

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Just as long as they don't get NTL to organise the channel line up:)

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This is big news guys! At the moment, most people in the UK think that the only way to get satellite TV is thru Sky. Well it isn't. Anyone can go out and buy a Free To Air satellite receiver (Lidl had some this week for £39.95) , set it up and start receiving lots of free channels - with no subscription! Some of the channels are listed here:
http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/United-Kingdom.html

At the moment there are 2 problems with doing this. First off, ITV1 is not available because the idiots signed an exclusive deal with Sky that ties them in. Secondly, the Electronic Program Guide available outside Sky is very primitive at the moment.

Last year (or was it the year before) the Beeb partially untangled themselves from Sky and all their programs are now transmitted in the clear and are available without subscription. However, their channels are still included in the Sky EPG - for which priviledge the Beeb has to pay millions.

The Beeb have managed to get ITV to come in with them (once their contract with Sky expires) so that all the UK's Freeview channels will also be available via satellite. It looks like the Freesat service will also have its own EPG too.

Good news methinks and one on the nose for Mr Murdoch too.

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:bump:

An update for anyone interested in BBC/ITV Freesat.

I contacted the BBC the other day to moan about the non-availability of the FA Cup Final on their satellite feed and accuse them of not doing enough to bring in the digital age, etc etc etc

Amongst the cut-and-paste standard paragraphs they sent in reply was a gem of genuinely useful information about the Freesat service they announced last September and have said so little about since, it became suspected by some it was an empty threat:



So now you know.

Incidentally, I phoned Sky yesterday and tried to cancel my subscription in favour of taking their Freesat channels only and got offered 75p a month for three months by their Retentions department. :erm: :D. I don't know if this is their standard tactic at the moment or not - I did tell them I am about to be made redundant (which is the truth).