24-05-2004, 23:25
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire
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Re: GOD Channel
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Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar
Thats because Sky don't provide it, the channel itself has arranged carriage with one of the uplinkers who feed the Astra2/Eurobird1 orbital position.
Lots of people seem to forget its not Sky's satellite, they just rent space. Channels provided by ntl cable however are provided by ntl and ntl provide ALL of the infrastructure between the super headends and the customer, including the STB.
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It is in the Sky EPG, as is GOD2, so it's not as if Sky subscribers are just picking it up because it is on a satellite that they are pointing at.
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