[danielf]

Originally Posted by JonSav1

At present, RamJet, the only channels which have interactive contect (in langley areas) are Channel 4/E4 and Channel ntl:. Pressing red on BBC takes you to their walled garden site.

I expect that ntl: will be in discussions with $ky about providing the Sky Sports/News services to ntl: users, and the BBCi bridge was being tested last week so there should be BBC content soon. Give it a few months and you'll be in Red Button heaven!

Personally, I can make do with pressing back or TV when I don't want to see it. Broadcasters use it as an important tool for advertising their services and, as much as people may campiegn against the use of and red button advertising, I believe it is here to stay. I actually didin't notice it on E4 until one of my house-mates said "What's that in the corner of the screen?"!

Fair point. But, like others have argued, on the Bromley platform it is possible to disable it. Why didn't NTL put such an option in CR3 seeing that it is possible to do so? (and seeing that the red dot clearly annoys some people?)