Quote:
Originally Posted by beeman
As i said before the TERM freeview has been used for YEARS before the DTT platform started to refer to FREE-TO-VIEW. Freeview(tm) simply trademarked a commonly used phrase. That dosnt stop people using the phrase in the same way as they did before the trademark, it just means they cant use the phrase commercially  |
I have to say, I worked for a satellite broadcaster whilst ITV Digital was still around and then before Freeview launched, and I had never heard the phrase 'freeview' used in the context to which you're talking about.
Sure enough, as you went on to say, there were the freeview elements on the adult channels, but that's not the same context you were talking about, so it's a little tenious to use that example IMHO.