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Originally Posted by Lew
It’s for preventing pubs etc from using residential subscriptions instead of commercial subscriptions (the ones that have the pint glass icon).
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As VM were effectively forced out of the non domestic pay TV business by Sky, they now only sell TV services to domestic users.
Hence, it shouldn't really bother VM as they are receiving the only available subscription payment. I would imagine that Sky have forced VM to do this as part of carriage contracts.
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Originally Posted by ozsat
If you go into a pub and the 'pint glass' icon is on the screen on Sky Sports - then the pub is using a card which is for commercial use (like a pub).
If a Sky rep finds a pub showing Sky Sports with the 'pink glass' icon - then that know that a private (non-commercial) card is being used.
I suspect the numbers can help them narrow the search down to find out whose card is being used.
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I have only ever seen the commercial sub pint glass.
I can't see the point in putting a pink one on domestic sub boxes. If Sky Sports is being shown in a bar and a glass is present, it is the correct sub, if no glass is present it's the incorrect sub!
Is the pink glass a new thing? If so, maybe it's now:
Normal glass- Sky commercial, correct sub.
Pink glass- Sky domestic, incorrect sub.
No glass- cable broadcast, incorrect sub.
I was surprised to read that they were doing it on other channels, particularly the free to air Sky News!
Incidentally, a friend was once showing football in his pub with a domestic subscription.
A Sky rep called and accused him of incorrectly using a Sky domestic sub.
When he explained that it was from his cable box, the rep said, if that was the case, it was nothing to do with him and left the premises!
Admittedly, this was a few years ago.