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Originally Posted by Maggy J
It's about taxpayers money not wholly being spent on the BBC.Personally I'd rather the BBC didn't get their content onto Sky and spent the 9 million on better content on the BBC.  |
I agree.
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Originally Posted by Rob
If there is a cost incurred by someone transmitting a service on behalf of another supplier, it seems reasonable to me that the cost is funded. But it shouldn't necessarily result in a profit to the transmitter?
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Yes, but the presence of the BBC channels helps to drive up subscribers. Not having them would be detrimental to Sky. They should think of it as a loss leader, they have no problem with this concept in other areas of their business.
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Originally Posted by Itshim
...I would think that Sky need BBC channels more than BBC need Sky - or for that matter Virgin  |
Absolutely.
Cable companies are obliged to carry the PSB channels Free To Air at no charge as part of their franchise licence to operate.
Sky do not have to carry them, but, if they do, they have to give them "due prominence" in the EPG.
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Originally Posted by martyh
It is being spent on the BBC ,it is allowing the BBC to be broadcast to everyone as a subscription free public service which is what the BBC is there for .Removing the BBC channels from sky as a free channel would turn it into a subscription channel for those who want it ,does that mean that sky subscribers would no longer have to pay the license fee or does it mean they would have to pay both license fee and extra subscription to recieve BBC channels.
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The BBC channels would still be available, Free To Air, from the Astra satellite. The channels would simply be removed from the Sky EPG. Some or all may still be available via "add channels". The channels available, however, would no longer be recordable.
No extra subscription to Sky would be required and the TV Licence would still be payable.
Of course, all this is purely academic as Sky would never allow it to get to the stage where they left the platform. That's why i'm surprised this hasn't been tried before.
The very existence of the BBC channels on Sky is enough remuneration in itself. In some countries, PSB channels charge the platform owners for inclusion on their platform!