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Old 28-01-2017, 00:50   #8
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)

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Originally Posted by nodrogd View Post
Some of it no doubt comes from Astra, there is also a capability of receiving several other satellites & from Freeview DTT, as the attached image shows:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08...r_to_the_sofa/

Well, part of my speculation was based on this from just over 2 years ago...

If Discovery is received via satellite, the signal is probably still there for VM to receive. The article also mentions that VM rotate their viewing cards (presumably so they receive EMMs through a standard Sky box since aftermarket Videoguard decoders don't apply updates to cards - although I'm not sure if that's true for Cisco ones).

I was always interested in how this stuff worked. Far more so than watching the actual content being broadcast ironically.
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