Existing as well as new, digital satellite viewers will be affected because Sky is currently in the process of a viewing card swap-out, which is necessary to ensure the security of the system.
1. BREACH OF FREE MINIDISH AND DIGIBOX TERMS:
if in the next 12 months they obtain a viewing card for their digibox or it becomes possible to obtain one without subscribing to a pay-TV service, the requirement to keep the viewing card in the box for the remainder of the 12 month period will apply from that point.
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so you get a free installation by signing up for sky package then, once equipment is on site, pull payment and opt out under consumer protection rights, no need to keep card in box,(would have thought the card would be zapped from on high anyway) and no breach of contract.
Sky now have to recover equipment as consumer only responsible for safe keeping of installation,
Sky seem to have enough troubles with installation and p*c* power supplies, so it sits.
OK you buy FreeSat card and you have, a set top box, they know the system is in use if you activate the card, they want serial numbers. I can see how they may
try to enforce the cost of the original contract but why
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the requirement to keep the viewing card in the box for the remainder of the 12 month period will apply from that point.
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True, it would make litigation more possible but if the card is always in the box, they can zap it when they please.
But hey, who cares, I doubt if itv will retreat from the high frontier, may be bad news for digibox people but it sounds as if it could be ok for the ex-pat's, they will live without Channels 4&5 and means we are all safe from Digidol