New BBC/ITV free to view service

**Gefiltefish** · 05-09-2005

For those that have not seen it, The BBC and ITV are planning to set up their own free to view satellite service-and another set up box is on the way!!!:

http://business.telegraph.co.uk/mone...04/ixcity.html

**Analoguesat** · 05-09-2005

If it happens - if they have any sense they will just be using a standard digital fta receiver.

**Gefiltefish** · 05-09-2005

But will this mean the BBC and ITV come out of the SKY epg do you think?

**gameboy** · 05-09-2005

Originally Posted by Gefiltefish

For those that have not seen it,

This news item is on the front page of the forum - best reply there and keep it all tidy.

**Gefiltefish** · 05-09-2005

sorry where is the thread on the front page?

**gameboy** · 05-09-2005

Originally Posted by Gefiltefish

sorry where is the thread on the front page?

http:www.satellites.co.uk

Middle section under the news story...

BBC and ITV explore launch of free satellite service and

ITV going fta

**yan75** · 10-09-2005

Originally Posted by Analoguesat

If it happens - if they have any sense they will just be using a standard digital fta receiver.

I found this on another site.
The BBC and ITV have confirmed the launch a free-to-view satellite TV service to complement Freeview DTT coverage.

Freesat, to be launched early in 2006, will carry all BBC and ITV digital TV, interactive and radio services plus other channels. BBC director general Mark Thompson said the announcement "paved the way" for nationwide free digital television.

ITV's Chief Executive Charles Allen also confirmed the company would also start broadcasting its channels on the sky digital platform "in the clear" in the next few months. ITV currently encrypts its transmissions via satellite, using the service provided by Sky.

The official announcement of Freesat was made at ITV’s results conference: profits rose sharply despite ITV1 suffering a fall in advertising revenue, as ITV benefited from higher overall revenues - including from its DTT channels - and a large reduction in its licence fee.

The group said profits before tax for the first six months of the year were £205 million (E297 million), 60 per cent higher than the same period in 2004, on revenues that were 8.4 per cent higher at £1.04 billion. Ofcom, the communications regulator, in June reduced ITV’s licence fees by £135 million to about £80 million.

Does the highlighted paragraph mean we may get more regional ITV channels in the SKY EPG and maybe even ITV2 or ITV3 in the fringe areas??

Yan

**rolfw** · 10-09-2005

All in this thread, will close this one now. ITV going fta

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