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Agreeing to differ here Mick. 
What I would add though and probably one of the arguments against TUTV, when Freeview was being set up, it was rumoured (very strongly) that TCM and a couple of the channels now in the TUTV package were to be part of Freeview.
Now whether they were or were not, it certainly would have muddied the waters for them with the directors of TUTV telling them that they can be part of the later addition of TUTV as a pay channel. Perhaps had it not been for this, we would have them for free already.
When you take the case of ITVDigital, formerly OnDigital, the take up was not meteoric, even given the huge influx of hacker viewers on basic subscription.
Compare it with the way that Freeview has taken off, people like the idea of a one of payment and then free viewing thereafter. You never know, it may do you a favour if TUTV dies, you could end up getting extra channels for free as they are unlikely to ignore a 10 million plus potential pool of viewers.
What I would add though and probably one of the arguments against TUTV, when Freeview was being set up, it was rumoured (very strongly) that TCM and a couple of the channels now in the TUTV package were to be part of Freeview.
Now whether they were or were not, it certainly would have muddied the waters for them with the directors of TUTV telling them that they can be part of the later addition of TUTV as a pay channel. Perhaps had it not been for this, we would have them for free already.
When you take the case of ITVDigital, formerly OnDigital, the take up was not meteoric, even given the huge influx of hacker viewers on basic subscription.
Compare it with the way that Freeview has taken off, people like the idea of a one of payment and then free viewing thereafter. You never know, it may do you a favour if TUTV dies, you could end up getting extra channels for free as they are unlikely to ignore a 10 million plus potential pool of viewers.
