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How much did BBC save by ditching Sky encryption?
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard Hunt" data-source="post: 890738" data-attributes="member: 401968"><p>Mods, feel free to move this, but I hope you find it interesting.</p><p></p><p>I was always bothered by Greg Dyke's claim that he saved the BBC "£85mill" by moving to the tighter beam Astra. That was supposed to be the cost of encryption so that they could use the Sky platform, and it sounded like a lot of money.</p><p></p><p>So I finally got round to asking under the Freedom of Information law for the evidence of this saving. I presumed there must be a contract between the BBC and Sky for the encryption service, which would therefore be a matter of public record. </p><p></p><p>The BBC really didn't want to answer my question, and I had to go all the way to the Information Commissioner to make them answer it, but finally, today, they have. You can read it <a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/197007/response/530599/attach/html/4/RFI20140264%20final%20response.pdf.html" target="_blank">here</a>. It is, finally a quite detailed response. I would be interested in any comments people have on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard Hunt, post: 890738, member: 401968"] Mods, feel free to move this, but I hope you find it interesting. I was always bothered by Greg Dyke's claim that he saved the BBC "£85mill" by moving to the tighter beam Astra. That was supposed to be the cost of encryption so that they could use the Sky platform, and it sounded like a lot of money. So I finally got round to asking under the Freedom of Information law for the evidence of this saving. I presumed there must be a contract between the BBC and Sky for the encryption service, which would therefore be a matter of public record. The BBC really didn't want to answer my question, and I had to go all the way to the Information Commissioner to make them answer it, but finally, today, they have. You can read it [URL='https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/197007/response/530599/attach/html/4/RFI20140264%20final%20response.pdf.html']here[/URL]. It is, finally a quite detailed response. I would be interested in any comments people have on it. [/QUOTE]
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