Phone 08702 430604 ?

[BarMoo]

I doubt it. The DP probably doesn't even know what sub he's been given. For him, its plasma schasma screens.

He's probably thinking which crustation has Clare Short's name on it.

Regards,

Mark.

 

[Channel Hopper]

the people at Sky are saying that to receive BBC,ITV,Ch4,Ch5 they need to subscribe @ minimum of £12.50 per month

and of course BSKYB probably dont want to notify the inquisitive callers about the latest changes to the channel lineup on 16 East

 

[easysat]

I got the 'message of death' on my Digibox for the first time yesterday after I left it on ITV Meridian all day long. The Solus card is at an SO postcode for anyone who is following the nationwide roll out of Sky's subscribe campaign.

 

[BarMoo]

got the 'message of death' on my Digibox

LOL, the suspense is killing me 'O'-red

And its suposed to be the silly season?

Have Fun,

Mark.

P.S. Isn't it funny that SKY never send a message like this when they intend to put up their subscription prices. Save for a letter which most people will just scan and go "what again, uh!" and throw in the bin - this niffty and terrifying message cuts out the crap.

They must love the control of it all.

 

[zansi]

See also notes posted in other section-:
http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?threadid=6001

It is important that e-mails are sent to the people involved to get some positive action.

Don't let the greedy Sky baron have it all his own way!! like the monopoly of sport to give just one example O-grab

 

[gensavage]

Hi,

We receive the message on a regular basis saying the channels will soon be discontinued,so I had a friend in the UK call Sky and ask about the discount of 50% on the Value Package. The operator at Sky said she had never heard of such an offer,called another department,they said exactly the same,but offered him the package at £12.50/month.

We are 70k East of Malaga and receive all the channels without a problem at the moment,but now one of the local satellite installers is offering a viewing card for what we have now,activation of the card and 12 months guarantee for a one of payment(for the first year) of £70.11.

He says this is possible via one of the Asian channels,can this be true?

PAUL

 

[rolfw]

Sounds interesting, might be worth checking out.

 

[Robbie34]

I wrote to the DCMS about the imminent switch off of FTV cards and here is the reply.

If they were flooded with posts then it may induce them to take an active interest in this. New Labour are influenced very heavily by what they perceive to be in their political interests. I'm sure they would be very worried if they thought they had p****d off potential New Labour voters.

Thank you for your e-mail of 31 July regarding free to view channels on satellite.

Firstly, as you may know, most of the digital satellite programmes intended for reception in the UK are transmitted from the Astra 2A, 2B and 2D satellites, although a few services make use of the Eurobird 1 satellite. In May, the BBC services moved over from using Astra 2A to 2D. Astra 2A covers the UK together with a large part of continental Europe. Whereas Astra 2D has a tighter footprint covering, primarily the UK and Republic of Ireland, with some spillover into France and Benelux. As a result of these changes, it is now possible to view BBC services on digital satellite free-to-air without the need for a viewing card.

BSkyB and the BBC announced on 13 June a five year agreement which includes the continued allocation to BBC1 and to BBC2 channel numbers 101 and 102 respectively on BSkyB's Electronic Programme Guide (EPG). As part of that agreement, the BBC is buying a regionalisation service from Sky to ensure that viewers with a Sky viewing card within the UK will continue to automatically receive the right national and regional versions of BBC1 and BBC2. But this will also enable digital satellite viewers to receive any of the BBC's national and regional services anywhere in the UK.

The BBC agreement will end payment by the BBC to BSkyB for the provision of "Solus" viewing cards to digital satellite viewers who do not have a subscription to a pay-TV service.

I appreciate your concerns as to whether this means consumers will have to subscribe to receive ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the future. As yet, no changes have been made to ITV, Channel 4 or Five. ITV continues to be transmitted form Astra 2D and Channel 4 and Five are on Astra 2A. These channels use the Sky conditional access system, so a viewing card is required. We are advised by the Independent Television Commission that their present conditional access agreements with Sky has some time to run. However, as things stand, BSkyB will not be sending new viewing cards to "Solus" card viewers as part of the card swap-out programme - unless a free-to-view broadcaster, other than the BBC, wishes to pay to provide replacement cards. Once the existing cards are disabled, access to these services will cease and in the longer term it could be that the commercial public service channels may consider alternative arrangements if they wish to continue to provide free-to view access to their services by satellite.

I should clarify that there are provisions in the Communications Act 2003 to empower OfCom to require/approve the provision of arrangements to ensure reception of a 'must provide' satellite service (as defined in the Act and subject to modification by the Secretary of State) in those areas where it is not possible to receive digital public service channels by other means. However, we hope that this current situation can be satisfactorily resolved without the need to use legislation.

Finally, you will wish to know that Tessa Jowell has written to the respective Chief Executives of ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and BSkyB seeking clarification regarding their position over current and future free-to-view access to their services on digital satellite. We will publish the results of those enquiries on the digital television website www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk as soon as it is possible to do so.

I hope this has been of help to you.
Rachel Hitchman

Digital and Commercial Television Policy Advisor
Department for Culture Media and Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London SW1Y 5DH

 

[rolfw]

Unfortunately this is a pretty stock reply, see HERE