pint glass

[moosegoose]

hi talking to a customer on sat .talking about sky in pubs and clubs and he said if there is not a pint glass in the corner of the screen they are not paying commercial rates .now not getting down the pub much i wondered if he had one to many .as i have never seen it any where.but if its true i would like to know many thanks.

 

[Mickha]

It's true, or it was a few years ago, S*y got fed up of pubs getting a home set up and running a feed to the pub, so some time ago they put a small pint glass symbol on the bottom corner of the screen.
Now if a S*y representative pops into a pub he can tell instantly if it's a commercial set up.
The prices they charge pubs, and clubs, is extortion, but most pay it, a few went for ART set ups, but now ART have lost the rights I suppose they'll either have to invest in bigger dishes or go for DigitAlb.

 

[moosegoose]

think its charged on the rateble value ie as much as 10k a year.can u get all the prem on digitalb and is it legal. well as far as sky is concerned

 

[rolfw]

Won't get into that here, as there are legal proceedings under way and it has been discussed/argued on many previous occasions, so we need to wait and see some results.

Will dig out the thread links and add them to this post.

 

[doncoolman]

Some biig clubs can be up to UK£ 20K according to the ratesheet!
The best rumour from the Northwest is that the Nove package, much more expensive, is more legal than Digialb, as its from an EU country.