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Sky to launch 4 channel pay service on DTT!
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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 345717" data-attributes="member: 175144"><p>Sky have seen their take up on satellite cut by quite a few numbers by the Freeview platform in the past year. The TV and DVD/R manufacturers have all embraced the platform as they know it makes sense to add a £15 circuit and sell on the screen for £100 more.</p><p>I don't believe this is any direct threat to the BSkyB, as they already have a takeup via Freesat (their operations centre deals with the free card system, and their roped-in manufacturers supply the boxes), but this is a long term project, as the terrestrial platform will support some 400 MPEG-2 channels once analogue disappears in a couple of years, and quite a few more MPEG-4 stuff should the whole platform move over to another standard.</p><p></p><p>Anyone with a £25 box is unlikely to complain when they are asked to change their system in 5 years time, but integral TV users (especially the higher end ones) will no doubt be rather pissed off that they have bought a dead duck (even though they may not realise their 'HD ready' flatscreen TV will not actually give true 1920 by 1080 resolution HD quality when it eventually arrives. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /></p><p>Anything broadcast in the meantime should constitute a trading standards enquiry at the very least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 345717, member: 175144"] Sky have seen their take up on satellite cut by quite a few numbers by the Freeview platform in the past year. The TV and DVD/R manufacturers have all embraced the platform as they know it makes sense to add a £15 circuit and sell on the screen for £100 more. I don't believe this is any direct threat to the BSkyB, as they already have a takeup via Freesat (their operations centre deals with the free card system, and their roped-in manufacturers supply the boxes), but this is a long term project, as the terrestrial platform will support some 400 MPEG-2 channels once analogue disappears in a couple of years, and quite a few more MPEG-4 stuff should the whole platform move over to another standard. Anyone with a £25 box is unlikely to complain when they are asked to change their system in 5 years time, but integral TV users (especially the higher end ones) will no doubt be rather pissed off that they have bought a dead duck (even though they may not realise their 'HD ready' flatscreen TV will not actually give true 1920 by 1080 resolution HD quality when it eventually arrives. :-rofl2 Anything broadcast in the meantime should constitute a trading standards enquiry at the very least. [/QUOTE]
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