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Sky & Freesat fringe reception
UK TV in Europe after 2e 2f and 2g are operational
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<blockquote data-quote="Satellite74" data-source="post: 797900" data-attributes="member: 379688"><p>SES basically do what a customer pays them to do. If it matters to broadcasters and rights holders, and if they feel it is enough of a thorn in their side, then they will pay SES to make the spot beam as tight as possible under today's latest technology.</p><p></p><p>You don't usually get much charity from the content industry otherwise, just look at how ruthlessly they go after even the pettiest of file sharers... so I would say yes, they are concerned. Especially since in some countries in Northwestern Europe, like Belgium, the Netherlands or Scandinavia, American films and TV series are commonly broadcast with subtitles and without dubbing. Very many viewers in those countries know enough English anyway that they barely need the subtitles at all. Which means that any overspill from the UK, where new U.S. television content also typically airs much sooner than in the other countries, directly cuts into their profits in that other country's market.</p><p></p><p>If this is no concern for the TV industry, then why do we have beam shaping in the first place. Of course, in the future, when the skies over Europe get more and more crowded, it comes in handy to prevent interference between satellite beams. But for the time being, there isn't much other reason for it, except to restrict fringe viewing as much as possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Satellite74, post: 797900, member: 379688"] SES basically do what a customer pays them to do. If it matters to broadcasters and rights holders, and if they feel it is enough of a thorn in their side, then they will pay SES to make the spot beam as tight as possible under today's latest technology. You don't usually get much charity from the content industry otherwise, just look at how ruthlessly they go after even the pettiest of file sharers... so I would say yes, they are concerned. Especially since in some countries in Northwestern Europe, like Belgium, the Netherlands or Scandinavia, American films and TV series are commonly broadcast with subtitles and without dubbing. Very many viewers in those countries know enough English anyway that they barely need the subtitles at all. Which means that any overspill from the UK, where new U.S. television content also typically airs much sooner than in the other countries, directly cuts into their profits in that other country's market. If this is no concern for the TV industry, then why do we have beam shaping in the first place. Of course, in the future, when the skies over Europe get more and more crowded, it comes in handy to prevent interference between satellite beams. But for the time being, there isn't much other reason for it, except to restrict fringe viewing as much as possible. [/QUOTE]
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