[mythtvnz] Optus D1 HPol - TV3/C4

[Steven Ellis]

On Fri, February 2, 2007 4:31 pm, Steve Hodge wrote:
> On 2/2/07, Steven Ellis <steven@openmedia.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>> Prime is a commercial decision. Keeps a lot of people paying Sky becau=
se
>> they want Prime. I know a lot of people who will happily pay just to g=
et
>> Top Gear etc.
>>
>
> You know a lot of people who have non-Sky satelite equipment, don't use
> UHF,
> and pay for Sky Digital purely for Prime? I find that hard to believe.
> Most
> (95%+?) of the people who watch Prime have access to the free,
> unencrypted,
> UHF transmission. So for Sky to claim that encrypting the sat transmiss=
ion
> is a significant commercial gain seems a bit ridiculous to me.

I know people who currently pay Sky for 1-4 because they have no
reception, but now that they have Prime via Sky they won't give it up.

I also know people who can get 1-4 on VHF but pay for Sky because their
Prime on UHF is so bad.

Steve

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