[mythtvnz] Optus D1 HPol - TV3/C4

[Steve Hodge]

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On 2/2/07, Steven Ellis <steven@openmedia.co.nz> wrote:
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> Prime is a commercial decision. Keeps a lot of people paying Sky because
> they want Prime. I know a lot of people who will happily pay just to get
> 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 transmission
is a significant commercial gain seems a bit ridiculous to me.

Cheers,
Steve

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On 2/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Ellis</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:steven@openmedia.co.nz">steven@openmedia.co.nz</a>&gt; wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Prime is a commercial decision. Keeps a lot of people paying Sky because<br>they want Prime. I know a lot of people who will happily pay just to get<br>Top Gear etc.<br></blockquote></div><br>You know a lot of people who have non-Sky satelite equipment, don&#39;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 transmission is a significant commercial gain seems a bit ridiculous to me.
<br><br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br>

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