[mythtvnz] Optus D1 HPol - TV3/C4

Daniel McKenzie mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:58:17 +1300


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On 2/2/07, Steve Hodge <stevehodge@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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>
Not to mention that Sky bought Prime to get an entry into the free-to-air
market. They don't seem that worried anymore.

-- 
Daniel

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On 2/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Hodge</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:stevehodge@gmail.com">stevehodge@gmail.com</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;">
<span class="q"></span><span class="q"><br></span>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.
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</span></blockquote></div><br>Not to mention that Sky bought Prime to get an entry into the free-to-air market. They don&#39;t seem that worried anymore.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Daniel

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