On 19/10/2007, Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew Bowden wrote: > > There's no technical reason - it's just the business model. Sky+ has > > been used to try and keep you subscribing - to reduce their churn. The > > idea that your PVR is about to stop working when you stop subscribing no > > doubt panics people. > > > > And of course TiVo did the same - £10 a month for listings as well, > > although in that case they did actually have to provide the listings. > > With a Sky+ they are already there. > > It'll be interesting to see what happens when the entirely > subscription-free Freesat service (the BBC/ITV initiative*, not > Freesat-from-Sky) launches. > > * http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/news/press_releases/27_04_2007.html
Indeed it will. Will Ofcom have to control the channel numbers - they took away telephone number allocation away from BT. It would make so much sense for the same numbers to be used for the same channels on different platforms. It's like a weird mental sudoku to remember channel numbers and TV captions and listing magazines are confusing! Also, it would remove a pointless secondary market in the numbers. S > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
