If you were addressing my comments; > Let's just get this 100% clear: Sky DO NOT OWN THE ASTRA SATELLITES. Sky Subscriber Services Ltd do provide the encryption systems for the channels that their card is used for, but they do not own the upload services.
I knew this, they lease space on them just like everybody else. I also know that the EPG numbers don't correlate with transpoder or PIDs, but surely that's the whole point... The mosaic, with its pages of different content - maybe even spread across the transponders to use less bandwidth in one place, though I'd prefer them in one place (unless boxes can switch transponders quickly now to avoid that horrible lag - well, it could be nestled anywhere in Sky's bouquet of channels. They already have enough channels of that rolling demo, they could axe one of those and use the same channel's bandwidth if they're *that* desperate capacity-wise (I sorely doubt they are). Are you implying that Sky don't actually control a lot of the content which is broadcast and received via their closed-loop system? If so, that would seem a bit amateurish on their behalf. Surely they have the power to vet and withdraw channels in realtime? I've seen occasions where the box has been unable to lock to a channel, showing the "This channel has a technical fault" message, and I'm sure that can't just be fully automated. Surely as the platform provider Sky have a responsibility to monitor all the content broadcast through their systems (even if they don't own the satellites and just lease bandwidth)? It would've seemed a bit pointless to not have the facilities to monitor all the channels being broadcast. And on the subject of good money, I'd see a mosaic as definite value-added (possibly persuading me to stay with them a little longer) and they could tout it as a brand new feature "making Sky easier for everyone" or somesuch similar... And anyway, what's a PC for the rendering and a few megabits per second of upstream bandwidth between friends? - 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/
