The BBC is on satellite using the EU directive "Television without Frontiers", EU (89/552/EEC CHAPTER II, Article 2) directive that states:
"2. Member States shall ensure freedom of reception and shall not restrict retransmission on their territory of television broadcasts from other Member States for reasons which fall within the fields coordinated by this Directive" http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31989L0552:EN:HTML Greg Dyke states (p187, "Inside Story"): "When the BBC first put its television services onto BSkyB's digital platform it took the rather odd decision to pay BSkyB £5 million for the privilege of doing so. It was a decision taken back in 1998 and it was odd because BSkyB were desperate to get the BBC on board and would happily have paid them to get them. The BBC were total mugs. In late 2003 ... two further things happened. First a new satellite had been launched with a smaller footprint that only covered the UK and part of Northern Europe. Second, I discovered from my colleagues in the German equivalent of the BBC that they happily put their signals out unencrypted - this was allowed under European rules on overspill." On 06/11/2007, vijay chopra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I notice Ashley's misleading people again. From his blog-post: > "We do maximise the reach of our services by distributing our content via > closed or prioprietary networks (Virgin Media, Sky, Tiscali TV/HomeChoice, > mobile platforms, etc.)" > > The BBC doesn't distribute programs via Sky, it distributes them via the > Astra Satalite using the DRM free DVB-S standard; I don't have to get a sky > subscription to view the BBCs digital satalite content, just a satalite dish > and a decoder box. > Similarly with Virgin Media IIRC the BBC signal can be picked up using > any old DVB-C decoder. It's not encrypted in either case. I can't comment on > the other platforms he lists, but if he's wrong about the first two why > should I believe him about the others? > > Of course, this raises the question, is he misleading deliberately, or > just misinformed? Considering his recent faux pas it's not much of a stretch > to believe he's not only misinformed, terminally so (I ascribe nothing to > malice that can be explained by eveyday incompetence). > > Vijay. > > On 06/11/2007, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is there a good reason that my posting on the > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2007/11/open_standards.html > > page has not appeared. > > -- > > Please email me back if you need any more help. > > > > Brian Butterworth > > www.ukfree.tv > > > > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
