On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 06:29:39PM +0000, vijay chopra 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.
[snip] > 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). Whether he is misleading deliberately or just misinformed it does his credibility no good at all. Now I know that a lot of people at his level in many organisations have a shaky grip on the nuts and bolts but even so certain statements really ought to have been given more thought even if the information was from people advising him. -- Andy Leighton => [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials" - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - 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/
