Brian Butterworth wrote:
Given there are no companies that have both unencrypted and
unencrypted channels on the EPG, it would still seem that rule is part
of Sky's contacts...
This is why, for example, Five can't just jump onto Freesat,
because it has to do Fiver and Five US at the same time!
I thought this was a simple case of capacity on Astra 2D. The rights
agreements signed for the content on the 'five' channels would prevent
it going FTA on the current transponders as they are on the 'south beam'
that covers most of Europe.
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