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Old 17-05-2008, 18:03   #36
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Re: Freesat: Free satellite TV by BBC and ITV tv to launch!

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Originally Posted by Chris T View Post
- Ethernet, therefore no possibility of a broadband return path and therefore nothing even close to VOD from the iPlayer or 4OD
My Sky HD box has an ethernet port...


Not yet enabled, but it's there for "future use" (VOD, IIRC).


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Originally Posted by Chris T View Post
Not very long ago, none of the 'main' UK channels, including the BBC, were FTA. All of them were paying Sky for encryption services and the *only* way to get any of them via satellite in the UK was to pay Sky for a subscription.

I thought that the "main" UK channels (BBC etc.) were FTV, not subscription-only, before they finally went FTA? Encrypted, but no need to pay...
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