Watching Ch4 on my non subscription Sky digibox tonight got an on screen
message saying this transmission will cease soon.

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Regards,
David

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"Dom Robinson" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
Watching Ch4 on my non subscription Sky digibox tonight got an on screen
message saying this transmission will cease soon.

And which card do you have? V1 or V2? Kinda an important omission.
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It is an old subscription card which at present is being used as a ftv card.
the only difference I can see to the 'BBC' ftv cards is the telephone
number.
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Regards,
David

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"harrogate" wrote in message
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Thencefoward the only active Sky card will be a subscription card, so if
you
don't have a current Sky subscription ITV/4/5 will cease.



Is this blackmail by Sky to get more subscriptions?

So those of us with non subscription boxes who do not wish to pay to view
ITV/Ch4/Five will have to get Terrestrial digi ( if available) or go back to
analogue.

Surely the Government will not be helped in the change to digital by this.
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Regards,
David

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Bill Bennett wrote:

So even my BBC Card with a Sky logo and pic of a house on it wont
work?

That sounds like a series 2 (issued after Feb 2003) If so then it is
thought that these cards will continue to receive ITV-1, C4 and C5 until
such time as they are replaced by series 3 cards.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:07:19 +0100, "harrogate"
wrote:

|
| "David" wrote in message
| ...
|
| "Dom Robinson" wrote in message
| ...
| In article ,
| says...
| Watching Ch4 on my non subscription Sky digibox tonight got an on
| screen
| message saying this transmission will cease soon.
|
| And which card do you have? V1 or V2? Kinda an important omission.
| --
|
| It is an old subscription card which at present is being used as a ftv
| card.
| the only difference I can see to the 'BBC' ftv cards is the telephone
| number.
| --
| Regards,
| David
|
| Please reply to News Group.
|
|
|
| From reading this ng it is not that Ch4 is to cease transmission from Sky
| digi, but rather that it will stay on Sky and that the ftv cards will cease.
| As the BBC is moving to Astra 2D and will be 'free' there is no need to have
| an active card - but if your card is not active you cannot get ITV/4/5.
| Thencefoward the only active Sky card will be a subscription card, so if you
| don't have a current Sky subscription ITV/4/5 will cease.

As Letters to MPs, as evidenced by a different thread have *some* effect,
and this has been announced on screen, those affected would be well advised
to write to their MPs. This will at minimum remind the government that
this is a problem.

Dave Fawthrop Reading threads which are both
bottom and top posted is a pain in the *rs*. Posts should be trimmed
and bottom posted. http://www.usenet.org.uk/usenet-information.html
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

snip

| From reading this ng it is not that Ch4 is to cease transmission from
Sky
| digi, but rather that it will stay on Sky and that the ftv cards will
cease.
| As the BBC is moving to Astra 2D and will be 'free' there is no need to
have
| an active card - but if your card is not active you cannot get ITV/4/5.
| Thencefoward the only active Sky card will be a subscription card, so if
you
| don't have a current Sky subscription ITV/4/5 will cease.

As Letters to MPs, as evidenced by a different thread have *some* effect,
and this has been announced on screen, those affected would be well
advised
to write to their MPs. This will at minimum remind the government that
this is a problem.

Dave Fawthrop Reading threads which are both
bottom and top posted is a pain in the *rs*. Posts should be trimmed
and bottom posted. http://www.usenet.org.uk/usenet-information.html
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt



I thought ex-sub sky cards would continue to work? This is mentioned on the
BBC web site (see post further down re this subject matter)

Mike.

Mike Dann wrote:

I thought ex-sub sky cards would continue to work? This is mentioned
on the BBC web site (see post further down re this subject matter)

Only if they are series 2 (dark blue with a yellow house). Therefore recently
issued, after Jan 2003.