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U: To answer your question, C21Media: says
"In countries such as France, Germany and Spain, [cable and satellite] platforms pay terrestrial networks to retransmit their feeds."
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Stuart: As I recall the court took the view that it was OK for Sky to recoup the costs of the "free dish and box offer" by making EPG charges to broadcasters.
I don't think that Rapture TV had any funds left to contest the matter further.
Sky is a very unique company in that it charges BOTH the suppliers and customers for the services.
Sky have also used the "free box and dish offer" to turn most of their profits into losses over the last decade or so, which means they have had to pay very little tax indeed.
Probably why you don't see much of UK Uncut on Sky News.
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NottsUK: Yes, I saw that, I just meant that actual dates when services move tend not to get much announcement.
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Phil Martin: Sorry, but the answer is "no". The UKTV channels are part of the Sky subscription system on satellite. You can watch them online using the links in the panel in the right hand column.
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Karen: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
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Paul: There seems to have been "Reduced Quality" events going on that would effect reception. It would seem these have now ended.
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glenn: There are several ways that 5.1 audio is encoded, and various broadcasters use different systems at different times.
The best thing to do to resolve your problem is to turn OFF anything that says "Dolby digital" audio and use the "stereo" option.
If you don't actually have 5.1 speakers, then different parts of the sound will disappear, in particular the "dialogue speaker" audio.
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Thursday 13 October 2011 2:54PM
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The BBC has claimed it could make "substantial additional annual savings" and ease its cuts programme if it did not have to pay retransmission fees to BSkyB.
The corporation's director of policy and strategy John Tate has said the £10m (US$15.7m) the BBC currently pays each year to ensure its TV and radio output is carried by the Rupert Murdoch-owned satellite platform "could go back into programme making."
He added that the £50m it will pay Sky over a five-year period would "cover all the costs that we are currently planning to take out of local radio and BBC4 combined."
"The BBC currently pays Sky a fee so that it can be broadcast on their platform, this was something that was agreed many years ago in order to help satellite broadcasters justify the investment they needed to build their platform. The question now is whether or not this money is still flowing in the right direction," said Tate.
The comments come a week after the BBC outlined plans to cut 2,000 staff in a bid to make savings of around £670m a year by 2016/17, after the licence fee was frozen by the government last October.
C21 first reported the cost of the BBC's Sky retransmission fees last year, after a freedom of information request revealed the corporation had shelled out £30m (US$48.2m) over the previous three years.
Speaking at the Edinburgh International TV Festival last year, BBC director general Mark Thompson also raised the issue. He pointed out that Murdoch's US network Fox receives distribution fees from the local cable companies that carry its channel, and called for a similar set-up in the UK.
The BBC does not pay any fees to platforms such as Virgin Media, BT Vision or TalkTalk, which all carry its channels for free. In countries such as France, Germany and Spain, cabsat platforms pay terrestrial networks to retransmit their feeds.