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Subject: Re: A EU tailored footprint

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Outsider

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Date Posted: 11:34:52 01/20/04 Tue
In reply to: Ken 's message, "Re: A EU tailored footprint" on 09:03:33 01/20/04 Tue

>
>>If it only was that easy... I believe there are
>>different rules to terrestrial and satellite
>>transmission. I believe any cable company that can
>>receive BBC via terrestrial legitematly can put the
>>channels in the cable network. I think Belgian &
>>Dutch cable had BBC1&BBC2 before BBC even was on
>>satellite.
>
>They did- same with Ireland, where obstacles are now
>being put in the way of UTV (ITV Norn Irn) being
>available on Sky Digital in the Republic.
>>
>>I think that it also must be approved by the copyright
>>organistions in the countries in question.
>>
>>We have a simular situation in Scandinavia where
>>neighbour countries public channels is available
>>trough cable but not on satellite with exept for
>>Danish DR1&DR2 which costs �20 per month outside
>>Denmark.
>
>Surely the Faroe Islands and Greenland should get
>those for free. (KNR in Greenland is a mix of DR and
>TV2, SVF in the Faroes is completely different. BBC
>Prime and BBC World are retransmitted on UHF, along
>with CNN, MTV Eurosport and TV3 Danmark)
>
>I noticed that in Iceland DR1&2 were available on
>cable. However, also available were SVT1 & 2 from
>Sweden and NRK1 & 2 from Norway, not SVT Europa or NRK
>International. As for the UK, you guessed it BBC Prime
>and BBC Food, as well as BBC World.

Hmm, Iceland and Faroe Islands, aren't those well within Astra 2D footprint, they should have nothing to complain about UK TV!

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: A EU tailored footprint	Ken	14:08:55 01/20/04 Tue
Re: A EU tailored footprint -- Outsider, 23:53:31 01/20/04 Tue