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Subject: Re: Help Sky package in Austria NW


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Martin
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Date Posted: 12:40:38 12/08/03 Mon
In reply to: Lew 's message, "Re: Help Sky package in Austria NW" on 02:42:30 12/08/03 Mon
>Some time ago I wrote that when the BBC started
>broadcasting in the clear, some Polish cable with a
>big dish might notice that the BBC stations were FTA
>and start distributing them to its customers. But then
>someone pointed out, and I had to agree, that Poland
>isn't the lawless state that it's often made out to
>be. Who would imagine that the Austrians would be the
>ones to start distributing the BBC signal! Maybe it's
>not against the law after all.

This could be promising. I see that they're not bothering with the encrypted ITV1, so I suppose they're merely broadcasting a signal that's free anyway. My cable operator in Poland, Aster, claims that it has to sign agreements with FTA channels.

Let's hope the Austrians are setting a precedent for the rest of Europe to follow.
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