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bbc bbc2 bb3 itv 1 iv2 ...etc on a small dish HOW??
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<blockquote data-quote="satfinder68" data-source="post: 228000" data-attributes="member: 232285"><p>Thanks for all your competent replies to my post.</p><p>I just want to add a couple of things.</p><p>First,about the Dutch cable company,that's exactly what I meant:they pay a fee to rebroadcast the channels,but still the bbc doesn't hold the rights to show American programs abroad.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Second:in your posts,Rolf,you say:</p><p>The narrower beam of the Astra 2D satellite has obviously limited the easy reception of the BBC and ITV to fewer countries, but as you say, a slightly larger dish in many of the out of target footprint countries will enable reception. I really don't think that they, the BBC and ITV are too concerned with this, as the vast majority of the satellite viewing populace in Europe have fixed dishes, pointing at their own providers' satellite platforms and are probably oblivious to the availability of the UK channels and even if they are not, then want channels in their own language, not unlike the vast majority of UK satellite viewers.</p><p></p><p>and:</p><p>The average British licence payer does not give a toss that Johnny Foreigner is watching his or her BBC channels for nothing, as they mostly don't know that it is happening and as I said above, it is probably mainly expatriate viewers anyway and a very small percentage of the non-British European satellite viewing population.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I completely agree with you.</p><p>But that's the reason why I wrote my post:these companies might think they won't do much harm to the bbc by rebroadcasting from a quite remote location,such as 22West,where NO european pay tv service transmits (so,as you say,nobody with a fixed dish and a subscription to any european pay tv would get the service).</p><p>Mainly,only British expats in southern Spain and other countries outside the astra2d footprint would install this system.</p><p>Why should the bbc bother about this service,when they produce by themselves a major "signal overspill" covering nearly a third of Europe?</p><p>(It would be different if the bbc used encryption).</p><p>Of course they wouldn't give any authorization,but from this to start all sorts of legal actions appears unlikely.</p><p>I still think the decisive role could be played by the satellite operator:if they accepted to lease the required transponders,with the signal being uplinked from outside the UK,then the bbc would have many difficulties in trying to stop the service.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Regards to all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="satfinder68, post: 228000, member: 232285"] Thanks for all your competent replies to my post. I just want to add a couple of things. First,about the Dutch cable company,that's exactly what I meant:they pay a fee to rebroadcast the channels,but still the bbc doesn't hold the rights to show American programs abroad. Second:in your posts,Rolf,you say: The narrower beam of the Astra 2D satellite has obviously limited the easy reception of the BBC and ITV to fewer countries, but as you say, a slightly larger dish in many of the out of target footprint countries will enable reception. I really don't think that they, the BBC and ITV are too concerned with this, as the vast majority of the satellite viewing populace in Europe have fixed dishes, pointing at their own providers' satellite platforms and are probably oblivious to the availability of the UK channels and even if they are not, then want channels in their own language, not unlike the vast majority of UK satellite viewers. and: The average British licence payer does not give a toss that Johnny Foreigner is watching his or her BBC channels for nothing, as they mostly don't know that it is happening and as I said above, it is probably mainly expatriate viewers anyway and a very small percentage of the non-British European satellite viewing population. I completely agree with you. But that's the reason why I wrote my post:these companies might think they won't do much harm to the bbc by rebroadcasting from a quite remote location,such as 22West,where NO european pay tv service transmits (so,as you say,nobody with a fixed dish and a subscription to any european pay tv would get the service). Mainly,only British expats in southern Spain and other countries outside the astra2d footprint would install this system. Why should the bbc bother about this service,when they produce by themselves a major "signal overspill" covering nearly a third of Europe? (It would be different if the bbc used encryption). Of course they wouldn't give any authorization,but from this to start all sorts of legal actions appears unlikely. I still think the decisive role could be played by the satellite operator:if they accepted to lease the required transponders,with the signal being uplinked from outside the UK,then the bbc would have many difficulties in trying to stop the service. Regards to all. [/QUOTE]
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