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<blockquote data-quote="rolfw" data-source="post: 17421" data-attributes="member: 175057">Hmmm, Not so sure about the validity of a lot of the points, with regard to RTE, the present Irish Sky subscribers already receive BBC1 and 2 NI, so not too much change there.With regard to Mark's point about currently subscribing ex-pats, a non-starter, they are subscribing outside the terms and conditions in any case and do not subscribe to BBC, it comes to them free, just happens to be enabled with a subscription card.Concern about BBC taking unfair advantage of Sky's EPG and technology, touching, but misplaced, someone worrying about Sky????????Concern about the rest of Europe receiving free of charge what we in the UK pay licence fee for, most Europeans with fixed dishes are not pointed at 28.2 E, the number with steerable dishes is far fewer and the vast majority will not be interested in viewing anyway.@ Zansi, Who is going to manage the FTV card system is a question I have been considering, one of the reasons that the ITV and five might follow suit before the end of their contracts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rolfw, post: 17421, member: 175057"] Hmmm, Not so sure about the validity of a lot of the points, with regard to RTE, the present Irish Sky subscribers already receive BBC1 and 2 NI, so not too much change there. With regard to Mark's point about currently subscribing ex-pats, a non-starter, they are subscribing outside the terms and conditions in any case and do not subscribe to BBC, it comes to them free, just happens to be enabled with a subscription card. Concern about BBC taking unfair advantage of Sky's EPG and technology, touching, but misplaced, someone worrying about Sky???????? Concern about the rest of Europe receiving free of charge what we in the UK pay licence fee for, most Europeans with fixed dishes are not pointed at 28.2 E, the number with steerable dishes is far fewer and the vast majority will not be interested in viewing anyway. @ Zansi, Who is going to manage the FTV card system is a question I have been considering, one of the reasons that the ITV and five might follow suit before the end of their contracts. [/QUOTE]

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