Sky News

[Chrisdee]

How can Telmicro broadcast Sky News? Isn't that part of the Sky that's meant to be illegal. Surely they wouldn't be broadcasting it if it was?
Or is that part of freeview.

[bombero]

Originally Posted by Chrisdee

How can Telmicro broadcast Sky News? Isn't that part of the Sky that's meant to be illegal. Surely they wouldn't be broadcasting it if it was?
Or is that part of freeview.

I think you will find that sky news is licenced to be broadcast around the world and is fta so not encrypted.
No doubt if i am wrong someone will tell me

[colina]

We have about 200 channels on the German freeview satelite which broadcasts several news stations Sky News, BBC News, CNBC News, CNN Inter News, Euronews, Bloomberg, Russa Today, Several Spanish Canaries TV, Andalucia TV, TV Galicia, Tvci Catalan, Tve, Aragon TV, Extremadura, Tele Sur, and the list goes on. We bought the system in Lidl for about €120.-

[Chrisdee]

Originally Posted by colina

We have about 200 channels on the German freeview satelite which broadcasts several news stations Sky News, BBC News, CNBC News, CNN Inter News, Euronews, Bloomberg, Russa Today, Several Spanish Canaries TV, Andalucia TV, TV Galicia, Tvci Catalan, Tve, Aragon TV, Extremadura, Tele Sur, and the list goes on. We bought the system in Lidl for about €120.-

What's that got to do with the price of bread? Sorry, yes, you are saying it's freeview

[Mick94]

Sky News is 'free to air'. There are no restrictions imposed on it. I receive it via my dish as a FTA channel. Many other news channels are the same.

[Chrisdee]

Originally Posted by Mick94

Sky News is 'free to air'. There are no restrictions imposed on it. I receive it via my dish as a FTA channel. Many other news channels are the same.

It's all enough to give you a headache.

[Mick94]

I think Telmicro have got a cheek charging for it though as it is Free To Air.

[sunshinegal]

mick94 - don't know about you but i'm not being charged anything. you aren't either if you're a telmicro customer. Update on telmicro's website:

Latest
05.09.2008
Telmicro is broadcasting again! Customers in areas covered by the Montesinos, La Mata and Crevillente transmitters are receiving some channels. Our technical staff are working to restore the signal to other areas as quickly as possible.


We have been given permission to restart broadcasting. To begin with, it is a restricted service comprising of some of the channels that the company has contracted to retransmit. Telmicro's clients have got to know these channels very well over the last year, such as MGM, Cinestar, XTRM Film Channel, Sci-Fi, Calle 13, Fox, National Geographic and many others. In addition, we will be showing some of the Spanish terrestrial programs.


We do not have more information regarding specific TV channels at this time.


Telmicro will only show contracted channels and will continue to search for legally available English channels of interest to our customers to contract in the future.


Telmicro will not make any charges to their customers for a month after the service has been resumed in their area. The second month will be half price and thereafter the monthly charges will be at a reduced rate. For those that have paid for viewing in advance, this reduction will be applied as extension to their current contract.

TELMICRO

[tangobrian]

Originally Posted by Mick94

I think Telmicro have got a cheek charging for it though as it is Free To Air.

It maybe "free to air" but you either pay for a dish to receive the signal or you pay Telmicro to cable it to you .

[Chrisdee]

[quote=sunshinegal;18407]mick94 - don't know about you but i'm not being charged anything. you aren't either if you're a telmicro customer. Update on telmicro's website:

Muggings here paid their yearly fee on the Friday when it was cut off on the Tuesday, and I paid it a month earlier than I should have (because of the free month). Should ask for a refund and then pay by DD but think I've got less chance of that than a snowball in hell. And I thought I was saving a couple of euros, oh well. Live and learn.