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  • 08-06-2006 9:21am
    #1
    mjsmyth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭


    Got this today, I guess 5's version of FTA and ours varies greatly.

    MJ


    Your Reference: VA/158913/IK (Please quote this reference in all further correspondence)

    Date: 8th June 2006

    Dear MJ Smyth

    Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding our recent press announcement.

    We use the term ‘free-to-air’ as viewers do not pay a subscription to view us. The BBC and ITV’s decision to broadcast ‘in the clear’ from a different satellite is not something that Five can copy. The satellite coverage now used by the BBC can still reach parts of mainland Europe, and the Republic of Ireland. When we acquire broadcast rights for programmes and films, these are specifically for the UK territory. This is why Five pays BSkyB to encrypt and broadcast our channel via digital satellite.

    If there is anything further we can help you with, please do not hesitate to contact us.

    Thank you for your interest in Five.

    Yours sincerely

    Ian

    VIEWER ADVISOR



    Please note that the contact details for Five Customer Services are as follows:



    Telephone: 0845 7 05 05 05 / 020 7421 7270

    Text telephone for use by deaf people: 0845 7 41 37 87

    E-mail: customerservices@five.tv

    Fax: 020 7836 1286


Comments

  • #2
    Icehouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 249 ✭✭Icehouse


    You should forward that mail to the MediaGuardian website - they may run with it and get much-needed clarification.


  • #3
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,445 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Of course if your service is NOT on Astra 2D, then the Geographic coverage limitation is mythical as it is easy for anyone in Greece, South Italy , Cyprus etc to get a Sky Freesat / FTV card but nearly impossible to get Astra 2D reception.

    The reality is that Five are locked into a contract till at least 2008.


  • #4
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,145 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Only positive thing is that they didn't call us "Éire" like Channel 4 did last time I mailed them.

    They're on 2B, albeit North beam - their own fault for not getting capacity on 2D when there was still spare (and letting Sky get it). Channel 4 managed to...


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