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E4 Going Free To Air

  • 18-12-2004 10:00am
    #1
    Colm80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭


    According to mediabullet E4 are going FTA next autumn

    Channel 4 plans to turn E4 into free channel
    Channel 4's hugely popular digital channel E4 could be turning free-to-air sooner than you think. According to inside reports, the broadcaster has plans to switch the youth entertainment service into a free channel as early as autumn next year. The channel is currently only available through Sky's monthly subscription packages and Channel 4 are confident that the service could survive on advert revenue alone. Channel 4 are currently under Sky's conditional access contract until 2008 and so a change of decision on this purely lies with Sky. Recently BBC's channels all switched to a free-to-air signal and since then we have seen ITV's two stations ITV2 and ITV3 broadcasting in the clear without the need of a viewing card.

    Mind you i Think they have it wrong regarding ITV2. I wonder who next will go FTA


Comments

  • #2
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,341 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    Excellent news thanks for the info Colm, just wish it was sooner

    Colm80 wrote:
    According to mediabullet E4 are going FTA next autumn

    Channel 4 plans to turn E4 into free channel

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  • #3
    channelsurfer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 742 ✭✭✭channelsurfer


    I will wait until it happens because channel 4 is tied into an ecryption agreement until 2008 so it would be hard to see it happening unless channel 4 went fta too. how relialble is mediabullet with their information does anyone know?


  • #4
    Colm80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭Colm80


    channelsurfer wrote:
    I will wait until it happens because channel 4 is tied into an ecryption agreement until 2008 so it would be hard to see it happening unless channel 4 went fta too. how relialble is mediabullet with their information does anyone know?

    I'm only passing on what mediabullet clearly have up on there web site. And 99% if not 100% of stories they report very much come true.
    Also wotsat are reporting the same. Lets hope it happens next year.


  • #5
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    I was thinking that perhaps E4 would only be FTA on Freeview (it's only on TopUpTV at the moment). E4 would need to sort out programme rights to be FTA on satellite as some of their rights are on the basis that they are a subscription channel.


  • #6
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    that too is what i was thinking. FTA on DTT doesnt necessarily mean FTA on satellite

    take a look at ITV2, Sky Sports News, Sky Travel etc. etc.


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