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Interesting FTV (fashion tv) FTA tidbit

  • 07-05-2003 9:25am
    #1
    Icehouse
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    Just read on the BBC website that FTV - fashion TV has been FTA almost everywhere except in Asia where it was forced to encrypt after objections from the Indian and other governments to their exposing of bare breasts/nipples. Now they've had a fall out with one of their carriers and announced that they're going FTA in India:

    FASHION TV CHANGES ITS STRATEGY FOR INDIA AND GOES FREE TO AIR UNENCRYPTED ON ASIASAT 2.
    Paris Monday 5th of May, 2003.

    Today after a hot meeting in Paris between Mr. Lalit Modi, President of Modi Entertainment Networks, and Mr. Michel Adam, President of Fashion TV; both parties agreed to disagree on further cooperation. This dispute will be settled in a court of England. Meantime, Fashion TV is unencrypting its signal on AsiaSat 2 satellite by going Free to Air. Fashion TV is now developing a new strategy and reviewing its options for the Indian market.

    Not sure how exactly this station actually makes money, but I suppose if they are available throughout the world FTA then they're doing something right...


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  • #2
    sceptre
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    Supposedly it was one of the more popular channels among journalists covering the Iraq war. For the obvious reason (pay porn is probably hard to get over there). Popbitch did a little snippet about it.


  • #3
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    I flicked past it a few weeks a go and there was a song in the background which used the 'f' word many times. This was at lunchtime. I wonder what the ITC think about this!


  • #4
    Icehouse
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    I doubt that the ITC have much to do/say with it as it is a French tv station broadcast (and I suppose directly uploaded from?) Paris. And they have some pretty good music most of the time - wish they had a teletext service where one could consult 'what's playing now' or something like that (the models addresses as well would be a nice +). Me likey FTV!


  • #5
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    Originally posted by Icehouse
    I doubt that the ITC have much to do/say with it as it is a French tv station broadcast (and I suppose directly uploaded from?) Paris.

    But surely they do since it is on the UK EPG?


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