Freesat get the trust go ahead

[sources: BBC Trust + BBC Press Office] “Envisaged as a joint venture, “Freesat” will ensure the public remain in control of how they access the BBC’s television channels and radio networks for which they have already paid. “Freesat” is guaranteed to remain subscription free, ensuring that the benefits of digital television do not equal “pay television”.

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rather than take the attitude ‘if you cant beat them join them’ the BBC got into bed with Sky but got out again and the trial separation worked, freesat is coming. NO COSY DEALs – the BBC work with Sky on projects like FreeView but under the DGship of Dyke the BBC pulled the encryption saving money for the licence payer in the process.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking? lets have some of that spirit here, we are a republic we are not subjects with charters, we are citizens with constitutional rights.

Paying to see RTÉ on Sky makes less and less sense.

[extra: what is Freesat? read more about it on this wiki]