From: Paul Ryan 
Newsgroups: alt.consumers.uk-discounts.and.bargains uk.finance uk.tech.tv.sky
Subject: Re: Television licence Fees & SKy TV
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 22:11:54 GMT

Mike Henry wrote:
> In <3i29tuFjf6l8U1@individual.net>, "Da Vinci Code"
>  wrote:
> 
> 
>>Surely Sky should pay for the television licence.. after, they are relaying 
>>the channels for the BBC in the first place...
> 
> 
> No, they aren't. The BBC channels are FTA; they are not broadcast,
> uplinked or transmitted by Sky and have nothing whatsoever to do with
> Sky. "Satellite television" does not equal "Sky television", however
> loudly Sky's marketing machine shouts it.
> 

Which is why it surprises people when I tell them that the old analogue 
equipment can still be used.

-- 
Paul

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