costasky - 27 May 2011 03:05 AM
Free to air channels are FTA in the countries they are intended usually covered via a TV license so paid for by the viewer. I don’t see many Spainish viewers paying the UK TV license.
The UK license fee is a tax on reception equipment in the UK.
In Spain there is no tax on reception equipment , so it makes no difference. I can still receive FTA channels from other countres perfectly legally.
Many other EU countries dont have a license fee either, meaning they dont have to pay anything to watch other countries FTA UK!
Many FTA channels available in Spain dont get any income from the license fee, as they are private companies.
costasky - 27 May 2011 03:05 AM
D+ has an agreement to air channels from providers in other countries like UK.
I dont think they have agreements with all the other FTA channels that are on their EPG that are available on Astra 1 where their signals also come from. FTA channels from other countries are just included on their EPG during the channel scan when the boxes are set up.
I dont think D+ have any UK channels on their system,and dont need any agreements to have other countries FTA channels on their EPG.
Sorry, but saying that reception of other countries FTA TV in Spain is illegal is not correct at all.
costasky - 27 May 2011 03:05 AM
You are correct about the term illegal so we can change that to against the terms and conditions of the contract. This means that cardsharing is not illegal then.
Not paying the provider of services is theft and thus illegal. With cardsharing, the end user is not paying the actual broadcaster. They are paying another third party for services provided by another, who has not authorsed that third party to do so.
costasky - 27 May 2011 03:05 AM
I?m not having a go I?m just trying to inform people that an alternative service exists that is as good as current more expensive services.
And one of the reasons why their services are getting more expensive is that CS is taking away their revenue, so they have to increase prices to make up for any loss…and to help fund combating piracy! So CS becomes more popular…and the vicious circle continues…....