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Are you sure it's for this reason? I always thought it was a bit dodgy - basically some European broadcasters effectively pirate the unencrypted broadcasts. Thi
by sambe 14y ago
Are you sure it's for this reason? I always thought it was a bit dodgy - basically some European broadcasters effectively pirate the unencrypted broadcasts. This was only ever speculation, but in some countries channels occasionally disappear for a while and later come back.
- josephlord 14y agoI'm sure it was mentioned at some point in my BBC Broadcast Engineer training but it was nearly 12 years ago now so it could be a be figment of my imagination. I certainly remember there was some acknowledged situation regarding the Netherlands.
- Someone 14y agoI think there was some gray area during the transition to digital/not over the air broadcasting, but I. Doubt there ever was some true pirating. If there were, surely the Beeb and/or Hollywood would have taken legal action. Also, see http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2011/01/27/kpn-tv-get-domestic-bbc-channels/ http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2011/01/27/kpn-tv-get-domesti.... The reason that the Netherlands has BBC television probably is historic (and fairly weird; even in the west of the country, one needed precisely the right kind of atmosphere to receive a fairly noisy signal), but nowadays, money does change hands.