NASN goes Freeview

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• mw1 Posts: 3,453

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  20/11/05 - 17:50 #2

  This is excellent, As an ex NTL customer who has subscribed to this Channel in the past i can't wait to watch the American sports and shows again.
  Well Done Sky!

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• the wellser Posts: 4,973

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  20/11/05 - 17:54 #3

  mw1 wrote:

  This is excellent, As an ex NTL customer who has subscribed to this Channel in the past i can't wait to watch the American sports and shows again.
  Well Done Sky!

  Why well done sky?

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• System Posts: 2,096,970

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  20/11/05 - 17:56 #4

  mw1 wrote:

  Well Done Sky!

  
  What does this have to do with Sky?
  
  

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 1,899

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  20/11/05 - 17:59 #5

  Geoff274544 wrote:

  NASN will be going freeview all next weekend as a taster for non-subscribers, Sky Card may be needed.

  
  What does Freeview have to do with it?
  
  Do you mean Free-to-air or Free-to-view?

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• mw1 Posts: 3,453

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  20/11/05 - 18:01 #6

  Oops i thought it was something to do with Sky, Apologies

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 946

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  20/11/05 - 19:34 #7

  freeview means free to view on an otherwise encrypted (subscription) channel. You will probably need a sky card to watch it , so in a way thanking sky is correct although they dont control NASN.

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• cooltv Posts: 3,517

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  20/11/05 - 20:34 #8

  This sounds great

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• markelliott Posts: 3,573

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  20/11/05 - 20:41 #9

  rai man wrote:

  What does this have to do with Sky?
  
  

  
  The reason why he thought it was to do with Sky, is because he said he used to have NTL. He must have thought that Sky operate the same way as NTL.
  
  On the NTL Digital cable network, NTL control everything - encryption, compression, channel broadcast times etc... Where as on Sky, everything is controlled by the broadcaster, IE. if the broadcaster wishes to switch off the encryption on their channel for the weekend and go FTA/FTV, then that's up to them to do that, and not Sky - Sky have no control over that.
  
  I used to have NTL Digital myself - absolute crap!

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 4,266

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  22/11/05 - 20:51 #10

  I already mentioned that a Sky Card may be needed, to view it next weekend. If you have a card then you'll get it free all weekend including Live Canadia Hockey Night.
  
  From what I know NASN is Setanta.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 1,733

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  22/11/05 - 21:03 #11

  Any NASCAR on NASN during freeview?

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• mark__uk Posts: 501

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  22/11/05 - 22:11 #12

  ScorpionXxX wrote:

  Any NASCAR on NASN during freeview?

  
  
  
  Nope the season has ended, there was hightlights of the last race from homested on freeview today at 17.30 for 1 hour

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 101

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  22/11/05 - 22:17 #13

  grimsbyseagulls wrote:

  freeview means free to view on an otherwise encrypted (subscription) channel.

  No it doesn't, you idiot.
  
  Freeview is the name of a *terrestrial* digital transmission service.
  
  It has *nothing* to do with satellite television whatsoever.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 18

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  22/11/05 - 22:29 #14

  Bill Selsey wrote:

  No it doesn't, you idiot.
  
  Freeview is the name of a *terrestrial* digital transmission service.
  
  It has *nothing* to do with satellite television whatsoever.

  
  If that is the case you *idiot* (I only use that word freely because you seem to), how come filmfour have FREEVIEW weekends on Sky?
  
  Freeview was used to refer to free-to-view weekends for subscription channels on satellite and ON/ITV Digital before the DTT Freeview service came along.
  
  <end of rant>

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 101

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  22/11/05 - 22:33 #15

  neomander wrote:

  <end of rant>

  Put your handbag away, dear, you're showing your tendancies.

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• codename_47 Posts: 9,683

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  22/11/05 - 22:58 #16

  Excellent, just as the NASCAR season is over and any interest I have in the channel magically dissapears! :rolleyes:
  
  I have to wonder if this is a coincedence....after all, they didn't even go Freeview for the July 5th weekend this year, as has been traditional....

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• daniel99 Posts: 12,119

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  22/11/05 - 23:39 #17

  This is great news for a person who does not want to pay for NASN.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 4,266

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  23/11/05 - 18:23 #18

  Contracts are yearly so even if you do want NASCAR you have NASN for a few months while the season has ended.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 560

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  23/11/05 - 20:11 #19

  I presume you meat 4th of July weekend.

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• codename_47 Posts: 9,683

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  24/11/05 - 01:45 #20

  cooldood37 wrote:

  I presume you meat 4th of July weekend.

  
  Well, they let off a lot of fireworks, so I just thought "5th"
  
  Nah, seriously though,...just an innocent typo....(though are they typos if they're numbers? Num-bo's? )

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 974

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  24/11/05 - 02:40 #21

  Bill Selsey wrote:

  No it doesn't, you idiot.
  
  Freeview is the name of a *terrestrial* digital transmission service.
  
  It has *nothing* to do with satellite television whatsoever.

  
  There's simply no need for that particular tone just because someone makes a slightly incorrect statement

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 4,757

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  24/11/05 - 14:23 #22

  "freeview" used to mean 'free preview' in the days before Freeview came about. They took the name, capitalised the first letter and trademarked it. Bit like teletext and Teletext.

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• daniel99 Posts: 12,119

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  24/11/05 - 14:32 #23

  Freeview still does mean Freepreview Skip!

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  24/11/05 - 14:46 #24

  Looking forward to this, especially the NHL

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• JackPaar Posts: 1,240

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  24/11/05 - 15:46 #25

  It's still misleading when they say something is a free preview weekend and then you either need a £20 Freesat card or you must be a Sky subscriber to one of their packages to get the free weekend.
  This happened recently with Film Four.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 4,266

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  29/11/05 - 15:11 #26

  JackPaar wrote:

  It's still misleading when they say something is a free preview weekend and then you either need a £20 Freesat card or you must be a Sky subscriber to one of their packages to get the free weekend.
  This happened recently with Film Four.

  
  NASN kept themselves covered and clearly mentioned that a Sky Subscription was needed.

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