[opendtv] Re: Freeview selected for West Country Switchover help
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:43:48 -0400
100,000 have gone to Freesat since *May*, not March.
Bert
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manfredi, Albert E
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:43 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Freeview selected for West Country Switchover help
>
> Looks more expensive to make the switch in the UK, except for
> an eligible subset of people. And it looks like some regions
> will be going to Freesat by default, rather than DTT.
>
> I'm wondering why the percentage of viewers using Freesat
> won't soon outnumber Freeview. That same DTG web site says
> 100,000 have gone to Freesat since March.
>
> Bert
>
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> http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=0&id=3134
>
> Freeview selected for West Country Switchover help
>
> The Switchover Help Scheme has chosen Freeview as the
> standard offer of practical help for eligible older and
> disabled people in the ITV West Country region. Those aged
> over 75, registered blind or partially sighted or are
> entitled to certain disability benefits.
>
> Eligible people in the ITV West Country region will be
> offered a Freeview set top box installed on one of their TVs,
> at a subsidised cost of £40, or free if they also get income
> benefits. They will also be offered a demonstration of how to
> use the equipment.
>
> The Switchover Help Scheme will also test eligible people's
> aerial, if they own one, and upgrade it if needed to receive
> the digital signal, for the same cost. People unable to
> receive television through an aerial will be offered
> satellite equipment instead (Freesat from BBC and ITV).
>
> The Help Scheme determines the standard offer, or most cost
> effective option, in each successive switchover region
> following a process set out in the Scheme Agreement between
> the Government and the BBC.
>
> The standard offer in the ITV Border region, which will be
> the first area to switch to digital, is a Sky satellite
> system. Sky did not make a bid to be standard offer in the
> West Country.
>
> DTG Staff 30.09.2008
>
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