ITV Digital - So long and thanks for the Monkey ...

devolution

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Apr 25, 2002, 12:07:55 PM4/25/02

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ITV Digital has finally collapsed - it is in effective liqudation.

What you need to know:
* IMMEDIATELY cancel your Direct Debit (if you pay by DD)
* All Pay TV channels will cease very shortly
(Sky One, Sky Premier, Sky MovieMax, Sky Sports 1/2/3, UK Gold, UK Horizons,
UK Style, FilmFour, E4,
* The ITC has revoked the licence for Terrestrial Pay TV channels for the
time being
* Free-to-air channels should be available without intteruption for the
forseeable future (BBC 1/2/4. News 24. ITV1/2, Parliament, Choice, C4, C5,
CBeebies, CBBC)
* DON'T send your box back
* ALL customers who paid up front will have lost their money
* Some football clubs will go bust shortly (hooray!)

The latest links:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1950000/1950325.stm

http://www.reuters.co.uk/package_article.jhtml;jsessionid=DBLXOPXUYNHCSCRBAE
ZSFEYKEEATIIWD?type=investnews&StoryID=49711&item=PackageComponent

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Zonky

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Apr 25, 2002, 12:11:57 PM4/25/02

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"devolution" <cheek...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
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> What you need to know:
> * IMMEDIATELY cancel your Direct Debit (if you pay by DD)

Er.. why? Cancel your sub if you must.

> * All Pay TV channels will cease very shortly
> (Sky One, Sky Premier, Sky MovieMax, Sky Sports 1/2/3, UK Gold, UK
> Horizons, UK Style, FilmFour, E4,

They might cease, but probably not for 2 or so days.

> * The ITC has revoked the licence for Terrestrial Pay TV channels for
> the time being

No it has not.

Z.

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Jonathan Fanti

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Apr 25, 2002, 12:25:43 PM4/25/02

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"Zonky" <zonky@my_pants.teletubbies.net> wrote in message
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> "devolution" <cheek...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
> news:EPVx8.7162$oK4.36787@NewsReader:
>
> > What you need to know:
> > * IMMEDIATELY cancel your Direct Debit (if you pay by DD)
>
>
> Er.. why? Cancel your sub if you must.
>
> > * All Pay TV channels will cease very shortly
> > (Sky One, Sky Premier, Sky MovieMax, Sky Sports 1/2/3, UK Gold, UK
> > Horizons, UK Style, FilmFour, E4,
>
> They might cease, but probably not for 2 or so days.

Already gone from Oxford, except E4, and ITV sports channel!

^^aXnet^^

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Apr 25, 2002, 12:34:07 PM4/25/02

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"The commission (ITC) has promised to start an "accelerated re-tender" for
ITV Digital's broadcasting license soon"

so not actualy revoked as of yet.

Aztech

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Apr 25, 2002, 12:36:55 PM4/25/02

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"Zonky" <zonky@my_pants.teletubbies.net> wrote in message

<snip>

> > * The ITC has revoked the licence for Terrestrial Pay TV channels for
> > the time being
>
> No it has not.

The licence is automatically revoked because the company has broken their terms
(by going bankrupt).

Az.

Dave Brown

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Apr 25, 2002, 1:23:23 PM4/25/02

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On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 17:07:55 +0100, "devolution" <cheek...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

>* The ITC has revoked the licence for Terrestrial Pay TV channels for the
>time being

The BBC web site says: "The industry regulator, the Independent Television Commission (ITC),
meanwhile has warned that it will revoke ITV Digital's licence once the firm stops broadcasting its
pay-TV services. The licence will then be offered for tender.

"ITV Digital subscribers will soon lose paid-for services such as Sky Sports and ITV movie
channels."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1950000/1950325.stm

Note "will revoke", not "has revoked" (as of 6 pm, anyway!).

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Apr 25, 2002, 4:57:16 PM4/25/02

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"devolution" <cheek...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> ITV Digital has finally collapsed - it is in effective liqudation.
>
> What you need to know:
> * IMMEDIATELY cancel your Direct Debit (if you pay by DD)
> * All Pay TV channels will cease very shortly
> (Sky One, Sky Premier, Sky MovieMax, Sky Sports 1/2/3, UK Gold, UK
Horizons,
> UK Style, FilmFour, E4,
> * The ITC has revoked the licence for Terrestrial Pay TV channels for the
> time being
> * Free-to-air channels should be available without intteruption for the
> forseeable future (BBC 1/2/4. News 24. ITV1/2, Parliament, Choice, C4, C5,
> CBeebies, CBBC)
> * DON'T send your box back
> * ALL customers who paid up front will have lost their money
> * Some football clubs will go bust shortly (hooray!)

So... almost entirely inaccurate then.

D.

Paul Evans

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Apr 25, 2002, 10:17:45 PM4/25/02

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"devolution" <cheek...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:EPVx8.7162$oK4.36787@NewsReader...

> ITV Digital has finally collapsed - it is in effective liqudation.
>
> What you need to know:
> * IMMEDIATELY cancel your Direct Debit (if you pay by DD)

Done when I cancelled my subscription.

> * All Pay TV channels will cease very shortly

Well, perhaps with the possible exception of E4 and FilmFour...

> (Sky One, Sky Premier, Sky MovieMax, Sky Sports 1/2/3, UK Gold, UK
Horizons,
> UK Style, FilmFour, E4,
> * The ITC has revoked the licence for Terrestrial Pay TV channels for the
> time being

No they haven't.

> * Free-to-air channels should be available without intteruption for the
> forseeable future (BBC 1/2/4. News 24. ITV1/2, Parliament, Choice, C4, C5,
> CBeebies, CBBC)

Yep.

> * DON'T send your box back

Bought mine in the first place.

> * ALL customers who paid up front will have lost their money
> * Some football clubs will go bust shortly (hooray!)

Out of the greed of the Football League, eager for a First Division
breakaway...

Paul.