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- From: phil@phunt.MV.COM (Phil Hunt)
- Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
- Subject: Re: PAY PER VIEW (WAS RE: SPI
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 09:42:03 EST
- Organization: Howtek, Inc.
- Message-ID: <D2150040.lrp7a1@phunt.MV.COM>
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- In article <MBN.92Dec22084304@greyskul.hf.intel.com> (rec.video.satellite), mbn@greyskul.hf.intel.com (Mike Northam) writes:
- ] >>>>> "jerry" == Jerry Neal <neal@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> writes:
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- ] jerry> When Request TV 1 and 2 moved over to C4, they had a flag on the
- ] jerry> screen that said they were now available through Satellite Cinema,
- ] jerry> along with a phone number to call for authorization. Apparently
- ] jerry> they are not available through video PAL yet.
- ]
- ] I believe that Request 2 has announced they are going to digital
- ] transmission (four channels, compressed) beginning in July, 1993. That
- ] would make them unavailable again (until digital decoders become available
- ] to consumers, at least).
- ] --
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- No, Request is ADDING 4 channels compressed. Request 1 & 2 will remain
- normal video. They will then have 6 channels!
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- Phil
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