On 7/21/2011 1:35 PM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Man at wrote:
UKTV. Half owned by the BBC (OK, the worldwide arm) so all the more
reason it should be FTA, or at least those progs originally funded by
license payers.

They are FTA via FreeView.

Not on FreeView in my area. We only get 17-18 channels.

And there is an extra cost for transmitting via
satellite. Either requires a decent external aerial. The problem with
making it available free on satellite is it then becomes free to many who
don't pay any UK licence.