On 2007-03-07, John Russell <john_e_russell@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> "David Taylor" <davidt-news@yadt.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:slrneurh11.22sp.davidt-news@outcold.yadt.co.uk...
>> On 2007-03-06, Edster <me@privacy.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sky Anytime just means that advertisers or broadcasters can pay Sky to
>>> have whatever programme they choose automatically recorded whether the
>>> viewer wants it or not. Its nothing like the Virgin idea where you
>>> have a list of programmes that you can watch whenever you want.
>>
>> Surely that's identical to Virgin's idea in every way, except the
>> programs are stored on the user's digibox (~80GB) rather than being
>> stored on the broadcaster's equipment (multi-TB?). So you get less
>> choice, but still get to view whatever programs are selected by
>> Sky or Virgin at any time.
>
> Nope! Sat is a Broadcast Medium. Cable offers each user their own link which
> can support users watching what they like, when they like.
>
> SKY Anytime (TV) has to be "broadcast", hence the minuscule content for
> which the reserved 160gb is more than enough.

You miss my point. I understand that technically the services are delivered
in a different way, and as a result they can scale to different capacities.
Sky's service is limited, and will have to remain limited. However, it's
exactly the same service (albeit with limited choice) as Virgin's service --
you can watch what you want (from a selection of available programmes),
when you want.

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David Taylor