RE: And just seen this on Diginews:

["Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

LOL, well I do pay my licence fee ;-)

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James, Daniel [mailto:daniel.james@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 November 2001 11:46
> To: UKHA (E-mail)
> Subject: [ukha_d] And just seen this on Diginews:
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> ITV Digital Offers Pirate Amnesty Sunday, November 18, 2001
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> Cash-stripped ITV Digial has offered an amnesty to people who watch
the
> service using pirate cards. To this end, ITV Dig has written to all of
its
> customers warning of the possible consequences of illegal viewing
whilst,
> at
> the same time, offering a "no questions asked" amnesty
allowing them
to
> trade in any "inadvertently acquired" pirated cards for a
genuine
card.
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> It has been reported that around 10% of current subscribers could be
> watching using pirated cards. This works out at the approximate
equivalent
> to =A33million a month of lost revenues. Eradicating this would lift
average
> revenue per user by =A330 to =A3257 per year.
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> The cable companies have also suffered from hacking problems but, so
far,
> the Sky Digital service has proved beyond the piraters. However, the
old
> analogue service was hacked so often that its smart cards had to be
> changed
> 11 times.
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> Regards
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> Dan
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