Subj : TV Woes
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Tue Sep 23 2025 09:49:53

> MP>OT, but I saw a video on YT the other day from a fellow that does a lot of
>   >radio and TV broadcast videos.  I didn't watch it, but the title suggested
>   >that they are doing away with satellite tv in the UK.  I didn't watch
>   >because it didn't sound like something that'd be happening here.

> I can maybe see that in and near big cities but there will always be
> a lot of people too far out to get a TV signal any other way.

> Maybe they expect those to get theirs through the Internet. (?)

I watched the video, and that is exactly it.  The satellites that supply
sat tv to the UK & Ireland will reach their EOL around 2030 so they are hoping
to get most folks to switch over to streaming before then, rather than
replace them.

Mike

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