If you could request more types of FTA programming, what kind of programming would you want to see and why? Do you think it would create more interest in the USA?
I'd like a science channel and maybe one with thrillers/classic horror/sci fi movies. I know the kids would like some music channels.
Sad thing is, it will never be like that here, how if is in Europe I mean. Do a Google search and look sometime at FreeSat and FreeView in Great Britian probably nearly 100 free decent ad supported cable type channels.
If I could "pick" things to be free to air, I wish we could go back like it was from the "birth" of TVRO (home reception) in about 1979-1986 before HBO scrambled and the skys were free.
I know that Britain has a TV license as does most of Western Europe. But, only the BBC is still public, ITV, Four, and Five are now privatized.You beat me to it, I thought of the Freesat models from UK and NZ. Most of those are not private ad supported profit channels. They are ran/paid for/subsidized by the government. The BBC's are a good example. They also have a thing called a "TV license" which basically everyone with a color TV in UK is required to purchase and pay for annually. Between UK tax dollars and the TV license the channels aren't exactly free but they are funded. I think we'd need something like that here which will never happen in order to get a real service off the ground. Dish, DirecTV and Comcast would never allow this. They don't want the European model here where people can get a nice selection of decent content for "free" without having to sub.