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Sky and scotland independence
I live in Germany and as everyone knows am not supposed to have sky as i live abroad.So what happens to all the Scots sky accounts if they vote for independence as they will also technically be abroad then won`t they?By the way this is a bit of a light hearted question before anyone comes on here to shoot me down as i don`t really think anything will or should change.It`s just a slight reaction to having to resort to furtive means years on end to watch sky over here maybe.
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Silly question - as there will be NO changes whatsoever - the copyright holders sell programmes based geographically on the British Isles, not any random political scheme.
I don't think it's a silly question. The Republic of Ireland is in the geography of the British Isles, but their Sky services do differ to what the UK get.
Well no, they sell to the United Kingdom, then sell to Ireland seperatly however due to the amount of cross over channels it's normally to the same broadcaster. Existing rights deals will include both countries in the event of independence, however could you see rights holders still charging the same when they could argue that you are buying rights to multiple countries?
It's just against T&Cs
Sky UK also serve the Republic of Ireland which isnt part of the UK and hasnt for about 90+ years!
Scotland will just become like the Republic of Ireland for how Sky do things and how Virgin will do things also.
The only thing thats likely to change (but later on when the Scottish government get round to it if they do go independent) is some kind of Scottish state broadcaster will replace the BBC in Scotland on the main first 2 channels.
STV (or ITV in the Border regon), C4 and C5 will stay almost the same with minor tweaks to news and other regonal programming I would expect.
Most likely the BBC will stay on the Scotish Sky and Virgin EPGs at the same positions as they are in the Republic of Ireland!
And that will also be the difference for the OT: Instead of BBC 1 and 2 he will get the new Scottish services on 101+102 (when he got a Sky sub with an scottish Postcode). And if Sky gets an Agreement with the BBC, the BBC Services get a place somewhere other on the EPG (like in Ireland).
Presumably Sky would expect to pay LESS, if Scotland wasn't included
But again,it's not going to make the slightest difference - if it even happens at all.
'Because of the nature of satellite technology...that platform would remain identical in Scotland to the rest of the United Kingdom, just as the case with the UK and Ireland.'
(Page 532 for those interested)
Importantly, the cost of a subscription could differ as well, based on the separate Scottish marketplace (as is the case in RoI). How VAT is rated and applied for example could change pricing over time in the two countries.
It is a list of hopes and prayers that the SNP want to happen, it in no way is representative of what will happen.
Most existing TV services will still be available should Scotland go independent no doubt, with the Scots paying for this. Just another cost increase as a result of wanting Independence.
Once you go it alone EVERYTHING becomes more expensive.
I assume they will have cost-planned already, possibly resulting in a loss of jobs.
Probably nothing, or they just relocate to somewhere else with a tiny Trading Standards budget
Corporate headquarters is in Osterley, so nothing. It would just be like the Indian call centres.
Mr Murdoch has previously said he supports independence - it would be out of the EU so workers rights would be eroded thus better for business!
And people want the UK out of Europe and loosing their employee rights? Not me I would rather stay in the EU if thats the case!
But Mr Salmond wants to join the EU so workers rights won't change.
Not that simple though, it takes a long time to join the EU and it can get blocked from other countries (Spain would likely block it due to political reasons surrounding Catalonia).
Surely the Scottish people if they voted "Yes" to split from the union would then be faced with a future referendum on whether THEY want to join the Eu, it is not simply what AS wants ?
The white paper doesn't state a further vote on whether to join the EU, however Scotland would be taking a huge risk without the EU for diplomatic relations, which are vitally important.
Love it or hate it the EU is a necessary evil for Europe now, if you aren't in then it could cause your country more trouble than being in!
Alex Salmond thinks he's got it all sorted out....
Maybe he does think that and maybe he has it all sorted, maybe he hasnt, but thats not the point I was making.
Oh i know.
I was being sarcastic about Salmond how he thinks its all sorted when its far from it