On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 at 20:01:59, Mark Carver
<mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote (my responses usually FOLLOW):

On 02/03/2022 18:06, Robin wrote:

On 02/03/2022 17:15, Mark Carver wrote:

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In other news, Russia Today has now been removed from Sky, and
Freesat EPGs, I think the transponder streams are dead, so not even
an FTA receiver will work, and on DTT both their streams are now dead

AIUI it's gone because the EU stopped its uplink from Brussels. Ofcom
were investigating it.

As has been pointed out elsewhere, there had been some reluctance here
to block it, as tit-for-tat-ism might result in BBC and similar being
blocked in Russia. FWIW, I think it's much more important that BBC etc.
remain receivable in Russia than RT be blocked here: I think most Brits recognise(d) RT for what it is (was) - before current events, it was
almost cartoon in its similarity to the Radio Moscow of old.

I'm just hoping (probably forlornly) that Russia won't see RT's
unavailability here (even if not our fault) as justification to block
BBC there.

Yes. I'm sure Ofcom were dragging their feet deliberately, waiting for
this to happen, so it's completely let them off the hook.

They're an utterly useless and spineless regulator

I certainly have little respect for OfCom - can't comment on their
actions (or inactions) in this manner, but I've (of late - they were
better a couple of decades ago) found them incompetent, unreachable
(just try!), and arrogant (they have power with no controls on them).
Oh, and industry-biased against the consumer.
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