New cards/Nagra 3 - Channels switched off Leeds area

[666]

A friend emailed me this, taken from the Virgin intranet,

As you know our customers in Leeds, Harrogate and York have been busy swapping their TV viewing cards over the last few weeks so the time has now arrived today, Tuesday 1 December, to switch off the first set of channels (Sky Sports 1 / Sky Movies Premier +1 and Zee TV) and start the transition over to the new platform. After we've had a chance to review the impact a further set of channels will switch off tomorrow at 2pm (All premiums including Sky Sports and Movies, ESPN channels and all plus 1's).

The impact of this upon Sales is that we expect to see an increase in calls and sales enquiries from this area of those people that have been viewing our TV for free by fraudulent means but have now decided to buy our TV service legitimately.
This group of people won't have received a new card to swap and will therefore be unable to switch back on those channels which are being switched off on the old platform.

There is a high likelihood that these customers will choose to buy on-line, however many will call in or visit one of our stores; they are also unlikely to admit to previously taking our services for free.

Please be aware though that some people may mention that they have lost some of their channels, if this is the case then check to see if they are a TV customer and if they aren't then explain that we don't have them recorded as a customer and that you are able to arrange for them to receive our TV service (some customers may want to up-sell too if they have been fraudulently taking additional channels on top of their M TV service). thanks datrippa
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[Hennah04]

hmmm, if that is legit then I hope for the sake of the viewers in leeds that something goes badly wrong with the implementation and the plan is scrapped.

[666]

ho well the funfix lasted a couple of days

[Hennah04]

new methods of encryption just spur on those who enjoy the challenge of hacking it. Each time an improvement is introduced it is exploited, it may take a little while but there'll be someone who cracks N3. It won't be soon enough to those who are about to be effected in the Leeds, Harrogate and York areas but by the time initial testing is done and the card rolls out across the UK you'll hear rumours. After all, how different can these N3 cards be? They have to be backwards compatable with all the cable boxes around the UK, there's only so much they can do.

[666]

dont understand a lot of it, but totally diffrent, and my head says it wont be cracked but heart says its possible, but head is winning tbh

[tucker1980]

(some customers may want to up-sell too if they have been fraudulently taking additional channels on top of their M TV service).

WELL WHEN IT HAPPENS HERE, I'AM OFF 2 GET SKY IN,,,,,HANDS UP IF YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PAY FOR OUR CABLE TV

[TheCoder]

A little earlier than I expected them to do it but it was fairly inevitable it was going to happen sooner or later.

[kegnkiwi]

Just read on another forum that ssp1 and sly premier have gone in leeds. Anyone else confirm.

[ant16151189]

my friend in bradford said skysports 1 has gone off,

[leachy070667]

Originally Posted by 666

A friend emailed me this, taken from the Virgin intranet,

As you know our customers in Leeds, Harrogate and York have been busy swapping their TV viewing cards over the last few weeks so the time has now arrived today, Tuesday 1 December, to switch off the first set of channels (Sky Sports 1 / Sky Movies Premier +1 and Zee TV) and start the transition over to the new platform. After we've had a chance to review the impact a further set of channels will switch off tomorrow at 2pm (All premiums including Sky Sports and Movies, ESPN channels and all plus 1's).

The impact of this upon Sales is that we expect to see an increase in calls and sales enquiries from this area of those people that have been viewing our TV for free by fraudulent means but have now decided to buy our TV service legitimately.
This group of people won't have received a new card to swap and will therefore be unable to switch back on those channels which are being switched off on the old platform.

There is a high likelihood that these customers will choose to buy on-line, however many will call in or visit one of our stores; they are also unlikely to admit to previously taking our services for free.

Please be aware though that some people may mention that they have lost some of their channels, if this is the case then check to see if they are a TV customer and if they aren't then explain that we don't have them recorded as a customer and that you are able to arrange for them to receive our TV service (some customers may want to up-sell too if they have been fraudulently taking additional channels on top of their M TV service). thanks datrippa
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maybe they figure white people watch Sky Movies and Sports and Asians Zee TV ,being politicaly correct they decided to stich everyone up right from the off