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Strictly speaking though, is any TV actually free? To watch Freeview you have to pay the licenee fee. Admittedly, your money doesn't go to Challenge or even Freeview in this example, but you still can't watch a TV without paying it, regardless of whether you're watching the BBC or not. Of course, with subscription platforms like satellite and cable you have to pay additional charges on top of the licence fee, but I'd argue even terrestrial isn't absolutely free.
Customers with the TV M package pay a subscription of £0.00/month for the privilege, the same as that customer would pay for the privilege of receiving Freeview.
According to some guy on Facebook and backed up by Digiguide (http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/Challenge/9+June+2012/01:40/Jubilee+Highlights/Entertainment/), Challenge[TV] showed highlights from the Queen's Jubilee early yesterday morning. Seems an odd thing for them to show.
Complete nonsense, you can not watch Challenge[TV] on any cable platform without paying the cable company money, therefore Challenge[TV] is not free on any cable platform and certainly hasn't been for the past 14 months. It has been free on Freeview for the past 14 months and has been free on satellite for a number of days. Even adding the 'vast majority of cable connections' caveat doesn't make your original statement that Challenge[TV] has been free on every other platform for 14 months any more true.
The three platforms are Satellite, Cable and Terrestrial - Challenge has been available without subscription for 14 months on Terrestrial and the vast majority of Cable connections (including those that come at no additional cost).
Complete nonsense, you can not watch Challenge[TV] on any cable platform without paying the cable company money, therefore Challenge[TV] is not free on any cable platform and certainly hasn't been for the past 14 months. It has been free on Freeview for the past 14 months and has been free on satellite for a number of days. Even adding the 'vast majority of cable connections' caveat doesn't make your original statement that Challenge[TV] has been free on every other platform for 14 months any more true.
Strictly speaking though, is any TV actually free? To watch Freeview you have to pay the licenee fee. Admittedly, your money doesn't go to Challenge or even Freeview in this example, but you still can't watch a TV without paying it, regardless of whether you're watching the BBC or not. Of course, with subscription platforms like satellite and cable you have to pay additional charges on top of the licence fee, but I'd argue even terrestrial isn't absolutely free.
Customers with the TV M package pay a subscription of £0.00/month for the privilege, the same as that customer would pay for the privilege of receiving Freeview.
