Chaînes anglaises sur Astra 2

J'aimerais comprendre comment Channel 4, Sky 3 et Channel 5 sont cryptées.
D'après ce que j'ai compris, il faut acheter une carte spéciale à 20
livres pour 3 ans en Grande Bretagne et être domicilié sur place.

Y aura-t-il un moyen de les capter légalement en France ??
(ou semi-légalement) ?

Pourtant ITV et la BBC diffusent bien en clair...

A votre avis est-ce que cela signifie que les chaînes anglaises en clair
vont se diriger vers le modèle de diffusion de Sky et des chaînes
privées anglaises ???

Merci.



>>I don't want to subscribe, I don't have a card or my card is old -
what about me?

You can use your box without a card to view the BBC and ITV channels
that you are used to. You also get quite a few extra channels free
(like BBC Three, BBC Four, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, CNN, Sky News, Travel and
many shopping and Asian channels). There are also many radio channels,
some of them exclusively digital. Much of the output of the main
broadcasters is in widescreen and all these are good reasons for
getting a digibox even if you don't want to subscribe.
All the above are FTA channels (Free To Air), meaning that you can
watch them without a card and without payment (except for the
equipment of course). The BBC and ITV call this Freesat. Now that the
two main UK TV providers have joined forces in this it is likely that
many more channels will join up and use the same term to describe the
service.
C4, C5 and Sky3 are currently FTV or Free To View, meaning that you
can watch these channels without subscription but you will still need
a card for copyright reasons. Sky call this FreesatFromSky. Confusing,
isn't it?
Any subscription card will give you these FTV channels but if you want
to receive them without subscribing to Sky then you can ring 0870 606
1111 and ask for a card, or visit http://www.freesatfromsky.com/ where
in the future you may be able to apply for a card also. The card costs
£20.00 and will last for at least 3 years or more. These and all Sky
cards can only be used officially in Sky digiboxes.
You will need to provide a UK address with postcode and your credit
card details to get this card. Caller ID is sometimes checked and
overseas callers may be refused a card. For information about the
situation in the ROI go to
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=55 for an
Irish-based forum with answers to most of your questions in the Sticky
FAQ

The card will be dispatched promptly by post to the given address. On
arrival you should follow the instructions and insert it into the
viewing card slot on the digibox. The card may activate on its own
within a few hours or you may need to ring Sky to get them to activate
it. If you do this you will need to give your digibox's serial number.
You can also use the digibox's internal modem to activate the card.
The digibox phone connection is NOT obligatory for FTV card use or
activation. Once active, the card will decode the three FTV channels
(C4, C5, Sky3) in any digibox.
Older type viewing cards with a blue sky/clouds picture and the words
"Sky Digital" on the front are no longer working.