Quote Originally Posted by Huevos View Post
2003 was the year that BBC and ITV were no longer encrypted on 28şE. Before that you needed a Sky sub to receive them.

https://www.warc.com/newsandopinion/...ap/en-gb/13316
The reference to the move to FTA wasn't when British domestic channels stopped encrypting - @dubrov's folks were on cable TV in 2003. Only later they moved to FTA satellite. My own setup was on a mix of FTA (Freesat receiver) and Sky until about 2014.