</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by apsattv:<br /><strong> If they any sense your govt would create a brand new digital channel that shows the so called protected Australian sports events.<br /><br />Over here in NZ the govt was to stupid and handed Murdoch all the major sports.<br /><br />Even most of the b grade stuff that was left has gone to Sky.<br /><br />FTA has lost pretty much everything to Sky </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Stupid question: <br /><br />Did you or your web site[www.apsattv.com] initiate a email campaign or letter campaign or anything to the New Zealand Government to stop such a thing happening for the good of the average Kiwi tax payer who can not afford Sky? <br /><br />NO?<br /><br />Ah well. So what is the point of you making these comments then on here when such a thing may have made a difference over in New Zealand on your web site?<br /><br />Do not underestimate the power of "one" to make things happen over in NZ. Look at what happened when I got TVRO legalised for you and everyone in NZ back in 1981, the power of "one" worked before uucp/gopher/web/email.<br /><br />signed:<br />One of the long silent daddies of TVRO hobby in NZ<br /> <br /> <small>[ 11. November 2005, 11:26 PM: Message edited by: jonc ]</small>