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BSkyB buys Amstrad!

NickHNickH
edited August 2007 in Sinclair Miscellaneous
A snip at ?125m.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6923517.stm
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  • woodcock88woodcock88
    edited July 2007
    Was just about to post this - you pipped me to the post Nick!!

    Does this mean we need to get Sky's permission to distribute the Spectrum ROM?
  • ArjunArjun
    edited July 2007
    Does this mean that we will have to take BSkyB's permission for the spectrum ROMS? Or does Amstrad's word still count?

    EDIT: lol. I see Woodcock has pipped me to the post as well.
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  • woodcock88woodcock88
    edited July 2007
    Arjun wrote: »
    Does this mean that we will have to take BSkyB's permission for the spectrum ROMS? Or does Amstrad's word still count?

    EDIT: lol. I see Woodcock has pipped me to the post as well.

    LOL Great minds think alike Arjun!
  • NickHNickH
    edited July 2007
    Cliff Lawson's original statement.

    Nothing about retaining the right to rescind permission, but I don't know if that's implied or not. IMHO, the genie is out of the bottle.
  • dekhdekh
    edited July 2007
    Arjun wrote: »
    Does this mean that we will have to take BSkyB's permission for the spectrum ROMS? Or does Amstrad's word still count?

    EDIT: lol. I see Woodcock has pipped me to the post as well.

    "I think it's great" probably wouldn't stand up in court :)
  • dekhdekh
    edited July 2007
    Reading betwen the lines, BSB bought Amstrad for the set top boxes. Nothing else Amstrad does is significant to them. We know it's all crap anyway :)
  • DEATHDEATH
    edited July 2007
    I still think clarification is required - has Amstrad sold the right to grant distribution rights along with everything else?

    I hope Sir Alan knows what he's doing.....
    Oh bugger!<br>
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited July 2007
    ::IDEA:: a Spectrum Emulator running on a Sky Digital box. Now there's a project.
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  • PilsenerPilsener
    edited July 2007
    Does BSB really care about a computer that was already outdated (excluding us die-hards) about 15 years ago ?

    Or does the Speccy range still produce an income that is worth concidering even for such a large company ?
  • bcassbcass
    edited August 2007
    Was I seeing things, or did I spot Rick Dickinson in one of the old Amstrad clips the BBC showed in it's late evening news? The clip seemed to be in an Amstrad factory, with Alan Sugar and some other people looking at the design of a hi-fi unit. Can't imagine Rick had anything to do with Amstrads hi-fi designs, but I'd swear it was his doppleganger.
  • beanzbeanz
    edited August 2007
    Pilsener wrote: »
    Does BSB really care about a computer that was already outdated (excluding us die-hards) about 15 years ago ?

    Or does the Speccy range still produce an income that is worth concidering even for such a large company ?

    Come on...they show repeats of programs 40 yrs old..of course they care! :D
  • ZX SaulZX Saul
    edited August 2007
    hopefully they will bring out a zx spectrum plug n play tv game with the bskyb logo on it.
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited August 2007
    ZX Saul wrote: »
    hopefully they will bring out a zx spectrum plug n play tv game with the bskyb logo on it.

    Just a Spectrum emulator in their set top boxes would be fine.


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