I think this cardsharing may be coming to an end...
We know very little right now, every man and his dog is having there say at the moment, and just saying, that's it, that's the end. And i'm sure if it is, it's just so those people can say 'I told you so'
Let's stick to the simple facts of what we know thus far.
Sky have multiple transponders.
One of those transponders changed its ECM time from 71 to 79.
Fixes have been tried but failed thus far.
We are only about 48 hours in.
Thus far we have lost completely: Eurosport, Atlantic, Box Office, Pub Sky sports 1 (not home sky sports 1)
Channels that work on another frequency: Sky sports news, Sky sports 4
Channels that work with +1 - TCM, Fox, Atlantic
Thus far the main loss as I see it is Eurosport for most people.
Those are the facts. Everything else is just wild speculation, and isn't exactly helpful to anybody.
Do we know why those channels have gone? Why they chose that transponder? Why only those channels? No.
Is it a new Icam encryption (same as sky italia/HD channels)? From what I hear - No.
Thus far we are still in the dark, people are working on a fix, and we'll wait and see what happens. We've lost channels before and they've come back.
Would I recommend taking out new sub right now - No. Hold of for a week.