Amstrad bought by Sky. What now for Speccy stuff?
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Amstrad bought by Sky. What now for Speccy stuff?
Well, Sky's grabbed Amstrad, finally - LINK. Historically, Amstrad's been OK with ROM distribution (see the note on World of Spectrum), but what will happen now Murdock runs the show?
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I like the bit about AMS getting 35m if the deal goes through, and yet he is ment to be worth around 850m acording to the opening credits on that TV show...
Whats he going to do with 35m, Lose it down the back of the sofa, maybe get a new boat cos the old one is now 6 months old..? Must be a worry for the poor bloke....
Whats he going to do with 35m, Lose it down the back of the sofa, maybe get a new boat cos the old one is now 6 months old..? Must be a worry for the poor bloke....

I don't think Sky will ever noticed they own those assets to be honest.
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I don't think the policy torwards emulation at b-sky-Amstrad-b will change. They (Amstrad's Cliff Lawson) made the decision as a positive step in keeping the old brand names alive, those same people will be making the decisions...unless of course it gets swept up in an umbrella policy torwards I.P.
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What if they go the way of the em@iler and incorporate Speccy emulation on Sky boxes? They have a perfect delivery system, they're already set up for pay-per-view, so microtransactions for Speccy games is a viable option.
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That's not a bad shout actually. Murdoch has never been one to look a gift horse in the mouth and there is a real nostalgia boom out there at the moment...Antiriad2097 wrote:What if they go the way of the em@iler and incorporate Speccy emulation on Sky boxes? They have a perfect delivery system, they're already set up for pay-per-view, so microtransactions for Speccy games is a viable option.
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Thanks Craig, I wasn't aware of Cliff Lawson (from Amstrad's) posting there, interesting read and seems a top bloke! http://www.worldofspectrum.org/permits/amstrad-roms.txt
Opa - Amstrad is actually not even half what Sir AMS owns, its not publicised on The Apprentice much but for example he's heavily into the real estate game. The guys probably about to retire soon anyway ... wouldn't you by now with all your millions?
Opa - Amstrad is actually not even half what Sir AMS owns, its not publicised on The Apprentice much but for example he's heavily into the real estate game. The guys probably about to retire soon anyway ... wouldn't you by now with all your millions?
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