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PBS America is going FTA and joining Freesat imminently.
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TBH all I really want from Freesat now is for ITV, who are supposed to part-own the thing, to put their HD channels on it. Honestly, in 2015, putting your HD variant behind Sky's paywall as if it's some next-big-thing innovation is just ridiculous.
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It's a disgrace that Channel 5 HD is behind a paywall, especially as a PSB.
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Wasn't the Channel 5 decision made before Viacom bought it? Maybe they might think differently now.
Meanwhile on Freeview they seem to be having problems finding HD channels that want to take space on the new COM 8 multiplex. There's something not quite right with the economics of TV at the moment. |
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Well, CH5 had a slot reserved for them on the PSB3 Freeview mux & turned it down. Don't know if the possible move of BBC3 to online only will open that door to them again. If not COM8 & Freesat will be the only ones available.
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UKTV channels Yesterday, Drama and Really have now launched on Freesat.
Netflix is being added right now! Talking Pictures is joining and hope to have the legalities sorted by the end of January 2016. It is widely believed that Dave (SD) Channel 5 HD and Yesterday +1 will arrive shortly. There have also been rumours that Quest and Possibly some HD variants of the PSB spin off channels may join too. |
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UKTV's absence from Freesat has been a real puzzle. They have a stated aim to be universally available across the whole UK, however there are terrestrial relay transmitters the length and breadth of the country that don't, and will never, carry them. Yet it has taken them until the end of 2015, more than 8 years since Freesat was originally announced, to get their channels onto the platform that exists precisely because DTT is unable to provide universal coverage of all the channels that might want it.
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From what I can gather, the more modern satellites have been a major contributor to this change.
The older satellites covered a large area, but the new ones can have spot beams to only serve a certain area eg the UK. If they hadn't of scrambled their signals prior to now, UKTV would have had to pay for pan European rights for their programmes. I suppose they could have gone FTV as opposed to subscription, but they would have had to pay for encryption as opposed to getting a cut of the Sky subs. |
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Maybe so, but the spot beam capability of Astra 2F has been available commercially for 3 years now ...
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Yes, I think what has ultimately driven this has been an exclusivity deal with Sky, hence my earlier comment about UKTV taking their shilling.
The channels they have moved on to Freesat this week are a good start, and hopefully an indication that they actually are serious about the claim they started making some years ago now about them "taking over the world". We may yet get Dave on Freesat. Now, if some of the broadcasters would only stop pretending that HD is somehow premium content, and get some of that out from behind Sky's paywall, things would really start to look bright and cheerful in the world of FTA satellite. |
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Sadly I've not had cable for well over a decade now ... I'm very, very off-net. :D
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My Freesat channels 162'. 163'. 164'. Still have not came through yet,
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Thanks for that, will try 135'
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In that case give the channel re-scan a go.
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A new Country Music channel starts 24/1/16 on Freesat.
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Looking forward to the Country Music Channel .
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A little bird tells me that 4 Music is now preparing to go FTA and will probably join Freesat. |
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Just a waiting game then,
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Talking Pictures starts today on Freesat channel 306.
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I hope the country programme starts, was so looking forward to that one,
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Thanks Richard , Fingers crossed, Nash
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Thanks again
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Audience figures from the first 10 days of operations have exceeded their expectations for the entire first month already, & quoting from philmack's website. " We are pleased to say that we will be making a MAJOR announcement about expansion of this channel within the next month , and can confirm that we should receive our Freesat Channel number within the next few days , and hopefully be broadcasting on Freesat within 14 days" . |
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Looking forward to watching this Channel .
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I suppose Dave still isn't on freesat?
I could see me dumping sky if they did that. Freeview is really bad here in Sandy (which is odd as I can see the transmitter out the window - well I could if I could see, oh you know what I mean ;) ) |
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Keep It Country TV will launch on the Music section of Freesat on channel 516 shortly. They have also secured a Freeview slot, with a prospective launch date in April.
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Good News for me, I just love Country Music, The Traditional kind, Not the modern stuff,
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Bad news I'm afraid, just found out that Home will remain in the Pay packages on both VM and Sky "for the foreseeable future".
Looks like those who want to watch this Channel for free will have to use Freeview (if they are able to). |
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Looking forward to This new Country Channel. Will be home from holiday on Thursday ,
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In fact, he claims that his channel is now more popular than some Premier League matches on Sky Sports! He really must think that viewers and advertisers are as stupid as he is... Having said that, I do wish the channel well. Technical changes have been made that suggest that Channel 5 HD may become FTA and join Freesat soon. Rumours abound the industry that Channel 5 HD will replace BBC3 when that finally closes on Freeview. |
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I honestly don't know, but I would have thought that they would find some way around this.
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...BBC Three HD's channel slot on 105 will be reallocated in accordance with existing Freeview channel allocation rules, which could see BBC Four HD move to 105. It could also be Channel 5's last opportunity to launch an HD service in that slot - it turned down the chance to launch an HD service on Freeview on two occasions under its previous management, but the broadcasters says it's still commited to launching in HD on Freeview... |
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True Crime & True Crime +1 have now launched on Freesat & Sky, replacing More>Movies & More>Movies +1. True Crime has also launched on Freeview, but only in areas where a local TV mux is running. Movie Mix continues to broadcast on its existing Freeview slot on channel 32.
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Good news,
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Been quite a month for Country fans in the UK, & particularly London. C2C was a great success. Keep It Country TV to watch nationwide, & now Chris Country radio is broadcasting 24 hours a day to the whole of London on DAB.
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Been a great time indeed, This suits me to. T
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New HD channels.
CNN HD is now testing on satellite in preparation for a full launch on the EPG.
The picture quality is said to be one of the best with regards to the HD channels. CNN SD is FTA, I don't know if the HD variant will be pay or not, but I doubt it (the tests are certainly FTA). Here's hoping that it will join Freesat. Edit: Just found out that ITVBe HD and CITV HD are testing on satellite too- wonder if Freesat will get these as well? |
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I hope Freesat will get these. I think it mostly depends on spot beam capacity for UK broadcast. If they have rights issues with transmission overspill into continental Europe, they have to go with Sky because they need encryption to ensure they are only viewable in the UK. There is a lot more spot beam capacity than there used to be, so here's hoping.
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I hope so too.
I now have a Freesat box to supplement the missing Virgin Media channels, so that if VM don't get the ones that I'm interested in (they haven't been adding the new FTA channels for a while), then I would still have access to them. It's also a useful back up if the VM system ever goes completely down or if my box fails- both of which have happened to me. |
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I still have VM in one of the bedrooms but it is only preview channels, which is fine as my main TV is Freesat. The thing that worries me is if something happens to the dish in bad weather. They charge to fix it,
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Channel 5 HD becomes Free To Air today; it will be added to both Freesat and Freeview very shortly.
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Finally ...
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Only ITV2/3/4 HD left and I'll be a happy chappy.
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Thanks Richard
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Ok Thanks again
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5HD is now live on Freesat, and occupies channel 105 on HD boxes.
If 5HD isn't already showing on channel 105 on your box, try manually re-scanning (you should see the 5HD logo in the top left of the picture if it's working). |
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DAYSTAR have now closed their SD channel on Freesat and are now broadcasting in HD only.
DAYSTAR HD can be found on the previous SD channel number 691. More information can be found here: http://www.daystar.com/news-updates/...on-hd-freesat/ |
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Hot off the press!!
Keep It Country TV will launch on Freeview channel 87 on Wednesday 1st June. |
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Good news for Freeview
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Thanks.
It's been claimed that 'Dave' has been briefly testing FTA on satellite using the Freesat home transponder. I thought that 'Home' would have been the next one. |
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CNN HD has been testing for a while now, there is some limited Freesat data there, so I'm hopeful it will join Freesat.
If not, if can be tuned in manually in non Freesat mode. Tuning details are: 11.112 H, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK. If you tune it in whilst it's still testing, it's under the label 50290 as opposed to CNN HD :) |
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How do you tune your freesat box to watch preview,?
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Your settings menu has a non-Freesat mode. Exactly how you find that depends on what box you have. You have to enter non-Freesat mode, then use the details Richard has supplied to manually tune the box to the channel you want to add.
You can't add non-Freesat channels to the Freesat programme guide. You have to maintain a separate list of non-Freesat channels you have tuned which you can view whenever you switch your box to non-Freesat mode. In other words, unless you really badly want the channel, it's more hassle than it's worth ... |
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This article claims that the BBC is preparing for the launch of a BBC UHD channel next year:
http://advanced-television.com/2016/...transmissions/ I'm assuming that VM will carry it due to the 'must carry' regulations and the fact that the new TiVo box is said to be UHD capable. I'm sure it will arrive on satellite too, but doubt that there will be enough spare capacity for it to go onto Freeview. But what about the BBC's platform neuterality policy?? :confused: |
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I'll have a look later. Kids are on school holidays now so I can't get near the tv. :D
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Sadly, Vintage TV has left Freesat, but will be joining Freeview on 1/7/16. Those who can receive BBC4 HD and Talking Pictures should be able to receive Vintage TV too. It can still be viewed on satellite via non Freesat mode using the following parameters: Astra 2G 11264 H 27500 2/3 Apparently, some smart TV's have it via an app too. |
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CNN is on Freesat in SD only, on channel 207.
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This new HD channel is currently testing on satellite, it's been said that their website says that they will be joining Freesat.
http://www.arirang.com/mobile/index.asp I can't seem to find where it says this, but it will be a FTA channel. It's been flagged as Videoguard encrypted (when it isn't) whilst in testing mode, meaning Freesat viewers will not be able to view it until it's ready to launch. Tuning details are: label 53150 on 11224 V It's an English speaking Korean channel that shows documentaries and TV shows. |
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The above channel test is now broadcasting null packets :confused:
Al Jazeera English HD is to expand from Freeview onto satellite. As a FTA channel, I would expect this to join Freesat, but this had not yet been confirmed. |
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The new channel 'Blaze' from A&E Networks starts on 20/9/16.
It's not yet known if this will be on Freesat, but the channel is currently broadcasting FTA on: 11.171H S/R 22.0 00 FEC 5/6 It's labelled 50350. |
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Thanks Richard
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A few (most short term) freebies for Freesat users :)
Viceland HD* can be found FTA on 11.739 V 29.500 FEC 8/9 *May be labelled as '3840'. Viceland* can be found on 11836 H 27.500 FEC 5/6. *May be labelled as '5115'. These channels are said to sometimes encrypt in the evening and they will be fully encrypted in about a week as they are supposed to be pay channels. Blaze* is a free channel and can be found on 11.082 H 22.000 FEC 5/6 *May be labelled as 50350. E! +1 can be found on 11.306 H 27.500 FEC 5/6. This is a pay channel, so could encrypt at any time. |
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10.773 H SR 22000 FEC 5/6 DVB-S QPSK
6381 - BBC Radio Cymru Mwy This service hoped to launch on Freesat in Wales only on 19 September, it is now expected to be late September. |
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Unfortunately, Euronews appears to have been taken off Freesat.
However, the station can be watched in non-Freesat mode using the following parameters: 11464 H 22000 5/6 |
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