Freeview TV listings Magazine...

A few months back we kept on hearing news stories about how many
millions of people now have freeview boxes...

Which set me wondering:

Surely there is now a gap in the market for a TV listings magazine
which lists all (and only) the Freeview channels.

I currently buy "TV and Satellite Week" as it has all the main
Freeview channels (i.e. BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4 and
Five) on a single double page per day. It used to be better when BBC4
was also on the same page.

But this has some down sides - I get listings for Sky One, Sky One Mix
and E4 on the same page (and I don't receive them) and the rest of the
Freeview channels are hidden amongst loads of other channels that I
don't get. Also, some channels, e.g. FTN, have their listings tucked
away in a small space with no room for any details about the
programmes (not a great loss in that instance, but I may have missed
something vaguely interesting because the programme title didn't catch
my eye...). And, as far as i am aware, no Radio or TV listings mag
lists the programmes on 6Music or BBC7, etc.

How about a TV listings mag which lists only the Freeview (and TUTV if
you must) channels - including the digital radio channels like BBC7?

What do you lot think?

On a related topic, has anyone out there found one of the other TV
listings mags to be better than TV & Sat week for Freeview listings?

Cheers,

Ric.

On 4 May 2004 06:03:32 -0700, (Ricky) wrote:

On a related topic, has anyone out there found one of the other TV
listings mags to be better than TV & Sat week for Freeview listings?

Digiguide has made paper based listings a quaint thing of the past for
me.
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On 4th May, Ricky wrote:

Surely there is now a gap in the market for a TV listings
magazine which lists all (and only) the Freeview channels.

/lurk

http://www.radiotimes.com/ does it for me. Can configure the
channels that I receive and the order that I want them to be
listed. Also has a diary facility which will send a sms text
reminder (mind you - 25p each) if you want.

lurk

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On Tue, 04 May 2004 17:21:03 +0100, Bryan Anderson
wrote:

| On 4th May, Ricky wrote:
|
| Surely there is now a gap in the market for a TV listings
| magazine which lists all (and only) the Freeview channels.
|
| /lurk
|
| http://www.radiotimes.com/ does it for me. Can configure the
| channels that I receive and the order that I want them to be
| listed. Also has a diary facility which will send a sms text
| reminder (mind you - 25p each) if you want.
|
| lurk

Digiguide for me www.gipsymedia.com Not free but well worth the money.

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Involves switching computer on though; not the same as having a well
structrured magazine

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On 4 May 2004 06:03:32 -0700, (Ricky) wrote:

On a related topic, has anyone out there found one of the other TV
listings mags to be better than TV & Sat week for Freeview listings?

Digiguide has made paper based listings a quaint thing of the past for
me.

On Tue, 04 May 2004 17:21:03 +0100, Bryan Anderson wrote:

On 4th May, Ricky wrote:

Surely there is now a gap in the market for a TV listings
magazine which lists all (and only) the Freeview channels.

/lurk

http://www.radiotimes.com/ does it for me. Can configure the
channels that I receive and the order that I want them to be
listed. Also has a diary facility which will send a sms text
reminder (mind you - 25p each) if you want.

http://www.tvtv.co.uk for me, has similar features to the above.


lurk

"Andrew" [email protected] wrote in message
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On 4 May 2004 06:03:32 -0700, (Ricky) wrote:

On a related topic, has anyone out there found one of the other TV
listings mags to be better than TV & Sat week for Freeview listings?

Digiguide has made paper based listings a quaint thing of the past for
me.
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Ah yes but
Someone else is using the computer
The computer's not in the same room as the main TV
It's nice to browse a paper magazine listing
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Steve wrote in message d...
On Tue, 04 May 2004 17:21:03 +0100, Bryan Anderson wrote:

On 4th May, Ricky wrote:

Surely there is now a gap in the market for a TV listings
magazine which lists all (and only) the Freeview channels.

/lurk

http://www.radiotimes.com/ does it for me. Can configure the
channels that I receive and the order that I want them to be
listed. Also has a diary facility which will send a sms text
reminder (mind you - 25p each) if you want.

Am I the only one that thinks that the beeb have made the radio times
site unfriendly to freeview viewers? Surely it would be better to
have a pre-selected "freeview" range of channels that would be easily
selected, rather than having to make your own personal selection.

Matt

Steve wrote in message d...
On Tue, 04 May 2004 17:21:03 +0100, Bryan Anderson wrote:

On 4th May, Ricky wrote:

Surely there is now a gap in the market for a TV listings
magazine which lists all (and only) the Freeview channels.

http://www.radiotimes.com/ does it for me. Can configure the
channels that I receive and the order that I want them to be
listed. Also has a diary facility which will send a sms text
reminder (mind you - 25p each) if you want.

http://www.tvtv.co.uk for me, has similar features to the above.

Yes, yes, but its not easy to flick through either of the above whilst
lounging on the sofa... I like a TV listings *magazine*...

Ric.

On Wed, 5 May 2004 08:39:22 +0100, Mike GW8IJT wrote:
"Andrew" [email protected] wrote in message
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On 4 May 2004 06:03:32 -0700, (Ricky) wrote:

On a related topic, has anyone out there found one of the other TV
listings mags to be better than TV & Sat week for Freeview listings?

Digiguide has made paper based listings a quaint thing of the past for
me.
--
Ah yes but
Someone else is using the computer
The computer's not in the same room as the main TV
It's nice to browse a paper magazine listing
Regards Mike.


Digiguide + printer?