C4/E4/more4 to go FTA, join Freesat

Dunno if anyone's seen this yet. Good news indeed

http://blog.wotsat.com/page/whatsat?...o_join_freesat

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:35:36 GMT, "Brian W"
wrote:

Dunno if anyone's seen this yet. Good news indeed

http://blog.wotsat.com/page/whatsat?...o_join_freesat

It says that E4 and More 4 are presently part of Freesat From Sky
which I have a card for but you do not get E4 and More 4 with this
card .

Stuart

That info is wrong, as E4 and More4 are currently part of Sky's Variety Mix.
But it does look like all will be un-encrypted and on the 'BBC' Freesat
system next year.

"Stuart B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:35:36 GMT, "Brian W"
wrote:

Dunno if anyone's seen this yet. Good news indeed

http://blog.wotsat.com/page/whatsat?...o_join_freesat

It says that E4 and More 4 are presently part of Freesat From Sky
which I have a card for but you do not get E4 and More 4 with this
card .

Stuart

Brian W wrote:
That info is wrong, as E4 and More4 are currently part of Sky's
Variety Mix. But it does look like all will be un-encrypted and on
the 'BBC' Freesat system next year.

They'll almost certainly still have DOGs so it makes no difference to me
whether or not they're encrypted.

On 21/10/2007 22:15, Ar wrote:
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:11:08 +0100, Stuart B scribed:

It says that E4 and More 4 are presently part of Freesat From Sky
which I have a card for but you do not get E4 and More 4 with this
card .

I've an idea, move to Astra 1 satellite and don't pay $ky a penny for
any EPG listing. Millions of £££ saved.

Sounds like they'll be moving to the narrow beam on astra-2D when they
move from FreesatFromSky to Freesat they *WON'T* need to pay for a
murdoch EPG listing (but presumably they will choose to do so so they
don't disappear from Murdoch boxes when they change from FTV to FTA)

"Brian W" wrote in message
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"Stuart B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:35:36 GMT, "Brian W"
wrote:

Dunno if anyone's seen this yet. Good news indeed

http://blog.wotsat.com/page/whatsat?...o_join_freesat

It says that E4 and More 4 are presently part of Freesat From Sky
which I have a card for but you do not get E4 and More 4 with this
card .

Stuart That info is wrong, as E4 and More4 are currently part of Sky's
Variety Mix.
But it does look like all will be un-encrypted and on the 'BBC' Freesat
system next year.

It is down to the original E4 deal contract with Sky which got them out if
EPG fees. It always ended March 2008, so to say this is old "news"
understates it.

Great news! I was kinda daring to hope - I could see no reason why
they would let Film 4 go clear unless it was a toe in the water ...

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:35:36 GMT, "Brian W"
wrote:

Dunno if anyone's seen this yet. Good news indeed

http://blog.wotsat.com/page/whatsat?...o_join_freesat

"Brian W" wrote in message
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Dunno if anyone's seen this yet. Good news indeed

http://blog.wotsat.com/page/whatsat?...o_join_freesat

This is good news. I may consider getting a dish next year. Is Astra2D a
different satellite? Also, is Men & Motors still available on Freesat?

Peter

"Peter Barns" wrote in message
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"Brian W" wrote in message
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Dunno if anyone's seen this yet. Good news indeed

http://blog.wotsat.com/page/whatsat?...o_join_freesat

This is good news. I may consider getting a dish next year. Is Astra2D a
different satellite? Also, is Men & Motors still available on Freesat?

M&M is broadcast free-to-air, as with other ITV channels.

"Peter Barns" wrote in message
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Is Astra2D a different satellite?

It depends what you mean by different. It is one of the group of Astra 2
satellites all in the same orbital position that are used for UK satellite
TV including Sky.

It is the same individual satellite in that position that is used for the
FTA broadcasts of the BBC channels, and has a fairly narrow footprint in an
attempt to restrict coverage to the UK. See
http://www.astra.lu/consumer/uk/how-...ints/index.php.

Channel 4 is currently on Astra 2A which has a wider footprint.