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Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.Michael: Doubt if you like but here is my Whitehawk Hill and Rowridge listings in Win 7 right now...

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Michael: The Win7 (and Vista if you have installed the upgrades - Freeview news | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice ) Media Center can use either the internet-delivered (from DigiGuide) or Freeview-delievered listings.
From the "TV Programme Guide" screen, right click on a channel (like "1 BBC One") and choose "Edit channel". You then see...

And select "use listings from broadcaster".
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conor: Seems a bit of an odd way to go about things... as the BBC is independent of Parliament.
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... and it is BSkyB's subscription contract requirement that keeps UKTV's Dave, Dave Ja Vu, Really and Yesterday off Freesat, along with Discovery's Quest, MTV's VIVA and 4Music.
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and to call them "tax paid" is very silly, as UKTV brings in money to the BBC in addition to the TV Licence.
A petition to say "stop BSkyB requiring all of each provider channels to be subscription" might be better.
(Note - Sky breaks it's own rules with Pick TV and Challenge)
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Tuesday 1 January 2013 8:02AM
x: See "How the transmission frequencies change over time" above. This mast stopped being group B in 1998.