All posts by Briantist
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js: Thanks as ever for your list of updates. I can confirm that the 201-204 channels have now gone from the EPG. They did have about a week or so being on the EPG with no associated service.
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js: There has been speculation in other places that the SD version of UK TV channels are going to be FTA on Freesat, but it is also equally possible that UKTV are simply moving between service providers. They are rumoured to get good money from BSkyB for their channels being part of the Sky subscription packages. Also BBC Worldwide has a three-decade long policy that goes back to 1992's "Extending Choice" [1] to have a finger in BOTH the subscription AND advertising pie...
"The BBC should work with partners to develop thee and other options which offer extended choice to potential subscribers. This will build of the experience the BBC already has in supplying programmes to, and collaborating with, specialist cable and satellite services. "
I also here speculation about Channel 5 HD going on Freesat - again I think that Channel 5 is tied into the "Sky HD exclusive" contract that was signed around 16th December 2011, so perhaps it was only for 4 years?
It would make a lot of sense for Channel 5 HD to go FTA given it no longer has sales regions and would go at 105 in the Freesat EPG! But who handles the sales these days ... oh yeah [3]
[1] Popular misconceptions 2: looking back at "Extending Choice"
[2] Channel 5 HD on Freeview cancelled ... again
[3] Channel 5 Sales Representation
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yasmin: Not sure what has happened to Rishtey - it was on air on channel 77 yesterday. Some people said it was a "technical fault" but the channel seems to have undergone total deletion!
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Paul Needs: There are no plans, but it is unclear at this stage if BBC4 HD will move onto PSB3 when BBC 3 HD closes shortly.
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You might like to see What do the ITV changes on February 2nd 2016 at Ridge Hill and Oxford mean? ?
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If you want to compare Freesat and Freeview channels - see here - Compare all free TV channels in the UK .
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Monday 23 November 2015 10:33PM
Andrew: Just for the record.... what I wrote is correct and I have provided links to the primary source. You assertion isn't evidence, sorry. You are just making it up, as they say.