When Are We Going To Get The New CBS Channels?
Dennis C
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Has anyone any ideas about this? As far as I know we only have CBS Reality now, I want the drama ones...
I do get fed up when it seems to me that Sky satellite can have an infinite number of channels, and always adding more, and when new channels launch a deal with Virgin isn't necessary in their list of priorities...
I do get fed up when it seems to me that Sky satellite can have an infinite number of channels, and always adding more, and when new channels launch a deal with Virgin isn't necessary in their list of priorities...
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just a suggestion, why don't you telephone 150 and ask them?
No idea, however there isn't a Sky satellite, and these channels aren't Sky channels either, plus they are Free To Air.
CBS Drama is Sky Channel 149 and Freesat 135, according to Total TV Guide. I don't know about the other CBS channels.
If there is no Sky satellite, how do Sky subscribers get their channels? How do the signals reach their dishes? No, don't tell me, I don't really want to know.
On a Sunday? I intend to, tomorrow. What was the harm in asking on here in the meantime?
There isn't a 'sky' satellite. bSkyb use capacity on the Astra 2 cluster administered by SES. Freesat also use Astra 2. And if something were to happen to the Astra 2 cluster, Sky would be absolutely screwed.
It's one of my pet hates. Sky is not a method
of recieving TV. It's satellite television. Always has been and always will be. Sky is merely a provider. Same as getting your channels under the ground through a virgin. You don't. You recieve the channels through cable. Virgin is the provider.
Sky own no satellites, they lease capacity like all the other broadcasters (ITV, BBC, Zone, UKTV etc) from either SES or Eutelsat.
Hope not I like Zone Horror!
If they pull Zone Horror, then what's the point?
CBS Action
CBS Reality
Are all on BskB and FreeSat with Zone Horror
So I hope that Virgin gets all these channels.
I hope that the news that Zone Horror is close down as it's the only channel to go against BskyB with this type shows, it will only take Sci fi to close and Sky movies Sci fi/ horror wins.
Thought zone horror was to be rebranded like the others just a little later.
Infact, they never seem to do anything you ask when you call. Worst staff ever. Oh, except for when you sign up. After that it is too late.
nobody in customer services will have access to that information unless it is offically announced by virgin, and even then it will be on digital spy before it is on the company intranet
And I'd say don't expect them any time soon as VM seems to have a policy of not adding channels, especially standard definition channels, and on the odd occasion that new channels do appear it's at the expense of an existing channel.
That'll be two horrors less then............;)
If they do away with Zone Horror to make room for them then it will be just another reason to leave Virgin.
Also does anyone know if it is true one of the reasons Virgin do not get the same amount of channels as Sky do, is it because cable just cant handle the same amount of channels as satellite?
Youu can buy one of these in Argos for £29 and connect it to an old Sky dish or you can buy a complete Satelite kit in B&Q for £25 (includes Dish and Cables and Receiver). There is nothing further to pay.
But Freesat is Free, there is no subscription whatsoever,
so what is the problem of getting a Freesat box and hooking it up to your TV?