Channels SKY doesnt have?

zeebre12zeebre12 Posts: 1,167
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Are there any channels that other TV providers have that Sky doesn't have?,or does Sky have most channels from the UK?
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  • SonOfPurpleSonOfPurple Posts: 2,653
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    There's a few relatively minor, generally subsidiary channels on Freeview or Virgin, that aren't yet on Sky, such as +1s for truTV and ITV Be, and HD versions of 4seven and ITV Be, though the standard-def versions of all three are on Sky. Also, Movie Mix isn't on Sky in that form, but all its films are simulcast on more>movies; similarly, some of the 'babe' channels have different names on different platforms but essentially carry the same content. And not all the local-TV stations are transmitted on Sky. Otherwise, most of the linear channels that spring to mind are multi-platform...
  • joshua_welbyjoshua_welby Posts: 9,027
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    Sky doesn't have the NDTV Good Times channel that Virgin have
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  • ZenithZenith Posts: 3,874
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    Tiddlers TV
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    ITV Border Scotland
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    Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera HD
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    S4C Clirlun
  • JordyDJordyD Posts: 4,007
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    djrich wrote: »
    Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera HD

    Yes, Al Jazeera HD, how could Sky not have this channel when Freeview HD has it! It's one channel I really would like.
  • Hot HitsHot Hits Posts: 596
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    There are lots of channels that SKY doesn't have that are available just across the water in the remainder of Europe. To name just a few:-
    HBO HD
    AXN HD
    AXN White HD
    AXN Black HD
    AXN Action HD
    FOX Life HD
    FOX Crime HD
    Hollywood HD
    Cosmo HD
    13th Street HD

    Most of these are available via SKY Germany and SKY ITALY.
    All would be good additions
  • chenkschenks Posts: 13,231
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    Hot Hits wrote: »
    There are lots of channels that SKY doesn't have that are available just across the water in the remainder of Europe. To name just a few:-
    HBO HD
    AXN HD
    AXN White HD
    AXN Black HD
    AXN Action HD
    FOX Life HD
    FOX Crime HD
    Hollywood HD
    Cosmo HD
    13th Street HD

    Most of these are available via SKY Germany and SKY ITALY.
    All would be good additions

    and what content would these channels show in the UK, as all the content is already tied to other channels.
  • DiscoDisco Posts: 1,604
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    Master list

    If you go to this site and sort each table by Sky channel number you can see quite quickly what is not carried by Sky but available on other platforms. The main ones are mentioned above. Channel 4 +1 HD, STV +1, UTV +1 are among those not mentioned so far. If you include streamed channels on YouView there are quite a few.
  • chenkschenks Posts: 13,231
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    Disco wrote: »
    If you go to this site and sort each table by Sky channel number you can see quite quickly what is not carried by Sky but available on other platforms. The main ones are mentioned above. Channel 4 +1 HD, STV +1, UTV +1 are among those not mentioned so far. If you include streamed channels on YouView there are quite a few.

    with regards to STV+1, it's not that it's not carried by sky, but more that STV have no plans to launch it via DSAT (which includes freesat).
  • sodafountainsodafountain Posts: 16,862
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    JordyD wrote: »
    Yes, Al Jazeera HD, how could Sky not have this channel when Freeview HD has it! It's one channel I really would like.

    It is not upto Sky which FTA channels transmit from the satellite, or which channels decide whether to pay for an EPG slot, so you can't really count Sky responsible for it not being there (unless you mean as part of a Sky pay package?).
  • PhilH36PhilH36 Posts: 26,294
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    TBN UK (been testing on Freeview for several months now even though it doesn't launch till January)! Not testing on Sky as yet (to my knowledge) but may well appear nearer its launch date.
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    Zenith wrote: »
    Tiddlers TV

    Isn't a TV channel - just a link to a handful of on-demand videos.
  • omnidirectionalomnidirectional Posts: 18,820
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    PhilH36 wrote: »
    TBN UK (been testing on Freeview for several months now even though it doesn't launch till January)! Not testing on Sky as yet (to my knowledge) but may well appear nearer its launch date.

    TBN is 582 on Sky. It's been on Sky for about a decade but is only religious stuff from the US.
  • simon194simon194 Posts: 1,888
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    JordyD wrote: »
    Yes, Al Jazeera HD, how could Sky not have this channel when Freeview HD has it! It's one channel I really would like.

    Not everyone can receive Al Jazeera HD on Freeview HD because the COM7 and COM8 muxes are only broadcast from 30 transmitters at the moment.
  • zeebre12zeebre12 Posts: 1,167
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    So there are no really proper channels Sky doesn't have only HD channels,+1 channels and local channels?
  • ZenithZenith Posts: 3,874
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    Antbox wrote: »
    Isn't a TV channel - just a link to a handful of on-demand videos.
    Didn't realise that. I saw it listed on VM's channel guide pdf & assumed it was a normal channel.
  • a516a516 Posts: 5,241
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    TBN is 582 on Sky. It's been on Sky for about a decade but is only religious stuff from the US.
    Sky has TBN Europe, Freeview is TBN UK. Whether TBN Europe switches to TBN UK in 2015 who knows.
  • a516a516 Posts: 5,241
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    simon194 wrote: »
    Not everyone can receive Al Jazeera HD on Freeview HD because the COM7 and COM8 muxes are only broadcast from 30 transmitters at the moment.
    COM8 currently doesn't broadcast anything! COM7 covers around 70% of UK households.
  • jenziejenzie Posts: 20,821
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    and it's a DAMN SHAME this isn't on the sky platform, as i loved watching .TV, and we have a gaping hole in this market for gaming channels too!
  • CaxtonCaxton Posts: 28,881
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    a516 wrote: »
    Sky has TBN Europe, Freeview is TBN UK. Whether TBN Europe switches to TBN UK in 2015 who knows.

    . . . . . . and I doubt there are many people who actually care.
  • DigifreakDigifreak Posts: 146
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    djrich wrote: »
    S4C Clirlun

    Clirlun closed 2 years ago, and was replaced on Freeview in Wales by Channel 4 HD.
  • joshua_welbyjoshua_welby Posts: 9,027
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    Digifreak wrote: »
    Clirlun closed 2 years ago, and was replaced on Freeview in Wales by Channel 4 HD.

    S4C is now co-owned by the BBC and it will relaunch S4C Clirlun (HD) by 2016
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