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Can I tune to Sky sports news using my foxsat hdr?
NorthstaNder
20-03-2010
other channels i'd be interested in tuning to if at all possible are Fiver & Dave

I understand that I wouldn't be able to record from these channels.

I can get them on freeview but the sky sports news signal strength is so low the picture keeps breaking up.
GaseousClay
20-03-2010
No fraid not Sky Sports News, Fiver And Dave are 'free-to -view' and not 'free-to-air'.
jzee
20-03-2010
Originally Posted by GaseousClay:
“No fraid not Sky Sports News, Fiver And Dave are 'free-to -view' and not 'free-to-air'.”

Sky Sports News is pay on satellite (part of the News pack).
NorthstaNder
20-03-2010
Originally Posted by jzee:
“Sky Sports News is pay on satellite (part of the News pack).”

But it's on "Free"view
GaseousClay
20-03-2010
Originally Posted by NorthstaNder:
“But it's on "Free"view”

Yep jzee is right my mistake it's via subscription on sky but available for free on freeview.
Westward
20-03-2010
Originally Posted by GaseousClay:
“Yep jzee is right my mistake it's via subscription on sky but available for free on freeview.”

But not for very much longer probably- Ofcom is expected to give BSkyB the go-ahead next week for a pay TV service on DTT (Picnic?), which will probably start in August and will replace their existing free channels.
finbaar
26-03-2010
Would anyone willingly PAY for SSN?
PaulB67b
26-03-2010
Originally Posted by finbaar:
“Would anyone willingly PAY for SSN?”

Soccer Saturday presented by Jeff Stelling on Saturday afternoons , which is broadcast simultaneously on sky sports news and sky sports one, is one of the most popular programmes on $ky. It can get viewing figures in excess of 1 million (which is a lot for $ky).

I regularly watch on Freeview (probably the only time i switch from freesat to freeview viewing).

It would be a great loss if $ky were to pull the plugs on it on freeview. (and viewing figures would plummet for Soccer Saturday as a result)

But would i pay for Sky Sports News ? No.
I would of course miss Jeff and the gang but i would get over it.
dms05
27-03-2010
Originally Posted by finbaar:
“Would anyone willingly PAY for SSN?”

SSN won't go Pay TV on Freeview. The current Sky channels may be replaced by other Sky offerings that will form part of a mini Pay TV platform on Freeview. Sky have however told Ofcom they aren't interested in doing that, they were 4 years ago when Ofcom turned them down but the market has changed and they are no longer interested in such a venture.
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