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PICK TV & Challenge have gone FTA

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Just noticed these channels now work without a Sky Card :D
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    soulboy77soulboy77 Posts: 24,508
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    Ssshhhh! Don't want Sky to realise their mistake.
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    cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    That's great news but I hope nobody from $ky reads this thread.
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    ShaunWShaunW Posts: 2,356
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    Yes you never know who's looking on Digital Spy.
    :D
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    CaxtonCaxton Posts: 28,881
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    cnbcwatcher wrote: »
    That's great news but I hope nobody from $ky reads this thread.

    Why? I doubt they care those channels are full of old regurgitated crud anyway, I do not think they will lose sleep over that:D
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    jzeejzee Posts: 25,498
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    Could be Sky attempting to build bridges with BBC/ITV following on from giving free carriage of the Olympic channels?
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    CorabalCorabal Posts: 3,373
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    If only they were on friggin Freesat
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    CorabalCorabal Posts: 3,373
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    Dave too.
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    SteveBentleySteveBentley Posts: 2,003
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    Corabal wrote: »
    If only they were on friggin Freesat

    If they're FTA can't you do a manual tune?
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    VirginMediaPhilVirginMediaPhil Posts: 2,021
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    Caxton wrote: »
    Why? I doubt they care those channels are full of old regurgitated crud anyway, I do not think they will lose sleep over that:D
    What about All New Blockbusters on Challenge, and season 1 of The Middle and Modern Family on Pick TV?
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    Jason100Jason100 Posts: 17,222
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    liameverett wrote: »
    Just noticed these channels now work without a Sky Card :D

    Someone's behind.....or has this just happened?
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    SpotSpot Posts: 25,129
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    My understanding is that any free to air channel can be manually tuned in on a freesat box. You might need a few technical details available here. http://www.lyngsat.com/Eutelsat-28A-and-Astra-1N-2A-2B.html
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    tomeetomee Posts: 2,891
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    VirginMediaPhil wrote: »
    What about All New Blockbusters on Challenge, and season 1 of The Middle and Modern Family on Pick TV?

    Both theses channel are on freeview and most people have freeview on there second or third televisions as well as Sky.

    Also TNA Wrestling is on challenge.
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    LOSGLOSG Posts: 2,724
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    tomee wrote: »
    Also TNA Wrestling is on challenge.

    For a good reason.
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    cyril-furrcyril-furr Posts: 1,518
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    VirginMediaPhil wrote: »
    What about All New Blockbusters on Challenge, and season 1 of The Middle and Modern Family on Pick TV?

    And of course Interceptor! perhaps repeates of Treasure hunt too - this looks like Sky competing with Freeview to me - Something to do with the olympics I should think, for the many who are not the slightest bit interested in sport!
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    joshua_welbyjoshua_welby Posts: 9,034
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    soulboy77 wrote: »
    Ssshhhh! Don't want Sky to realise their mistake.

    I agree

    Now that we are all taking about it there will be an announcement in the next edition of the What Satellite TV magazine, so Sky will know
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    jzeejzee Posts: 25,498
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    cyril-furr wrote: »
    And of course Interceptor! perhaps repeates of Treasure hunt too - this looks like Sky competing with Freeview to me
    Sky owns shares in Freeview.
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    cyril-furrcyril-furr Posts: 1,518
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Picnic

    I wonder if this is anything to do with the Sky Picnic project?
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    jzeejzee Posts: 25,498
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    cyril-furr wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Picnic

    I wonder if this is anything to do with the Sky Picnic project?
    No...
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    east_boy_16east_boy_16 Posts: 3,981
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    Pick TV, Pick TV+1, Challenge & Challenge+1 are FTA. They weren't even FTV. I hope this is a permanent move especially for the +1s as it's annoying not being able to catch up on Freeview :D
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    soulboy77soulboy77 Posts: 24,508
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    east_boy_16 wrote: »
    Pick TV, Pick TV+1, Challenge & Challenge+1 are FTA. They weren't even FTV. I hope this is a permanent move especially for the +1s as it's annoying not being able to catch up on Freeview :D
    If they were going to be permanent don't you think Sky would of publicised their benevolence in advance?
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    Martin PhillpMartin Phillp Posts: 34,966
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    All it does is boost Sky's own Freesat from Sky package where they're adding the same channels from their own portfolio as on Freeview.

    Freesat viewers will be able to add Challenge and Pick TV manually.
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    omnidirectionalomnidirectional Posts: 18,832
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    soulboy77 wrote: »
    If they were going to be permanent don't you think Sky would of publicised their benevolence in advance?

    Not necessarily, when Sky's Amp/Scuzz/Flaunt music channels went FTA there was no publicity. Although in that case, it turned out they went FTA just ahead of being sold to the ChartShow group.
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    TranceClubberTranceClubber Posts: 2,779
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    omnidirectional wrote: »
    Not necessarily, when Sky's Amp/Scuzz/Flaunt music channels went FTA there was no publicity. Although in that case, it turned out they went FTA just ahead of being sold to the ChartShow group.

    Nicely put , was going to say that :)
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    soulboy77soulboy77 Posts: 24,508
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    omnidirectional wrote: »
    Not necessarily, when Sky's Amp/Scuzz/Flaunt music channels went FTA there was no publicity. Although in that case, it turned out they went FTA just ahead of being sold to the ChartShow group.
    You may of hit upon something there. Perhaps an impending sale that no-one has picked up on in the media.
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    east_boy_16east_boy_16 Posts: 3,981
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    soulboy77 wrote: »
    You may of hit upon something there. Perhaps an impending sale that no-one has picked up on in the media.

    I very much doubt that Sky will be selling Pick TV or Challenge. Especially the latter!
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