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What will be our christmas present will be this year.Any Predections? |
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Has the Christmas thing gift. There advent Calendar on Facebook giving stuff away.
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There is nothing testing at moment ,no christmas box from Freesat Santa .
But Santa Astra 1 and Hotbird has been delivering early christmas presents. |
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amazon prime TV is maybe the xmas present for freesat
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amazon prime TV is maybe the xmas present for freesat
So how is that a Christmas present? |
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I know it's at a small cost just gives people the option to watch something different
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amazon prime TV is maybe the xmas present for freesat
..... we can only dream! |
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When there out of contract I'm sure they will swap them ...
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When there out of contract I'm sure they will swap them ...
Having just entered the world of surround sound with a decent 5.1 setup I'd appreciate more stuff in surround sound, even considering ITV don't implement 5.1, bog standard Dolby surround with centre dialogue is still better than 2.0! |
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They probably already are, just the money Sky pay ITV to keep them encrypted is too high to turn down, same for C4.
This isn't to say that there isn't a small possibility of them going FTA in the future, but it's probably just as likely that they could be shut down entirely. |
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This isn't to say that there isn't a small possibility of them going FTA in the future, but it's probably just as likely that they could be shut down entirely. |
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There never going to scrap them even when they stop getting money off sky. If anything they'll scrap the SD versions cos in a few years I'm sure HD must become the norm.
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You're rather ignoring the fact that ITV2/3/4HD were created solely as subscription channels - and only exist because of that, and there was never any intention for them to be free.
This isn't to say that there isn't a small possibility of them going FTA in the future, but it's probably just as likely that they could be shut down entirely. |
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You're rather ignoring the fact that ITV2/3/4HD were created solely as subscription channels - and only exist because of that, and there was never any intention for them to be free.
This isn't to say that there isn't a small possibility of them going FTA in the future, but it's probably just as likely that they could be shut down entirely. |
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You're rather ignoring the fact that ITV2/3/4HD were created solely as subscription channels - and only exist because of that, and there was never any intention for them to be free.
This isn't to say that there isn't a small possibility of them going FTA in the future, but it's probably just as likely that they could be shut down entirely. |
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That's a strange comment... It is unlikely they will not go FTA eventually!?!
Assuming the subscription brings them income (which is a reasonable assumption, as that's the only reason they exist), then where would they replace that income if they went FTA?. |
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Nigel, there's been a lot of channels you said probably wouldn't go FTA because of subscription income, but time and again you've been proven wrong.
If Sky ever pulled the plug on HD subs, I can't imagine that ITV would suddenly close down these HD channels in favour of going back to SD only. More likely they would shut down the SD variants instead and deliver these HD channels FTA (on satellite at least). It could still be many years away, but the switch to FTA HD delivery of ITV2,3 &4 will likely happen eventually in some form or other. |
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Nigel, there's been a lot of channels you said probably wouldn't go FTA because of subscription income, but time and again you've been proven wrong.
But in any case, the only channels specifically created to be subscription only were ITV2/3/4 HD. But to keep more in tune with this thread (even though it's title makes no sense ), the channel which Freesat really needs is Dave - and any others that are available on Full Freeview.
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Yes it definitely needs Dave channel .... uktv confirmed its NOT coming though well probably not for few years. I think I'll put freesat in the cupboard for a year and get it back out next Christmas see if there's a supprise next year.
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Perhaps you would care to list some of those 'lot' of channels?.
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Yes it definitely needs Dave channel ....
I'll take PBS America over Dave any day of the week. |
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That's fair enough mate... I like watching not going out on Dave.
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they should rebrand UKTV as BBC repeat.........cause thats what it is in a nutshell
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I've give youview a go for few months it seem quite good maybe I should have tried years ago.
I'll plug freesat back in the future if out changes. |
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![]() From the looks of it Dave is not coming. Everything else on Freesat is complete trash, I'm so angry I going to kick my Freesat box out the window. |
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Someone needs to get a grip!
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), the channel which Freesat really needs is Dave - and any others that are available on Full Freeview.