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Most people should have realised that there wouldn't be anything as there is nothing left that is FTA to add
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There's tons of FTA channels out there that aren't on Freesat!!
Whether it would make economic sense for them to join is another matter... |
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Maybe the new look Motors TV in the future could possibly be an option? Suspect not though as these channels are looking more at apps as ways to stream these days.
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There's tons of FTA channels out there that aren't on Freesat!!
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Maybe I should re-phrase as nothing left that would add value.
All the ones asked for time and time again I think are unlikely to go FTA |
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And 99% of them are utter rubbish.
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Maybe I should re-phrase as nothing left that would add value.
All the ones asked for time and time again I think are unlikely to go FTA June's Brexit vote has put a spanner in the works since it's generated economic uncertainty and think that probably makes it less likely that we'll see major/fewer defections from Sky in 2017. |
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June's Brexit vote has put a spanner in the works since it's generated economic uncertainty and think that probably makes it less likely that we'll see major/fewer defections from Sky in 2017.
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What will be our christmas present will be this year.Any Predections?
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Were there any defections in 2016 or 2015 or 2014.... !?!
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Channel 5 HD in 2016
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Channel 5 HD in 2016
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Freesat decided to wait until the day itself to give their Christmas present
![]() Use the code XMAS10 to receive 10% off Humax Freesat boxes: https://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/freesat.html |
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Freesat decided to wait until the day itself to give their Christmas present
![]() Use the code XMAS10 to receive 10% off Humax Freesat boxes: https://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/freesat.html The fact Humax are offering a discount is nothing to do with Freesat, and more likely justr an attempt to shift boxes before the announced price increases occur, |
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#113 |
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Indeed, Joshua, plus a few music channels directly defected from Sky as did PBS America and UKTV's Drama, Yesterday and Really channels so these things can and do happen.
I strongly suspect PBS didn't defect but was dropped as a pay channel due to relatively low ratings. |
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curazon home cinema is giving away a free film to a selected three films
I picked 'breathe in' and I am watching it through the curzon film app through freesat freetime+ |
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What will be our christmas present will be this year.Any Predections?
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Freesat decided to wait until the day itself to give their Christmas present
![]() Use the code XMAS10 to receive 10% off Humax Freesat boxes: https://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/freesat.html Also I found this cheap 4K HDR TV on the Freesat website is it any good http://www.freesat.co.uk/get-freesat...-hd-tvs/315182 |
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Christmas has come and passed, and no Christmas present and no Dave.
We got to make the most of what channels we do have. Merry Christmas Everyone.
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Christmas has come and passed, and no Christmas present and no Dave.
We got to make the most of what channels we do have. Merry Christmas Everyone. ![]() and other platforms like BT TV, Talk Talk, Sky and Virgin or even online |
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You do not need Freest to get Dave - the channel is available via Freeview/Freeview Play/YouView
and other platforms like BT TV, Talk Talk, Sky and Virgin or even online Its like saying Sky Sports is available on those platforms, that fact is meaningless to Freesat users! |
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You do not need Freest to get Dave - the channel is available via Freeview/Freeview Play/YouView
Freesat exists to provide extra channels to the more than a thousand transmitters that only provide Freeview Lite - and Dave is the biggest missing one (presumably because the subscription money it gets from Sky/VM helps to keep the channel going). |
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As has been said all along, Freesat don't "give Christmas presents", there's nothing for them to give.
The fact Humax are offering a discount is nothing to do with Freesat, and more likely justr an attempt to shift boxes before the announced price increases occur, Is this 10% off offer available generally?? If not, it might be useful for some people. |
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But only on a tiny number of the UK transmitters.
Freesat exists to provide extra channels to the more than a thousand transmitters that only provide Freeview Lite - and Dave is the biggest missing one (presumably because the subscription money it gets from Sky/VM helps to keep the channel going). |
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#122 |
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Yes it is a "tiny number" but these are the highest power sites covering 90% of the UK population with COM 4/5/6.
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Leaving a HUGE number of people unable to get Dave!
![]() I'm sure contractual issues must be what's holding back Dave from going FTA on DSAT. |
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The thing is, in real terms, there isn't that much to watch on Dave, IMHO. Just how many times can you watch the same episode of 'I Have Got News For You', for example? The only plus point to Dave is that thus far, it's carried all of the episodes of Suits, and I hope that it will air the next series/episodes on 29/01/17. Pity it's only in SD though.
These UKTV channels seem a bit odd to me, anyway. They clearly have access to a large back catalogue of material, but just keep showing the same stuff time and time again. Home still works for me because it is carrying a lot of stuff that I haven't seen, so is handy for some televisual wallpaper watching, as it were, but as for the rest, hmmmm. Clem |
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The thing is, in real terms, there isn't that much to watch on Dave, IMHO. Just how many times can you watch the same episode of 'I Have Got News For You', for example? The only plus point to Dave is that thus far, it's carried all of the episodes of Suits, and I hope that it will air the next series/episodes on 29/01/17. Pity it's only in SD though.
These UKTV channels seem a bit odd to me, anyway. They clearly have access to a large back catalogue of material, but just keep showing the same stuff time and time again. Home still works for me because it is carrying a lot of stuff that I haven't seen, so is handy for some televisual wallpaper watching, as it were, but as for the rest, hmmmm. Clem I have Now TV's Entertainment Pass along with Freesat |
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