Most people should have realised that there wouldn't be anything as there is nothing left that is FTA to add
What will be our christmas present will be this year.Any Predections?
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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...
Whether it would make economic sense for them to join is another matter...
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.
Originally Posted by Richardcoulter:
“There's tons of FTA channels out there that aren't on Freesat!!”
“There's tons of FTA channels out there that aren't on Freesat!!”
And 99% of them are utter rubbish.
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
All the ones asked for time and time again I think are unlikely to go FTA
Originally Posted by Mickey_T:
“And 99% of them are utter rubbish.”
“And 99% of them are utter rubbish.”
Originally Posted by TV_Viewer:
“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”
“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”
I agree; a lot of the free to air channels are tat and are not worth having on Freesat. That said, there are perhaps half a dozen or so free to air/free to view channels that it would be worth having on Freesat.
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.
Originally Posted by TelevisionUser:
“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.”
“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.”
Were there any defections in 2016 or 2015 or 2014.... !?!
Originally Posted by ds_reader:
“Were there any defections in 2016 or 2015 or 2014.... !?!”
“Were there any defections in 2016 or 2015 or 2014.... !?!”
Channel 5 HD in 2016
Originally Posted by joshua_welby:
“Channel 5 HD in 2016”
“Channel 5 HD in 2016”
Startup support ended ... so it was a case of continue or close ... no defection involved!?!
Originally Posted by joshua_welby:
“Channel 5 HD in 2016”
“Channel 5 HD in 2016”
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.
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
Use the code XMAS10 to receive 10% off Humax Freesat boxes:
https://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/freesat.html
Originally Posted by Richardcoulter:
“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”
“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”
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,
Originally Posted by TelevisionUser:
“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.”
“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.”
The music channels had rapidly falling audiences and no longer offered any pay TV value, their only content (music videos) is available for free on YouTube. I'd guess the MTV music channels are only encrypted due to wider carriage agreements between Viacom and Sky, as they certainly aren't worthy of pay status,
I strongly suspect PBS didn't defect but was dropped as a pay channel due to relatively low ratings.
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+
I picked 'breathe in' and I am watching it through the curzon film app through freesat freetime+
Originally Posted by Richardcoulter:
“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”
“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”
Yes, you are right
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
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.
We got to make the most of what channels we do have.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
Originally Posted by StorageHunters:
“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.”
“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.
”
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
Originally Posted by joshua_welby:
“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”
“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”
Non of which are Freesat, the point of this sub-forum and the point of this thread......
Its like saying Sky Sports is available on those platforms, that fact is meaningless to Freesat users!
Originally Posted by joshua_welby:
“You do not need Freest to get Dave - the channel is available via Freeview/Freeview Play/YouView”
“You do not need Freest to get Dave - the channel is available via Freeview/Freeview Play/YouView”
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).
Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin:
“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,”
“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,”
It was contained in an email from Freesat, so presumably there must have been some collaboration.
Is this 10% off offer available generally??
If not, it might be useful for some people.
Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin:
“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).”
“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).”
Yes it is a "tiny number" but these are the highest power sites covering 90% of the UK population with COM 4/5/6.
Originally Posted by M60:
“Yes it is a "tiny number" but these are the highest power sites covering 90% of the UK population with COM 4/5/6.”
“Yes it is a "tiny number" but these are the highest power sites covering 90% of the UK population with COM 4/5/6.”
Leaving a HUGE number of people unable to get Dave!
Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin:
“Leaving a HUGE number of people unable to get Dave!”
“Leaving a HUGE number of people unable to get Dave!
”
9.98% of the remaining UK population able to get terrestrial TV from relay sites, probably about 6m people so in those terms it seems a lot but for the 90% who can get it terrestrially then it's not.
I'm sure contractual issues must be what's holding back Dave from going FTA on DSAT.
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
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
Originally Posted by Clem:
“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”
“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”
Dave and Gold are not decent anymore
I have Now TV's Entertainment Pass along with Freesat
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