New Channels on Freeview

Ellie2758

Answer, No we dont need Dave+1.

Blimey, let's go read a book or something. Life's too short.

mrcol1000 wrote: »

Dave is a good channel for seeing repeats of decent programmes but do we really need a Dave +1? I am sure the channel space could be better used than repeating a channel that shows repeats?
I heard that once the analouge signal is switched off they can ramp up the digital signal and have loads of channels. Hopefully most of them will be free as apparently Sky wants to charge for its freeview channels such as Sky News, Sky 3 etc... making a slight mockery of the whole FREEview. If we want to pay for extra channels we would get sky.
Also if your missing the music channels, Sky News and possibly ITV2 its because your signal isn't strong enough.

cwp500

The actual channels you can receive on freeview will depend upon your location and the transmitter which pumps out the signal.

Wales and Scotland are badly served by the service.

But frankly, who really needs CNN International, Sky News, and any of the shopping channels?

As long as the good old BBC is alive and kicking, there is no real need for the junk digital programmes which are the equivalent of the High Street £1 shops.

(Attack expected from low brows who like Jeremy Clarkson.......any second now)

JoseChungsDoomsday

at last - CNN!! mo need for ntl now :j

welshdeedee

CNN is only available from 9pm

mrcol1000

cwp500 wrote: »

As long as the good old BBC is alive and kicking, there is no real need for the junk digital programmes which are the equivalent of the High Street £1 shops.

(Attack expected from low brows who like Jeremy Clarkson.......any second now)

You need Sky News and CNN to know what is really going on in the world not what the BBC thinks the general public should be told is going on. Also Sky News and CNN make the news seem intresting and revelant by going a bit over board. Witness the 50 foot "BREAKING NEWS" that appears behind the presenters when something rather minor happens. I avoid BBC news at all costs because its boring, placid and often one sided. No wonder most people are more intrested in Posh's hair cut than the Gaza when its delivered the way BBC does.

barnishroader

while round at a friends, i noticed he has rte 1 and 2 on his freeviw program list but cannot view them.think they were channels 108 and 109.
mine doesnt.
we live in n. ireland btw so i was wondering if they were there as they may be added at some stage or if there was a way of getting them now.

tobybowes

barryheffron wrote: »

while round at a friends, i noticed he has rte 1 and 2 on his freeviw program list but cannot view them.think they were channels 108 and 109.
mine doesnt.
we live in n. ireland btw so i was wondering if they were there as they may be added at some stage or if there was a way of getting them now.

I have SKY Text on 108 and nothing on 109, as far as im aware this is the norm but im in england, they may well be new channels coming soon in n.ireland.

barnishroader

they maybe werent those channel, i just know that they were high up on the list.
we can receive those channels through a normal aerial so i dont see any reason why they dont add them to freeview here.
heres hoping......!

chill£d_sav£r

mrcol1000 wrote: »

You need Sky News and CNN to know what is really going on in the world not what the BBC thinks the general public should be told is going on. Also Sky News and CNN make the news seem intresting and revelant by going a bit over board. Witness the 50 foot "BREAKING NEWS" that appears behind the presenters when something rather minor happens. I avoid BBC news at all costs because its boring, placid and often one sided. No wonder most people are more intrested in Posh's hair cut than the Gaza when its delivered the way BBC does.

I'm guessing you don't like the BBC much.:D

stphnstevey

I have a Freeview box and also a Sky Box and dish I got from a bootsale - both I don't pay any subscription and done a comparison of channels (if anyone is interested)

Sky
BBC1 BBC2 BBC3 BBC4 ITV ITV2 ITV2+1 ITV3 ITV3+1 ITV4 E4 E4+1 More 4 More 4+1 Film 4 Film 4+1 Fashin TV Men and Motors Film 24 Zone Reality Zone Reality +1 Zone Thriller Zone Romantica Zone Horror Zone Horror+1 True Movies True Movies 2 Movies4men Movies4men+1 Movies4men 2 Movies4men 2+1 Chart Show The Vault Flava ChannelU FizzBliss Scuzz Flaunt Bubble Hits NME TV Clubland TV Brit Hits


Freeview
BBC1 BBC2 BBC3 BBC4 ITV ITV2 ITV2+1 ITV3 ITV3+1 ITV4 C4 C4+1 E4 E4+1 More 4 More 4+1 Film 4 Film 4+1 C5 Five US Fiver Dave Dave+1 Sky 3 Virgin 1 TMF 4 Music


Sorry they didn't paste well fom the spreadsheet I used - forum posts don't like tables for some reason


Of the Freeview ones I miss from using the Sky box, these are the ones I feel are the most important - C4 C4+1 C5 Five US Fiver Dave Dave+1 Sky 3 Virgin 1


I don't think there are really any of the Sky ones I would miss by using Freeview box