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  • BexTech
    BexTech Posts: 4,772 Forumite
    Infidel wrote: »
    Can anyone who has freeview or an equivalent tell me if they are still able to receive sky news and sky sports news as part of the channel list. Cheers.

    Also, i take it freeview is exactly that; free, right? Is it just the cost of a digital box that i would have to shell out for?
    Plus, what's the service like? Anyone had any problems?

    Thanks again for any help and advice.



    Sky News, Sky Sports News and Sky Three are still on Freeview.

    Yes, Freeview is free, hence the name FREEview, it wouldn't be called Freeview if there were pay channels on there.

    However Sky want to drop their channels from Freeview and launch another service over DTT, this will be a pay one.

    However Freeview will never have pay channels on it's service.

    There is TopUpTV again this is nothing to do with Freeview hence you need a TopUpTV box to watch them, though a TopUPTV box will still pick up the free Freeview channels.

    Freeview, TopUpTV and maybe the soon Sky service all broadcast over DTT (Digital Terrestrial TV) however none of the services have anything to do with the other.
    It's PAC not PAC Code, it's MAC not MAC Code, it's PIN not PIN Number, it's ATM not ATM Machine, it's LCD not LCD Display, it's DVD not DVD disc... It's no one not noone, It's a lot not alot, It's got not gotten... Panini is the plural of panino - there is no S!!
    (OK my English isn't great, the sciences, maths & IT are my strong points!)
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