Are there to be any more Freeview channels?
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV Disney are thinking of launching a general entertainment channel, and there is also a minority sports channel on the card too. Also Sky are considering turning Sky Travel into a "sky|six" too.
However, the space for new channels is limited so there will never be as many channels on Freeview as on Free Satellite.
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
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Peter Gordge4:28 PM
If space is limited why do we have all the Adult channels on freeview
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Mike Dimmick6:59 PM
Peter Gordge: The adult channels share slots with other channels - the adult channels are off-air when the other channels are on-air and vice versa.
You can find a list of the slots for each channel, put together by 'Ray Cathode' at Digital Spy's forums, at http://www.bsa.talktalk.net/dtt/LCN%20&%20Multiplex%20Listings/England/Pre-switchover/England%20pre-switchover%20multiplexes.pdf . The black boxes show the 'slot' shared by each channel.
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Saturday, 17 September 2011
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Sophie9:33 PM
I forgot to re-tune my tevion box on Wednesday and have now lost Dave, Dave Ja Vu, E4 +1, Pick Tv, Pick Tv+1, Really and Sky News, and have tried re-tuning several; times and unplugging from the mains but to no avail. Any ideas on how I get them back ?
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Sunday, 18 September 2011
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jb3810:15 AM
Sophie: You havent mentioned where you are located (pref: post code) and as such checking on your reception possibilities cannot be done.
However, first of all take the aerial out and carry out a re-tune, this to blank the memory of anything stored, then after re-connecting the aerial carry out another scan to load the stations back in again.
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Tuesday, 11 October 2011
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Giles4:27 PM
Will there be anymore HD Freeview channels in the future? Just wondering if its worth buying a £280 Hummax HD PVR with only 4 HD channels...
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011
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Neville Wake12:37 PM
Giles: Don't bother - you can get an upscaler from SCART to 720P on eBay for about £30.00 - turns your SD signal into HD a treat...
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Mike Dimmick1:41 PM
Neville Wake: Upscaling cannot create resolution that didn't exist in the original content. An upscaler is only of any use if the upscaler in your TV does a poor job.
Freeview HD channels broadcast (mostly) content that was recorded and processed in HD. The BBC HD channel carries only HD content, the others have a mix of HD and upscaled content depending on how it was sourced. The majority of new programmes are made in HD. The EPG information for BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Four ends with 'Also in HD' if the programme was made in HD and is being simulcast on BBC One HD (for BBC One content) or on BBC HD (Two/Three/Four).
Giles: Ofcom are still deciding what to do with UHF channels 31-37 after DSO completes. The transmitter provider Arqiva have been asked to prepare a Reference Offer for broadcasting up to three new multiplexes using this range of channels; the predicted coverage is lower than for the current six multiplexes. The new capacity could be used for SD or HD channels - that will be up to whoever bids. Ofcom could still decide to release these channels for services other than TV broadcasting.
Over time I would expect the existing multiplexes to be upgraded to DVB-T2 in order to get more capacity from the same spectrum, though DVB-T is likely to remain around for quite a while.
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011
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Giles8:39 AM
Mike - really appreciate your help. Still cant decide on that Hummax box :o(
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Monday, 28 November 2011
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Ian9:49 PM
I have a problem with my Bush btu160dtr, It never stores channels for more than a couple of days. I have to retune regularly. This is a bit of a pain as it wont record if the tv guide is not up to date. Any ideas?
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