Channel 5 +1 to launch early December on Freeview and Freesat
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV According to Richard Desmond to launch Channel 5+1 - Media - guardian.co.uk and Channel 5+1 to launch next month - News - Broadcast, Channel 5 +1 will launch within weeks.
"We are extremely proud of where Channel 5 currently sits in terms of its viewers, its commercial opportunities and the spread of its content across a variety of platforms," says Jeff Ford, director of programming for C5.
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Thursday, 3 November 2011
They do come in handy at times, but on a restricted platform such as Freeview???
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Ian's: mapI's Freeview map terrainI's terrain plot wavesI's frequency data I's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Steve P: Again, the problem for the BBC is the many regions on BBC One and BBC Two.
It does seem odd that the BBC has never even tried it.
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Ian: It is probably more worth it for a channel with a large number of viewers (like Channel 5) than for the smaller channels like Dave or PICKTV.
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Friday, 4 November 2011
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fab11:22 AM
Aberdeen
Agree with Ian. With reasonably cheap freeview recorders available that can record two other channels, do we really need the +1 channels? Id rather have different channels.
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fab's: mapF's Freeview map terrainF's terrain plot wavesF's frequency data F's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Steve P12:05 PM
Brian - (any relation to Lord Butterworth btw?) - I'm sure we could settle on London for the +1s - or the regions in turn!
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fab: It is true that people can easily create their own +1 channel, but when it comes down to it most of the +1 channels pick up about 10% of the original audience, and for the larger channels this is worth it from the advertisers point of view.
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Steve P: (No). As I say, it odd that the BBC run whole satellites full of "red button" streams, and yet don't run +1 channels.
I guess it might just be too costly on the rights front?
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Mike Dimmick3:23 PM
Perhaps this is the reason for the increase in capacity on ArqB. Or it could be on ArqA, as I believe the last switched-over transmitter still running Mux C is Sandy Heath, and that will change over to 64QAM 2/3 on 23 November, on its final channel and power level, according to Digital UK's postcode checker.
Either of those options would require a sub-lease from the BBC's pre-DSO Mux B capacity for the regions yet to switch (no chance they launch without London!)
Another alternative is that G.O.L.D. will get kicked off Mux A, as Top-Up TV is ulimately only borrowing Channel 5's capacity, as I understand it. TUTV aren't currently promoting G.O.L.D. as part of their subscriptions.
Channel 5 +1 is very unlikely to join the main channel on Mux 2/D3&4. The precedent is that timeshifts are not treated as qualifying services. Channel 4 +1 and all the regional ITV1 +1s are licenced under Digital Television Programme Service licences. That means that even if ITV and Channel 4 had capacity, they would have to ask Ofcom's permission to carry C5+1. ITV plc lost a slot to allow Channel 5 on in the first place; there is about one slot of spare capacity if Ofcom would get their backsides in gear and kick the remnants of Teletext off the mux, but you'd have to assume that would revert to ITV.
Of course C5 do have a regional advertising structure, which could complicate things.
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Channel 5+1 = Channel 6
but
5* = 5 x 0 = Channel zero
5*+1 = 5 x +1 = 5x1 = Channel 5
5 USA = 5 US + A
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Mark A.: ITV1+1=ITV2
ITV2+1=ITV3
ITV3+4=ITV4
Channel 4+1=Channel 5
Film4+1=Film5
More4+1=More5
E4+1=E5...
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Mike Dimmick: Good point about the multiplex.
It is of note that the BBC and Arqvia went to a lot of trouble to get permission to sell the MuxB-ArqA/B combined offer, and yet there has been space on MuxB going spare all this time.
I understand that Arqiva/BBC were still making this offer available to people in the last few months.
At some point in the dim and distant past, the fourth multiplex was 50% allocated to S4C and 50% to Channel 5, so I guess it is possible that TUTV's lease for G.O.L.D and Home will expire and Channel 5 will have access.
Channel 5 has less regulatory problems with it's regions (which are "Scotland", "Northern England", "London" and "Everywhere else") and they never bothered about them on Freeview when Channel 5 was on Multiplex A. Given that A/SDN is split into Wales and non-Wales version they could do it of course, but seems a lot of trouble for a +1 and everyone on Freesat gets Channel 5 (London) anyway.
Channel 5 was going to move to the BBCA multiplex at switchover, but when BBCB was allocated to Freeview HD, as part of this deal, Channel 5 got a D3&4 slot, and ITV got compensated for their loss by getting a BBCB slot for ITV1 HD.
Teletext's services cannot be removed from D3&4 by Ofcom. The provision for the "national teletext provider" getting 5% of the multiplex is in primary legislation. Mr Hunt would have to change this, and if the 5% was taken away then Mr Hunt would decide who it was allocated to. It was never the Channel 3 licence holders in the first place, it cannot "revert" to them.
Broadcasting Act 1996
I note that it also says the teletext service should ensure "that the service includes a sufficient amount of news items which are of high quality and deal with both national and international matters" and "that (taken as whole) the service includes a sufficient amount of information (other than news) which is calculated to appeal to a wide variety of tastes and interests".
Not sure if Rabbit counts, really...
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Monday, 7 November 2011
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brian1:38 PM
how do i retune my panasonic dmre/s195 dvd recorder/player;i have lost manual.help appreciated.brian
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brian: Can you see Support - Downloads - Panasonic UK & Ireland ?
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Wednesday, 9 November 2011
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011
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Paul Stokes1:32 PM
I wonder what channel we will lose,in order to get channel 5+1? After they shut down Channel 1 & replaced it with 24hr repeats of rubbish games shows on Challenge,it seems the changes only make it worse!
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Thursday, 1 December 2011
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U1:13 PM
Regional channels (five),5,5+1, 5 usa and 5usa+1 have now broadcasting free to air.
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U3:52 PM
Also 5* and 5*+ 1 are free to air on freesat.Channel 5+1 may be free to air,I will keep searching.
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Monday, 5 December 2011
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NottsUK4:12 PM
Briantist: Channel 5+1 is now transmitting from Sutton Coldfield on Freeview channel 44. At the moment it is just a red holding screen with 5+1 in the middle.
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Mark Fletcher5:20 PM
Halifax
Exactly the same here too from Belmont,mux SDN on frequency 30,now have the following new programme channels,Channel 5+1 (44),Connect 1 (113),Connect 2 (114),Connect 3 (115),TopUp Anytime 5 (310),TopUp Anytime 6 (311).
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
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NottsUK11:21 AM
Briantist: Channel 5+1 is now free-to-air via satellite (Astra 1N). Hopefully it will not be long before it is on Freesat.
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Wednesday, 28 December 2011
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sheila becci10:14 PM
Cant seem to get channel 5 + 1 in Aberdeen area
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Thursday, 29 December 2011
shiela becci: Without knowing your location or transmitter you are receiving from it is difficult to give an exact answer.
Channel 5+1 is carried on the same multiplex as ITV3, QVC and some others, so if you don't get these then you won't get Channel 5+1. If you can, then your receiver needs retuning.
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