Freesat has launched!

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Expat

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My Satellite Setup
Humax HD Freesat
Gibertini 150 cm dish for Astra 2D.
Technomate TM-1500 CI+ viewing Astra 2, Astra 1 and Hotbird
Sky receiver for FTV channels.
My Location
Copenhagen - Denmark
The BBC and ITV bring you freesat, a brand new digital satellite TV service offering free HD TV programming at no extra cost. freesat has no monthly subscription, just a one-off payment for the digital box, satellite dish and installation - so you pay once, and watch forever. And because freesat is broadcast via satellite, it'll be available to almost every household in the UK from today.
Check out the official website: www.freesat.co.uk
 
Will you be able to receive Freesat in Copenhagen? - I ask because I am just up the road in Norway! I currently receive Sky on a 1 m dish with a Pace DS430N receiver. We don't get BBC or ITV, just Ch 4 & 5 and a lot of the Sky stuff
 
If you can't get BBC and ITV now, then you won't with Freesat, in fact you may get slightly less than you did before, as some channels will permanently move over to 2D, which are at present on a receivable beam.
 
Small article about Freesat on BBC News/BBC 1 (in a couple of minutes)
 
I just saw one of the headlines on BBC1 and that is the first time I've ever seen anything mentioned in the media of Freesat, which does make me wonder whether or not it's going to be a success or failure... :confused:
 
Strangely, the item at one point seemed rather negative, along the lines of "do we really need another way of carrying the channels?"

It wasn't to my mind the best way of promoting the new service.

Llew
 
Expat said:
The BBC and ITV bring you freesat, a brand new digital satellite TV service offering free HD TV programming at no extra cost. freesat has no monthly subscription, just a one-off payment for the digital box, satellite dish and installation - so you pay once, and watch forever. And because freesat is broadcast via satellite, it'll be available to almost every household in the UK from today.
Check out the official website: www.freesat.co.uk
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Which satellite is freesat on?
 
When people say 28E they are talking about 28.2E
 
I notice that E4 and More 4 are now available on Sky Freesat. Previously you had to subscribe to receive these channels.
 
It is on the Astra 28.2/28.5 East slot, sometimes called 28 East for simplicity.
 
rolfw said:
If you can't get BBC and ITV now, then you won't with Freesat, in fact you may get slightly less than you did before, as some channels will permanently move over to 2D, which are at present on a receivable beam.
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would like to stagger a guess of when ch4 leaves 12168v 2ANorth if it does at all :D
 
satelliteman said:
would like to stagger a guess of when ch4 leaves 12168v 2ANorth if it does at all :D
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When the encryption contracts with Sky run out - probably late summer/early autumn :D
 
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