No Eurosport

[digital baby]

Eurosport is not coming to freeview sorry folks

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[rolfw]

Oh well, you can't have everything.;) Still available free on 19.2 analogue, very cheap receiving equipment as well.

 

[john epon]

hello digital baby,if you or any one else is looking for eurosport for the italian football then im afraid you need british eurosport as the eurosport channels dont show these games.

if anyone has digital satalite receiver tunned to hotbird 19.2 go to hrt-tv3 channel, italian football live on sunday night, you need a viaccess 1 card..

 

[Scott_Free_ITVD]

Please give me some details about getting Eurosport free.

 

[rolfw]

For Eurosport on 19.2 E, all you need is a cheap analogue receiver and a 60cm dish, both can be found very cheaply.

All of the digital services are encrypted as far as I know, but some can be accessed with the appropriate CAM and card.

PS. You Nick would appear to be showing it's age.

 

[Scott_Free_ITVD]

More, more. I'm clueless. Details, cost, etc.

 

[rolfw]

For £50 or so you can buy a second hand analogue receiver and dish, look in loot or car boot sales, you can then have it set up as a permanent channel on your system.

 

[haga]

I have it on good authority (mate in the trade) that freeview has a few more channels soon, and there is going to be a sports channel and a couple of film channels later in the year, they intend to do an encryption for them, just how they intend to encrypt remains to be seen, although they promised not to encrypt any channel, they must look ahead and if the subscription package is low I can see them knicking some of sky's customers.
haga

 

[rolfw]

I've heard similar rumours as well Haga, trouble is that quite often they start off from one person speculating on the matter and it then being passed on as fact.

I'm personally not convinced though, it would need a radical rethink on equipment and bearing in mind that most of the digital adaptors on sale at the moment have no facility for decryption, they would effectively have to start from scratch.

Eurosport and TCM would be nice as freebies though and are probably still a long term possibility.

 

[haga]

I have to agree I shared the same view when I first heard this, but having seen the memo to my mate from his boss which stated that all freeview boxes sold must have the cam slot, and all the cheap versions without are to be returned, it made me think it was more than a rumour.
We'll have to wait and see.
hopefully they will use the seca method that ondigi used, as we all know, that was impossible to crack and set the standard for future encryptions, lol (me, take the piss, as if)
haga

 

[jimbo]

Hello Haga.....saw you're intro earlier so I'd like to add my welcome to you.

Very unlikely that there will be encryption on Freeview I'd suggest. They've only just won the case against those who were saying it wasn't free because there is a cost for the box. To start charging for channels would make subscribers as wary as they are of Sky, don't you think.

 

[haga]

Hi jimbo, thanks for the welcome, I agree with you, but as I said, I've seen what they have planned for the future, and unlike sky (who make it difficult not to subscribe) there will be no pressure for the freeview customers to subscribe, that said, there is still more channels planned for free, E4 lite is one that is due (cut down version of E4) and a few others, I'll let you know when I hear more, like I said, we'll have to wait and see.
haga

 

[Channel Hopper]

Will Banzai be on E4 Lite ?

(Lives in hope)

Back to the subject

Eurosport is also free on 13 East Digital in French - an odd symbol rate though which will mean a non Sky type box

You could always look at the Prima channel on 18 West that used to have a lot of footie in the clear

 

[satskiver]

Hi i can pick up prima, i didn`t know they showed football though as it`s the only channel i can receive on 18west.

 

[pov oatcakes]

cnn ect should launch ................oh and e4 and this new g4