New Channels on Freeview

Pubdavid

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Dec 11, 2002, 9:16:32 AM12/11/02

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This may have been mentioned b4 but heregoes

I have just pulled my old Nokia Itv Digi box out and retuned it

There is testcard up for a new Uk Style type channel starting in early Jan

Fame Academy Channels appear on chn 701 702 703 i think.

There are a few blank channels wihich switch anamorphically when selected chn
14 i think.

Anything else being added anytime soon?

Dave

Chris Naylor

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Dec 11, 2002, 9:24:21 AM12/11/02

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"Pubdavid" <pubd...@aol.com> wrote in message
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| Anything else being added anytime soon?

AFAIK theres a new comedy radio channel starting up on it, i think they said
something like th 16th dec. Other than that you shoudl be able to receive
ALL the ones on Freeview as well.

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Mat Overton

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Dec 11, 2002, 2:06:22 PM12/11/02

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> AFAIK theres a new comedy radio channel starting up on it, i think they
said
> something like th 16th dec. Other than that you shoudl be able to receive
> ALL the ones on Freeview as well.

78 - BBC Radio 7 - 15th Dec

14 Channel 4 Extra / E4 lite proposed - no date as yet

15 - Blank Channel on SDN mux, possibly PPV, no details as yet

19 / 20 FTN and UKBright Ideas - Shared space - launches 12th(?) January.

Any further channels are a few years down the line, "if" or "when" analogue
is switched off.

boby

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Dec 11, 2002, 3:20:05 PM12/11/02

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no ppv cos people would need to buy new boxs again
for the sim card slot and the word free means free to view
that why the names called freeview

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me

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Dec 12, 2002, 12:04:08 AM12/12/02

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bbc cant charge they are government owned and allready charge a licsence fee
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Andrew Oakley

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Dec 12, 2002, 7:45:12 AM12/12/02

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> bbc cant charge they are government owned and allready charge a licsence fee

I accept your basic point, but...

The BBC's commercial arm already charge for BBC Prime (subscription
channel available in Europe, Middle East etc) and BBC America
(subscription, similar) which they wholly own, and they are part of
the joint venture behind UKTV who broadcast UK Style, UK Horizons etc.
which are also subscription channels.

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QrizB

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Dec 12, 2002, 4:17:46 PM12/12/02

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On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 20:20:05 +0000 (UTC), "boby" <.@.com> wrote:

>no ppv cos people would need to buy new boxs again

Onew thing that no-one's suggested is that any PPV system could "do a
Sky" and require subscribers to use a proprietary decoder.

They could, er, loan them to people so long as they subscribe ...

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