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ITV HD no longer working on Sky

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  • 18-02-2014 10:22pm
    #1
    yayamark
    Registered Users Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭


    I have the SkyHD and have had itvhd on other channels for a long while

    I went to watch the match tonight but the channel wasn't working
    I had to tune in utv hd instead

    Any ideas?

    Is Sky stopping irish viewers getting itv hd and forcing them to go to utv hd instesad?
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    #2
    Headshot
    Registered Users Posts: 53,849 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    ITV HD working perfect for me here

    Make sure you have the right frequency etc


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    #3
    steveon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭steveon


    ITV HD moved frequency

    It can be added again by using the following

    11097
    V
    23000
    2/3


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    #4
    yayamark
    Registered Users Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭yayamark


    Thanks for replies

    I tried to rescan
    entered 11097 and the V but I don't have the choice to enter 23. I only have 22 or 27.5

    Help


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    #5
    yayamark
    Registered Users Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭yayamark


    I looked at an old thread and saw this

    Go to services, add channels and type in,
    10.832 H 22000 5/6 itv1HD

    it worked thanks


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    #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I could only find UTV HD, none of all the older ones work for me at all.

    Here's the workaround for UTV HD


    Try 11.053 H 22.0 5/6 Previous frequency has changed....again. This one gives you UTV HD works fine for now.


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    h7nlrp2v0g5u48
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭h7nlrp2v0g5u48


    Itv hd moved to the new satellite astra 2 f yesterday and as a result the frequency for itv hd can not be tuned in on a sky hd box because sky boxes have a symbol rate of 27.5 and 22.0. Itv hd uses symbol rate 23.0 which the sky box does not have. More itv regions are due to make the move over in the coming weeks.


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    #8
    grottyblotty
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭grottyblotty


    Same here happened as you yesterday, and I followed what you did, and the same thing happened, but as I went down the replies I see we in R.O.I (if you are from R.O.I) that Sky is no longer with ITV 1Hd (thanks for telling us SKY!) So we now have UTV HD instead, hay ho.


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    #9
    radiowaves
    Registered Users Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭radiowaves


    grottyblotty wrote: »
    but as I went down the replies I see we in R.O.I (if you are from R.O.I) that Sky is no longer with ITV 1Hd (thanks for telling us SKY!) So we now have UTV HD instead, hay ho.

    Sky in the Irish Republic never were "with" ITV [1] HD.

    They used to advertise that it could be tuned in via other channels but this is not the same as having it.

    We don't have UTV HD on Sky Ireland either as it happens.

    There was nothing for Sky to tell "us" :)


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    #10
    MBSnr
    Registered Users Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    ^^^

    ITV, BBC etc, advise Sky and Freesat of the freq changes/moves (that they have agreed with the satellite operator) so that the EPG guides can be updated and the channel change is seamless. Sky have amended the EPG freq for ITV. As we don't have ITV on the EPG in ROI but tuned into 'other channels' that's why we noticed.

    BUT, as said by radiowaves, in this case Sky aren't the bad guys... for once :eek: ;)


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    #11
    jester77
    Registered Users Posts: 11,262 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Some details of the move here


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    #12
    khumbu
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭khumbu


    MBSnr wrote: »
    in this case Sky aren't the bad guys... for once :eek: ;)

    Are TV3 the bad guys? As they objected to UTV/ITV epg listing on sky.
    Will anyone in BAI/sky listen to their objections regarding UTV Ireland?


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    MBSnr
    Registered Users Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    khumbu wrote: »
    Are TV3 the bad guys? As they objected to UTV/ITV epg listing on sky.
    Will anyone in BAI/sky listen to their objections regarding UTV Ireland?

    Ermm... I'm talking about ITV changing their TP details and people blaming Sky for the issue when clearly it is nothing to do with them (Sky).

    What you're on about, I'm not so sure...


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    #14
    jester77
    Registered Users Posts: 11,262 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    MBSnr wrote: »
    Ermm... I'm talking about ITV changing their TP details and people blaming Sky for the issue when clearly it is nothing to do with them (Sky).

    What you're on about, I'm not so sure...

    Perhaps it has something to do with the new agreement between Sky and ITV over retransmission fees and sky EPG listings.


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    #15
    MBSnr
    Registered Users Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    jester77 wrote: »
    Perhaps it has something to do with the new agreement between Sky and ITV over retransmission fees and sky EPG listings.

    Perhaps but this thread was about ITV HD no longer working on a Sky box via 'other channels' and some blaming Sky for the reason.

    What TV3, UTV Ireland and BAI have to do with the transponder change and quite why they were mentioned by the poster is beyond me.


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    #16
    Mr Cumulonimbus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Mr Cumulonimbus


    UTV is currently on 11.053H. It's the only UK channel 3 HD variant remaining that can be tuned in manually on a Sky+HD box. The format is currently DVB-S and the symbol rate (SR) is 22000 (22.0 on a Sky box), FEC 5/6. It's best to tune it in now and wait to see what happens.

    It too may switch to a DVB-S2 format, but if it doesn't change frequency, you'll still receive it via Other Channels.

    However, if a channel changes both frequency and format (to DVB-S2), you're buggered, as a Sky+HD box can't manually tune these channels in because the required SR of 23000 is not available to be selected.


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    ODuill
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭ODuill


    We are truly buggered, watching the X-Factor in SD, I might as well tune to TV3

    "There have been no changes as yet to the UTV HD transponder position. This is expected to change in the coming weeks, as further changes to the "Channel 3" stations on satellite continue. The changes to ITV HD on satellite will mean that Sky viewers in the UTV regions will no longer be able to manually tune in ITV HD via their receiver, due to technical limitations of the Sky HD box."


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    Widescreen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭Widescreen


    I would imagine that eventually(not sure when)all uk tv channels will be in hd only and also not tuneable on a sky box , making it a bit awkward for people who subscribe to sky(and there's a lot of them here) to get their fix of standard sky package channels and the "once free to view" uk channels on the same box.

    Frustrating times ahead maybe


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    #19
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    They will have to ask themselves how much they like those UK channels not available to them anymore. There is a very easy solution to getting those HD channels and it is using a non Sky HD receiver. Two boxes sitting side by side doing what they're supposed to do.


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    #20
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,538 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    lertsnim wrote: »
    They will have to ask themselves how much they like those UK channels not available to them anymore. There is a very easy solution to getting those HD channels and it is using a non Sky HD receiver. Two boxes sitting side by side doing what they're supposed to do.
    They will also have the choice of UTV via Saorview (eventually).


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    #21
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,538 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    This is a perfect example of why we still need terrestrial broadcasting under our own control rather than putting everything on foreign controlled satellites.


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    #22
    MBSnr
    Registered Users Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    Gerry Wicklow wrote: »
    This is a perfect example of why we still need terrestrial broadcasting under our own control rather than putting everything on foreign controlled satellites.

    Not sure I follow here. RTE is on Saorview under our 'own control'. Saorsat is on satellite @9E, again under 'our control'. ITV is foreign on a foreign controlled satellite.

    Are you referring to RTE carried at Astra 28E?

    Also UTV Ireland on Saroview isn't going to show the England game (for example) as per ITV. Or at least I can't imagine it would due to rights issues and the predictable "How is it the English game is free to watch but the Irish one is on Sky..."


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    #23
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,538 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    There are those who argue we don't need terrestrial because satellite is a cheaper more reliable alternative. NO satellite signal is under our control. The satellite operators can pull the plug on anyone any time.


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    galtee boy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭galtee boy


    Also UTV Ireland on Saroview isn't going to show the England game (for example) Or at least I can't imagine it would due to rights issues and the predictable "How is it the English game is free to watch but the Irish one is on Sky..."[/QUOTE]

    I don't see why not, it wont cost UTV much more to buy "32 county" rights for the programmes they buy from ITV. I could be wrong, but apart from news and current affairs programmes , I cant see the UTV Ireland schedule being much different from the UTV NI schedule. Also, a one off payment for a Freesat PVR box, sitting along side your Sky box and you can have all the ITV regions you want, in HD and recordable, problem solved.


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    #25
    firestarter51
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    watching utv hd and the blue description bar wont go away ?


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    #26
    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 45,821 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    firestarter51 wrote: »
    watching utv hd and the blue description bar wont go away ?
    I had this issue last week and it was happening on several channels in the "other channels". I came to the conclusion that it was only happening with the channels that were in HD.

    I was going to show this to the missus later on that night but it was working fine then. I think the box and tv may have been switched off for a while so try rebooting the box and that may possibly sort it.


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    #27
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users Posts: 27,804 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    firestarter51 wrote: »
    watching utv hd and the blue description bar wont go away ?

    Did you try pressing back up ? Same happens to me on the other channels section


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    #28
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Are the ITV HD channels (2,3,& 4) subscription only?


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    #29
    MBSnr
    Registered Users Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    galtee boy wrote: »
    I don't see why not, it wont cost UTV much more to buy "32 county" rights for the programmes they buy from ITV. I could be wrong, but apart from news and current affairs programmes , I cant see the UTV Ireland schedule being much different from the UTV NI schedule. Also, a one off payment for a Freesat PVR box, sitting along side your Sky box and you can have all the ITV regions you want, in HD and recordable, problem solved.

    I'd like to see it happen, and let's hope it does. ITV have the home and away England game rights until 2018. Sky have Ireland's. So there's bound to be those who will kick off about it, if it does, as it beams in for free into their sitting room....


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    fish fingers
    Registered Users Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭fish fingers


    zorro2566 wrote: »
    Are the ITV HD channels (2,3,& 4) subscription only?

    Yes, subscription in uk.


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    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    MBSnr wrote: »
    I'd like to see it happen, and let's hope it does. ITV have the home and away England game rights until 2018. Sky have Ireland's. So there's bound to be those who will kick off about it, if it does, as it beams in for free into their sitting room....

    There isn't an audience here for England matches. It would be lunacy for UTV to buy the rights for the 26 counties. I don't think they could anyway.


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