ITV FTA from Nov 1st

Tony · 21-10-2005 05:07PM #1

A reliable source (Big Paddy ):) tells me that ITV will be FTA from Nov 1st . I've checked this out with a few sources who confirmed this.

all I have to say is yeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaawwwwwww:)

DMC · 21-10-2005 05:09PM

Free installations all round if yer wrong?

L1011 · 21-10-2005 05:29PM

DMC wrote:

Free installations all round if yer wrong?

I'd settle for borrowing a decent signal meter to fix my rain fading Hotbird:p

Ronan|Raven · 21-10-2005 05:35PM

Great news!

bigpaddy2004 · 21-10-2005 05:55PM

Tony wrote:

A reliable source (Big Paddy ):) tells me that ITV will be FTA from Nov 1st . I've checked this out with a few sources who confirmed this.

all I have to say is yeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaawwwwwww:)

Tony...ya beat me to it!! Your gonna have ta get me a pint for this one!!

Tony · 21-10-2005 06:17PM

bigpaddy2004 wrote:

Tony...ya beat me to it!! Your gonna have ta get me a pint for this one!!

Deal

djpaul · 21-10-2005 06:23PM

Yee-hawwwwwwwwww! Excelent News:D

Thanx Tony!

Capt'n Midnight · 21-10-2005 06:34PM

Won't someone think of us poor FTV card holders,
our cards are only good for two channels now

FTA , getting better evey day

yeaaa !!!!

[edit - me not like limit of 15 images]

Our man in Havana · 21-10-2005 07:06PM

That was €20 well spent eh Mossy!

bigpaddy2004 · 21-10-2005 07:06PM

I wonder will this have a large impact on the value of fta cards now that itv will be free to air?

Dr. Nick · 21-10-2005 07:34PM

Through 'other channels'?

watty · 21-10-2005 07:36PM

I wonder will it have a big impact on UCG's Chorus/NTL operation.

And most folks looking for ITV/BBC or on Analog don't yet seem to know about BBC3, BBC4, BBC24, BBC Parliment (sometines caries US CSPAN), CBBC, Cbeebies, ITV3, ITV2, MM and ITV4..

Or indeed all the other FTA Satellite.
Vault, POP, Tiny POP, Chart Hits, Fizz, U
Matinee/Bad movies, True Movies, Reality TV, Travel
CNN, Euronews, Sky News
Various religion
Various ethnic
70+ radio stations.

I think even Sky does a poor job of selling Satellite compared with Cable/MMDS.

Foggy43 · 21-10-2005 07:45PM

Why are you, or should I say some of you, so excited about having ITV?

DMC · 21-10-2005 07:46PM

watty wrote:

I think even Sky does a poor job of selling Satellite compared with Cable/MMDS.

Well, the best advertising is word of mouth. Costs nothing. And how many have been "impressed" with a friends/relatives Sky's offering that they get it themselves.

The product sells itself to the masses.

Charles Slane · 21-10-2005 07:47PM

Great news !

So I guess that'll mean that ITV2 and ITV4 will also be FTA. I wonder if any or all of them will arrive on the Irish EPG.

Mossy Monk · 21-10-2005 07:49PM

Bond-007 wrote:

That was €20 well spent eh Mossy!

your point is?
there is still football on five

DMC · 21-10-2005 07:52PM

Molly Dawson wrote:

Why are you, or should I say some of you, so excited about having ITV?

Free is good. FTA is even better.
Yes, ITV is clearly not as good as it used to be, but, it has programmes that people want to watch (like 'em or not) Not my cup of tea, but there is a strong viewership for ITV programmes

Its channels like ITV1,2,3, and 4 becoming free-to-air that makes satellite installers by shed-fuls of FTA receivers. To "refusniks", it gives them an option of cheap and non-recurring charges for digital TV.

DMC · 21-10-2005 07:56PM

Also, I'll add....

Its part of the Irish psyche to get more telly. Ever since our fathers and grandfathers ventured up on chimneys with Band I and III aerials pointing North for the BBC and UTV and Telly Welly Wales in the 1950's, we've always seeked out more telly.

I'm proud to continue with that tradition.

Tony · 21-10-2005 08:11PM

Molly Dawson wrote:

Why are you, or should I say some of you, so excited about having ITV?

I think you can guess why I am excited.

Foggy43 · 21-10-2005 08:13PM

Hang on a minute! You are loosing me here. ITV is available on Terestrial Freeview. The only link Sky have with this is they are joint shareholders of Freeview?

The only info I have is ITV4 opens on Nov. 1st.

Tony · 21-10-2005 08:15PM

Molly Dawson wrote:

Hang on a minute! You are loosing me here. ITV is available on Terestrial Freeview. The only link Sky have with this is they are joint shareholders of Freeview?

The only info I have is ITV4 opens on Nov. 1st.

you've lost me?

Foggy43 · 21-10-2005 08:17PM

OK! Are you saying it will be available on SkyDigital in the Irish Republic?

DMC · 21-10-2005 08:17PM

Freeview DTT is not (widely) available in the Republic. Only on fringe areas.

Also, a lot of people have hung onto Chorus or NTL just for UTV/ITV1.
Bye bye cable....

It's a HUGE deal in Ireland.

Tony · 21-10-2005 08:30PM

Molly Dawson wrote:

OK! Are you saying it will be available on SkyDigital in the Irish Republic?

No its free to air, available on any free to air receiver with a dish poining at the astra 2 group of satellites.

Mossy Monk · 21-10-2005 08:32PM

Molly Dawson wrote:

OK! Are you saying it will be available on SkyDigital in the Irish Republic?

no one said that. it will be available through Other Channels at least*

*i am sceptical about things like this. i am a wait and see type when it comes to the UK terrestrials being available over here via satellite

Dr. Nick · 21-10-2005 08:33PM

Tony, before those Dollar signs in your eyes get in the way ;o , do you know if they'll be on epg or other channels?

edit - now answered to my satisfaction, thanks.

bigpaddy2004 · 21-10-2005 08:53PM

Dr. Nick wrote:

Tony, before those Dollar signs in your eyes get in the way ;o , do you know if they'll be on epg or other channels?

edit - now answered to my satisfaction, thanks.

Other channels only, they will not be on the EPG.

Tony · 21-10-2005 08:53PM

Dr. Nick wrote:

Tony, before those Dollar signs in your eyes get in the way ;o , do you know if they'll be on epg or other channels?

edit - now answered to my satisfaction, thanks.

do you really think you will get an answer from me posting in a fashion like that?

Foggy43 · 21-10-2005 09:13PM

Mossy, Tony!
Got the picure! It maybe available in 'Other channels'!

Possibly some good news I can tell someone in Ireland. I set it up in 'other channels' while I was there in the summer.
I suppose it is a small inconvenience searching through 'other channels' for the BBC's and ITV's.

If only we could have the RTE's here in the UK.

One needs technical guidance here :eek:
Yes! I have heard of the Astra Group of satellites. Astra 2A, 2B and so on. Which one is SkyDigital? Don't tell me it is 2D
I thought Free to View in regards to Satellite is: - On SkyDigital you still need a 'Free View' card. But all you will receive are channels that are not encrypted. Is this statement correct?

Dr. Nick · 21-10-2005 09:13PM

Thanks Paddy. Not sure what you mean Tony, no offence meant!

Tony · 21-10-2005 09:46PM

Dr. Nick wrote:

Thanks Paddy. Not sure what you mean Tony, no offence meant!

Fair enough but I was offended by the $ remark. No hard feelings

ITV FTA from Nov 1st

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