what channels do ya get

pm. · 26-02-2006 8:55pm #1

HI, I thinking of getting rid of sky as it cost me almost 60 euro a month, if i was to buy a sat ( like the one you see in lidle ) would i still get most of the stations ? i have a 9mth old baby so cartoons would be important

pm. · 27-02-2006 9:03pm

Can anybody help

byte · 27-02-2006 10:04pm

Just cancelling the card will still allow you to get the free channels on the Sky digibox. No need to change anything.

The only Free kids channels I can think of are CBBC, CBeebies, Pop and TinyPop. The others require a subscription.

But, you could just downgrade your package to a cheaper package, dropping movies or sports etc. Just give Sky a ring to change your package.

Pal · 02-03-2006 8:07am

you will get any channel thats is Free To Air .

In sat speak they call them FTA.

childrens FTA channels are mainly the BBC offerings - Cbeebies and CBBC.
there are some others and foreignlanguage ones.

here a link for the FTA channels out there.

http://www.flysat.com/fta.php

watty · 02-03-2006 5:02pm

Free channels on Sky with cancelled card or a FTA satellite system.
(The channel numbers are wrong)

http://bytelive.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Free+To+Air+on+Sky

(Dunno why Byte didn't link to this as it's on his site

)

ITV4 will be Children's ITV (CITV) during the daytime.

BBC1/2 and ITV/UTV ITV2 have children's programming.

some decent stuff on POP and Tiny POP.

Much TV is not good for children below 2 or 3 (some say 4 or 5), inhibiting their development. Some experts claim babies should not get ANY TV.

byte · 02-03-2006 10:08pm

watty wrote:

http://bytelive.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Free+To+Air+on+Sky

(Dunno why Byte didn't link to this as it's on his site )

Woops! Silly me!

pm. · 03-03-2006 1:51pm

ok thanks for the info guys

what channels do ya get

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