Channel 5 gone FTA today?

kaizersoze

I see the old C4 & C5 fta thread has been locked so here's a new one.
I have 3 digiboxes and 1 FTV card that gets moved around as required. This morning I noticed that C5 is available on all three boxes without the card.
Has anyone else noticed this or is it a fluke/testing/whatever?

BTW, C4, C5 US & C5 Life still require the card to view.

Niall1234

WHile I'm away from home and don't have the chance to test this I'm guessing that this i an April Fools Day joke ?:D

kaizersoze

Niall1234 wrote:

WHile I'm away from home and don't have the chance to test this I'm guessing that this i an April Fools Day joke ?:D

Nope. No joke.

hiscan

is it on sky?

kaizersoze

hiscan wrote:

is it on sky?

Yes but it has to be tuned in manually.

Niall1234

Would FTA seriously want to go FTA though ? Isn't there problems relating to show rights not to mention the rights of sporting events that C5 cover.

Don't C5 have some sort of longterm Encryption deal with Sky anyways ?

JohnC.

kaizersoze wrote:

Yes but it has to be tuned in manually.

Settings? Not that I really expect it to last.

Niall1234

Try 12304H 27.5 2/3

St Senan

I have this program not available message on my digiboxes

JohnC.

scaller wrote:

I have this program not available message on my digiboxes

As do I.

Niall1234

Hmm. The freq I gave for Five is just one of the diff Freq for Five. I can't seem to find the Freq for Five which is being used on the Sky EPG which might be the one which is not encrypted.

kaizersoze

It's gone encrypted again. Didn't last long.:(

karl200607

five is available on 12.422 h 27500 2/3 under five or 7505 it is still encrypted but can be seen by roi viewing cards

The Sparrow

karl200607 wrote:

five is available on 12.422 h 27500 2/3 under five or 7505 it is still encrypted but can be seen by roi viewing cards

fair play karl... works for me! bring on monday night football in september

Niall1234

Wonder how long this will last. If this does last, its another coup for Sky Digital in Ireland. Correct me if I'm wrong but no one broadcasts Five in the ROI as it is ?

Maybe Sky are trying to strenghten their hand with the creation of UPC ?

Solair

I think UPC are lining up to be a real contender now. They seem ot have deep enough pockets to finally do the necessary upgrade work to the old NTL Ireland and Chorus Networks.

djpaul

woooo232 wrote:

fair play karl... works for me! bring on monday night football in september

Yep! Got it here too.....Happy Days...For now.

JohnC.

I think they are on to us. Not two minutes after successfully tuning it in, the 08 message came up:(

Foggy43

The media in the UK love playing games with the public on this day. Wait till tomorrow and see if anything is there.

Ulsterman 1690

Correct me if I'm wrong but no one broadcasts Five in the ROI as it is ?

Isint there a cable system down in Dungarvan or somewhere that does.

Im suprised none of the deflectors carry it (in place of some of the channels which are now FTA on satellite)

byte

Yeah, I think Casey Cablevision carries five.

mike2084

All '08' if you try tuning them in now. Looks like funs over.

The Sparrow

ah nuts!:(

kmurph

Niall1234 wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong but no one broadcasts Five in the ROI as it is ?

You can pick it up fine here in Wexford via a normal analogue ariel.

I can also pick it up via the Freeview tuner in my dvd recorder.

watty

Limerick's RLO did have a deflector licence for Ch5, but lost it due to doing opt-out to local adverts and even sometimes a locally made sport program.

L1011

Which was, of course, 'deflected' off Astra 19E analogue satellite...

Cuchulain

So is Channel 5 still FTA today or was it just a APR fools joke.

norbert64

Cuchulain wrote:

So is Channel 5 still FTA today or was it just a APR fools joke.

channels are there, but it seems to be encrytped again.

TVDX

MYOB wrote:

Which was, of course, 'deflected' off Astra 19E analogue satellite...

What are you mentioning here?.

watty

TVDX wrote:

What are you mentioning here?.

It was when C5 was on Analogue Satellite. RLO TV used an Analogue satellite receiver. It was badly aligned or too small a dish as they got "sparklies" when it rained and I didn't. I kept my Analogue receiver running long after I got Sky Digital, for Ch5. There was more to watch on it then too, or else I'm getting fussy.

Headshot

is ch 5 still going and just to be sure what are the exact settings

byte

Yes, five is still going, it's just encrypted and unavailable to viewers with Irish viewing cards.

TVDX

watty wrote:

It was when C5 was on Analogue Satellite. RLO TV used an Analogue satellite receiver. It was badly aligned or too small a dish as they got "sparklies" when it rained and I didn't. I kept my Analogue receiver running long after I got Sky Digital, for Ch5. There was more to watch on it then too, or else I'm getting fussy.

Perhaps in the beginning but eventually they were using a sky box as I remember seeing a "no satellite signal is being received" message one time.

watty

My mother (in N.I.) never knew Five existed till she got Sky Digital. Hers was an older Sky Analogue system that didn't get CNBC and C5. On terrestrial there is no Five where she lives and for many years they had to get Scottish TV.

Rosser

Solair wrote:

I think UPC are lining up to be a real contender now. They seem ot have deep enough pockets to finally do the necessary upgrade work to the old NTL Ireland and Chorus Networks.

I know I'll be laughed at but if UPC bring in a PVR, HD and a improved channel choice I'll be going back - The sky EPG wrecks my head and having to get UTV and BBC3/4 in the 'other channels' is a pain

Oh and by the way I can't get Channel 5!

Mossy Monk

Rosser wrote:

Oh and by the way I can't get Channel 5!

And your point is? UPC doesn't offer five either.

L1011

I give you Adam Faith's last words on this subject (or indeed anything, as they were in fact his last words)

"Channel 5 is all ****, isn't it? Christ, the crap they put on there. It's a waste of space"

byte

As availability of the channel has now gone since originally posted, thread closed.