Channel 5 in Ireland

Tremone · 24-09-2007 9:31am #1

I tuned in Channel 5 and all it's spinoffs and they appear in other channels but when i select I do not get them. What's up here, i though CH 5 was FTA.
Rgds,
Tremone

stanley1 · 24-09-2007 9:34am

i think available only with sky freesat (yellow house) card

Mossy Monk · 24-09-2007 9:58am

They were never FTA. Only available with a UK viewing card.

L1011 · 24-09-2007 10:30am

It was pseudo-FTA on analogue (VC-soft), just needed the right box... so saying "never" isn't 100% right

dulpit · 24-09-2007 1:03pm

Channel 5 is FTV (Free-to-view) not FTA (Free-to-air) so you'll need a UK viewing card to get it...

Which sucks, would be nice to be able to get Monday Night Football...

sweetie · 24-09-2007 1:13pm

Tremone wrote:

I tuned in Channel 5 and all it's spinoffs and they appear in other channels but when i select I do not get them. What's up here, i though CH 5 was FTA.
Rgds,
Tremone

what settings did you use to get channel 5 etc. I need to tune into it on my box also.

Kotek Besar · 24-09-2007 1:58pm

sweetie wrote:

what settings did you use to get channel 5 etc. I need to tune into it on my box also.

As Mossy said, Channel Five is only available with a UK Sky viewing card and digibox.

sweetie · 24-09-2007 2:05pm

benifa wrote:

As Mossy said, Channel Five is only available with a UK Sky viewing card and digibox.

my card is supposed to be a uk ftv card so I wanted to test whether it was or not

Kotek Besar · 24-09-2007 2:10pm

sweetie wrote:

my card is supposed to be a uk ftv card so I wanted to test whether it was or not

What happens when you go to channel 105?

Onikage · 24-09-2007 6:41pm

sweetie wrote:

my card is supposed to be a uk ftv card so I wanted to test whether it was or not

Try leaving the card in the receiver for a few days.

Ulsterman 1690 · 24-09-2007 7:41pm

12.304 Horizontal 27500 2/3

It is possible that there are still old FTA cards out there that will decode the channels without the EPG being properly configured (Channels 103-105 missing)

sweetie · 25-09-2007 9:38am

cheers for that

JHMEG · 25-09-2007 10:39pm

benifa wrote:

As Mossy said, Channel Five is only available with a UK Sky viewing card and digibox.

Or a UK Sky viewing card and a Dragon Cam in a non-Sky box. Some Dreamboxes also work with the UK Sky viewing card afaik.

Kotek Besar · 25-09-2007 10:55pm

JHMEG wrote:

Or a UK Sky viewing card and a Dragon Cam in a non-Sky box. Some Dreamboxes also work with the UK Sky viewing card afaik.

Yup, true also

celt262 · 26-09-2007 2:40pm

dulpit wrote:

Channel 5 is FTV (Free-to-view) not FTA (Free-to-air) so you'll need a UK viewing card to get it...

Which sucks, would be nice to be able to get Monday Night Football...

What football does be on ch 5 on a monday night?

byte · 26-09-2007 7:23pm

NFL?

I see it's live next Monday night anyway at 01.30

Mossy Monk · 26-09-2007 7:40pm

Yes, Monday Night Football is on five every Monday night. Sky Sports show the same game at the same time. The football being NFL of course.

watty · 26-09-2007 9:07pm

Is that football?

byte · 26-09-2007 9:42pm

watty wrote:

Is that football?

Yes, American Football.

The Nal · 02-05-2008 4:05pm

Milan derby on Sunday, anyone know if its possible to watch it? Online/Channel 5/Dodgy Italian channels/Channels from Botswana that you can tune in etc?

Hook or crook basically

Mossy Monk · 02-05-2008 4:41pm

www.Bet365.com should have it. They show lots of Italian football for free. You will need to register to watch it though (free to do)

Edit - They are showing it live.

Onikage · 02-05-2008 4:45pm

Bumping old threads is probably not the way to go.

Milan game is on Channel 5 on Sunday at 13:30?

Try looking for FTV cards on buyandsell.ie and watch out for people trying to fleece you (although at this short notice you won't have much choice)

Edit:
You could watch it free on bet365

byte · 03-05-2008 1:17pm

Onikage wrote: »

Milan game is on Channel 5 on Sunday at 13:30?

Yes, it is.

corcaigh07 · 05-05-2008 5:32pm

any word on it going FTA?

byte · 05-05-2008 8:45pm

corcaigh07 wrote: »

any word on it going FTA?

None really, atm. Rumoured to go FTA some time in later months for Freesat, but nothing in concrete that I'm aware of.

Lex Luthor · 06-05-2008 5:11pm

Onikage wrote: »

Try leaving the card in the receiver for a few days.

must try this overnight tonight.

I got a UK card a few yrs ago and it used to work for Ch5 immediately when you put it in, but I tried it there and it says you have to subscribe.

If it works overnight tonight, I think I'll sell it on as I have no use for it anymore. Any idea what a decent price to charge for it would be? I paid €75 about 6yrs ago for it

Mossy Monk · 06-05-2008 5:19pm

Considering it is only useful for five, Sky Three and Channel 4+1 then I would think you would be lucky to get a fiver for it.

TVDX · 06-05-2008 5:21pm

Lex Luthor wrote: »

must try this overnight tonight.

I got a UK card a few yrs ago and it used to work for Ch5 immediately when you put it in, but I tried it there and it says you have to subscribe.

If it works overnight tonight, I think I'll sell it on as I have no use for it anymore. Any idea what a decent price to charge for it would be? I paid €75 about 6yrs ago for it

If it activates again, you could sell it.
15-20 euros about the most you could charge now.
Maybe less now that Channel 4 is FTA and Five will follow suit soon.

TheDriver · 06-05-2008 6:00pm

i would say even worthless. Remember you can't sell these on ebay as sky officially owns the card, not you

Onikage · 06-05-2008 6:51pm

In theory, sky could put good programming on Sky Three. That would put some value back into the FTV cards (and Freeview although less people can get it). Or they might do something else. Or not. Time will tell. This is not a good time to sell an FTV card, unless it's to someone who badly wants Channel 5.

bk · 06-05-2008 10:25pm

Onikage wrote: »

In theory, sky could put good programming on Sky Three. That would put some value back into the FTV cards (and Freeview although less people can get it). Or they might do something else. Or not. Time will tell. This is not a good time to sell an FTV card, unless it's to someone who badly wants Channel 5.

I guess, that in the UK at least, Sky will relaunch Freesat from Sky, where you don't need a card, the FTA channels have a good EPG (hiding the unsubscribed channels) and will likely allow Sky + boxes to record the FTA channels, they might even launch one or two more FTA channels exclusive to Sky boxes.

They will need to do this as they won't want people replacing their Sky boxes with these new Freesat boxes. If people keep their old Sky boxes, they can always easily re-subscribe to Sky or get the PPV channels, but not if they dump their Sky boxes. So it is in Sky's interest to make Freesat from Sky atttractive.

Mossy Monk · 06-05-2008 10:28pm

If they do that for Sky+ boxes it would be great. Imagine being able to use the full functionality of the Sky+ box I bought for full price.

watty · 07-05-2008 11:23am

bk wrote: »

I guess, that in the UK at least, Sky will relaunch Freesat from Sky, where you don't need a card, the FTA channels have a good EPG (hiding the unsubscribed channels) and will likely allow Sky + boxes to record the FTA channels, they might even launch one or two more FTA channels exclusive to Sky boxes.

They will need to do this as they won't want people replacing their Sky boxes with these new Freesat boxes. If people keep their old Sky boxes, they can always easily re-subscribe to Sky or get the PPV channels, but not if they dump their Sky boxes. So it is in Sky's interest to make Freesat from Sky atttractive.

It's unlikely.
A large income is Sky outrageous charges for EPG. Which costs them almost nothing. If a FreeSat channel is not on the Sky EPG, they have a problem. They are unlikely to get a licence to allow Sky box to use Freesat EPG system.

A second large income is NDS security. Which costs nearly nothing (NDS & Sky both part of Murdoch empire).

They may add more channels to the FTV card and offer some FTA channels unconnected with BBC/ITV "free" encryption and "free epg". Thus limiting Freesat.

ODuill · 17-12-2011 12:35pm

Channel 5 UK

Now all the Channel 5 versions on SKY are now available to view in Ireland

Channel 5, Channel 5+1, 5 USA, 5 USA +1 , 5 star, 5 star +1

Go to Freq 10964 H, 22000-5/6

http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html

AugustusMinimus · 17-12-2011 12:51pm

Even more than this.

If you remove your sky card, Channel 5 now shows up at 105 as do all the other sky channels.

BBC 3 and BBC 4 are now appearing on the Irish EPG also at 229 and 230.

homer911 · 17-12-2011 1:16pm

3.5 year old thread???

John mac · 17-12-2011 9:04pm

4 years ..

lets see who can bump the oldest thread

Kotek Besar · 18-12-2011 10:23am

I would say 3 years and 7 months.

mike65 · 18-12-2011 10:25am

Welcome to three weeks ago.

Pale biscuit · 06-01-2012 10:39pm

You can watch Channel 5 by manually adding the channel, as it is broadcast free-to-air.

Use the following settings:

Frequency: 10773
Polarisation: Horizontal
Symbol rate (Mbaud): 22.0
FEC: 5/6

Works in Rep of Ireland

muincav · 06-01-2012 10:44pm

Pale biscuit wrote: »

You can watch Channel 5 by manually adding the channel, as it is broadcast free-to-air.

Use the following settings:

Frequency: 10773
Polarisation: Horizontal
Symbol rate (Mbaud): 22.0
FEC: 5/6

Works in Rep of Ireland

Shhhhh,,,,,,,wait for another year or so...lol,,,,,,,:D

Channel 5 in Ireland

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