Channel 5, Five USA and Fiver move to Astra 1n

givecredit

Channel 5, Five USA and Fiver are now on Astra 1n. Looks like they will all be going free to air soon, as promised by Channel Five earlier this year.

They can be found on 10964H 22000 SR
There is also a spare label 7720 which is probably in preparation for Five+1

pa990

Hopefully the freesat epg will be very busy in the run up to christmas

Minstrel27

Channel 5 HD would be welcome too.

excollier

Minstrel27 wrote: »

Channel 5 HD would be welcome too.

Don't hold your breath.
Channel 5+1 is coming though.....whoopee!

Trevord

The seem to be scrambled now.

5+1 not due for another month it seems

http://www.overnights.tv/Default.aspx

lgs 4

Minstrel27 wrote: »

Channel 5 HD would be welcome too.

freeview first spring next year and when freesat which could be late next year on freesat:rolleyes:

excollier

Don't think 5HD will be fta in the forseeable future, Sky have them tight.

Gerry Wicklow

Label 7720 now showing tone and bars

10964 H 22000 QPSK 5/6

Hopefully the next move will be to get the 5 family of channels onto the Irish Sky epg.

Minstrel27

You will be a long time waiting I'd say

enfant terrible

zorro2566 wrote: »

Hopefully the next move will be to get the 5 family of channels onto the Irish Sky epg.

Think they have some problem with us, remember them saying they have no intention of ever being on the Irish EPG.

glimmerman123

zorro2566 wrote: »

Hopefully the next move will be to get the 5 family of channels onto the Irish Sky epg.

Maybe if Sky offer them a sweetener they might appear. Also 10.964 H is a copy of 12.422 H astra 2a i think. So when scanning 10.964 H the Sky Box locks onto 12.422 H for some reason. When 12.422 shuts down hopefully all the Channel 5 channels will go FTA on astra 1n.

lgs 4

glimmerman123 wrote: »

Maybe if Sky offer them a sweetener they might appear. Also 10.964 H is a copy of 12.422 H astra 2a i think. So when scanning 10.964 H the Sky Box locks onto 12.422 H for some reason. When 12.422 shuts down hopefully all the Channel 5 channels will go FTA on astra 1n.

channel five have said that five star and five usa will be available on freesat by the end of the year the affical launch is 1/1/2012;)

byte

enfant terrible wrote: »

Think they have some problem with us, remember them saying they have no intention of ever being on the Irish EPG.

Aye, that's right. Though, now that it's under new ownership, you never know... though I still wouldn't hold my breath

evilivor

lgs 4 wrote: »

glimmerman123 wrote: »

Maybe if Sky offer them a sweetener they might appear. Also 10.964 H is a copy of 12.422 H astra 2a i think. So when scanning 10.964 H the Sky Box locks onto 12.422 H for some reason. When 12.422 shuts down hopefully all the Channel 5 channels will go FTA on astra 1n.

channel five have said that five star and five usa will be available on freesat by the end of the year the affical launch is 1/1/2012;)

When did they make that announcement? Nothing on Join Freesat about it.

Gonzo

5 and its channels will never be on Irish EPG, channel 5 has claimed several times in the past that they have no interest in every being available to Ireland. So other channels is the only option. Similiar story for ITV and it's channel except it's TV3 thats stopping ITV over here.

watty

Get a Freesat HD box (or a Sky HD box that has UK EPG without card, few do though) for UK TV.

Minstrel27

Gonzo wrote: »

5 and its channels will never be on Irish EPG, channel 5 has claimed several times in the past that they have no interest in every being available to Ireland. So other channels is the only option. Similiar story for ITV and it's channel except it's TV3 thats stopping ITV over here.

I remember ITV4 was on the Irish EPG for a while. A mistake obviously but it lasted a while.

greendom

Gonzo wrote: »

5 and its channels will never be on Irish EPG, channel 5 has claimed several times in the past that they have no interest in every being available to Ireland. So other channels is the only option. Similiar story for ITV and it's channel except it's TV3 thats stopping ITV over here.

You really need to check out this thread. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056353483

It may only be a work-around but never say never

Macy0161

evilivor wrote: »

When did they make that announcement? Nothing on Join Freesat about it.

Posters on Digital Spy have been told by five directly. Obviously there's no way of 100% confirming that, as they're still only posts on the internet. There was this story though http://www.ukfree.tv/fullstory.php?storyid=1107051910 Also Channel 5 +1. Doubt it'll be confirmed before they have done testing and have a launch date, but makes sense to be before Christmas. They're FTV at the moment, so their not getting sub money if I understand the sky sub system correctly - the lack of narrow beam capacity (not tied up by sky) was the problem.

lgs 4

evilivor wrote: »

When did they make that announcement? Nothing on Join Freesat about it.

in the guardian newspaper some time last week as for 5 hd freeview first spring next year and when freesat that could the end of next year
:rolleyes:

Mayo Exile

If you have a Sky or Sky+ HD box with a UK FTV card, 7720 is now showing Channel 5+1. Not in the UK EPG yet. Available via Other Channels. Should be FTA soon enough.

energy1942

Channel 5 +1 will be on freesat on 6th december & 5* / 5 us on 8th december.

yenoah

energy, may I ask, where did you hear that?

yenoah

Does anyone know if Pick TV or Dave will be free anytime soon?

energy1942

yenoah wrote: »

energy, may I ask, where did you hear that?

It is on channel 5's website.

http://about.channel5.com/faqs/generic-f-to-j

yenoah

ah, many thanks for that.

PressTheButton

energy1942 wrote: »

Channel 5 +1 will be on Freesat on 6th December & 5* / 5 USA on 8th December.

...as well as relative 5* and 5 USA +1 services.

The relevant Freesat EPG channel numbers will be as follows (source):

105: 5 (currently available)
128: 5 + 1 (from Tuesday December 6th)
129: 5 USA (from Thursday December 8th)
130: 5 USA +1 (from Thursday December 8th)
131: 5* (from Thursday December 8th)
132: 5* +1 (from Thursday December 8th)

What you can look forward expect to see:

Channel 5, 5* and 5 USA Schedules HERE.

Macy0161

Excellent news, now we can move on to speculating when 5HD will go FTA

Freesat/ FTA is getting an ever better line up of channels. Hopefully the few remaining Freeview channels that are sub on satellite will consider it now there there is more narrow beam capacity.

It must also be reaching tipping point for sky news to pony up and go on the freesat epg.

The Cush

Macy0161 wrote: »

Excellent news, now we can move on to speculating when 5HD will go FTA

Maybe next July

No news yet on Channel 5 HD, but it is suspect their existing contract with Sky concludes in July 2012 when it will launch on both Freesat and Freeview.

http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/index.php/channel-5plus1-5usa-and-5star-join-freesat-next-month

liamtech

Its really good news folks - Im delighted to have two new stations for christmas - I know many moan about the content but a few extra films over the holidays will always be appreciated in my house!

homer911

Is it my imagination, or do the 5* and 5USA schedules look a bit like 3e?

greendom

Does this mean that the 5 family will become available through the other channels trick on Sky HD on the Sky EPG ?

nikon1000

greendom wrote: »

Does this mean that the 5 family will become available through the other channels trick on Sky HD on the Sky EPG ?

Yes, the same way Channel 5 is available at present.

pa990

This is great news, i know many will complain that 5 is poor tv, but so is TV3, 3e and even Sky1 shows a lot of shÍté, but extra channels mean extra choice.
The odd good programme of interest is all we need on each channel (imo)

watty

Though if there was only 4 to 6 channels total, the choice would be between higher quality programs.

http://www.thevalvepage.com/jon_tv/jon_tv.htm

greendom

nikon1000 wrote: »

Yes, the same way Channel 5 is available at present.

Ah no unfortunately I have a London card so CH5 doesn't appear on the EPG. I have to go through other channels to watch it unlike ITV and BBC 1 South East. i thought CH5 was going FTA though ?

givecredit

All Five's family of channels excluding Five HD going free to air in next fortnight. Five HD expected to go FTA in July 2012. So the sky card trick will work with ch5 and your card from early next month. Just remember to tune in the new 5 frequencies first.

Desire2

Macy0161 wrote: »

It must also be reaching tipping point for sky news to pony up and go on the freesat epg.

Hi Macy i think that opportunity might have been lost when News Corp blew its chance to be a majority stakeholder in bSKYb.?

Desire2

PressTheButton wrote: »

...as well as relative 5* and 5 USA +1 services.

The relevant Freesat EPG channel numbers will be as follows (source):

105: 5 (currently available)
128: 5 + 1 (from Tuesday December 6th)
129: 5 USA (from Thursday December 8th)
130: 5 USA +1 (from Thursday December 8th)
131: 5* (from Thursday December 8th)
132: 5* +1 (from Thursday December 8th)

What you can look forward expect to see:

Channel 5, 5* and 5 USA Schedules HERE.

between 5* and 5 USA there is even less reason to have many cable channels carried by UPC.

i wonder were this will all end?

Mayo Exile

greendom wrote: »

Ah no unfortunately I have a London card so CH5 doesn't appear on the EPG. I have to go through other channels to watch it unlike ITV and BBC 1 South East. i thought CH5 was going FTA though ?

Is this a UK FTV card? I have a London region FTV card and Ch 5 is at 105 on the EPG with 5 HD at 171.

Trevord

Desire2 wrote: »

between 5* and 5 USA there is even less reason to have many cable channels carried by UPC.

i wonder were this will all end?

I am not sure it has to end anywhere really.

I am not convinced that UPC and Sky are that worried about freesat/FTA in the Irish market and the growing number of channels available. They are probably more concerned about losing customers to each other.

Over the last couple of years I have told several people about Freesat at work. Of those:

- two now have Freesat,
- some are not interested 'cos "it's too good to be true/that will never last"
- others seem happy to fork out for basic Sky or UPC cos they don't have an aerial for terrestrial and don't want the hassle
- and a final category want the extra channels (sports, movies) that freesat can't offer so stick with Sky or UPC for that reason.

SPAWKER

Had all the 5 family stored in other channels and on the EPG but they for some reason have dissapered from everywhere and I can not get them to restore:confused.It say channel line up complete when I check them but when I go to other channels they are not stored.Any ideas as to why this might happen?

energy1942

SPAWKER wrote: »

Had all the 5 family stored in other channels and on the EPG but they for some reason have dissapered from everywhere and I can not get them to restore:confused.It say channel line up complete when I check them but when I go to other channels they are not stored.Any ideas as to why this might happen?

this happened to me this afternoon, I then switched off my reciever & re entered these channels to other channels, inserted ftv card switched off & on again then changed to irish card & it's fine.

SPAWKER

energy1942 wrote: »

this happened to me this afternoon, I then switched off my reciever & re entered these channels to other channels, inserted ftv card switched off & on again then changed to irish card & it's fine.

Rebooted the box the 5 family are back in other channels but dont appear on the EPG after doing card trick.

energy1942

SPAWKER wrote: »

Rebooted the box the 5 family are back in other channels but dont appear on the EPG after doing card trick.

did you delete from other channels then re-enter then again & then do card switch.

SPAWKER

All sorted now ,yes had to delete and restore them.

greendom

Mayo Exile wrote: »

Is this a UK FTV card? I have a London region FTV card and Ch 5 is at 105 on the EPG with 5 HD at 171.

it is but it's a blue card not one of the new white ones so I'll have to wait until they go FTA

glimmerman123

5* and 5USA are now free to air on Astra 1N freq 10.964 H 22.0 5/6. Enjoy.

tinofapples

glimmerman123 wrote: »

5* and 5USA are now free to air on Astra 1N freq 10.964 H 22.0 5/6. Enjoy.

Couldn't pick them up :mad:

Hibrasil

glimmerman123 wrote: »

5* and 5USA are now free to air on Astra 1N freq 10.964 H 22.0 5/6. Enjoy.

yes, Free to air at 10964 / H / 22000 5/6......:)