BBC Olympics Channels [Merged]

babybuilder

Hi
Just wondering if the BBC HD olympic channels will be FTA? I have a Panasonic V20L and its picking up the BBC olympic SD test signals at the moment. I understand that Freesat platform will allow access to these channels via the red button. Alas my TV doesnt have Freesat.
Thanks

John mac

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=77923903
yes

Gerry Wicklow

HD streams >
11914 H 29500
12129 V 29500
12304 H 29500
12422 H 29500
12441 V 29500

Sd streams
10876 V 22000
10921 H 22000
11469 H 27500

Nowso

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

HD streams >
11914 H 29500
12129 V 29500
12304 H 29500
12422 H 29500
12441 V 29500

Sd streams
10876 V 22000
10921 H 22000
11469 H 27500

for humax users hd streams dvb-s2. qpsk 3/4

Infoanon

Wonder will they appear on the Irish EPG on Sky

watty

no

lawhec

Infoanon wrote: »

Wonder will they appear on the Irish EPG on Sky

Unlikely to appear to any Sky EPG full stop (Various reasons, getting an EPG position involves normally long term carriage, cost of EPG number, limited memory on certain SD receivers etc.). I'm 99% certain it'll be Red Button service which will likely make it available to southern viewers.

Mountjoy Mugger

Sky's briefing on the extra coverage is here.

What Olympic Games channels are showing in the Republic of Ireland?
You won't be able to access the extra 24 live channels as the BBC is not the official broadcaster for this region.

Sky+HD RTÉ 2HD (channel 102 on the Sky TV listings) will show a wide range of exciting programmes including the Olympic Games this summer. If you're in the Republic of Ireland you can also access the Olympic Games channels by pressing the red button while watching the standard BBC channels (BBC1, BBC3, BBC One HD and BBC HD).

Always possible to use the "extra" card, I suppose.

lawhec

Should be possible then to tune in to the SD streams via Other Channels, but the HD streams won't be possible on a Sky receiver.

orwellg84

Infoanon wrote: »

Wonder will they appear on the Irish EPG on Sky

It is possible but there are two buts. You have to have a bit of saavy and have a UK card. If so, search the forums for the solution.

jujamax

Humax freesat users should be fine to watch and use red button

babybuilder

babybuilder wrote: »

Hi
Just wondering if the BBC HD olympic channels will be FTA? I have a Panasonic V20L and its picking up the BBC olympic SD test signals at the moment. I understand that Freesat platform will allow access to these channels via the red button. Alas my TV doesnt have Freesat.
Thanks

Great news and thanks for the link

marclt

lawhec wrote: »

Unlikely to appear to any Sky EPG full stop (Various reasons, getting an EPG position involves normally long term carriage, cost of EPG number, limited memory on certain SD receivers etc.). I'm 99% certain it'll be Red Button service which will likely make it available to southern viewers.

My understanding is that in the UK/NI the additional channels will appear on the EPG, channels 450+.

Although they may be accessible by the red button.

Johnny Johnson

marclt wrote: »

My understanding is that in the UK/NI the additional channels will appear on the EPG, channels 450+.

Although they may be accessible by the red button.

I did read that they will indeed be available via the red button also

mike2084

Handy list of tuning details on the BBC website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/info/bbc_olympics_channels.shtml

Doodah7

jujamax wrote: »

Humax freesat users should be fine to watch and use red button

They will appear on the Freesat EPG from 25 July from Channel 150 onwards.

http://www.freesat.co.uk/bbc-olympics

jabarrett35

As it is via the red button here in the ROI, will it not be very difficult to navigate 24 feeds. I pressume the Freesat channels will be in HD

Doodah7

jabarrett35 wrote: »

As it is via the red button here in the ROI, will it not be very difficult to navigate 24 feeds. I pressume the Freesat channels will be in HD

Agreed. Freesat users will have a significant advantage over Sky subscribers. I have both and I know which I will be using. And yes, all of the channels will be in HD on Freesat.

jabarrett35

tallpaul wrote: »

Agreed. Freesat users will have a significant advantage over Sky subscribers. I have both and I know which I will be using. And yes, all of the channels will be in HD on Freesat.

Just looked at the BBC site it gave the impression that the red button streams will be in HD if you have a HD box. I may have read this wrong but it appears to read that way. I wonder will this apply here?

xxyyxx

If the red button streams are HD in the UK then there is no reason for them not to be here.

Doodah7

jabarrett35 wrote: »

Just looked at the BBC site it gave the impression that the red button streams will be in HD if you have a HD box. I may have read this wrong but it appears to read that way. I wonder will this apply here?

They should be but the Humax Freesat box will be much easier to use, particularly as you can show a list of HD channels only by using the yellow button on the remote from the channel list.

eirman

They just appeared on my Digiguide Channel Lists.
Am I glad that I have NI Sky Sub.

Screenshot attached

MarkK

The 24 BBC Olympic channels now on Sky EPG presumably UK EPG only.

They start on 450

sob1467

Will these be on Freesat as well?

MarkK

sob1467 wrote: »

Will these be on Freesat as well?

Yes, they should be on Freesat by Wednesday.

http://www.freesat.co.uk/how-to/faqs/olympic-games/

eirman

A sample of what you will be missing ....

Gipo3

eirman wrote: »

A sample of what you will be missing ....

What do you mean, there fta

eddiem10

http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/info/bbc_olympics_channels.shtml

Tut tut BBC, listing the channels on 10876 and 10921 as being from Astra 2D. :pac:

mollser

all there on the Samsung freesat box this evening, looking forward to this! channels 150 through 174

clappyhappy

Will these be available on sky channels here?

xxyyxx

Not on your EPG

machiavellianme

Can they be got on the Irish EPG via the card trick?

blueser

MarkK wrote: »

Yes, they should be on Freesat by Wednesday.

http://www.freesat.co.uk/how-to/faqs/olympic-games/

Did a fresh scan of my Humax last night and the olympic channels are on there now.

Johnny Johnson

machiavellianme wrote: »

Can they be got on the Irish EPG via the card trick?

Not the HD channels as they are DVB-S2, something which your Sky box is unable to search manually for.

G-Money

Crap, I thought we'd have those channels here on Sky as well

Al Capwned

machiavellianme wrote: »

Can they be got on the Irish EPG via the card trick?

Em..... Ahem, card trick??
That yoke that killed the cat has me!

Gerry Wicklow

alproctor wrote: »

Em..... Ahem, card trick??
That yoke that killed the cat has me!

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056353483

bucks73

Anyone know where a programme guide for these 24 channels could be found? They dont seem to list them on the BBC sites TV guide.

Mugser

So they can't be added in 'other channels'?

Digifriendly

bucks73 wrote: »

Anyone know where a programme guide for these 24 channels could be found? They dont seem to list them on the BBC sites TV guide.

If you can get a hold of the 'Radio Times' (out today in shops) they're published in full there.

bucks73

Mugser wrote: »

So they can't be added in 'other channels'?

The SD channels can. I added them today.

Digifriendly wrote: »

If you can get a hold of the 'Radio Times' (out today in shops) they're published in full there.

Cheers. Also after some searching I found that Freesat.co.uk say they will have a full guide to all the channels but its not showing yet.

MarkK

This site has a guide in Day and Sport order:


http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/2822/olympics-tv-guide-where-to-watch-the-olympics-on-tv

damul

bucks73 wrote: »

The SD channels can. I added them today.

what settings did you use in add channels to get the olympic ones?

I tried

Frequency: 10.773
Polarisation: H
Symbol Rate 22.0
FEC: 5/6

And I just get some BBC but none of Olympic channels

MarkK

Manual tune in frequencies are on this page:

eddiem10 wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/info/bbc_olympics_channels.shtml

damul

MarkK wrote: »

Manual tune in frequencies are on this page:

ah super cheers

evilivor

blueser wrote: »

MarkK wrote: »

Yes, they should be on Freesat by Wednesday.

http://www.freesat.co.uk/how-to/faqs/olympic-games/

Did a fresh scan of my Humax last night and the olympic channels are on there now.

Nice, just did a scan on mine - 24 boxfresh HD channels.

machiavellianme

The card trick works for them too on a sky box (if it works on your box).
Puts them at 450 on the epg.

Inishowen

I use my old Sky Digibox for free to air. With the card removed the EPG reverts back to BBC 1 London on channel 101 etc. The Olympic channels are now available from channels 450 to 473.

looks like ill be hooking my sat feed up to the PC instead of the sky box so when i need to watch the Olympics - so i can get them thanks to my dvb-s2 card in the PC

Scratch that - ill just put my uk FTV card in when i want to watch anything on those channels

Doodah7

All of the BBC Olympic channels were on my Humax Freesat box when I checked yesterday evening...