BBC Channel Shuffle on Freesat

Capt'n Midnight

Looks like they are taking BBC3 off the EPG and shuffling along to make room for BBC 4 SD on 110



the news on Channel 999 says

BBC One HD will move to 106 (was 108)
BBC Two will move to 108 (was 109)
Alba 109 <--110
BBC Four 110 <--148 , the SD one.


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JDxtra

BBC Four SD and BBC Four HD both taking up prime slots is a waste. The content is the same on both.

Sam Russell

BBC 1 and BBC 1 HD are also taking up prime space when one or other of them should be enough. They should have HD channels or SD channels for these EPG positions. Instead we have ITV HD and CH 4 HD way down the list.

Why can they not revise the EPG positions to give HD channels priority?

steveon

Sam Russell wrote: »

BBC 1 and BBC 1 HD are also taking up prime space when one or other of them should be enough. They should have HD channels or SD channels for these EPG positions. Instead we have ITV HD and CH 4 HD way down the list.

Why can they not revise the EPG positions to give HD channels priority?

Totally agree esp when all freesat equipment these days are hd boxes in the first place....b

The Cush

steveon wrote: »

Totally agree esp when all freesat equipment these days are hd boxes in the first place....b

There are still a few Freesat SD boxes out there, I have 2 connected to secondary TVs.

steveon

The Cush wrote: »

There are still a few Freesat SD boxes out there, I have 2 connected to secondary TVs.

What I meant was all new boxes are HD boxes, it should be possible for them to simply flag what channels the box needs by the software on the box and put them on the beginning channels

e.g 101 -104 bbc1 ch4 etc the four mainstream channels and put the hd versions in these positions on a hd box...

Long time since Ive personally since a freesat sd box...what ones have you got?

The Cush

steveon wrote: »

Long time since Ive personally since a freesat sd box...what ones have you got?

Goodmans GFSAT101SD
Grundig GUFSAT01SD

Purchased in the early days, cheap and compact for bedroom TVs etc.

steveon

The Cush wrote: »

Goodmans GFSAT101SD
Grundig GUFSAT01SD

Purchased in the early days, cheap and compact for bedroom TVs etc.

cool was wondering been a long time as i said since i seen one good to know some of the originals still going strong

Harry Palmr

from a516digital.

Further re-shuffling - these should all occur without a hitch....

The changes are due to complete week commencing 6th June 2016:

ITV HD moves from 119 to 111 (STV HD in Central and Northern Scotland, UTV HD in Northern Ireland)
ITVBe+1 moves from 158 to 119
Pick+1 moves from 159 to 145
Challenge moves from 145 to 146
Challenge moves from 146 to 147
Food Network moves from 149 to 148
Food Network+1 moves from 151 to 149
Travel Channel+1 moves from 152 to 151
True Crime+1 moves from 156 to 152
PBS America moves from 160 to 156
Your TV moves from 161 to 157
Drama moves from 162 to 158
Yesterday moves from 163 to 159
Really moves from 164 to 160
Showcase rejoins Freesat, and will appear on 161

Sam Russell

Pity they do not move ITV HD to 103.

JDxtra

Sam Russell wrote: »

Pity they do not move ITV HD to 103.

They can't do that because of the regional adverts - advertisers would not be happy.

Sam Russell

JDxtra wrote: »

They can't do that because of the regional adverts - advertisers would not be happy.

Is there only one ITV HD? They could do the same as BBC and use the postcode if they have regional ITV HD.

Gerry Wicklow

There are several ITV HDs last time I checked all FTA:-
London,
Granada,
Anglia,
meridian,
Central
Wales,
Scotland
Ulster

Sam Russell

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

There are several ITV HDs last time I checked all FTA:-
London,
Granada,
Anglia,
meridian,
Central
Wales,
Scotland
Ulster

So why is it not on 103?

mackersdublin

Sam Russell wrote: »

So why is it not on 103?

As mentioned here before the reason is...

There are 18 regional variations of ITV, but only 8 are available in HD
Until the other 10 launch there won't be a HD swap

Same goes for BBC One, there are 18 regional variations, but only 4 are in HD

And in BBC Two's case, only 1 of 4 are in HD (England)

Gerry Wicklow

I forgot to mention ITV HD Yorkshire and Tyne Tees which were added a while back.

FRIENDO

Harry Palmr wrote:

The changes are due to complete week commencing 6th June 2016:

Good news, the epg was starting to get a little disorganised.
Well done Freesat.

lertsnim

mackersdublin wrote: »

As mentioned here before the reason is...

There are 18 regional variations of ITV, but only 8 are available in HD
Until the other 10 launch there won't be a HD swap

Same goes for BBC One, there are 18 regional variations, but only 4 are in HD

And in BBC Two's case, only 1 of 4 are in HD (England)

Does ITV HD appear on 103 in the regions where ITV HD exist?

Sam Russell

lertsnim wrote: »

Does ITV HD appear on 103 in the regions where ITV HD exist?

London has SD at 103 and it has an HD channel - so no.

I cannot understand why they do this - it would make so much more sense to put the HD channels as the first option, with the +1 stations gathered together.

mollser

Really wish the following channels would join the Freesat EPG:

Bike
Kerrang
Scuzz

Unlikely Kerrang and Scuzz will rejoin after they were pulled in the last while.

Bike would be a super addition as it would at long last have a dedicated sports channel on there. They also have shown some decent live races that don't get aired anywhere else

Don't use the Freesat EPG on my Samsung tele because the above aren't on it, also so I can order the channels as I like them - HD channels filling the first 7 slots is very nice