A few FTA channels closing

mackersdublin

Next Monday, the 1st of June these channels are closing

Challenge +1 (Freesat 147 / Sky 252)
Starz (Sky 369)
Trace Latina (Sky 366)

Also QVC Style (Freesat 803 / Sky 663) from tomorrow is being replaced with QVC +1

cian_r

Very few Music channels left now

recyclebin

Still a good few left although the choice isn't as good and as varied:

The Box
Box Hits
Clubland TV
Kerrang!
Kiss
Magic
Now 70s
Now 80s
Now 90s
Spotlight TV
Trace Urban
Trace Vault

kooga

sony crime going as well

https://www.rxtvlog.com/2020/05/sony-crime-channel-killed-off.html

danjo-xx

Guys is Sky News on FTA completely gone now rather than just move.

byte

It's still there on 12070 Horizontal. SR 27500, FEC 5/6

Harry Palmr

They'll be quite a few channels going in the next year one way or another.

PacMan

Harry Palmr wrote: »

They'll be quite a few channels going in the next year one way or another.

Where did you hear that info ?

Harry Palmr

Logic. Ad revenue is way down.

Digifriendly

byte wrote: »

It's still there on 12070 Horizontal. SR 27500, FEC 5/6

SD and not HD I presume?

byte

Digifriendly wrote: »

SD and not HD I presume?

Yeah, still only free to air in SD. Kind of surprising at this stage since so many other news channels are HD and FTA.

Irish_peppa

When channels disappear are FREESAT boxes left with a dead channel you must skip or do they automatically update the firmware to erase the missing channels and reassign the numbers accordingly so your not left with a messy GUI with random dead channels?

Atlantic Dawn

Irish_peppa wrote: »

When channels disappear are FREESAT boxes left with a dead channel you must skip or do they automatically update the firmware to erase the missing channels and reassign the numbers accordingly so your not left with a messy GUI with random dead channels?

Each night they should run an update and clear those missing channels. Sometimes numbers are reassigned, sometimes not. That's official boxes, others may not do this.

Irish_peppa

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Each night they should run an update and clear those missing channels. Sometimes numbers are reassigned, sometimes not. That's official boxes, others may not do this.

Cheers Atlantic, so with OFFICIAL boxes would the following channel guide be good for a few years or are they changing every few months with new frequencies, closing dead channels etc?

http://www.tvservices.ie/pdf/freesat-channel-guide.pdf

Atlantic Dawn

Irish_peppa wrote: »

Cheers Atlantic, so with OFFICIAL boxes would the following channel guide be good for a few years or are they changing every few months with new frequencies, closing dead channels etc?

http://www.tvservices.ie/pdf/freesat-channel-guide.pdf

It's a very high level list of primary channels, it's missing Quest, Pick, Paramount, 5Star and numerous others.

dulpit

Irish_peppa wrote: »

Cheers Atlantic, so with OFFICIAL boxes would the following channel guide be good for a few years or are they changing every few months with new frequencies, closing dead channels etc?

http://www.tvservices.ie/pdf/freesat-channel-guide.pdf

https://www.freesat.co.uk/tv-guide/ you can set your default location too based on what postcode you set up with (my guess is either Belfast - BT1 1AA - or London - E1 1AA) too.

mackersdublin

Irish_peppa wrote: »

Cheers Atlantic, so with OFFICIAL boxes would the following channel guide be good for a few years or are they changing every few months with new frequencies, closing dead channels etc?

http://www.tvservices.ie/pdf/freesat-channel-guide.pdf

That list is years old

Here is the current list https://www.freesat.co.uk/whats/full-channel-list/

Freesat TVs and boxes automatically remove and add channels, just like on Sky or Virgin Media. You should never need to retune

decor58

Irish_peppa wrote: »

When channels disappear are FREESAT boxes left with a dead channel you must skip or do they automatically update the firmware to erase the missing channels and reassign the numbers accordingly so your not left with a messy GUI with random dead channels?

The dead number is hidden or the channel replaced, so if 146 goes off, the EPG listing shows145 and 147, no blanks.

mackersdublin

Travel Channel (Sky 178) is closing tomorrow

But HGTV +1 is becoming FTA on Wednesday

https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/Changes-to-the-Sky-TV-guide-June-2020/td-p/3326813

L1011

Travel is one of the longest-standing channels on the platform and was one of the very few FTA say 18 years ago. Not sure it had anything worth watching recently however.

Harry Palmr

Freesports has gone!

edit - it's gone from Freesat - carriage frees.

L1011

Interestingly, Travel has not actually closed. Its still running but off the EPG - its still on cable so it may be there as a distribution source.

theoneeyedman

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Freesports has gone!

edit - it's gone from Freesat - carriage frees.

Freesport still FTA on my non Freesat branded box.

Atlantic Dawn

Ballparkwise what would be the transmission costs for an SD channel per year?

icdg

All that is gone is the EPG listing on the proprietary Freesat EPG (in other words, because the term often needs clarification around here, those boxes that actually specifically say “Freesat” on their front). The channel is still broadcasting and hasn’t gone anywhere.