FilmFour free this weekend

celticfc

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Film Four have announced that its 3 channels will be free this weekend (1st-3rd April) to non-subscribers for both digital cable and satellite viewers.



The following are some of the films being shown during the free period:


Dancing At Lughnasa
Cyrano De Bergerac
Pitch Black
Battle Royale II
Sunset Boulevard
The Land Girls
The Green Mile
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Cypher
Requiem For A Dream
Birthday Girl

Sparky

Battle Royale II, must put that into the Sky+ planner

slegs

if you record these movies in Sky+ in the free period will you still be able to view them after the weekend?

Gadgie

slegs wrote:

if you record these movies in Sky+ in the free period will you still be able to view them after the weekend?

No. The same goes for any other program you record and later downgrade your subscription.

On the plus side, you can record something now that you don't have the subscription to watch, but if you upgrade your sub later on to include that channel you can watch it then.

Mossy Monk

i recorded a NASN freeview on my Sky+ and was still able to view it after the channel encrypted again

gorm

Can't receive it on my FTA receiver, is it FTV maybe?

Sparky

Gadgie wrote:

No. The same goes for any other program you record and later downgrade your subscription.

On the plus side, you can record something now that you don't have the subscription to watch, but if you upgrade your sub later on to include that channel you can watch it then.

Not the case. Last time there was a free weekend with filmfour
I recorded Dark Water and Battle Royal 1 and was able to watch them WEEKS after the free weekend.
I would still have them but i had to reset my box just before christmas.

I even had one exampe of the box fcuking up and it let me watch a Box office movie months after i originally watched it.

chorus techy

gorm wrote:

Can't receive it on my FTA receiver, is it FTV maybe?

Aye, you need a sky viewing card WITH a fully active subscription (ie. Value Pack or higher) otherwise you cannot see it. FTV sky card's don't allow access either.

chorus techy

Gadgie wrote:

No. The same goes for any other program you record and later downgrade your subscription.

On the plus side, you can record something now that you don't have the subscription to watch, but if you upgrade your sub later on to include that channel you can watch it then.

No the box "remembers" you had the subscription at the time and so lets you access. If you want to prove this, record the freeviews on FilmFour during the day (advertisements maybe, but how and ever) and then try playing it back once a film comes on (and the channel goes into fully encrypted mode).

Gadgie

Sorry lads, I don't have Sky+ - I was going by a post that I read here a few months back. Maybe things have changed since then?

corm500

I recorded Sunset Blvd,Battle Royale 2 and Small Time Crooks over the freeview weekend and they are still watchable on my Sky+ box. Watched Small Time Crooks last night, V. Funny.

Corm500