British FTA card

jb007 · 08-09-2001 9:34pm #1

What tv + radio channels are available with a British non-subscription FTA viewing card. I am considering getting one and would like to receive radio 5 live.

byte · 09-09-2001 12:01pm

With the UK FTV card you would get:
BBC 1
BBC 2 (all regions)
Channel Four
Channel 5
BBC Parliament
BBC News 24
BBC Choice
BBC Knowledge
All major BBC radio channels inc. R 5 Live
ITV1 & ITV2 (when it becomes available)

jb007 · 09-09-2001 5:20pm

Thanks for the info Will

Richard · 10-09-2001 8:56am

Originally posted by irishblimp
With the UK FTV card you would get:
BBC 1
BBC 2 (all regions)
Channel Four
Channel 5
BBC Parliament
BBC News 24
BBC Choice
BBC Knowledge
All major BBC radio channels inc. R 5 Live
ITV1 & ITV2 (when it becomes available)

And I think, Sky News, Shopping Channels, Religious channels and I think one or two of the Music Channels. Though I could be wrong on that.

10-09-2001 10:30am

Unfortunately the Q music channel was fta untill a month or so ago but is now family pack-or possibly that bare min thingy offering sky have,there are no other fta or ftv music channels left

BBC knowledge is imo a totally excellent channel
All the usuals( that don't require any card) are there also (Cnn,ITN, Euronews etc)
An interesting development is that Boomerang is there as a 24hr cartoon channel also totally fta-I'm partial to all those old hanna Barbara catoons myself.....
mm

Mossy Monk · 11-09-2001 1:55am

but Boomerang isn't 24 hour

i wish it was

11-09-2001 1:02pm

why when does it close?
i wouldnt be up at night looking at it...
had read on media bullet that it was 24hr
mm

Mossy Monk · 11-09-2001 8:28pm

it is on air between 6am and midnight

byte · 11-09-2001 10:21pm

Boomerang isn't 24 hours yet though it will soon change. I think within next few weeks. I believe the channel has been a huge success probably coz it's free. Wonder why Cartoon Network itself isn't free on digital satellite. Or Eurosport and EurosportNews for that matter. They're FTA on other satellites.:(

Richard · 12-09-2001 8:44am

Originally posted by irishblimp
Boomerang isn't 24 hours yet though it will soon change. I think within next few weeks. I believe the channel has been a huge success probably coz it's free. Wonder why Cartoon Network itself isn't free on digital satellite. Or Eurosport and EurosportNews for that matter. They're FTA on other satellites.:(

Eurosport has never been free on any UK digital platform. When OnDigital started it was a primary channel, and it still is to this day. I imagine they are using the subscription money they get (which, to be honest, can't be that much) to plough into the British Europsort version.

British FTA card

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