New Channels [NO DISCUSSION -NAME / FREQUENCY/ LCN / LAUNCH DATE ONLY]

dxhound2005 · 07-11-2020 4:55pm

It's the only one in HD. Have you got HD?

https://en.satexpat.com/tp/28.2e/11538V

Harry Palmr · 07-11-2020 5:16pm

I do have HD, one which is a bit wonky (Phase Shift error)

Gerry Wicklow · 07-11-2020 6:01pm

It wont show up by name yet only the number '22631'

dublinman1990 · 08-11-2020 6:01am

Some disappointing news has been reported in a column by Broadcast for BBC Three again.

https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/bbc3-needs-to-balance-online-and-linear/5154323.article

It is now thought that if BBC Three will come back with a linear type schedule; it will still not be coming back on traditional TV at this point. It could still remain online-only on BBC iPlayer in the UK. There has been one problem highlighted with movies shown on BBC Three in the past. Normally they were not allowed to be broadcast on iPlayer because the BBC did not have the rights to show them online. Movies shown on BBC Three in the UK back then were only available for linear TV.

So; if BBC Three comes back with a linear schedule in the not too distant future, it may or may not come back with movies in it's schedule if it's gets beefed up on iPlayer. Another problem is how to create a daily schedule for it either part time or full time. A 24/7 schedule is kind of a disaster for BBC Three because there is not enough original content to make it attractive to a new audience if it ever gets a linear schedule back at all. Sounds like a dead duck tbh.

Harry Palmr · 30-11-2020 2:36pm

Court TV yes Court TV has arrived on Freesat Ch 177.

Johnboy1951 · 10-12-2020 6:07pm

"22631"

Tried this again today and did not get any glitches or stuttering.

It appears they have ironed out the transmission glitches.

I kow little of Ayozat or their intentions on Satellite.

fryup · 25-01-2021 12:01am

Re: Sky Arts

not that i'm complaining but why would sky allow one of their flagship channels to go FTA, it doesn't make business sense

Harry Palmr · 25-01-2021 12:05am

Not sure of the logic unless Sky have a premium version with all HD content or something.

Junkyard Tom · 25-01-2021 2:21am

I'd say it's about reaching a certain socioeconomic demographic who are more likely to subscribe to their paid service.

dulpit · 25-01-2021 9:04am

Also, free to air means bigger possible audience, so possibly more expensive ads?

dubrov · 25-01-2021 10:46am

I'm pretty sure only the SD version is FTA as well. That helps advertise a Sky sub as a superior product

icdg · 25-01-2021 11:13am

Sky News has always been free to air since it launched over 30 years ago, and Pick and Challenge have been for some time. They’ve dabbled in making other channels free to air from time to time (Sky Sports News had a brief-ish stint on Freeview) Sky will do free to air if it suits them and as mentioned above this goes down well in terms of decision makers in the U.K. in particular.

Harry Palmr · 02-02-2021 12:22am

SportyStuff TV has arrived on 252 freesat it's HD or upscaled HD depending on what the coverage is. Its basically the greyhound channel again under a new guise with stuff padding out the hours.

mike2084 · 02-02-2021 12:25am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

SportyStuff TV has arrived on 252 freesat it's HD or upscaled HD depending on what the coverage is. Its basically the greyhound channel again under a new guise with stuff padding out the hours.

Will have Saturday mornings now as well.

https://www.sis.tv/news/sis-agrees-long-term-media-rights-deal-with-gtv/

Harry Palmr · 02-02-2021 12:31am

Great for this niche

Pleasantly surprised they are using a version of HD that I can watch! - the more common version won't work on my box due to hardware error (as mentioned on previous page)

mike2084 · 02-02-2021 12:39am

As far as I understand it's the SIS tracks are now going to be on RPGTV. The Racing Partnership tracks which were on RPGTV have a deal with Sky Sports Racing from Wednesday evening.

https://www.arenaracingcompany.co.uk/media-centre/news/greyhounds/arc-and-sky-sports-racing-confirm-daily-greyhound-coverage

Johnboy1951 · 02-02-2021 1:35am

Just noticed that 22631 (?) has received its new name - SportyStuff HD.

It appears to have happened this evening here.

mackersdublin · 02-02-2021 6:36pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

SportyStuff TV has arrived on 252 freesat it's HD or upscaled HD depending on what the coverage is. Its basically the greyhound channel again under a new guise with stuff padding out the hours.

Sporty Stuff TV HD launched on Freesat 250 on 21st January and on Sky 437 yesterday (1st Feb)

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/comment/98199240#Comment_98199240

https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/Changes-to-the-Sky-TV-guide-February-2021/td-p/3598168

Harry Palmr · 02-02-2021 6:50pm

Ah yes 252, must have been thinking of radio! :eek:

dublinman1990 · 08-03-2021 5:27am

2 new HD channels have come up for testing on 28.2E which are WION HD & TJC HD.

WION HD (World is One HD) - 11265 V 27500 FEC: 2/3

TJC HD (The Jewellery Channel HD) - 11686 V 23000 FEC 2/3

Sky News Radio is also testing on satellite radio feed.

dulpit · 08-03-2021 8:24am

dublinman1990 wrote: »

2 new HD channels have come up for testing on 28.2E which are WION HD & TJC HD.

WION HD (World is One HD) - 11265 V 27500 FEC: 2/3

TJC HD (The Jewellery Channel HD) - 11686 V 23000 FEC 2/3

Sky News Radio is also testing on satellite radio feed.

I assume religious and shopping channels?

Maz2016 · 08-03-2021 9:03am

dulpit wrote: »

I assume religious and shopping channels?

WION (World is One News) is an international English language news-based pay television channel in India owned by Essel Group. It is part of the Zee Media network of channels. The channel reports global news and issues.
From google

Johnboy1951 · 08-03-2021 10:22am

Maz2016 wrote: »

WION (World is One News) is an international English language news-based pay television channel in India owned by Essel Group. It is part of the Zee Media network of channels. The channel reports global news and issues.
From google

WION looks like an interesting addition.

One complaint ...... that incessant background 'musak' is annoying to the extent that I turned off the channel because of it.

If it keeps that I will delete the channel from my list again.

Johnboy1951 · 08-03-2021 11:06am

dublinman1990 wrote: »

2 new HD channels have come up for testing on 28.2E which are WION HD & TJC HD.

WION HD (World is One HD) - 11265 V 27500 FEC: 2/3

TJC HD (The Jewellery Channel HD) - 11686 V 23000 FEC 2/3

Sky News Radio is also testing on satellite radio feed.

Have you any details of Freq/Service Name?

Maz2016 · 08-03-2021 2:29pm

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Have you any details of Freq/Service Name?

Just saw this on lyngsat, don’t know if it works

https://www.lyngsat.com/radiochannels/uk/Sky-News-Radio.html

Johnboy1951 · 08-03-2021 3:49pm

Maz2016 wrote: »

Just saw this on lyngsat, don’t know if it works

https://www.lyngsat.com/radiochannels/uk/Sky-News-Radio.html

Thank you.

The channels is live on both frequencies but not transmitting content it seems when I checked.

EDIT:
Just tried again now and there is audio. So all seems good, thanks again.

It seems I caught the hourly bulletin from IRN and nothing in between, at least for now.

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fryup · 08-03-2021 6:36pm

Maz2016 wrote: »

WION (World is One News)

sounds like one of them evangelist nutjob channels

Johnboy1951 · 08-03-2021 7:10pm

fryup wrote: »

sounds like one of them evangelist nutjob channels

Maybe you should check it out before making such comment

10-03-2021 1:10pm

RTE2 +1 is now on the Sky epg on channel 202!

Thargor · 02-04-2021 10:03pm

Thanks for the Freesports tip, just realised they have the Championship League Snooker rights, fecking lovely.

Between ITV4/BBC and Freesports you have pretty much across the board snooker coverage, one of the few free sports left.

eirman · 05-04-2021 11:03am

Thargor wrote: »

Between ITV4/BBC and Freesports you have pretty much across the board snooker coverage, one of the few free sports left.

Don't forget - Quest HD sometimes broadcast live snooker.

Thargor · 05-04-2021 3:52pm

Oh yeah they were on my list aswell. Of course just as I say that the current qualifiers with a good few Irish playing are only available on the Eurosport app, not even the channel itself, they want you to pay for the app separately :rolleyes:

Piracy it is then.

Harry Palmr · 05-04-2021 4:25pm

One of the forthcoming "alt" UK news channels is currently test-carding on FTA. I think it's the one Andrew Neil is fronting.

Johnboy1951 · 05-04-2021 4:30pm

Thargor wrote: »

Oh yeah they were on my list aswell. Of course just as I say that the current qualifiers with a good few Irish playing are only available on the Eurosport app, not even the channel itself, they want you to pay for the app separately :rolleyes:

Piracy it is then.

Don't forget 'SportyStuff' - lots of less well supported sports on that as well as dog racing.

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Johnboy1951 · 05-04-2021 4:31pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

One of the forthcoming "alt" UK news channels is currently test-carding on FTA. I think it's the one Andrew Neil is fronting.

Do you have any details ..... frequency? PID? anything?

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Harry Palmr · 05-04-2021 4:54pm

11306
27500
V
QPSK
DVBS

StreetLight · 05-04-2021 5:04pm

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Do you have any details ..... frequency? PID? anything?

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The test label is 53395 and it's in HD.

cathy427 · 06-04-2021 9:31pm

Thargor wrote: »

Thanks for the Freesports tip, just realised they have the Championship League Snooker rights, fecking lovely.

Between ITV4/BBC and Freesports you have pretty much across the board snooker coverage, one of the few free sports left.

Would you mind posting/quoting the tip? Went back a few pages and cant see it.

refusetolose · 06-04-2021 10:10pm

cathy427 wrote: »

Would you mind posting/quoting the tip? Went back a few pages and cant see it.

for freesports (and QUEST HD)

11426
dvb s2
29500
vertical
QPSK
8/9

cathy427 · 06-04-2021 10:33pm

refusetolose wrote: »

for freesports (and QUEST HD)

11426
dvb s2
29500
vertical
QPSK
8/9

Brilliant. Thank you.

fryup · 07-04-2021 12:17pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

One of the forthcoming "alt" UK news channels is currently test-carding on FTA. I think it's the one Andrew Neil is fronting.

alt

Harry Palmr · 07-04-2021 12:22pm

Well that's how they are positioning themselves. Not bbc/itn/sky. Brexit broadcasting!

dublinman1990 · 10-04-2021 10:59pm

Apparently, the Chinese state news channel, CGTN is returning to UK satellite in a few weeks. It's has asked Freesat for approval to go back on it's official EPG.

https://rxtvinfo.com/2021/cgtn-to-return-within-weeks

AwaitYourReply · 12-04-2021 5:55pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

One of the forthcoming "alt" UK news channels is currently test-carding on FTA. I think it's the one Andrew Neil is fronting.

"GB NEWS" is the news channel that Andrew Neil is behind. No official launch date has been confirmed but some have speculated it may launch by June. Presenters include ex-ITN/ITV News presenter Alastair Stewart, ex-BBC News presenter Simon McCoy. ex-Sky News presenter Colin Brazier, ex-Sky Sports presenter Kirsty Gallacher and ex-BBC tv politics anchor Andrew Neil along with ex-euronews/Sky News presenter Darren McCaffrey and others. GB NEWS will not be a rolling news channel like Sky News or BBC News channel as GB NEWS has indicated that it will focus on presenter-led programming.

https://www.mediamole.co.uk/entertainment/broadcasting/news/gb-news-offers-first-look-at-on-air-branding_441450.html

https://www.mediamole.co.uk/entertainment/broadcasting/news/gb-news-signs-veteran-broadcaster-alastair-stewart_441562.html

Another future news channel expected to launch in 2021 is called: "News UK TV" and Rupert Murdoch is said to be behind this rival venture to "GB NEWS". Of course he used be associated with Sky News and BSKYB for many years along with his newspaper publishing business around the globe. No official launch date has been announced as yet but it is expected to be an online streaming service with evening broadcasts on TV although; this could all change by the time of launch.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-27/murdoch-wants-to-shake-up-u-k-news-with-aggressive-tv-service

Who will former ITV Good Morning Britain news anchor, Piers Morgan join?

Harry Palmr · 12-04-2021 6:05pm

You'd have to reckon there's only room for one of these channels and whoever gets to market first and has the most recognisable line up will be the one to survive - right now GB News is overwhelming favourite

AwaitYourReply · 12-04-2021 6:17pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

You'd have to reckon there's only room for one of these channels and whoever gets to market first and has the most recognisable line up will be the one to survive - right now GB News is overwhelming favourite

I would share the same view alright. GB NEWS would seem to have accumulated an impressive line-up of experienced professional individuals. That said, Murdoch and his family have plenty of experience and may adopt more of a wait & see approach in case GB NEWS suffers some casualties early on. A lot of egos under one roof! Meanwhile Sky News and the BBC News channel could suffer losses to their audiences too. There may need to be a significant advertising spend being placed across various media outlets as the UK and Rest of World needs to kick-start the wider economy after prolonged lockdowns & restrictions since March 2020. Interesting times ahead no doubt about it!

PabloAndRoy · 12-04-2021 7:18pm

AwaitYourReply wrote: »

I would share the same view alright. GB NEWS would seem to have accumulated an impressive line-up of experienced professional individuals. That said, Murdoch and his family have plenty of experience and may adopt more of a wait & see approach in case GB NEWS suffers some casualties early on. A lot of egos under one roof! Meanwhile Sky News and the BBC News channel could suffer losses to their audiences too. There may need to be a significant advertising spend being placed across various media outlets as the UK and Rest of World needs to kick-start the wider economy after prolonged lockdowns & restrictions since March 2020. Interesting times ahead no doubt about it!

Personally I don't find a Great Britian centric opinion driven news service very interesting. Maybe its just me, but I can't see how either of these channels are of any interest to anyone outside of a very specific demographic in the UK and expats. Its all very Brexit / Fox News in flavour.

I don't think BBC News or even Sky News have anything to worry about.

icdg · 12-04-2021 8:48pm

I don’t think either of them will succeed tbh. GB News has some heavy hitting talent on screen but tbh Sky have tried this type of programming before with Richard Littlejohn, the Pledge, and others (remember their 2005 “Appointment to View” relaunch? No? Don’t worry nobody else does either). It’s not what the U.K. is used to in terms of news. It won’t be too Fox News either, because if it is truly partisan it will get closed down by Ofcom and it will spend its entire existence trying not to get labelled as such. Don’t expect to see a British Sean Hannity or Bill O’Reilly basically.

AwaitYourReply · 13-04-2021 5:03pm

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

Personally I don't find a Great Britian centric opinion driven news service very interesting. Maybe its just me, but I can't see how either of these channels are of any interest to anyone outside of a very specific demographic in the UK and expats. Its all very Brexit / Fox News in flavour.

I don't think BBC News or even Sky News have anything to worry about.

Few of us in Ireland are likely to be enthusiastic about the pros or cons surrounding BREXIT given that it has finally happened and everyone who imports or exports directly to/from the UK or indeed via the UK as a landbridge. GB NEWS have stated that it won't follow a FOX News type model although; Murdoch backed News UK TV have indicated it will aim to be aggressive in it's approach despite the fact that OfCom will not permit standards adopted along the Fox News model to operate in the UK market.

As for BBC News and Sky News having nothing to worry about - I'm not sure this is the right approach by them as BBC has been making major cuts to many of it's services including news with regular simulcasts of the BBC News domestic UK channel & BBC World News TV for global tv audiences. Some might say this was only due to constraints associated with COVID-19 Pandemic but I'm not so sure that everything will resume in it's pre-COVID schedules as BBC is trying to reign in it's costs & expenses whilst having to pay for Free TV Licences for it's most elderly UK residents not to mention the relaunch of BBC THREE tv channel on all linear platforms from January '22.

Meanwhile, Sky News no longer appeals to me as it's become largely UK-only focused in recent years even before the change of ownership at Sky News. One expects the main British public service channels: BBC, ITV, Channel 4 to focus on UK only but Sky News recognised early on that it had a lot of viewers tuning in to it's Sky TV channels across the Republic of Ireland but now Ireland barely gets a mention apart from the occasional token report. Perhaps this approach at Sky News might change following the launch of GB NEWS and/or NEWS UK TV in the months ahead with these new services aimed at the island of Great Britain.

Gerry Wicklow · 13-05-2021 8:16am

GB News carrying now/next data but still tone and bars for now.
11307 V 27000 5/6 DVB-S QPSK ID: 53395

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