Terrestrial Digital is Back for good!!!

**dringhouses** · 30th October 2002

Hello!

Hava any of you realise terrestrial digi tv is back and if you check most channels are running!.

well still there are a few that will broadcast on the new year but i guess the ones that are there are ok for free anyway!!!!:shock:

**Daveneed** · 30th October 2002

Yes m8 Its back but as you say most are hanging back -- at least the UK History isn't too bad --- dave

**marcode** · 30th October 2002

what a lot of pish, im still gonna use my box as a fookin door stop till they get sommat worth plugging it back in for.. like free porn, etc...

everythin else i can get on sky...

full chan list http://www.mediabullet.co.uk/bullet/...?page=channels

**majicm** · 31st October 2002

porn? hardly. Don't expect any pay channels either.

Sorry mate

**marcode** · 31st October 2002

exactly my point... fook all of any interest, so they can shove it!

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**raaboy** · 1st November 2002

yes its now run by bbc/sky and called freeview... was launched this week.

http://www.freeview.co.uk/

nothing like as fancy as sky but not bad at all for free

**rolfw** · 1st November 2002

If you look at the target population, ie those who are not interested in pay TV, then it is an excellent product and I can see it taking off in a big way. Before anyone says anything, by "those who are not interested in pay TV" I do not include the people who want for nothing, what everyone else pays for, I mean the people who have never had more than the 5 terrestrial channels.

**drfelix** · 2nd November 2002

hmmmm and wheres the cartoons please????

**probsat** · 2nd November 2002

Hi
Just spare a thought for the poor people with only 5 channels.
This service is ok for them.

I feel sorry for the folks who cannot get cable and are also not allowed to instal a dish.

Psat

**ricky321** · 3rd November 2002

If you are one of the 25% who need an ariel upgrade its cheaper to get sky and all those free shopping channels.
Freeviews no substitute for On/ITV digital

**StephenR** · 4th November 2002

I think it's very good value. I'd happily pay twice as much subscription!

**majicm** · 6th November 2002

@ Ricky:

Freeview isn't supposed to be a substitute for On/ITV.

There's no business model. It's just a way of getting everyone on to digital tv so eventually the analogue signals can go.

**DAN006** · 7th November 2002

FREE TV 4EVA

**pop** · 11th November 2002

get sky get fta card get cartoons tcm better channels rm wins ether way on dig i have not pluged it in and i dont think i will with crap on it it should be called on shite

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**rolfw** · 11th November 2002

@ pop, its not called On Dig', that was something that died quite some time ago, its called Freeview. :rolls:

**jason_jb2000** · 11th November 2002

what channels do u get with sky fta??

**Ringostar** · 13th November 2002

using my elite skill at going to sky.com and having a look i have deduced dear watson that the following channels are available...

Non-subscription channels

BBC1
BBC2
BBC Choice
BBC News 24
BBC Parliament
BBC Four
CBBC
Cbeebies
ITV1
CNN
Channel 4 plus S4C and S4C2
Channel 5
BBC (Radio 1-3, 4FM and LW, 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra, World Service, Radio Scotland, Radio Wales, Radio Ulster, Asian Network
Classic FM
Classic Gold
The Mix
Planet Rock
Core
Virgin Radio
Capital Gold
Xfm
Youthfm.com
Heart FM
WRN Euro Max

Sky News and QVC are available without a viewing card

**rolfw** · 13th November 2002

That list isn't really accurate, this one probably has inaccuracies as well, but should be better.

Without a card at all:

Travel Channel
Channel Health
Life TV
Fashion TV
Game Network
You TV
Rapture
Avago
BEN
Reality TV
TCM
Racing Channel / TRNI American Racing
Go Barking Mad
Motors TV
Extreme Sports
Chart Show TV
Sky News
BBC Parliament
CNN News
S4C2
ITV News
Euronews
Simply Nature
Simply Nostalgia
Boomerang
TV Job Shop
Community
Dating Channel
txt me
Foreign Language Channels - including :-
801
B4U Music (was on 668)
807
MTA (was on 675)
819
Al Jazeera (was on 674 then on 806)

Added if you get the Free To View card from the BBC

BBC One
BBC Two
ITV1
Channel 4
Channel 5
BBC Choice
After 7PM - will change name at some point (BBC3 ?)
BBC Four
Channel Starts at 7PM (Was BBC Knowledge on Channel 573)
BBC News 24
CBBC
CBeebies
Radio 5
Sports Radio
Radio 5 Live SportsX

**pop** · 14th November 2002

free shit then

**rolfw** · 14th November 2002

Agreed the line up is crappy compared to Sky, Cable and ITV Digital, but Sky and cable are expensive, ITV Digital have gone out of business and this is aimed at the general public that don't want pay TV. To them its a vast improvement on 5 channels and if the people that I've spoken to in the past month or so are anything to go by, it will be a popular.