freesatadvice.co.uk » five http://freesatadvice.co.uk Independent news, information and advice on the freesat satellite service from the BBC & ITV. As we are not connected to freesat all out information is impartial and unbiased Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:35:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 freesat officially announce channel five http://freesatadvice.co.uk/2008/11/freesat-officially-announce-channel-five/ http://freesatadvice.co.uk/2008/11/freesat-officially-announce-channel-five/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:52:02 +0000 admin http://blog.freesatadvice.co.uk/?p=322 freesat today 5th November have officially announced channel five will finally be joining the freesat EPG on Tuesday 18th November.

The press release reads:

Freesat, the free-to-air digital satellite TV service, today announced the forthcoming addition of Five onto the platform on Tuesday November 18.

Since launching in 1997, Five has developed a strong reputation for a wide [...]]]> Five Logofreesat today 5th November have officially announced channel five will finally be joining the freesat EPG on Tuesday 18th November.

The press release reads:

Freesat, the free-to-air digital satellite TV service, today announced the forthcoming addition of Five onto the platform on Tuesday November 18.

Since launching in 1997, Five has developed a strong reputation for a wide mix of entertainment, documentaries, features, news, sport and children’s programmes.

The channel’s Autumn schedule includes: Paul Merton in India, 1968 Unseen, Dangerous Adventures for Boys, Unbreakable and Axe Men.

Commenting on the addition of Five to the service, Freesat MD Emma Scott said “We’ve been looking forward to welcoming Five onto Freesat since we launched – and we know viewers have too. Five is a fantastic addition and we’re thrilled that the large number of homes that have already chosen Freesat will now be able to enjoy Five alongside around 140 other channels available without a subscription or contract.”

Charles Constable, Director of Strategy at Five, said “I am delighted that Five will be available to Freesat viewers. Our launch will support three of Five’s objectives: to be universally available throughout the UK, to let viewers watch our programmes on the platform of their choice, and to enable as many people as possible to watch Five free of charge.”

Five will automatically be added via viewers’ Freesat digital boxes or integrated TVs to channel 105, so viewers will not need to take any action to access the channel.

]]> http://freesatadvice.co.uk/2008/11/freesat-officially-announce-channel-five/feed/ 0 Channel Five goes Free To Air http://freesatadvice.co.uk/2008/11/channel-five-goes-free-to-air/ http://freesatadvice.co.uk/2008/11/channel-five-goes-free-to-air/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:49:47 +0000 admin http://blog.freesatadvice.co.uk/?p=320 Channel 5 has today 3rd November gone free to air and it is anticipated that it will finally be included in the freesat EPG later this week, up to now Five has been free to view basically meaning it was encrypted but free to watch with a freesat from Sky card to unencrypted the channel, [...]]]> Five LogoChannel 5 has today 3rd November gone free to air and it is anticipated that it will finally be included in the freesat EPG later this week, up to now Five has been free to view basically meaning it was encrypted but free to watch with a freesat from Sky card to unencrypted the channel, now it is available for everyone without encryption.

Five should take up its reserved position in the freesat at EPG at 105 later in the week, if you wish do a non freesat tune in the mean time it is available at 10773 H 22000 5/6 ID 6335.

It appear Five is using a BBC transponder on Astra satellite 2D which has a narrow beam focusing on the UK thus overcoming broadcasting rights issues outside the UK.

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