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According to Wotsat (What Satellite & Digital TV), an announcement of when channel FIVE will join Freesat is ‘imminent’.
Emma Scott, Freesat MD, told Wotsat that channel Five have settled issues with rights holders and will set a launch date shortly.
“Five are coming on this year and we are hoping for an announcement shortly. They would have liked to have been there at the launch, but it was not possible because of rights issues.”
Fiver and Five US are still not expected to be available on Freesat anytime soon. We were led to beleive this was due to available space on the tighter Astra2D beam, but Wotsat suggest its due to new terms with programme makers.
Thank you Wotsat for the information.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
That is good news. I shall be checking back here regularily in anticipation of the launch date
SteveQuote
July 24th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Won’t sleep tonight…….
Very good news……will be a good step forward
MJVQuote
July 24th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Will this include Five HD?
NickQuote
July 24th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Very good news – heading in the right direction!
AlQuote
July 25th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
This is very good news Ilook forward to C5 on Freesat
Roger BQuote
August 20th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
good news – once 5 is on I will finally take the plunge and get 2 freesat boxes for our home.
Simon S.Quote
August 26th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I may be being a bit pinikety here but how long is shortly ? that announcment was made sometime ago… besides which one of the stated aims of freesat is to assist people who cant get a good freeview signal many who can get freeview have trouble with five so please get it on freesat and i bet the take up figures will increase. its hardly rocket science
Dave KQuote
September 1st, 2008 at 6:46 pm
if Five HD appears on Freesat, does this mean that it will also be available on Sky HD. ITV HD is currently not available on Sky HD.
John BQuote
October 19th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
October 19th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
October 27th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
‘imminent’
Well i think that was wrong its now 27th October and still no Ch5 or fiver news.
PeterQuote
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:05 pm
What’s happened to this “imminent” announcement from FIVE then? More than 3 months later and still nothing. Come on FIVE, get a move on, the year is nearly over!
SimonQuote
May 20th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Well, its now May 09, we have just had Freesat installed and still no sign of Channel 5 HD, only BBD and ITV via the red button. What’s the point of giving false information and us all sitting in anticipation of something that isn’t going to be ‘imminent’. Has Channel 5 made up its mind yet if its going to be this year? Where is the competition with SKY Free to Air if UK channel providers can’t get their act together.
AnneQuote
May 20th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Not sure any information was given to suggest that Five HD would be coming? Plus we have since dropped in to recession, many broadcasters are holding back on investment into new technology.
adminQuote
May 20th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Well yes that could be a good reason for not rolling it out. However, I do know that there is a 3 month waiting list for SKY customers to change to HD from SD, so that highlights that the customers are still there willing to pay for the extra quality. Do yo have any idea when Channel 4 or Channel 5 might transmit in HD via Freesat?
AnneQuote
September 16th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Mid September 2010. Where is Five on Freesat? I can’t get can anyone?
TonyQuote
December 26th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
can anyone tell me when or if more five channels and dave will be coming to freesat ?
marcQuote
March 6th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Ive been told its possible to get sky news on freesat is this true and if so how do you do it.Also is it true that fiver and five USA will be coming to freesat sometime this year
Steve cheltenhamQuote