Comments on: Channel Five Launched

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:18:27 +0000

Copied this from a forum i found.
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My email to five regarding them and freesat and the reply i received, seems like they have no plans for freesat.
Hi, I have two simple question, I hope you can answer and im sure your being asked this all the time.

[from me - five]

Will five, five us and five life be launching Free To Air and be available on the BBC/ITV Freesat service from launch?

Will five HD be launching anytime soon and be on Freesat?

[from five - me]

Thank you for your recent enquiry.

The BBC and ITV’s decision to broadcast in the clear from a different satellite is not something that Five can copy. The satellite coverage now used by the BBC can still reach parts of mainland Europe, and the Republic of Ireland. The terms of our copyright licenses effectively prohibit broadcasting outside the United Kingdom. When we acquire broadcast rights for programmes and films, these are specifically for the UK territory.

This is why Five pays BSkyB to encrypt and broadcast our channel via digital satellite.

To renegotiate our copyright licenses to include non-UK territories, thus allowing us to broadcast in the clear, would involve a significant increase in costs; as we do not sell advertising in non-UK territories, it would not make commercial sense and we would end up investing in broadcast rights that we could not generate revenue from.

We are aware that both BBC and ITV have been broadcasting unencrypted, although this has not been without difficulties; there have reportedly been legal complications arising from such an arrangement. Regardless of this, it is not necessarily fair to compare either BBC or ITV with other UK networks, as they produce and own most of their programmes; also, their size and perceived corporate strength will affect their ability to negotiate for what they want.

There are no current plans to launch a high definition service. However, we shall log your interest in seeing such a service in our Viewer Enquiries Report for the attention of all relevant personnel here at Five.

If there is anything further we can help you with, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you for your interest in Five.

Yours sincerely

Margaret

VIEWER ADVISOR
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Also i noticed this the other day http://www.flickr.com/photos/freesathd/3002989164/

By: sid

sid — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:52:58 +0000

I have just purchased a Fortec Star FS-4400 sat box , it is very good but I havent got channel 5 and it isent doing an automatic pick up ,
can anybody help please.
many thanks in hopes Sid.

By: pete black

pete black — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:07:45 +0000

Hi again
Has anyone got a SAGEM 250gig HDD TV recorder? I bought it to go with my Bush Freesat, but I don’t think that you can record onto it via SCART. I’ve tried a SCART to RF converter, but it doesn’t send a signal strong enough for the Sagem to detect it on the channel search. Beware….. I’m just going out to buy an upscaling DVD Reccorder. Have a great Xmas.

Pete

By: taffy boy

taffy boy — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:02:22 +0000

I am not to bothered about HD to be honest. People seem to forget Freesat is a FTA service and isn’t meant to try to lure people from Sky it is an alternative for people who do not yet have sat-tv. So nobody should be expecting so called premium channels to be joining Freesat , although it would be welcome. I wouldn’t waste my money anymore on Sky for their pay channels as the contents on thoses channels are repeated over and over and therefore a complete waste of money

By: Jack Sparham

Jack Sparham — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:14:59 +0000

Hello! I Have A Humax HD Freesat Box, Everything Working Brill! Five Came Up With A Normal Update Without ANY problems what-so-ever! I Don’t Know What’s With Your Boxes, But Mine Seems To Be Better Than Yours ^_^’, Anyway, Luck To All You Who Can’t Find Five, And Enjoy Whoever Has!

P.S. Oh Fiver And Five US Are Probably Coming VERY Soon.
P.S.S Also About C4 HD, I Think That Will Come As Soon As The Sky Contract Ends.
P.S.S.S I Also See Programs Like UKTV and Dave, Virgin 1 (Maybe) Sky3 (Maybe) Coming To Freesat.

So Anyway, I’m Off!

By: Tony Hewitt

Tony Hewitt — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:28:32 +0000

Pete Black wrote Does anybody know where you can get a list of the frequencies etc. of the non-freesat stations”

Try the monthly magazine “What Satellite”. Should be on sale within the next week or so from the better newsagents.

By: John

John — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:34:47 +0000

Five came up on my Goodmans HD with no problems, but then if I flick through channels it tends to lose sound & I have to unplug & replug to get it back; I think these machines have a mind of their own!

By: Baron

Baron — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:09:16 +0000

Duncan

many thanks for the tip, tried it twice and still not having it !

maybe it will update itself, but i won’t hold my breath

By: Pete Black

Pete Black — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:23:58 +0000

p.s.
Does anybody know where you can get a list of the frequencies etc. of the non-freesat stations, as my Bush doesn’t search automatically after the full install.
I’m sure that I did it when I first set the box up. Thanks

By: Pete Black

Pete Black — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:05:30 +0000

Hi all
Just discovered this site. Thanks for all the tips (being a newcomer).
Just received CH5 on my Bush HD receiver, but had to do a full install.
Was a bit scary as we are in Southern Spain, and the signal was showing
only 44%. I thought I was going to be in big trouble when the wife got home
to no channels! Picture great by the way, and the Prog Guide works.
I will try disconnecting from themains as suggested, to see if the Auto
Update works.