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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
July 24th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Won’t sleep tonight…….
Very good news……will be a good step forward
July 24th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Will this include Five HD?
July 24th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Very good news - heading in the right direction!
July 25th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
This is very good news Ilook forward to C5 on Freesat