Free La Liga matchdays for Sky viewers as La Liga TV announces Sky launch

Free La Liga matchdays for Sky viewers as La Liga TV announces Sky launch LaLigaTV is set to launch on Sky on 13th January, exclusively broadcasting all live matches for 2020. (apart from those La Liga matches that kick off in the 3pm Saturday afternoon slot, which will be delayed in the UK until after […]

5Spike set to close in January 2020

5Spike set to close in January 2020 5Spike, the channel operated by Channel 5 owners Viacom, will close down on the 7th January 2020. Its content will be split across Viacoms other channels, mainly the Paramount Network channel.

Ruiz V Joshua 2 - Saturday December 7 Saudi Arabia

Ruiz V Joshua 2 – Saturday December 7 Saudi Arabia The highly-anticipated rematch between unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. and former champion Anthony Joshua will take place on December 7 in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. The fight is expected to take place at approx 2100 UK time. In the UK you can watch Ruiz V […]

Euro 2020 - UK TV coverage announced by BBC and ITV

Euro 2020 – UK TV coverage announced by BBC and ITV BBC and ITV have agreed how they are going to split coverage of Euro 2020 football competition. This competition sees the teams play at various locations around Europe, rather than the competition being based solely in one country. The BBC has secured the right […]

Whats on BBC TV during Christmas and New Year 2019 / 20

Whats on BBC TV during Christmas and New Year 2019 / 20 Includes the return of Doctor Who, and new three part drams from the Sherlock producers, Dracula. Saturday, December 14 Strictly Come Dancing final 2019 – 19.05, BBC One

BT Sports holds onto UK rights for UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League

BT Sports holds onto UK rights for UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League BT has maintained its hold on European football coverage. The telco has made a clean sweep of the rights packages to the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League until 2024 in a £1.2 billion bid. The deal, […]

Sky Deutschland to increase security to combat piracy

Sky Deutschland to increase security to combat piracy German pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland is set to implement the same “anti card sharing” security as Sky UK in a bid to combat piracy of its channels. Through the so-called unique pairing, the Sky receiver is paired up with the smartcard and no longer functions in third-party […]

Sky and Warner / HBO extent deal

Sky and Warner / HBO extent deal Sky has confirmed an extension to its output deal with HBO and Warner Bros. Sky customers will continue to enjoy first-run access to WarnerBros movies, plus ongoing access to Turner movie and children’s channels as part of a new deal.

Intelsat successfully launch their "Mission Extension Vehicle, or MEV" for their old satellites

Intelsat successfully launch their “Mission Extension Vehicle, or MEV” for their old satellites This one is for those watching / hacking into the Freeview back up on Intelsat 907. The Intelsat 907 satellite is approaching its end of life…Intelsat has updated their “Estimated End Of Life” expectancy for the Intelsat-907 satellite to Q1 2020. This […]

Sky TV Channel Changes - October 2019

Sky TV Channel Changes – October 2019 Sky has revised their channel line-up, with the launch of the the new Sky Crime channel. And follows the closure of the Real Lives channel. The new Sky Crime HD channel can now be found on Sky channel number

Satellite Solar Outage Time Again - October 2019

Satellite Solar Outage Time Again – October 2019 It is that time of year again when the Sun / Solar Outage can affect the power of satellite signals your satellite dish is receiving, resulting in a loss of some of the more weaker UK TV channels. This is information for people who may be experiencing […]

Police raid illegal streaming service platforms across Europe

Police raid illegal streaming service platforms across Europe Yesterday (18/09/19) Police in Italy, the Netherlands, France, and Bulgaria raided multiple locations in an effort to shut down what they say is the back end of many illegal IPTV services. Xstream-codes.com is reportedly the company behind the software systems that run many IPTV services according to […]

F1 on C4 for more years as C4 and Sky extend partnership

F1 on C4 for more years as C4 and Sky extend partnership Sky and Channel 4 have announced an extension to their live sport, advertising and on-demand content partnership Following a successful 2019 season, highlights of Formula 1® and live coverage of the British Grand Prix will continue to be broadcast on Channel 4 as […]

BBC to switch off Red Button text service in 2020

BBC to switch off Red Button text service in 2020 The BBC is to switch off the news and sport text services on the TV red button early next year. The decision spells the end of reading headlines, football scores, weather, travel news and more on TV sets, 45 years after the launch of Ceefax. […]

La Liga UK TV rights announced

La Liga UK TV rights announced Premier Sports has been announced as the UK TV rights holder for La Liga football rights until the end of the 2021-22 season. Coverage will be found on La Liga TV, which will appear on the Premier Player streaming service from October, to followed by a launch on Sky […]

New UK La Liga rights announcement expected soon

New UK La Liga rights announcement expected soon Javier Tebas, the president of La Liga, Spain’s top-flight soccer body, has confirmed a new TV rights deal for the UK and Ireland will be signed before the next round of fixtures, which starts 13th September. Having failed to agree a long-term media rights deal before the […]

Good Food channel to close soon

Good Food channel to close soon The Good Food channel is closing down on the 13th September 2019, according to new owners Discovery. Good Food programmes will moved to The Food Network, also owned by Discovery.

Viacom threatening to pull its channels from Virgin Media in Carriage fee dispute

Viacom threatening to pull its channels from Virgin Media in Carriage fee dispute Viacom, which owns Channel 5, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV and VH-1 were threatened with a blackout on Virgin Media over the weekend, due to a carriage fee dispute An on-screen messages appearing to Virgin Media UK customers on numerous channels overnight said […]

Sky to launch two new channels - Crime and Comedy

Sky to launch two new channels – Crime and Comedy Sky has announced plans for two new channels, Sky Crime and Sky Comedy These will be added to the Sky Entertainment package.

BBC HD channels...still getting callouts and emails about this...

I am still getting one or two calls about Freesat boxes not receiving the BBC HD channels, when they used to. I did mention this back in December – https://www.satandpcguy.com/2018/12/09/recently-lost-bbc-hd-channels-on-freesat-then-read-this/ This issue was down to changes made to the BBC HD channels by the BBC back in December 2018, but some Freesat HD boxes have […]

La Liga UK TV Rights...deal done, for the first three weeks only

La Liga UK TV Rights…deal done, for the first three weeks only The continuing saga of La Liga rights in the UK continues. Broadcast rights for La Liga for the next three seasons had failed to sell, threatening a television blackout of this season’s La Liga matches, despite the lure of major clubs including Real […]

CNN HD change of frequency on the Astra 2 UK TV satellites.

CNN HD change of frequency CNN HD has changed frequencies on the Astra 2 UK TV satellites. Sky and Freesat boxes will have automatically updated to the new frequency. For other satellite receivers, like GI, Iberosat, Vu, Ariva, etc you will have to scan its new frequency of 11671 H DVB-S2 8PSK SR 23000 FEC […]

Mass cull of expat Sky cards...

Mass cull of expat Sky cards… According to reports Sky have, last week and this week, switched off many Sky cards being used by expats to view UK TV. Many people have seen a loss of access to the Sky pay channels, and although contacting their card provider, new cards are not thought to be […]

La Liga on UK TV: "no satisfactory bids were received"

La Liga on UK TV: “no satisfactory bids were received” With less than a month to kick off, Spain’s La Liga has failed to find a home for its U.K. and Ireland broadcasting rights. La Liga issued notice on Tuesday 30th July 2019 to interested parties withdrawing its invitation to tender offers. Broadcasters had been […]

Sony Rebranding their channels again in September.

Sony Rebranding their channels again in September. On Tuesday 10th September, Sony Pictures Television will be rebrand, again, their free-to-air portfolio of channels. True Entertainment will become Sony Channel. Its current mix of aging US dramas will be enhanced with Charlie’s Angels, Starsky & Hutch, and something completely different: re-runs of Who Wants To Be […]

Britbox, from BBC and ITV, to launch later this year.

Britbox, from BBC and ITV, to launch later this year. BBC and ITV’s new UK streaming subscription service BritBox will launch later this year at £5.99 a month, the broadcasters haveconfirmed today. The new service, which has been described as being ‘truly British’, will launch in the UK between October and December. The Britbox service […]

TCM HD to close on Sky

TCM HD to close on Sky Turner Classic Movies, TCM, will cease the transmission of their HD channel on Sky next week. On 25th July 2019, TCM HD will cease to be broadcast on Sky channel 315. However, viewers will continue to be able to receive the standard definition version of TCM in its place […]

Discovery Channel Number Changes in July 2019

Discovery Channel Number Changes in July 2019 Discovery is to shuffle some of its channels numbers on Sky. Most of these changes are due to the recent acquisition of three UKTV channels (Good Food, Really and Home) and in the aftermath of its takeover of Scripps Networks (Food Network, Travel Channel) The main Discovery channel […]

Live Cricket back on the BBC from 2020

Live Cricket back on the BBC from 2020 In light of England winning the Cricket World Cup yesterday, with a peak of over 8million watching on Channel 4 and Sky Sports, a reminder that English international and domestic cricket will be shown live on BBC TV from 2020. In a five-year deal with the England […]

Cricket World Cup final between England and New Zealand live and free on Channel 4

Cricket World Cup final between England and New Zealand live and free on Channel 4 The Cricket World Cup final between England and New Zealand is to be broadcast live and free on Channel 4, in a deal with Sky. Channel 4 say “After striking a deal with @skysports, the Cricket World Cup final between […]

Freesports confirms HD launch on Freesat

Freesports confirms HD launch on Freesat Freesports has confirmed that its Freesports HD channel will also be available to Freesat customers when it launches later this month. Originally Freesports had only confirmed its HD channel would be launched on Sky TV on the 15th July 2019, with mentioned of a Freesat launch missing. But it […]

IPTV Buffering and Freezing - try these tips

IPTV Buffering and Freezing – try these tips Do you have an IPTV sytems? Do you suffer from buffering issues? Do you suffer from very slow channel loading? Do you suffer from slow response when you swap or try to “channel zap”? Yes, IPTV buffering is annoying, but it can be down to a number […]

Discovery set to rebard Home to Home and Garden TV (HGTV)

Discovery set to rename Home to Home and Garden TV (HGTV) As part of its channel restructure, Discovery have today announced that Home will be rebranded to Home and Garden TV (HGTV). Discovery acquired channels Home, Really and Good Food two weeks ago as part of a deal with BBC Studios when the two owners […]

Summer BBC Red Button stream added to Sky and Freesat EPGs today.

Summer BBC BBC Red Button stream added to Sky and Freesat EPGs today. As per our previous post ( https://www.satandpcguy.com/2019/05/31/bbc-red-button-streams-for-summer-2019/ ) , the “temporary” BBC Red Button streams have been added to Sky and Freesat EPGs today. These will offer additional matched from Wimbledon. But, unlike previous years, it appears that these will not be […]

Sony TV´s True Crime channel set to close again

Sony TV True Crime channel set to close again The True Crime channel, available across the UK on Sky and Virgin Media, looks like it will be closing on the 30th June 2019. On both Sky and Virgin the TV guides advise viewers that from the morning of 1st July 2019, programmes are “no longer […]

WWE : moves from Sky to BT Sport

BT Sport agree new multi-year deal to become the exclusive new home of WWE in the UK and Ireland. BT Sport has announced an exclusive new partnership with WWE. The multi-year agreement will make WWE’s weekly flagship programming available exclusively on BT Sport in the U.K. and Ireland from January 2020.

BBC to show all Wimbledon matches live in HD for first time

BBC to show all Wimbledon matches live in HD for first time… …but not on satellite or terrestrial (Freeview) The BBC will show every match from Wimbledon’s 18 courts live in HD for the first time ever this year. The Wimbledon tournament starts on Monday, 1 July and coverage will be available across the BBC’s […]

A story about satellite dish performance in the Costa Blanca North area...

A story about satellite dish performance in the Costa Blanca North area… I told this story to a colleague this week, who found it amusing also.. A few weeks ago I was installing a satellite dish for a client, who wanted UK Freesat. The client was inside waiting for me to finish, when a neighbour […]

Freesports to launch in HD on Sky soon

Freesports to launch in HD on Sky soon FreeSports has announced that it will : “officially launch in HD on Sky UK on July 15th! This means #LIVE & #FREE football, rugby, cricket, motorsports, ice hockey, boxing and much more in HD!” Freesports is on Freesat channel 252, and Sky channel 422.

Freeview changes Monday 10th June 2019

Freeview changes Monday 10th June 2019 On Monday 10th June, the following channel changes will take place for Freeview. The changes are part of the preparation for the split of the UKTV Group of channels, where the current portfoilio of channels will be split between BBC Studios and Discovery. Home is to be taken over […]

"Smart IPTV" App removed from Samsung Tvs.

“Smart IPTV” App removed from Samsung Tvs. There have been reports this week that the Smart IPTV app, used for streaming live TV, has been removed from many Samsung Tvs. It has been removed from Samsung TVs in the latest software update for the TVs.

Champions League final 2019, Tottenham vs Liverpool - TV Channel and streaming coverage

Champions League final 2019, Tottenham vs Liverpool – TV Channel and streaming coverage Tottenham and Liverpool meet in Madrid tonight for the first all-English Champions League final since 2008 when Manchester United triumphed over Chelsea on penalties. The champions League final will take place on Saturday, June 1. Kick off is scheduled for 8pm BST […]

BBC Red Button Streams for Summer 2019

BBC Red Button Streams for Summer 2019 As usual, the BBC will be launching some extra “Red Button” streams on satellite TV over the summer. These “pop up” channels allow the BBC to show a bit more Sport over the summer months, including multiple Wimbledon courts. They are also used for Glastonbury, showing multiple stages […]

Barcelona vs Valencia - Copa del Rey final 2019 - TV Schedule

Barcelona vs Valencia – Copa del Rey final 2019 – TV Schedule Barcelona are eyeing the domestic double when they take on Valencia in this Saturday’s Copa de Rey final. The Barcelona giants have the opportunity to win this trophy for the fifth successive time, whilst in-form Valencia last lifted it back in 2008. THIS […]

ITV announces new Emirates FA Cup broadcast deal

ITV announces new Emirates FA Cup broadcast deal Further to out post a week ago ( https://www.satandpcguy.com/2019/05/19/the-fa-cup-is-set-to-be-broadcast-exclusively-on-free-to-air-television-from-the-2021-22-season/ ) ITV has announced a new broadcast deal to show the Emirates FA Cup, making the competition available entirely free-to-air to viewers from 2021. The new four-year deal with The Football Association [The FA] will see comprehensive coverage […]

The FA Cup is set to be broadcast exclusively on free-to-air television from the 2021-22 season

The FA Cup is set to be broadcast exclusively on free-to-air television from the 2021-22 season According to a report published in the Times, ITV have reached an agreement with the FA over a four-year package from the start of the 2021-22 campaign that will guarantee a larger television audience for the oldest national football […]

Channel 4 to show highlights of 2019 Cricket World Cup

Channel 4 to show highlights of 2019 Cricket World Cup Channel 4 will show highlights of the 2019 Cricket World Cup which opens when England take on South Africa on 30 May. The highlights are part of a sub-licensing agreement which was struck with the global rights holder Star Sports and Sky, which holds the […]

UKTV Channels split between BBC and Discovery

UKTV Channels split between BBC and Discovery
(Reuters) – Discovery Inc and the BBC have agreed to split up broadcaster UKTV and strike a new 10-year agreement that will lead to the creation of a new global subscription video-on-demand service, the two companies said on Monday.
The new...

Recent raids on pirate TV services across the UK and Europe

Recent raids on pirate TV services across the UK and Europe
Last week police forces in Spain, UK, and Denmark, carried out what is being described as the “largest ever” operation against a pirate IPTV network. Five people have been arrested, accused of crimes including IP violations,...

IPL UK rights: BT Sport to show every game in 2019

IPL UK rights: BT Sport to show every game in 2019
UK broadcaster BT Sport has secured rights to every match of the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament.
BT confirmed the deal via its official Twitter account just days after pay-TV rival Sky Sports revealed that it had...

FA Cup Semi Final UK TV Details, and BBCs FA Cup Broadcast Contract Extended

FA Cup Semi Final UK TV Details, and BBCs FA Cup Broadcast Contract Extended
Manchester City’s FA Cup semi-final against Brighton will be played on Saturday 6 April at 17:30 BST and broadcast live on the BBC.
The other semi-final tie between Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers will take...

MBC secures broadcast rights for Formula One for MENA region

MBC secures broadcast rights for Formula One for MENA region
The MBC Group has acquired five-year exclusive rights to the FIA Formula One race weekends.
MBC will offer F1 racing free-to-air in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) area. MBC will air all stages of the tournament, including...

F1 2019. Some interesting details on the Sky and Channel 4 deal

F1 2019. Some interesting details on the Sky and Channel 4 deal
Sky start the first year of their 5 year exclusive live deal for F1 on UK TV. Only the British Grand Prix will be shown live and free, on Channels 4. Channel 4 will show highlights of qualifying and races.
However, some details have...

BBC Programme Guide Problems

BBC Programme Guide Problems
For the last few week, the BBC have been having problems with their programme guide data they send to Sky, Freesat and Freeview boxes.
Amongst the problems :
– BBC One HD and BBC Two HD not showing the programmes are in HD (the HD indicator is not...

Some UK and Spanish TV Sports rights news

Some UK and Spanish TV Sports rights news
Indycar UK TV
As reported yesterday, Sky Sports have the UK rights for the Indycar series, taking over from BT Sports
Most races will be shown on Sky Sports F1, but perhaps on some other Sky Sports channels if and when there are some overlaps
UK Football...

BT Sport loses IndyCar rights

BT Sport loses IndyCar rights
BT Sport will not broadcast coverage of the IndyCar Series this season after losing the rights to the championship.
BT Sport have covered Indycar since 2013.
BT Sport Indycar commentator Tom Gaynor said “Unfortunately it looks like IndyCar will not be on BT...

Subscription based BBC-ITV, dubbed "Britflix", Netflix rival due to be announced soon

Subscription based BBC-ITV, dubbed “Britflix”, Netflix rival due to be announced soon
A BBC and ITV joint venture will see the launch of a subscription based on demand service for archive content, set to rival to Netflix from the BBC and ITV could be announced as soon as Wednesday,...

Loss of UK satellite TV signals in the morning? Its the biannual solar outage time

Loss of UK satellite TV signals in the morning? Its the biannual solar outage time
It’s that time of year again when you can lose your UK TV satellite signals for a few minutes mid morning.
Don’t panic – it is the bi-annual sun outage and normal this time of year.
The solar...

Intelsat 907 (BBC Satback) at 27.5 West update

Intelsat 907 (BBC Satback) at 27.5 West update
Intelsat has updated their “Estimated End Of Life” expectancy for I907 to Q1 2020.
IIRC the previous was Q4 2019.
Looking at the document, it looks like a few other Intelsat satellites are due to have their life extended by about 4...

La Liga UK Rights...lost by Eleven Sports, moves to Premier and ITV4

La Liga UK Rights…lost by Eleven Sports, moves to Premier and ITV4
Premier Sports has confirmed it has acquired the Pay TV rights to show Spain’s La Liga, weeks after it secured the rights to show a number of international leagues previously covered by Eleven Sports.
Premier Sports...

Channel 4’s Formula 1 Coverage : Billy Monger joins presenting team

Channel 4’s Formula 1 Coverage : Billy Monger joins presenting team
Channel 4 have today officially confirmed their coverage plans for the 2019 Formula One season.
Channel 4 will air highlights of every round plus live coverage of the British Grand Prix.
Steve Jones continues with the team in h...

Sky TV price increases expected on 1st April 2019

Sky TV price increases expected on 1st April 2019
Sky is to increase the price of some of its TV and broadband deals from Monday 1 April 2019
The changes have been noticed as Sky has updated some of its website terms and conditions to say prices will be increasing from Monday 1 April, though it...

Satellite installers in Spain still not knowing about their job!

Satellite installers in Spain still not knowing about their job!
Saw this recently posted on an internet forum :
“The world is full of of people telling you what is good and what is not we have been here 16 years…I have a vast knowledge of satellite…we all know is not legal...

Eleven Sports lose more football rights

Eleven Sports lose more football rights
Sports streaming service Eleven Sports will cease broadcasting Serie A and Eredivisie football from the end of February.
It follows the termination of an agreement with rights manager IMG and Eleven Sports, which will see both leagues move to Premier...

BBC moving to Belgium after Brexit?

BBC moving to Belgium after Brexit?
The BBC is reportedly looking for a European base of operations post-Brexit, altough the broadcaster remains tight-lipped about such a move.
“The BBC is planning, given Brexit, to open a major base on the continent,” a Belgian government source told AFP, con...

Six Nations 2019 on TV

Six Nations 2019 on TV

The 2019 Guinness Six Nations takes place between 1 February and 16 March 2019.
TV coverage and match schedule can be found here : https://www.satandpcguy.com/live-sport-on-tv/live-rugby-union-on-satellite/six-nations-rugby-on-tv/six-nations-rugby-on-tv-2019/

Food Network & Travel Channel: new satellite frequencies

Food Network & Travel Channel: new satellite frequencies
Food Network and Travel Channel are both operated by Discovery Networks.
In the last few weeks, Discovery have been changing frequencies of some of the satellite channels.
This also meant that DMAX, which was pay, is now free to...

Police raids on 300 Bars in the Valencia region for illegal TV

Police raids on 300 Bars in the Valencia regions for illegal TV
Nearly 300 establishments, mostly bars, but also betting shops, were inspected in December 2018 throughout the Valencian Region in a operation against the “piracy of the television signals” particularly football broadcasts of La Lig...

What is the best Wi-Fi in the Costa Blanca area?

What is the best Wi-Fi in the Costa Blanca area?
Firstly, you need to understand what Wi-Fi actually is.
Wi-Fi is the name of technology used for wireless local area networking of devices. In other words, the wireless signals from a router to a device. Devices that can use Wi-Fi technologies...

FA Cup Fourth Round UK TV Channels and Times.

FA Cup Fourth Round UK TV Channels and Times.
The fourth round live UK TV ties :
Friday 25 January
Arsenal v Manchester United (7.55pm)
Live on BBC One
Saturday 26 January
Accrington Stanley v Derby County or Southampton (12.30pm)
Live on BT Sport 2 and BT Sport 4K UHD

Millwall v Everton...

Travel Channel and DMAX changes on UK satellite

Travel Channel and DMAX changes on UK satellite
Discovery, who operate The Travel Channel and DMAX, have announced some changes for these two channels on UK satellite TV.
On the 16th January, The Travel Channel will be replaced with DMAX on Freesat channel 150.
Recently both channels have been ...