BBC Olympic Streams on Sky boxes - from Sky channel 450 on 23 July.

The 24 new BBC channels will appear in the Sports section of the Sky Guide from channel 450 on 23 July.

There will be 24 SD and 24 HD channels available.

There will also be a range of coverage on BBC1, BBC3, BBC One HD and BBC HD over the Olympic Games.

All will be available to watch in standard definition on Sky TV in Spain and Freesat TV in Spain.

These BBC Olympic channels will be available to watch in high definition on Sky TV in Spain on Sky HD and Sky+HD digiboxes and Freesat in Spain on Freesat HD receivers.

These BBC Olympic channels will also be available on Freesat receivers.

BBC Sports Olympic Stream Frequencies can be found here should you requrie to add them to your receivers.

Formula One coverage goes HD for 2011

Formula One fans can look forward to watching television coverage in High Definition this year after Formula One Management announced that all broadcasters will receive an HD feed for 2011.

From the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix in March, coverage of all 20 rounds - including all practice sessions and support events - will be originated in HD, with the international feed then offered throughout the world at a data rate of 42 Megabits/second (MPEG-2).

A number of major broadcasters have already confirmed that they plan to show 2011 races in HD, with many other channels expected to follow suit before the season gets underway.

The news follows extensive research, development and investment by FOM to ensure the best possible HD offering for its global TV audience, which is currently in excess of 500 million unique viewers annually.

from: formula1.com

and it has been confirmed that the BBC will be offering the HD feed for Formula One in 2011, for broadcast on BBC One HD and BBCHD.



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Sky Price increases for January VAT increase.

As expected, due to the change in UK VAT rates in January, Sky have announced their prices to take this into account.

One "mix" pack - £19.50 (was £19)
Each extra pack - £1 (no change)
Sky Sports pack - £20.25 (was £20)
Single Sky Sports - £12.25 (was £12)
Sky Movies pack - £16 (no change)
Sky World - £52 (was £51)
HD - £10.25 (was £10)
Multiroom - £10.25 (was £10)
ESPN - £9 / £12 (no change)

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Sky News HD to officially launch on May 6

Sky has confirmed that Sky News HD will launch on May 6 to coincide with coverage of the election night.

The channel, which became temporarily available on April 22 for the Sky News prime ministerial debate between Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and David Cameron, will be officially launched next Thursday as the election race reaches crunch time.

The new HD channel is also supported by an upgraded Sky News HD studio and improved resources in the field, along with enhanced HD on-screen graphics.


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Five HD coming to Sky HD this summer...?

Looks like Freesat TV is losing out again!!!!!

After having its Freeview HD slot pinched by the BBC for failing to measure up to Ofcom's standards for a Freeview HD channel, Five has announced that their new hi-def channel will instead be launched on Sky this summer.

Ofcom rejected Five's bid for an HD channel on the grounds that they had failed to find another broadcaster to fill the channel during the daytime (Five's original bid was for an HD simulcast of its regular channel during prime time). With no programming to fill the daytime schedule, Ofcom ruled that the channel would instead be left to be used the BBC, as is the case with all channels that are not reserved for private broadcasting companies by Ofcom.

Five's director of strategy, Charles Constable, called the move to Sky HD "an exciting opportunity", and said that Five's "programme schedule is more suited to HD than that any other major free-to-air commercial broadcaster given the wide range of high quality series [it] broadcasts, such as our top-rated line-up of US dramas."

Five HD is slated to launch this summer, and will be available without additional subscription to customers with the Sky HD package.

Source: T3


So as the report says on Sky, it looks like it will only be available with a free to view card, and not on Freesat.

So FreesatHD has BBC HD, ITV HD and Luxe HD
Sky HD without a viewing card also has BBC HD, ITV HD and Luxe HD.
Sky HD with a viewing card will soon have BBC HD, ITV HD, C4 HD, Five HD and Luxe HD


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Which Satellite receiver do you use for UK TV In Spain?

It just to see what sort of receivers people are using in the Costa Blanca and Spain...

and if there is a particular make that is dominant,
is HD really making an impact,
are PVRs (eg Sky+) popular,
are Freesat receivers as popular as it was thought it would be.

I understand that they all have their advantages and disadvantages

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