UK Freeview is NOT available in Spain

UK Freeview is not available in Spain, despite UK TV installers other people in Spain saying UK Freeview IS available in Spain.

UK Freeview is only available in the UK.

UK Freeview is received by a TV aerial in the UK.

UK Freeview is transmitted from land based mast in the UK, masts such as Emley Moor and Crystal Palace.

UK Freeview signals do not reach Spain. They do not even cover the UK 100%!

UK Freeview cannot be received by a satellite dish. They are two different broadcast systems.



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Confusion About Free UK Television in Spain - Freeview - Freesat - Free to air - Free to view

Confusion About Free UK Television in Spain - Freeview - Freesat - Free to air - Free to view

Many people are confused about whether they can receive free UK television in Spain. The subject of what UK channels you can receive is something we are always being asked. Terms such as free UK television in Spain, Freeview and Freesat are always cropping up so we shall explain it to you.

Many people, even satellite installers in Spain, get confused about Freeview and Freesat. If satellite TV installers are unable to get their terminology correct, then no wonder British expats on the Costa's in Spain are getting more and more confused about how to receive UK TV in Spain.

BT Sport confirm they will run a free to air channel for the next football season

BT Sport confirm they will run a free to air channel for the next football season

BT Sport will have a free-to-air version of BT Sport from the next football season, it has been confirmed.

When BT Sports announced they had secured the live broadcast rights for the UK for Champions League and Europa League, they announced that they would be making some matches available free to air.

BT Sport to stage second "free" evening

BT Sport to stage second "free" evening

On Friday 13th September, BT Sport will be showcasing its rugby coverage free-to-air, with live coverage of Harlequins v Northampton in the Aviva Premiership between 7pm and 10pm.

BT Sport first went free-to-air on 1st August; its launch day.

The free Rugby coverage will also be shown on BT Sport for viewers with Sky or Virgin Media, where the existing BT Sport 1 channel will be switched to free-to-view.

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Paramount Channel : New channel on TDT in Spain

Paramount Channel will begin broadcasting on digital terrestrial television in Spain on Friday, March 30th, with one of the most successful films in the history of cinema, The Godfather.

Paramount Channel will be available free to air and will feature over 600 movies across nine genres, from the 100-year-old film library of Paramount Pictures, as well as a selection of titles from other American studios and the best representation of Spanish cinema.

The channel’s day-to-day programming will bring together blockbusters, classics and some of the most award-winning films in the history of cinema. Eleven movies will air each day, with the most popular hits in primetime and weekends dedicated to family cinema for all audiences.

Movies initially launching on the channel, which launches on March 30, will include The Godfather, American Beauty, A.I, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Fatal Attraction. The network will also include titles from other Hollywood studios and VIMN has already inked deals with Sony and Miramax.

Channel Five. Now Free to air on satellite. No Sky card required.

Channel 5, Channel 5 +1, 5 USA, 5 USA +1, 5* , 5* +1, Channel 5 +1 are now available free to air.

Earlier today these channel had their encryption turned off.

So these channels are now available to watch for free, with no Sky card required.

This will be in preparation for these channels to be made available on Freesat boxes on the 6th / 8th December 20110.

Channel Five, Channel 5 +1, 5 USA and 5* to join freesat, and be free to air

Channel 5 have announced that Channel 5 +1, 5 USA and 5* (plus their +1 timeshift channels) will all be joining the Freesat platform in December.

Channel 5+1 will launch on Freesat on EPG channel number 128 on Tuesday 6th December.
Presumably it will alos launch on the Sky EPG.

5* and 5 USA, as well as their relative +1 services, will also launch on Freesat on Thursday 8th December. The relevent Freesat EPG channel numbers wil be as follows:

129: 5 USA
130: 5 USA +1
131: 5*
132: 5* +1

So, it looks like with 1N available, the fives will be available free to air, with no sky card on a small dish for the foreseeable future.

No mention of Five HD joining Freesat soon.

Haye vs Klitchko Boxing 2nd July 2011 on Free to air TV

Haye vs Klitchko Boxing 2nd July 2011 on Free to air TV

DAVID HAYE and WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO in HAMBURG, GERMANY

Wladimir Klitschko's fight against WBA champion David Haye is shown in the UK on Sky Box Office.

It is also available for free on some other satellite channels.

You will need a satellite dish pointing towards Astra 1 at 19 east, or Hotbird at 13 east.

Haye vs Klitchko Boxing on Astra 1 19
RTL Germany (digital) Frequency 12.188 Horizontal Symbol Rate 27.500 FEC 3/4
RTL Austria (digital) Frequency 12.226 Horizontal Symbol Rate 27.500 FEC 3/4
RTL Germany (Analogue) Frequency 11.229 Vertical Audio channels settings 7.02/7.20

Haye vs Klitchko Boxing on Hotbird 13
RTL CH (Switzerland) (digital) Frequency 11.054 Horizontal Symbol Rate 27.500 FEC 5/6

Haye vs Klitchko Boxing on Badr 26 east
Reports are that the bout will also be on Al Jazeera Sports on Badr at 26 East on frequency 12034 h 27500 3/4



UPDATE:
Watch the fight for Free on Sky!
Problems with Skys system means that throughout today The fight will now be available at no charge to all Sky customers (ie those with a subsscription) on Sunday 3 July - at 9am, 1pm and 7pm - on Sky Box Office 739 and in HD on channel 752

Motors TV now free to view on Sky

Motors TV, which used to be part of the Sky TV subscription service, is currently available to view for free.

Howeve, to watch Motors TV, you still need a sky card, as Motors TV is "free to view", and not "free to air".

So if you have a freesatfromsky viewing card, you can now receive Motors TV with no subscription on Sky channel 413.

As Motors TV is "free to view" and not "free to air" it will not be available on "Freesat" boxes or other free to air satellite receivers.

I do not know if this is a permanent thing, but it is there at the moment, and should be able to be receive on a small 80cm satellite dish.

Channel 4 HD coming to Freesat in April (ie free to air and not free to view as it currently is)

Channel 4 and Freesat have announced that Channel 4 HD will launch on the subscription-free satellite platform in the spring.

It will be availabe Free to Air on freesat HD receivers from April 2011.

Channel 4 HD will become the fourth HD channel on Freesat, joining BBC One HD, the BBC HD channel and ITV1 HD.

Channel 4 HD launched on Sky in 2007 and has since become available on Virgin Media in summer 2009 and the Freeview HD platform in April last year.

It is unknown at the moment what the reception of C4HD will be for expats in Spain and the Costa Blanca, or if the Sky C4HD service will contimue.

The current C4HD service is available with a Sky card and even on a 80cm satellite dish here in Spain.

It is currently unknown if the freesat free to air version of C4HD will be the same (unlikely!), as per BBC1 and BBC HD (big satellite dish required and should be 24/7 coverage), or as per BBC2 England (partial coverage on a big satellite dish)

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BBC One HD starts test broadcasts

BBC One HD, a free to air channel on Astra 2d, has started test transmissions ahead of its full launch at 7pm on 3rd November 2010.

You can add this BBC1 HD channel, to see the test, using a HD box.

Frequency: 10.84700 GHz
Polarisation: V (vertical)
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC: 5/6

It is tagged as channel "6941" and is only showing a BBC One HD Promo loop.

When laucnhed, the current BBC HD channel will move to a new EPG position

Sky - channel 143 (BBC HD moves to 169)
Freesat - channel 108 (BBC HD moves to 109)


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MTV on TDT in Spain - for free to watch

The music channel MTV will join the TDT in Spain from September and will do free to air with no subscription it has announced. Viacom, owner of MTV, and NET TV has announced having signed an agreement for MTV to be available for free on terrestrial digital television. Until now the Spanish version of MTV could only see through pay TV. The network's programming will be the usual music, comedy shows, news and events.


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