2010 Football World Cup on UK TV Channels

2010 Football World Cup on UK TV Channels

2010 Football World Cup in South Africa will be available on many UK TV channels (BBC and ITV) and on Spanish TV (Cuatro, Telecinco and D+). Expect them to be available on BBC HD and ITV HD.

The first batch of 2010 Football world cup matches to be shown on BBC and ITV have been announced.....


Friday 11.06.10
1500 South Africa v Mexico ITV Johannesburg Soccer City
1930 Uruguay v France BBC Cape Town

Saturday 12.06.10
1230 South Korea v Greece ITV Port Elizabeth
1500 Argentina v Nigeria BBC Johannesburg Ellis Park
1930 England v USA ITV Rustenburg

Sunday 13.06.10
1230 Algeria v Slovenia BBC Polokwane
1500 Serbia v Ghana ITV Pretoria
1930 Germany v Australia ITV Durban

Monday 14.06.10
1230 Netherlands v Denmark ITV Johannesburg Soccer City
1500 Japan v Cameroon BBC Bloemfontein
1930 Italy v Paraguay BBC Cape Town

Tuesday 15.06.10
1230 New Zealand v Slovakia BBC Rustenburg
1500 Ivory Coast v Portugal ITV Port Elizabeth
1930 Brazil v North Korea ITV Johannesburg Ellis Park

Wednesday 16.06.10
1230 Honduras v Chile ITV Nelspruit
1500 Spain v Switzerland BBC Durban
1930 South Africa v Uruguay BBC Pretoria

Thursday 17.06.10
1230 Argentina v South Korea ITV Johannesburg Soccer City
1500 Greece v Nigeria BBC Bloemfontein
1930 France v Mexico BBC Polkowane

Friday 18.06.10
1230 Germany v Serbia BBC Port Elizabeth
1500 Slovenia v USA BBC Johannesburg Ellis Park
1930 England v Algeria ITV Cape Town

Saturday 19.06.10
1230 Netherlands v Japan ITV Durban
1500 Ghana v Australia BBC Rustenburg
1930 Cameroon v Denmark ITV Pretoria

Sunday 20.06.10
1230 Slovakia v Paraguay BBC Bloemfontein
1500 Italy v New Zealand ITV Nelspruit
1930 Brazil v Ivory Coast BBC Johannesburg Soccer City

Monday 21.06.10
1230 Portugal v North Korea BBC Cape Town
1500 Chile v Switzerland BBC Port Elizabeth
1930 Spain v Honduras ITV Johannesburg Ellis Park

Tuesday 22.06.10
1500 Mexico v Uruguay ITV Rustenburg
1500 France v South Africa ITV Bloemfontein
1930 Nigeria v South Korea BBC Durban
1930 Greece v Argentina BBC Polkowane

Wednesday 23.06.10
1500 Slovenia v England BBC Port Elizabeth


They will be available on:
the BBC Sports streams (even available on a small dish (say 80cms) via BBC News, Red button 3001 select - or on a generic FTA on the Streams (0-6) on 12441 v 27500)
ITV1 - again on a small (80cms ) dish using those on 11973v 2700 2/3 and a freesatfromsky card)
ITV1 HD - again on a small (80cms ) dish using those on 11973v 2700 2/3, a sky hd box and a freesatfromsky card)
Telecinco and La Sexta - have about 15 matches in total
D+ (Spanish satellite service - all matches)



ITV can be received on a "big dish" for free (ie without a sky card), or on a small satellite dish with a sky card.
ITV on the Costa Blanca
BBC can be received on a "big dish" for free (ie without a sky card).
BBC TV on the Costa Blanca
BBC Sports Interactive Streams can be accessed on a small satellite dish.
BBC Sports Interactive Streams


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LOST - The Finale

LOST has its finale this coming weekend.

The final ever episode of the hit USA television series, shown on Sky TV in the UK, and on Cuatro in Spain, comes to an end....

In Spain, we get the 2 hour plus finale 1 day after it is shown in the USA....and 4 days BEFORE it is shown on Sky One in the UK!!!

Broadcast Dates

USA / Canada: May 23, 2010 on CTV

Spain: May 24, 2010 on Fox and Cuatro

*available on Cuatro in ENGLISH

United Kingdom: May 28, 2010 on Sky1/Sky1 HD

Here is a sneek peek of "The End"






UPDATE

LOST finale on Sky 1 at 5am Monday morning...

Sky1 is to broadcast the finale of Lost at 5am on Monday 24 May, as a simulcast with ABC's broadcast on the US west coast.

The unprecedented scheduling move aims to prevent illegal internet downloads of the finale – and save UK fans of the show from having to spend five days dodging web spoilers.

Sky1 was planning to transmit the two-and-a-half hour finale to the US drama in its normal 9pm slot next Friday, 28 May, before today deciding to join broadcasters in six other countries in simulcasting the show.


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Sony SET TV on TDT gone - replaced by AXN

Sony Entertainment TV, or SET, has been replaced by AXN on Spains TDT service.

If you try to view SET on TDT then you will either get a Channel Scrambled message, or just a blank screen.

The Sony SET channel has been replaced by AXN.

This is a subscription only channel on TDT.

You need a viewing card and subscription to view AXN.

AXN shows many USA imported programmes:
Andromeda, E.R., The Collector, Fastlane, F/X: The Series, Highlander, Homicide: Life on the Street, Kidnapped, MacGyver, Michael Hayes, Mutant X, New York Undercover, Nash Bridges, Odyssey 5, Police Rescue, Quantum Leap, Relic Hunter, Criminal Minds, Sliders, Third Watch, The Shield, Ghost Whisperer, Fear Itself, Lost, FlashForward



More information on Sony SET on TDT being replaced HERE



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Changes to television over the years

Changes to television over the years

Television has advanced a great deal in recent years, mainly due to the advancement of digital technology in the digital age.

The History of Television

Not so long ago the UK only had 4 television channels.

Now there are hundreds of channels available, available via your TV aerial, satellite, cable and Internet on digital television

Analogue vs Digital Television

Then televisions themselves changed as technology advanced.

From the old cathode ray tubes, to widescreen televisions, to plasma, LCD and now LED.

Rear Projection Television
Plasma Television
LCD Television

And then the channels again advanced.

From Widescreen, to high definition, and now to 3D, with Sky launching Europes first High Definition 3D television channel.

Widescreen Television
High Definition Television
3D Television

What more is there to come......?


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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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TDT Industry receives complaints about the reception of TDT

TDT Industry receives complaints about the reception of TDT

Since the analogue TV 'off' on 30 March, the Ministry of Industry has received over 1,760 inquiries from people related issues reception of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT / TDT) until 20 April.

In total, during this period of time, Industry received 86 985 calls, of which 47 739 were treated by agents. Of that number, 88.1% were questions about the process and technology, 8.2% of calls were associated with receiving TDT signals and 3.7% of signal problems.

Most calls (42 052) had to do with questions about general issues, while the rest were from people who are unable to see TDT correctly on TV because they lacked a proper decoder or, if they had, do not know how to use it or the antenna of their building was not ready for DTT (3914) or that had trouble receiving the signal (1760).

According to the latest figures provided by industry in March, at 98.24% of the population to reach the coverage of DTT. However, in the month that has elapsed, incidents have been detected in some relays that still prevent some people living in areas able to watch TV coverage.



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What is the best satellite for English channels?

What is the best satellite for English channels?

The main satellites that provide the UK with their satellite TV channels are the Astra 2 and Eurobird 1 satellites, located at 28 degrees east of south.

These satellites carry the main BBC,  ITV, C4, Five and "Sky subscription package" channels for the UK.
They are not available on any other satellite system, and so the answer to this question is simple.

The best satellite for English channels is the satellite used by Freesat / BBC / ITV and Sky.

However....

There are obviously many other satellite TV providers operating in other countries. And many of these systems carry the same channels and prgramming as the UK TV service. For example, Discovery Europe sell a version of their Discovery CHannel to individual counties, so you have Discovery UK, Discovery France and Discovery Spain. In many cases the programmes orignal soundtrack is available, and so programmes and movies can be watched with their origninal English speaking audio soundtrack.

In fact, some UK and USA imported programmes are also avail;able in English on TDT - the Spanish digital services available via a TV aerial.

So now the answer to the question "What is the best satellite for English channels?" can be most satellites offer Ebnglish language programmes and channels, but if you want he main UK TV channels like BBC and ITV in Spain, then its the Astra 2 and Eurobird 1 satellites at 28 degrees east of south.



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Free Sky TV (sort of!)

Free Sky TV Weekend Pass

This coming weekend, the 17 and 18th April, Sky 3 will be showcasing some of the programmes on Sky pay TV channels with another "free access" weekend/

This will include some sports events (Soccer AM ,lIve rugby union (saturday afternoon)), programming from Sky movies (A few episodes of the HBO "The Pacific"), Discovery Channels, "v", Dexter, NCIS and a few other programmes from the variosu channels avaialble from a Sky subscription.

This is to showcase to non subscribers some of the offerings available on the SKy Subscription package.

Sky 3 is available for no subscription on Sky channels 108.

You will require a freesatfromsky free to view card to view this channels.





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Sky News HD to launch on 6th April 2010???

There are growing rumours that that Sky News HD will launch on April 6, once the UK General Election is called.

This speculation has been further fuelled by Sky News moving operations to Studio B from 30 March so that final preparation can take place in the main newsroom. This has also been fueled by the use of "green screen / chromakey" backgrounds for the channel over the Easter weekend - suggesting changes are happening.

Sky News HD will be available to customers of the Sky+HD service, but there's no word on whether it will be available on freesat. I'll going to stick my neck out and say 'no chance'.

It is anticipated that the channel will launch on Sky channel 517.



UPDATE: 6th April

Martin Stanford (Sky News Presenter) on Twitter re Sky News HD...


"not my call! but weeks rather than days away I think.... "

"no, not today! still loads of work to do; lighting to tweak and so on..."





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ITV Central S & ITV Central E on 11973

Sunday 4th April

ITV Central South & ITV Central East available with on frequency 11973 have are currently shoiwng the "Technical Fault" message.

This is happening even in the UK so it looks to be some form of encryption problem, as even people with Sky card in those areas are having trouble watching those channels.

Stronger frequency available for ITV1 for Spain
Hopefuly this will be a tempoary loss, as this is one of the best frequencies to get ITV on in the Costa Blanca.




UPDATE: 23:58
These ITV regions are now back and carrying normal programming. Someone must have pushed a wrong button or something!



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