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23 11 2011

Channel Five to move its channel to Free to air and to Freesat in December 2011

Posted by: Jon in Freesat, Sky TV

Channel 5 have announced today that all Channel Five regional variations, Channel 5 +1 ( a new channel which will be a timeshift of the main Channel Five), 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.

5* and 5 USA, as well as their relative +1 timeshift services, will 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

Presumably these channels will also be made available free to air on Sky digiboxes also, where as now they are “free to view” and require a sky card to watch them.

Freesat box users may have to perform a freesat scan to be able to receive these channels free to air.
Sky box users hsould not have to do anything.
Users of other digital satellite receivers will have to perform a channels scan for these channels when they go live, on their new frequency of:
Frequency: 10965
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There has been no mention of Five HD becoming free to air and joining Freesat. Presumably this is becuase of its contract with Sky HD, and willhave to wait until that contract expires.


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3 Responses to “Channel Five to move its channel to Free to air and to Freesat in December 2011”

  1. ray says:
    November 23rd, 2011 at 9:15 pm

    We lost channel5/5*/5usa in greece, is there a way we can get them back. We lost channel 4 but can now get it via other channels. Thanks

  2. WKeith says:
    January 22nd, 2012 at 11:28 am

    Frequency seems to be 10956

    Cheers

  3. satandpcguy says:
    January 22nd, 2012 at 12:29 pm

    Ray: only via getting a very much bigger dish. Their new frequency is on Astra 1n, whose reception in Greece is very weak. The channels you mention are only available on one frequency and one frequency only – 10965 h 22 5/6 – which is the frequency for the channels onthe Sky channel list and Freesat channel list. If you cannot get them via their channel number, then there is n point in trying to add them, as you will still be unable to receive them.

    You should, with a SkyHD box and Sky card be able to still receive Channel 5 HD.

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