09-02-2024, 02:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-02-2024, 02:46 PM by Mike Watterson.)
(09-02-2024, 02:15 PM)radioman Wrote: So they have only been removed from the EPG but are still being broadcast, probably for Sky customers.Or a spat about Freesat EPG charges.
If you can do a manual retune on 11307 V, SR 27500 & FEC 5/6 you will get them all back but probably not with the channel numbers you're used to.
There are 100,000s of sat boxes with no Freesat or Sky EPG and they will get all the FTA. Some at only €45 also have WiFi, YouTube, HDD or stick USB recording and a Conax CAM and card reader for various legal European subscription channels. Also they work with Multswitch, Diseq, motorised etc. I had a Humax and it was a total pain to to use outside of Freesat. The last Sky HD box I had could only add SD, not HD FTA channels not on the EPG.
All non-Freesat, non-Sky boxes can have free EPG for up to a week (FTA or encrypted channels. The UK channels only have now & next unless the box is Sky or Freesat.
Also it's a condition (or was) of Freesat licencing for a box that non-Fresat and Diseqc or motor modes had to be via a secret menu. How is that reasonable? Why do they want a walled garden for a FTA service (to viewers)? The Broadcasters have to pay for Sky EPG and Freesat EPG as well as satellite carriage charges. The Sky EPG charges are high but free if the channel is encrypted.