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RogerS · 15-05-08, 06:32 PM

I receive most Sky channels here in Kefalonia, Greece with a 1 metre dish. BBC/ITV have just anounced a Freesat service using the Astra satelite. Will it be possible to receive the new service with my current set up assuming I have the Freesat box?

Analoguesat · 15-05-08, 06:37 PM

Freesat is using EXACTLY the same channels on EXACTLY the same frequencies as a month ago. If you cant get the BBC with your current kit you wont get them on a Freesat box.

(TBH Freesat is little more than a new set of boxes and a new epg)

raindancerob · 15-05-08, 06:44 PM

exactly thats what iv been trying to explain to ppl on other forums, who seem to think that freesat is not using the same satellites.

RogerS · 17-05-08, 03:50 PM

So, does this mean if I have a freesat box, I could get many of my current channels, without having to pay a subscription to Sky?

robbo71 · 17-05-08, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by RogerS

So, does this mean if I have a freesat box, I could get many of my current channels, without having to pay a subscription to Sky?

You don't need to buy a Freesat box.

Pull the card out of your Sky box, that is what you will get if you stop subscribing, there may be one of two channels that an ex-subs card gives you extra, Sky 3 I believe, plus maybe a couple of others.

With the card out, you would get no more on a Freesat Box, or indeed an ordinary FTA sat receiver.

Robbo

raindancerob · 17-05-08, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by robbo71

You don't need to buy a Freesat box.

Pull the card out of your Sky box, that is what you will get if you stop subscribing, there may be one of two channels that an ex-subs card gives you extra, Sky 3 I believe, plus maybe a couple of others.

With the card out, is exactly what you would get on a Freesat Box, or indeed an ordinary FTA sat receiver.

Robbo

yep you'v gotten it in one there

Analoguesat · 17-05-08, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by RogerS

So, does this mean if I have a freesat box, I could get many of my current channels, without having to pay a subscription to Sky?

There are a couple of hundred free tv channels available on the sky platform (all the BBC, ITV, C4 and its siblings, shopping, religious, dating, radio etc)

Pull the subscription card out of the sky box and you will get an idea of what you will (eventually) get on Freesat - at the moment there are only 80 or so channels on Freesat.

RogerS · 18-05-08, 08:36 PM

Thanks guys, that makes it clear.

15-05-08, 06:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
RogerS Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Freesat in Greece I receive most Sky channels here in Kefalonia, Greece with a 1 metre dish. BBC/ITV have just anounced a Freesat service using the Astra satelite. Will it be possible to receive the new service with my current set up assuming I have the Freesat box?

15-05-08, 06:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Analoguesat Site Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 7,612 Thanks: 7 Thanked 194 Times in 182 Posts	Re: Freesat in Greece Freesat is using EXACTLY the same channels on EXACTLY the same frequencies as a month ago. If you cant get the BBC with your current kit you wont get them on a Freesat box. (TBH Freesat is little more than a new set of boxes and a new epg) __________________ Dreambox 7020 / Pace Sky Digibox / Amstrad Sky Italia box 5 dishes for 5E/9E/13E/16E/19E/23E/28E Please DO NOT pm the mods & admins for c&ble keys. You may get banned for it! Read the rules before you post - click here to read them

15-05-08, 06:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
raindancerob Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 133 Thanks: 13 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Freesat in Greece exactly thats what iv been trying to explain to ppl on other forums, who seem to think that freesat is not using the same satellites. __________________ Sky Digital FTV TV - Sony VTX-S760U & Raven Zone 2 Mini Dish, Freeview - Echostar T-101 FTA, DVD/VCR Recorder - Toshiba D-VR17, ICOS MacroMaster Gold

17-05-08, 03:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
RogerS Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Freesat in Greece So, does this mean if I have a freesat box, I could get many of my current channels, without having to pay a subscription to Sky?

18-05-08, 08:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
RogerS Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Freesat in Greece Thanks guys, that makes it clear.


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