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​According to a516digital on Twitter 7 more SD ITV regions are closing on Satellite.

https://twitter.com/a516digital/stat...4409346​

https://twitter.com/a516digital/stat...9606402​

West Country, Yorkshire, Central East, Anglia, Meridian Thames Valley, Meridian West and Tyne Tees​.

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Noticed there's been another Freesat 4K box software update.
https://www.freesat.co.uk/help/software-updates

Dated 18th February.
"This update includes several bug fixes and performance enhancements. "

Detailed then... ;-)

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ITVBe+1 has closed on 119

ITVBe has moved from 118 to 119

ITV4+1 has moved from 154 to 118

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​The Sony to Great! rebrands have all happened today.

GREAT! TV Ch 142 was Sony Channel

GREAT! Movies Classic Ch 303 was Sony Movies Classic

GREAT! Movies Ch 302 was Sony Movies

GREAT! Movies Action Ch 305 was Sony Movies Action​



And the +1s

GREAT! TV +1 Ch 143

GREAT! Movies Classic +1 Ch 304

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GB News (HD) is now broadcasting its showreel on Freesat channel 216.

Launch date is 13th June.

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The Freesat 4K boxes have had another software update.

Source: https://www.freesat.co.uk/help/softw...ates/june-2021

The June 2021 Software Release (5.4.1.p7_ui_1.3.8) is now available and will be automatically installed on Freesat 4K TV Boxes. This update includes the BBC Red Button role out, along with several bug fixes and performance enhancements.

New features
BBC Connected Red Button services now available
Nightly reboot now also available when the box is in active standby mode
Removed “Watch live/Watch live in HD” and “Watch from the start” options from the recordings menu to improve user experience
Added the “Info” icon to the EPG so customers know how to expand the synopsis
Added the ability to navigate +/- 24h from Now & Next screen with the Fast Forward & Rewind buttons

Other fixes and improvements
Fixed recording playback issue where customers were presented with audio only
Improved reliability of Reminders
Optimised memory usage to improve performance
Fixed missing recordings on power loss
Fixed loss of audio after exiting YouTube
All channel names clearly displayed on the home screen across all regions
Improved box performance when operating with a full hard drive
Ensured customers are returned to last tuned channel when bringing the box out of standby
Improvements to recordings clash management
Fixed synopsis display issue
Addressed Audio and Video loss when box comes out of standby
Improved stability when transitioning in and out of standby
Plus other minor bug fixes and improvements

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The following temporary BBC Red Button channels are now live on the Freesat EPG.

BBC Red Button HD Ch 980 (HD version of normal RB 1 on 981)
BBC Red Button 2 Ch 982
BBC Red Button 3 Ch 983
BBC Red Button 4 Ch 984
BBC Red Button 5 Ch 985
BBC Red Button 6 Ch 986

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Confirmation of CNN (Ch207) leaving Freesat.
https://www.freesat.co.uk/help/channel-updates

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CNN has been removed from the Freesat EPG, but currently remains unencrypted in both SD & HD, so can still be tuned manually if you have a receiver with non-Freesat mode operation.

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I thought that CNN had been fully removed from Freesat?

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It’s has been removed from the Freesat EPG (as well as Virgin and BT TV) but is available as a free to air service ‘for now’ if you manually tune.

It may also still be available on Freesat devices that aren’t set to auto refresh.

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we were watching CNN On Freesat until yesterday now we get Message No service. so CNN Only Avail Free to Air on RAKUTAN TV ,Unless there is another way (not SKY)

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​That's TV Gold has launched on Ch 178.

https://twitter.com/freesat_tv/statu...94578808463367

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That tweet seems to suggest that it's only been launched on their new STB's :confused:

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It seems an odd thing to mention when it's not even a particularly good picture for an SD channel, let alone HD or 4K.

It looked worse on my Freesat HD box than on my Freeview TVs doing upscaling.

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It has shown up on my Mut@nt HD2 which is set to scan freesat but had not run a scan till today so it is nice to see it is picking up the updates