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**Chris** · 17-09-2011, 18:54

It's supposed to be possible to get PPV events if you phone Sky with your credit card and smart card numbers. However the typical Freesat demographic consists of people who have never wanted to pay for their telly, or who used to pay for it and no longer want to. So the lack of paid content on branded Freesat compared to FSFS is unlikely to be a negative point to most users of free satellite.

Regarding the difference in channels, there are very few channels missing from the Freesat EPG that you might actually want to watch and most of those that are missing, are missing because of the lack of spot-beam capacity, which as we were discussing the other day has now been supplied by Astra 1N ... expect to see HD versions of all Five's channels on Freesat in the not-too-distant.

Any FTA channel that is not currently listed in the Freesat EPG can, if desired, be added manually in non-Freesat mode.

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Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,287	Re: Question about Freesat HD from sky It's supposed to be possible to get PPV events if you phone Sky with your credit card and smart card numbers. However the typical Freesat demographic consists of people who have never wanted to pay for their telly, or who used to pay for it and no longer want to. So the lack of paid content on branded Freesat compared to FSFS is unlikely to be a negative point to most users of free satellite. Regarding the difference in channels, there are very few channels missing from the Freesat EPG that you might actually want to watch and most of those that are missing, are missing because of the lack of spot-beam capacity, which as we were discussing the other day has now been supplied by Astra 1N ... expect to see HD versions of all Five's channels on Freesat in the not-too-distant. Any FTA channel that is not currently listed in the Freesat EPG can, if desired, be added manually in non-Freesat mode.