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Originally Posted by Media Boy
Or BT Sport Preview, GOLD and Home will close on Freeview when Top up TV closes so that 5Later can launch.
The owners of Channel 5 have a lot of 18+ Channels so one of them may launch on Freeview over night using Channel 5 +1 slot.
Sorry - just seen you was saying the same thing last night.
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I would have expected 5 Later to take unused capacity from TUTV Anytime 1 if it was going to replace BT Sport Preview / Gold etc. The fact that it carved a 15 minute slot from Channel 5 +1 indicates that it could possibly be a replacement for the TUTV Anytime 3 slot rather than a full time channel. BT Care have been ignoring questions on their forums about when BT Sport Preview will close, so there is no actual confirmation that it will be closing any time soon. It could even mop up the extra space vacated by Top Up TV.
There is a problem with Northern & Shell adding adult channels to DTT. They aren't actually encrypted but the video / audio streams are not defined and are accessed via a PIN from a red button prompt. The problem is that computer TV software doesn't have a red button facility and could potentially be used to view these channels without a subscription.