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Originally Posted by theone2k10
Not heard anything here either about motors tv closing but it does make one wonder if they will be here in the near future after leaving sky and freeview but they are still on freeview iptv, maybe they are planning to be a iptv. vm and freesat exclusive?
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It can't go onto Freesat until it drops the FTV encryption. It started life as FTA, then had to scramble after joining the Sky platform. About 5 years ago Sky kicked them out, but curiously, instead of going back to FTA, they went FTV and have done ever since.
Maybe there are now rights issues, but that can be resolved these days by taking them off the Pan European beam, dropping the encryption and putting it on a UK Spot Beam transponder.
It would be a good addition to Freesat as I don't think it has any dedicated Sports channels.
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Originally Posted by Media Boy
Why - due to Motors TV UK being removed from Astra UK (Sky)?
The following channels broadcast on Virgin Media UK but NOT on Sky.
-ITVBe HD
-Latest TV (In Brighton & Hove areas only.)
-Sheffield Live TV (In Sheffield areas only.)
-Estuary TV (In Grimsby & Scunthorpe areas only.)
-NVTV (In Belfast areas only).
-Bay TV Liverpool (In Liverpool areas only).
-Mustard TV (In Norwich areas only).
-Big Centre TV (In Birmingham areas only).
-Cambridge TV (In Cambridge areas only)
-GINX
-NDTV Good Times
-Al Jazeera Arabic
-France 24 (French)
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We have not been given any info from our Virgin Media UK Sources that Motors TV UK is set to close on Virgin Media UK at time of posting.
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You may well be right MB, since making that post, I've been told that Motors TV also transmits a distribution feed on the Eutelsat 9A satellite.
I can't imagine them staying on Astra just for Freesat though, it wouldn't be feasible to not be on the Sky EPG and miss the potential reach of most homes.
The only time I've ever known a channel to launch exclusively on Freesat was a film channel (can't remember it's name). This didn't last long and when they joined the Sky EPG, their viewers massively increased.