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RichardCoulter · 27-06-2017, 03:18

It is a spot beam Chris.

Freesat have now made some technical preparations to their EPG data to add Quest to 167 and Quest Red to 169.

The timeshift +1 channels won't be available on Freesat, but the gap suggests that they intend to add them in the future.

Looks to me like Discovery have managed to get a similar deal as UKTV after their carriage dispute to unshackle their free channels from Sky ie the parent channel is allowed to go onto Freesat, but the +1's remain encrypted for now.

Incidentally, 166 is vacant and wasn't used for Quest, which it is assumed will be used for another channel addition...

27-06-2017, 03:18	#20
RichardCoulter cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10,070	Re: Could Quest be coming to Freesat? It is a spot beam Chris. Freesat have now made some technical preparations to their EPG data to add Quest to 167 and Quest Red to 169. The timeshift +1 channels won't be available on Freesat, but the gap suggests that they intend to add them in the future. Looks to me like Discovery have managed to get a similar deal as UKTV after their carriage dispute to unshackle their free channels from Sky ie the parent channel is allowed to go onto Freesat, but the +1's remain encrypted for now. Incidentally, 166 is vacant and wasn't used for Quest, which it is assumed will be used for another channel addition...