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Old 04-02-2018, 02:21   #208
RichardCoulter
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Re: One or two new channels coming to Freesat.

As per this post, it looks like Freesat is to obtain another HD channel sooner rather than later...

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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl View Post
FreeSports have been tweeting that they are launching a HD channel soon:

https://twitter.com/FreeSportsUK/sta...22948397502464
https://twitter.com/FreeSportsUK/sta...52905911726080

Virgin Media does not have the SD version. FreeSports said that virgin media want too much money to air it. They said a few months ago that they would likely launch on Freesat HD/Sky HD for a possible HD channel as it is much cheaper. They said that launching on Freeview HD isn't going to happen any time soon as it costs a fortune, $300k or so for Freeview slot + multimillion broadcast fees from Arquiva to broadcast it on their tv towers.

Would be very embarrassing for Virgin Media if the HD channel launches on FreeSat HD yet paying Virgin Media customers can't get it.
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