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Old 22-05-2019, 20:15   #402
RichardCoulter
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Re: One or two new channels coming to Freesat.

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Originally Posted by cheekyangus View Post
That was my thinking. You'd think Freesat would acknowledge the trend and just say +1s are free. Having the greatest possible number of channels is in their interest to attract users and would in turn make the platform more attractive for non-+1s, which would be charged the listing fee.
Whilst a sensible idea, that would fall foul of the 'fair, reasonable and non discriminatory' EPG rules.

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Originally Posted by cheekyangus View Post
I don't believe that would happen, it would hardly be Free then. I doubt Premier Sports would want to complicate matters. It's not like there are rights issues, it would have the same coverage as the SD channel, the test transmission was on the same transponder as I understand it.
Looks like you're right, a reliable source has told me that Freesports HD won't be encrypted. I'm still not sure why the Freesat data has been removed though, perhaps it will be FTA, just not on the Freesat EPG??
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