Freesat Changelog

[nashville]

thanks for the info

[bennyhill]

Friday 13th December

3 Channels added – 410 Film On TV, 661 Rishtey, 662 Colors
1 Channel deleted – 695 Sonlife

[denphone]

BBC News and BBC Sport apps launch on Freesat.

http://www.freesat.co.uk/about-freesat/whats-new

Freesat, the subscription free satellite TV service, has today announced the launch of the new BBC News app and BBC Sport app on its Freetime service – the only free TV platform or service to feature these. The two new BBC-branded apps will have a similar look and feel to the BBC’s current online and connected TV apps, and greatly expands the amount of specialist news and sports video programming available.

The BBC have moved their HD channels into the 'main' EPG slot for each channel, with a few confusing exceptions applying to BBC One and BBC Two where there is not yet a complete replication of all national and regional variations in both SD and HD.

I'm assuming this does not apply to SD boxes.

So:
BBC One Wales/Scotland/NI HD 101 (but not England, where BBC One HD remains on 108 and the correct regional variation remains at 101 in SD)
BBC Two HD 102 (but not in Wales/Scotland/NI, where BBC Two HD remains on 109 and the correct regional version of the channel remains in SD on 102)
BBC Three HD 106
BBC Four HD 107
CBeebies HD 600
CBBC HD 601

BBC News HD is on 200 nationwide.

Edit

I have altered the information above. It appears that BBC One HD is still on 108 in England, due to the lack of HD regional variations. It is BBC One Wales, Scotland and NI HD that have moved to 101 for viewers in those areas.

That's the same logic that has moved BBC Two HD to 102 in England, but not in the Nations, because there are no HD variants available for Wales, Scotland and NI. In these areas, the correct variation remains on 102 in SD while the single national BBC Two HD variation is on 109.

My previous post is updated with corrected information regarding the somewhat confusing situation with SD and HD variants of BBC One and BBC Two.

[rhyds]

Thanks for the update. It seems that the BBC haven't quite got around to upgrading all their local broom cupboard news studios in England yet.

[nashville]

Thanks for the info

[bennyhill]

BBC1 HD variants are listed down the bottom of the guide...

972 - BBC1 England HD
973 - BBC1 Scotland HD
976 - BBC1 Wales HD
978 - BBC1 NI HD

Yep - and it's the fact that there is just one all-England version of BBC One HD that is preventing Freesat users in England from getting an HD channel in EPG slot 101. Until the BBC can provide the correct regional variations for BBC One in London, Northwest, North, etc etc etc then there will be no change.

For the same reason, here in Scotland we are denied BBC Two HD in EPG slot 102. BBC Two Scotland in SD remains at 102 and BBC Two HD, which is a single London-controlled version of the channel with no English regional opt outs, is on 109.

To be honest I'd welcome the London version of BBC Two HD in slot 102 here in Scotland. Most of the opt-out programming on BBC Two Scotland is crud beyond words. Newsnight Scotland has to be seen to be believed.

[bennyhill]

Monday 14th April

1 Channel added - 505 Starz TV

@Freesat : Twitter feed : Pleased to announce Starz - the original interactive music channel - has launched today on Freesat channel 505

[nashville]

Hope it is good music, not rubbish Thanks

STV HD is on Freesat. Finally. View it on channel 119.

[nashville]

Thanks Chris

[bennyhill]

Monday 19th May

1 channel removed - 511 Planet Pop

Disappeared from EPG (but still broadasting on Sky apparently).

[Media Boy UK]

Forces TV has confirmed on Facebook that they will launch on June 10th.