Freeview !

[Old Hadlothian]

Help required - does anyone know if a freeview box can be plugged into a sky dish - getting sky freeview, but for some unknown reason they do not give you sky sports news.... we do not have a standard aerial at present, so this is not an option,,,
Any help appreciated

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

SSN is available on a Freeview box but you need to connect it to an aerial , preferably an outdoor one as the multiplex that SSN is on has quite a weak signal strength and might not be picked up on an indoor aerial. Sky Sports News is not free to air via satellite either through a Sky box or Freesat receiver.

 

[Uncle C]

Help required - does anyone know if a freeview box can be plugged into a sky dish - getting sky freeview, but for some unknown reason they do not give you sky sports news.... we do not have a standard aerial at present, so this is not an option,,,
Any help appreciated

Freeview uses an aerial. It will not work with a satellite dish.

 

[REDLAND]

Help required - does anyone know if a freeview box can be plugged into a sky dish - getting sky freeview, but for some unknown reason they do not give you sky sports news.... we do not have a standard aerial at present, so this is not an option,,,
Any help appreciated

You need a FREESAT box, pretty much same principle as a freeview box but they use an existing Sky dish, check out Maplins in town for some good boxes at decent prices ..

 

[clapham_gull]

Help required - does anyone know if a freeview box can be plugged into a sky dish - getting sky freeview, but for some unknown reason they do not give you sky sports news.... we do not have a standard aerial at present, so this is not an option,,,
Any help appreciated

No, and I have no idea why Sky Sports News is unavailable on either of the freesat Systems.

 

[REDLAND]

No, and I have no idea why Sky Sports News is unavailable on either of the freesat Systems.

Sky Sports News is subscription only on satellite so not receivable at all on a Humax freesat box. It is only free at present on terrestrial TV - Freeview - although that may disappear if Sky bring out their pay package (Picnic) on terrestrial which now seems likely.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

You need a FREESAT box, pretty much same principle as a freeview box but they use an existing Sky dish, check out Maplins in town for some good boxes at decent prices ..

Sky Sports News is not free on DTH (satellite) only on DTT (freeview)

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

No, and I have no idea why Sky Sports News is unavailable on either of the freesat Systems.

It is one of the channels in the Sky "news & events" pack.

 

[clapham_gull]

Sky Sports News is subscription only on satellite so not receivable at all on a Humax freesat box. It is only free at present on terrestrial TV - Freeview - although that may disappear if Sky bring out their pay package (Picnic) on terrestrial which now seems likely.

Which you cut and pasted from another forum

 

[clapham_gull]

It is one of the channels in the Sky "news & events" pack.

Yep, just wondering about the politics of it. I suspect they see Freeview as Sky advertising space.

 

[REDLAND]

Which you cut and pasted from another forum

well I wasn't gonna type it all in myself

 

[Old Hadlothian]

So the crux of it all then is - SSN = freeview = aerial ?
No aerial = no SSN

Anyone know a good aerial installer & not too much money ?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Yep, just wondering about the politics of it. I suspect they see Freeview as Sky advertising space.

They have done the same with Sky 3 , just a way of promoting themselves on a different platform.