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no need for me to get sky anymore!

can watch BB with freeview as of friday!

thought some of you might want to know that?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4488779.stm

fatreg

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[ This Message was edited by: fatreg on 2005-05-24 00:25 ]
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Posted: 2005-05-24 01:22:50
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Awesome! I'll be checking that out!

Nick
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Posted: 2005-05-24 01:27:23
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indeed one of y reasons for getting sky is no longer valid,

ive no need for sky, ahh saves me a good £30 a month!!

fatreg
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Posted: 2005-05-24 01:29:30
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not only are we getting E4 we also get E4+1!!!!!, friday keeps getting better for me, gett e4, big brother starting and am getting wwe wrestlemania for the xbox.
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Posted: 2005-05-24 02:14:12
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knew about e4 but didnt know bout +1!
is it just a coincedence bout it startin the same day as big brother?!
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Posted: 2005-05-24 02:33:00
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Channel 4 will take entertainment station E4 free-to-air on Freeview at the end of May, it has been announced today.

In a surprise move, the broadcaster also confirmed that timeshift channel E4+1 would be launching on DTT at the same time.

Plans to turn the pay TV channel into a free offering were first outlined earlier this year as part of a "long-term" digital strategy. Now the plans have been brought forward in time for the sixth series of Big Brother, which broadcasts around-the-clock on E4.

Channel 4 had been faced with something of a dilemma when deciding to make the switch: it already had in place a long-running agreement with Sky for carriage of E4 as a pay TV channel until 2008. In order to negotiate the barrier, C4 said today that E4 would continue to broadcast encrypted via satellite for the foreseeable future. As an extra sweetener for Sky, C4 has agreed to forfeit any subscription revenues it would have taken in the coming years.

"We’ve always said we would take E4 free-to-air when this represented the best opportunity for its future development and growth," said Dan Brooke, Controller of Digital Strategy at Channel 4. "We’re delighted to be continuing our relationship with Sky Digital, Britain’s biggest digital TV platform, as well as joining its fastest growing one."

E4 has been available on DTT through the premium add-on service 'Top Up TV' since March last year but will withdraw from the lineup before it goes free-to-air.

Channel 4 has a number of free broadcast spaces on Freeview, and is widely expected to secure yet another from transmission company Crown Castle. At least one has already been earmarked for More 4, a new factual channel launching in October.

Click here to view Channel 4's press release in full.
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Posted: 2005-05-24 07:59:01
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Cheers fr This message was posted from a S700
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Posted: 2005-05-24 08:52:43
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E4 is a great channel.

Phoenix nights, max & paddys road to nowhere

Bring it ON

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Posted: 2005-05-24 11:54:28
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thanks for that!

will be updating my box on friday!!
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Posted: 2005-05-24 22:05:37
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I want freeview!
I already have sky but i want freeview for my PC!
How many channels can you get with freeview now?
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Posted: 2005-05-24 22:53:09
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