A few UK TV channel closures happening in the near future… Sewing Quarter – closed 30th December. VH-1 UK – closes 7th January 2020. 5Spike – to be replaced by Paramount Network 7th January 2020. Box Upfront – due to … Continue reading →
5Spike, the channel operated by Channel 5 owners Viacom, will close down on the 7th January 2020. Its content will be split across Viacoms other channels, mainly the Paramount Network channel.
Continue reading →Sky Deutschland to increase security to combat piracy German pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland is set to implement the same “anti card sharing” security as Sky UK in a bid to combat piracy of its channels. Through the so-called unique pairing, … Continue reading →
Intelsat successfully launch their “Mission Extension Vehicle, or MEV” for their old satellites – Major Intelsat 907 News for BBC Satback This one is for those watching / hacking into the Freeview back up on Intelsat 907 for their 10 … Continue reading →
Satellite Solar Outage Time Again – October 2019 It is that time of year again when the Sun / Solar Outage can affect the power of satellite signals your satellite dish is receiving, resulting in a loss of some of … Continue reading →
A story about satellite dish performance in the Costa Blanca North area… A few weeks ago I was installing a satellite dish for a client, who wanted UK Freesat installing at his home in the Costa Blanca area of Spain. … Continue reading →
4Music, which was free to air on satellite, is now “free-to-view”, following a satellite frequency transponder change. 4Music, along with sister channels The Box, Box Upfront, Box Hits, Kerrang and Kiss, have moved from the UK beam to the European … Continue reading →
Music entertainment channel 4Music has joined Freesat. As we reported yesterday ( https://www.satandpcguy.com/2017/02/08/4music-becoming-free-air-satellite/ ), the 4Music channel became free to air and free from encryption, which as we now know, paved the way for the channels to be available on … Continue reading →
Music channel 4Music has dropped its encryption and is currently broadcasting free-to-air on satellite. 4Music, a joint venture between Channel 4 and Bauer Media, has since its launch been encrypted on satellite. It was available without subscription, using a “Freesat … Continue reading →
The European Commission has unveiled its new audiovisual directive, updating the rules to create a fairer environment for all players. This means that “On demand” only services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video will be required to play by … Continue reading →
Seven people have been arrested in Spain for card sharing. The arrests, in early April 2016, were made in several Spanish cities: Madrid, Terrasa, Toledo, Córdoba and Cuevas Bajas in Málaga. The arrested people used card-sharing, where one of them … Continue reading →
Are the Irish Channel 4’s on frequency 12480 about to move to the UK beam? Channel 4 operate Irish variations of their Channel 4, E4, More 4 channels. This is probably down to rights issues, where Irish broadcaster have the … Continue reading →
Pay TV channel Watch is to rebrand to “w”. And as part of the channel rebrand, it will also show “Same-day repeats” of Eastenders. This is due to the closure of BBC Three, which currently shows the same day repeats … Continue reading →
New 4k UHDTVs may not be good or powerful enough to deliver the content! In order to get the maximum in image quality, the frame rate needs to be quite high. Yet some UHTVs may only be able to run … Continue reading →
The story of another conviction for a card sharer appeared today in the Daily Mail. A computer expert tampered with Sky TV boxes to sell pirated packages through eBay, costing the company almost £250,000. Aron Lees, of Urmston near Manchester, … Continue reading →