Can you get BBC1 London and ITV etc using Freesat in Scotland?

[admin_exported]

The reason I ask is that they tend not to show some English football such as tonights International and instead replace them with episodes of Peak Practice or something. This annoys me with freeview. When I had Sky I just watched BBC London instead for MOTD and ITV England etc instead of STV.

Also, when's Setanta going to get some channels on Freesat?!

 

[Messiah]

Their website seems to indicate it is regional.

But again this still does not clarify whether the other channels are available.

 

[kena]

Yes , go to channel 977 , I'm in Edinburgh and use this for the football and ITV HD since ITV don't do HD in Scotland.

Setanta is subscription so don't see that on Freesat anytime soon.

 

[John Duncan]

It is regional, but seeing as it all comes from the one place, it's usually filtered depending on the postcode you entered into your freesat box. So pick a London postcode and you get the London broadcast. That's how I understood it anyway.

 

[daveh75]

Yes it's regional,but entering your post code just defaults your regional stations to their respective "main" epg slots..... e.g slots101-105.The other regions are available further up the epg though,slots 950 onwards

See here for channel listing's

 

[Anonymous]

Thats good to know. It's a shame you can't do this with Freeview!

Does anyone know if Setanta will be available on Freesat. There's no reason why they can't have the same channels that are available on Sky!

 

[John Duncan]

No technical reason, no. It's all about commercial aspects, and whether the two organisations can agree what money needs to change hands for it to happen

 

[Anonymous]

How do you get STV on freesat, any ideas as it only seems to be the bbc regional channels further up the EPG.

 

[kena]

My STV is on 103 as I have my postcode set to Edinburgh and tune to 977 ITV London when required.

 

[Anonymous]

I found it on the non freesat channels. still dont know if its available on freesat unless you enter a scottish postcode

 

[kena]

I use this list and it says NOTE: Other ITV1 regions are not listed on the EPG, use manual tune to add these

http://www.astra2d.com/freesatepg1.htm

Hope this helps