itv2 ftv on bbc card

digitalman

hi guy's ,
not sure if this has been mentioned but ITV2 is is in the clear on the channel id's 3-8 and g54.Only noticed this today.

They can be tuned in on the other channels on 10906v 22000
fec 5/6.This is the transponderwith utv on it.

It is only availble with a bbc card and cannot be viewed with an irish subscription.

happy viewing,
digitalman

Kramer

Originally posted by digitalman
not sure if this has been mentioned

nor am I

ITV2 is is in the clear on the channel id's 3-8 and g54

So it is!

Nice one

Mark_irl

Ahhh some David Letterman tonite, if it stays on that long, nice.

Kramer

Originally posted by Mark_irl
Ahhh some David Letterman tonite, if it stays on that long, nice.

Nope!

It's a guest host tonight - Elvis Costello :mad: Dave's off with an eye infection at the mo.

Disappointing

Charles Slane

I read elsewhere that Dave actually has Shingles, which is a pretty tough thing to go through.

Still it'll be interesting to see how Elvis Costello does a host.

Thanks very much for the heads-up digitalman !!

osullima

sssshhhhhhh!!!!!!!! ITV might hear us!!

watty

Pedant Mode:

It isn't and never was a "BBC Card". They never operated the Scheme.

It is a Free To View Card Scheme. Formerly operated by UK P.O. and currently operated by Sky/NDS/BskyB (all one company).

ITV 2 for reasons unknown is frequently even totally Free to Air (but even on a non-Digibox receiver needing specific PID numbers to make it work, that have to be guessed at).

The problem is there never seems to be anything to watch on it!

rovingrover

>>>>The problem is there never seems to be anything to watch on it!

champions league!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

watty

Ahh!

Sport!

No offence intended.. A humourous thought!

If all the sports fans went out and played sport or viewed it at the local ground, then the sports would not need TV money as they would get it direct from fans and other TV viewers would get better ordinary programs (not all that money spent on Sport), and 3/4 of the "rights" problems across frontiers would vanish.

DMC

k, seeming as we are in pedant mode.....

Can you seriously see a situation where the rights holders to the most popular programmes actually not look for top dollar when it comes to looking some to broadcast their show? If the product is proven, they are going to charge.

Sport is popular. Very popular. More popular than "ordinary programs." Most of the biggest audiences of last year were sport. You may not like that, or like sport, but you cant ignore its popularity. Sport has been the biggest driver of satellite TV in these islands. If it wasn't for sport, especially soccer, satellite TV would not have taken off in the way it has.

If it wasnt for sport, Sky would've had to poach Coronation Street from ITV when it was launching, to have a similar effect.

jez

This channel was clear a couple of months ago in the same format (G54)as now. It disappeared as quickly as it came . However,anyone sumise as to why this has become clear. Is it a mistake or are there plans for it to be made available on the FTV Card. It would make sense,because as it stands ITV2 is pay per view on the sky system. i.e you have to have a certain package to view it???

watty

UK Family pack

Icehouse

Might create good publicity for ITV - doG knows they need it, especially with the Beeb grabbing the headlines going FTA and Freeview a success after the ITVDigi disaster - maybe I'm being too optimistic here, but who knows...

muffinhead

i'm picking up itv2 on my irish sub-card in the 'other channels' section perfectly!

byte

Originally posted by muffinhead
i'm picking up itv2 on my irish sub-card in the 'other channels' section perfectly!

Won't work for me on my IR sub card! You must have one of those new cards which dont' show RTE!

darthdublin

Yeah ITV2 is on my English FTV Card.
But not on my ROI Sub Card!!.
Great stuff indeed.
But how long will it be there for???.

Please GOD forever.

Good for the Footie.

Regards.

P.s Cheers for the info on how to find it.

mike2084

I glad it was FTV tonight as that "Richard Hillman Exposed" programme on ITV2 at 8 was throughly entertaining.

watty

As of this morning (Sat 15 Mar 2003), G54 (ITV2) is:
Not FTA: Will not work on FTA receiver or Digibox with no card.
Not ROI: Will not work on a "proper ROI" card.
FTV: a UK FTV card works
Sub: A UK Family pack of course works the regular ITV2

Some ROI card are fortuitously faulty allowing all ITV regions, C4, Five and any other non-BBC FTV in addition to FTA, but only generally via "other channels"

Hmm. Can I have a new but faulty ROI card please, Mr Murdock?

muffinhead

Originally posted by watty
As of this morning (Sat 15 Mar 2003), G54 (ITV2) is:
Not FTA: Will not work on FTA receiver or Digibox with no card.
Not ROI: Will not work on a "proper ROI" card.
FTV: a UK FTV card works
Sub: A UK Family pack of course works the regular ITV2

Some ROI card are fortuitously faulty allowing all ITV regions, C4, Five and any other non-BBC FTV in addition to FTA, but only generally via "other channels"

Hmm. Can I have a new but faulty ROI card please, Mr Murdock?

yeah watty I got one o' those ! it's great cos it saves me from changing the two cards around but it's fecking annoying not getting the irish channels or bbc1:mad: !

John R

these extra itv2 channels seem to come and go. It was available a few months ago for a while, then just a test card then nothing, with a bit of luck it will last this time.

pbirney

Interestingly, according to the current Irish Sky brochure (printed December 2002), ITV2 is included in the Irish family pack!

Paul.

Mossy Monk

that leaflet also said that Talk Sport was available (it's not). it also mentioned BBC radio was available except that it never told us how to tune them in. ie. we'll give the same leaflet to everyone. why bother printing a different one for those people in Ireland. i am referring to the leaflet i received in the welcome pack when i signed up for Sky Digital.

does the up to date leaflet mention RTÉ, TV3 or TG4?

byte

Yes, the Irish brochure lists the 4 irish terrestrials and BBC1NI and BBC2NI. The addition of ITV2 and talkSport was a printing error. It was probably printed in UK... :rolleyes:

pbirney

Originally posted by Mossy Monk
that leaflet also said that Talk Sport was available (it's not). it also mentioned BBC radio was available except that it never told us how to tune them in. ie. we'll give the same leaflet to everyone. why bother printing a different one for those people in Ireland. i am referring to the leaflet i received in the welcome pack when i signed up for Sky Digital.

does the up to date leaflet mention RTÉ, TV3 or TG4?

I am familiar with the leaflet you are referring to, however this is a different leaflet (A5 booklet format). I picked it up in Currys, Liffey Valley. It does not mention TalkSport nor BBC radio, but does show the Irish terrestrials and ITV2 as part of the Family Pack and is a specially produced booklet for the Irish market i.e. all prices in Euro.

Paul.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by pbirney
a specially produced booklet for the Irish market i.e. all prices in Euro

very poor effort by Sky then
could this be a case of deliberate false advertising, ie. make them think ITV2 is on it and they will sign up
probably a bit far fetched

carrolls

ITV 2 has been replaced with the William Road test card again
.:mad:
Somebody must be using this feed (maybe for cable or broadband).
That means It must have just changed frequencies. It must be still available under some other label.

Stoneball

I really doubt it lads its always the same it never lasts and we all know it.