Is ITV a FTA (free to air) channel?

I live in Norway and I really want the ITV channel. I checked out http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/United-Kingdom.html
And found ITV News Channel under free channels. I also checked out http://www.itv.com and didn't find a channel called ITV News Channel, so is ITV News Channel Astra 2D the same as ITV 1 ?

[Fred Smith]

No.
ITV 1 is general entertainment and FTV.
ITV 2 is general entertainment and FTV.
ITV 3 general entertainment is but FTA.
ITV News Channel is a news specific channel, which is also FTA.
There is a possibility that ITV 1 and 2 may go FTA soon but it's not confirmed.


Is your username related to the car you drive?

Is there any way to get ITV, if I live in Norway? Without pay anything? I have a Wavefrontier Toroidal 90 dish, so I can recive all the satellites in Europe.


No I'm not driving a Impreza, I wish I did

As far as I understand it. No.

ITV1,2 etc are encrypted by Sky and cannot be read without Sky kit and a working sky card.

[Fred Smith]

As Boy Lex says, you need a Sky digibox and a card. You can buy the card in the UK for GBP20 and a box from Ebay.

As I said above, they might go FTA soon, so you have a choice wait see and if so use your current kit or buy the Sky kit now.




I asked as I drive a Subaru, but not an Impreza but an Outback.

[Tentenths]

Originally Posted by Fred Smith

I asked as I drive a Subaru, but not an Impreza but an Outback.

Another one here - a Forester S/Turbo (Japanese version)

Hope they'll go to FTA soon, would really like to watch the WRC and F1 coverage.

[Fred Smith]

Originally Posted by Impreza

Hope they'll go to FTA soon, would really like to watch the WRC and F1 coverage.

For WRC. Get a old analogue box, point your dish at Astra 19.2 deg east. Eurosport International in English most of the day and also in German, FTA .

I watch more WRC on Eurosport International than I do on ITV. They give four half hour programmes per event, one preview (which also is shown on ITV) and one half hour programme each evening of the event; they also cover the JWRC (which ITV does not) in a fifteen-minute programme a few days after the rally.

Note the Barcelona-Dakar (I know it's not WRC) was covered every day with a ten-minute programme in the morning and another in the afternoon and a further forty-five minute programme each night! ITV did not cover it at all, the BBC showed about forty minutes on the last day. Can't beat Eurosport International for rallying.

[Fred Smith]

Originally Posted by Tentenths

Another one here - a Forester S/Turbo (Japanese version)

Nice one. See you on ScoobyNet? My posting name their is OBH6UK.

Originally Posted by Fred Smith

For WRC. Get a old analogue box, point your dish at Astra 19.2 deg east. Eurosport International in English most of the day and also in German, FTA

Yep I know that Eurosport have much more rally than ITV, but no one can beat the commentators on ITV. Angus Scott, Jon Desborough and Robie Head are just fantastic good commentators.

[Fred Smith]

Angus Scott, sorry no.

Anyway, looks like the earliest ITV 1 may now go FTA is April:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds18799.html

[Tentenths]

Originally Posted by Fred Smith

Nice one. See you on ScoobyNet? My posting name their is OBH6UK.

Yep, it's a regular haunt. I'll look out for you - I use the same name as on here (less likely to forget it )

[clivejones]

Hi

The block of flats that I live in has a communal sky aerial.
I have just purchased a panasonic dsb30 digibox on ebay

There is no card with it.

Will I be able to view any channels? Do I need a card?
I see sky do lots of great deals with free install and free boxes... But I have all this now... Are there deals for people with equipment?

[Fred Smith]

You will be able to view the FTA channels, BBC, ITV 3, Motors, Sky News, shopping etc.

If you want to view the FTV channels, ITV1 and 2, CH4 and Five you will need a Freesat card £20 from Sky. Ask for a Freesat card and not the package:

http://www.freesatfromsky.com

If you want to view the subscription channels you will need a Sky card from Sky at subscription rates.

[clivejones]

HI Fred

Thanks for your helpful reply!
I have just ordered a freesat card!

£20 - bargain!