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Shopping Channels

graham121 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:55:54 GMT

My wife is addicted to the craft shopping channels, any ideas why they are not available and if there are any plans to introduce them? I'm getting a ton of grief over this😪

Re: Shopping Channels

GD1 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:57:01 GMT

@graham121 wrote:
My wife is addicted to the craft shopping channels, any ideas why they are not available and if there are any plans to introduce them? I'm getting a ton of grief over this😪

No one knows at present, I'm sure they will at some point, on the plus side it could save a few quid 🙂

Re: Shopping Channels

TimmyBGood — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:00:59 GMT

@graham121

Presumably they aren't prepared to meet whatever additional terms Sky require for participating in Glass, or they are planning their own alternative method of online distribution.

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Scottishplantdad — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:18:27 GMT

I quite like the streamlined down channel list - ones I would rather weren't there anyway! 🤣

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AaronC88 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:27:15 GMT

My missus is the same though I did warn her about them not being there, she said most are available to watch via their websites.

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HeathHayle — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 18:15:27 GMT

@TimmyBGood there probably going to release their own "watch" apps like everyone else seems to be doing these days if they havent already 😂

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HeathHayle — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 18:18:48 GMT

@graham121 the shopping channels that are wanting to be watched have you checked their official sites to see if they already offer their own way of watching the channel might give you an indication to what might happen or what has already happened

Re: Shopping Channels

FoxsterUK — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 22:44:01 GMT

My wife has insisted that we get the shopping channels back or we have to cancel Glass and go back to Q.

As a temporary fix, I have plugged the Q box into Glass via HDMI. Most of Q is not working but the Freeview-type channels, including the shopping ones, are available. Marriage saved.

Once Sky want their Q box back we'll be stuffed and I'll either have to switch back to paid-for Q or maybe get a Freeview box of some sort, though I'm loath to do that as obviously Sky just need to provide the full set of channels on Glass that are available on Q.

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oj01 — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 07:30:33 GMT

@FoxsterUK It's not up to Sky to provide those channels, it's up to those channels to want to be part of Sky Glass.

Re: Shopping Channels

graham121 — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 07:54:09 GMT

It was the Craft channels my wife wanted and they both stream on YouTube so that solved the problem. She used to record the demonstrations for future reference but that can't happen with Glass.

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Aaln — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 08:55:51 GMT

Omg those channels are dire.

I think they're designed for people sat at home who've had a few to drink, to get them to spend money they normally wouldn't.

Re: Shopping Channels

bob1234 — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:06:36 GMT

@FoxsterUKThe problem is that with freeview you need a terrestrial aerial and with freesat you need the LNB in the dish changed back from the Q one to the normal one.

However channels like the "craft store" stream on line so something like the Amazon fire stick(from £29) or Roku dongles would work.

Re: Shopping Channels

tarbat — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:31:48 GMT

@bob1234 wrote:
@FoxsterUKThe problem is that with freeview you need a terrestrial aerial and with freesat you need the LNB in the dish changed back from the Q one to the normal one.

No you don't. the current Freesat box works perfectly well with the wideband LNB that Q uses.

Re: Shopping Channels

GD1 — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:33:03 GMT

@tarbat wrote:
@bob1234 wrote:
@FoxsterUKThe problem is that with freeview you need a terrestrial aerial and with freesat you need the LNB in the dish changed back from the Q one to the normal one.
No you don't. the current Freesat box works perfectly well with the wideband LNB that Q uses.

Yep, the latest Freesat 4K boxes work with the Q wideband LNB so it wouldn't need changing

Re: Shopping Channels

bob1234 — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:34:36 GMT

@tarbat wrote:
@bob1234 wrote:
@FoxsterUKThe problem is that with freeview you need a terrestrial aerial and with freesat you need the LNB in the dish changed back from the Q one to the normal one.
No you don't. the current Freesat box works perfectly well with the wideband LNB that Q uses.

Yes I had forgot that however you have to make sure you get the 4K ones as there are loads of cheaper ones about that do not work with the Q LNBs.

Re: Shopping Channels

tarbat — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:11:37 GMT

@bob1234 wrote:
Yes I had forgot that however you have to make sure you get the 4K ones as there are loads of cheaper ones about that do not work with the Q LNBs.

Agreed. But if access to the dish to change the LNB is difficult, then you can still use the Q's wideband LNB with older freesat receivers by using something like the Johansson 9725. Often easier than changing the LNB.

Re: Shopping Channels

Danielles2022 — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 02:44:39 GMT

Channel 683 and Channel 684 craft extra and create and craft 😊

Re: Shopping Channels

Annel — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:00:29 GMT

Hi there, whilst Channels 683 (Create and Craft TV) and 684 (Create and Craft TV Extra) are both on Sky, Channel 673 (The Craft Store) is not available, even though all my searching on the web confirms that it is on Channel 673 on Sky ...... why is this channel blank when you go to in on Sky?

Re: Shopping Channels

TimmyBGood — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:12:18 GMT

@Annel wrote:

Channel 673 (The Craft Store) is not available, even though all my searching on the web confirms that it is on Channel 673 on Sky ...... why is this channel blank when you go to in on Sky?

Many channels available on Sky +, Sky+ HD and Sky Q distributed by satellite broadcast are not available on Sky Glass which requires the channel owner to provide an internet data stream.

Re: Shopping Channels

Scottie16 — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:43:02 GMT

An alternative way of watching them is an Apple TV box.

they have the streaming apps for QVC, Ideal World, Create & Craft, Hochanda and several more shopping channels.

CEX sells the 1st gen 4K boxes from about £60, or 1st Gen HD box from £50.

keeps all the extra cables away, plus have the additional apps not on glass like BT Sports, BritBox, Apple Store Library and My5 etc..