topic Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel in Sky+

HD uk yesterday Chanel

P.J.D — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:38:55 GMT

I have basis HD with Sky. I can watch ITV BBC SKY films in HD etc

But I can't watch free to view UK Yesterday on Sky unless I pay Sky £4 a month yes I can watch this Chanel in ordinary picture but that is not the point. It's a FREE to view Chanel ???????

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

Mark39 — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:16:07 GMT

BBC1 & 2, and ITV are free to air in HD and no subscription is required. A subscription to Sky Movies includes the movie channels in HD.

So far as I can see there's no free to air HD version of U&Yesterday, so you would need the HD add-on to view it.

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

nigea99 — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:27:08 GMT

@P.J.D wrote:

I have basis HD with Sky. I can watch ITV BBC SKY films in HD etc

But I can't watch free to view UK Yesterday on Sky unless I pay Sky £4 a month yes I can watch this Chanel in ordinary picture but that is not the point. It's a FREE to view Chanel ???????

hi @P.J.D

Some of the channels are Free To Air in SD only but require a subscription including the HD add on to watch in HD .

As well as U&Yesterday, U&W is the same (both part of the UKTV group) - there may be some others

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

caesarome — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:39:54 GMT

@P.J.D

There is a list of all channels here and what packages you need, HD or not:

https://www.tvchannellists.com/w/List_of_channels_on_Sky_Q_(United_Kingdom_%26_Ireland)

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

P.J.D — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:21:09 GMT

Did not ask for a list. I said WHY CAN I NOT VIEW a free to view HD Chanel unless I give SKY £4 a month

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

nigea99 — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:22:24 GMT

@P.J.D wrote:

Did not ask for a list. I said WHY CAN I NOT VIEW a free to view HD Chanel unless I give SKY £4 a month

As mentioned U&Yesterday HD is not Free to view - only the SD version is

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

Annie+UK — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:32:46 GMT

@P.J.D wrote:

Did not ask for a list. I said WHY CAN I NOT VIEW a free to view HD Chanel unless I give SKY £4 a month

Because the SD channels are FTV and not all of the HD channels are

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

Mark39 — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:40:05 GMT

@P.J.D wrote:

I said WHY CAN I NOT VIEW a free to view HD Chanel unless I give SKY £4 a month

It's not FTA (as already posted).

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

P.J.D — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:05:33 GMT

Why was I watching it the other week. ?
why if I have sky HD ?

why should I pay Sky to watch it ?

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

Mark39 — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:13:55 GMT

@P.J.D wrote:

Why was I watching it the other week. ?

No idea

why if I have sky HD ?

Do you have the HD add-on pack? Having an HD box doesn't automatically give you access to all HD channels.

why should I pay Sky to watch it ?

You don't have to. Watch it in SD.

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

TimmyBGood — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:31:14 GMT

@P.J.D

Channel owners can choose not to make their HD variant Free To Air: these have additional operating cost because there's more data to shift over the satellite link.

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

P.J.D — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 09:14:15 GMT

Load of rubbish Sky rip people off wth there prices. The cost of supplying free to air Chanel's are well covered in the price of there subscription

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

Mark39 — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 09:26:09 GMT

@P.J.D wrote:

Load of rubbish Sky rip people off wth there prices. The cost of supplying free to air Chanel's are well covered in the price of there subscription

As explained several times, U&Yesterday HD isn't a free to air satellite channel

The sensible thing to do is cancel if you believe Sky doesn't offer value for money. You have to be out of contract, to do so, of course.

Re: HD uk yesterday Chanel

TimmyBGood — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:39:26 GMT

@P.J.D wrote:

The cost of supplying free to air Chanel's are well covered in the price of there subscription

Operating costs of the channels themselves are not covered by their very small share of a Sky subscription.

The particular channel you are complaining about is not owned by Sky: it's a BBC Studios (non-Licence Fee-funded) outlet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKTV