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Sky Q and BBC

middlesex1993 — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 20:33:40 GMT

On my Sky Q box. Channel 101 is now the local BBC 1 HD channel, in my case BBC 1 London HD. This change happened a few weeks ago.

However when I go into Freeview. Channel 101, it is still showing the national BBC 1 HD channel.

Re: Sky Q and BBC

nigea99 — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 20:36:32 GMT

@middlesex1993 wrote:

On my Sky Q box. Channel 101 is now the local BBC 1 HD channel, in my case BBC 1 London HD. This change happened a few weeks ago.

However when I go into Freeview. Channel 101, it is still showing the national BBC 1 HD channel.

Yes the BBC are rolling out differently on different platforms (i.e. later on Freeview) - I am afraid I haven't searched for any links to give any specific dates

Re: Sky Q and BBC

xenon81 — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:02:06 GMT

It should be HD on Freeview within the next month.

Re: Sky Q and BBC

TimmyBGood — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:38:13 GMT

@middlesex1993

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/articles/2022/BBC-One-HD-rollout-England

Re: Sky Q and BBC

middlesex1993 — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:45:43 GMT

Thank you all for your replies.

TimmyBGood. That link you kindly provided, sums up modern day life for someone like me.

I found the article to be so very long and so very complicated, It just went on and on.
If I am correct. Freeview will have channel 101 showing regional BBC HD channels, in my case BBC 1, Londonn HD, very shortly just like it is showing on Sky Q. I assume this will happen automatically and I will not have to reset my rather old smart television.

Re: Sky Q and BBC

nigea99 — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:55:07 GMT

@middlesex1993 wrote:

Thank you all for your replies.

TimmyBGood. That link you kindly provided, sums up modern day life for someone like me.

I found the article to be so very long and so very complicated, It just went on and on.
If I am correct. Freeview will have channel 101 showing regional BBC HD channels, in my case BBC 1, Londonn HD, very shortly just like it is showing on Sky Q. I assume this will happen automatically and I will not have to reset my rather old smart television.

Freeview transmitters don't have the capacity for as many multiple channels as Satellite TV - each transmitter is used for it's local channels.

Thus when they switch 101 to be regional it will just be a matter of what feed they send to the transmitter for 101 and extremely unlikely to be a channel frequency change

Very few Freview channel changes have actuallly required a manual initiation to get the channels -some TVs wil change automatically with possibly a message to say they have done, others just come up with a message saying new channels found & ask to proceed.

In the last couple of years or so probably all Freeview Transmitters have moved many channels around to free up the higher end channels for 5G use .

So even if you need to intervene it will be no different to the periodic changes you will have had. - but it is likely to be seemless for you.

Re: Sky Q and BBC

TimmyBGood — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:24:11 GMT

@middlesex1993

As @nigea99 indicates, some Freeview televisions and set top boxes may need a 're-tune'. Sky have the advantage of being able to 'push' changes to their own hardware.

Re: Sky Q and BBC

middlesex1993 — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:17:59 GMT

Hopefully I will not have to do anything' with my smart television, and the change to the local BBC 1,London HD on channel 101 will happen automatically.

It would be helpful, that if anyone living in the London area gets this change that they notify us on this thread.

Re: Sky Q and BBC

Chodley — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 19:38:42 GMT

Suspect anyone who does have useful info won't spot it because it's titled Sky Q, not Freeview.

Re: Sky Q and BBC

middlesex1993 — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:43:18 GMT

Just got a message on my freeview..

Aerial connection will be updated in my area tomorrow and I may have to retune my television.

I assume this is to do with channel 101 going to BBC regional, in my case BBC 1 London HD, as of course it is now the case when I am watching television through my Sky Q box.

I now have to work out how to retune my television.

Life is rather complicated..

Re: Sky Q and BBC

Chodley — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 22:39:00 GMT

@middlesex1993 wrote:
Just got a message on my freeview..
Aerial connection will be updated in my area tomorrow and I may have to retune my television.
I assume this is to do with channel 101 going to BBC regional, in my case BBC 1 London HD, as of course it is now the case when I am watching television through my Sky Q box.
I now have to work out how to retune my television.
Life is rather complicated..

I'm sure you'll manage 😉