@Maz wrote:
It's about time that sky allowed you to add these channels to your favourites
As the SKY Q boxes are owned by SKY and have to be returned to them when the subscription ends the business need to allow channels not included with the subscription just is not there
I know it is frustrating for people who wish to view the channels that are not included but to be honest there are very few on Astra 2E/F/G. I think the majority that people might want are the UK channels that are not available in Ireland but that is a deliberate choice by the channels involved.
BTW I am guessing the frustration is more the lack of EPG/ability to record rather than being added to favourites
As I say, I do know it can be frustrating as I used to watch TV5 Europe via Astra2 using SKY Q manually when it left the EPG before it eventually stopped on Astra 2.
Sky boxes has never really been a system for other channels, even in the days on Astra 1 when it was analogue & the move to Astra 2 which is primarily UK & Ireland centric narrowed the list of other channels available considerably
I think some of the European TV Providers own boxes may also be limited in a simalar way - I don't have direct experience of such boxes.
There are quite a few multi channel / satellite capable receivers availble but of course they can't be used for SKY (although can be for Freesat channels) - I have such a receiver to watch FTA channels from several Satellites but the EPG on many channels can still be limited with many that I watch only able to see what is on now & next
