Please add "London Live" to Sky Stream

[Kas5]

It's very disappointing that the channel "London Live" is not available. I've just moved home and switched to sky and often watched London Live where I previously lived. I don't have access to an antenna and have no other way to watch it. Surely this should be in the base package especially for people living in London as it is a FTA terrestrial digital channel? 

Why is it omitted and are there plans to add it?

[GD1]

@Kas5  As customers like you we have no inside knowledge about future channel additions.

Also it would be up to London Live to want to be added as it is their decision not Sky's, Sky can't just add channels to Stream without the channels permission.

Unless London Live has their own live stream you won't be able to see it on your Sky Stream puck.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Kas5 wrote:

 Surely this should be in the base package especially for people living in London as it is a FTA terrestrial digital channel? 

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'Free To Air' refers to unencrypted broadcast  (the clue is the 'air' bit) but Stream is not a broadcast platform.  There's no obligation on platform providers for any channels except the PSBs (1-5) to be present within a regulated EPG.

[Jones_The_Cat]

@Kas5 

London Live is owned and run by multi-millionaire Evgeney Lebedev who owns the London Evening Standard newspaper. It has a minimal viewership, but he's so rich it doesn't matter to him. He's probably forgotten the channel even exists. 

If you really want it then why not just buy a small portable aerial and connect it to your TV to get Freeview. There are various small discreet ones which work well indoors. Crytal Palace is a powerful transmitter so its hard not to get Freeview in London. You can pretty much get a signal with a coathanger...

[Kas5]

thank you. I guess I'll try an indoor aerial. It's odd that the cahnnel is on normal SKY and Virgin but not SKy Stream.

[Fothergill1]

@Kas5 There are a number of channels not included from the streaming platform.  The list has always been available on the Sky website.  The following link shows what currently is and isn't included on Glass/Stream:  https://www.sky.com/help/articles/tv-channel-list-sky-glass