smileTV

One thing ive never understood about freeview is why!!! do put channels on seperate channel no's?? why just do what they did in the days of analouge sky and put them on the same number?

I actully used to love seeing one channel change into another one, aaah great days. Thinks of Nickeledon stop and TV Japan start or Cartoon Network turn into TNT great memories

CBBC/BBC Three
CBebbies/BBC Four
UKTV History/Smile TV

How much more tidy that whould be

On my Set Top Box you can just delete those channels. Just a push of a button and, lo and behold, they're gone.

Dito, Ive gotten rid of many of the radio stations, ITV Play, Quizcall and all the sport related ones total white elephant channels to me.

It's so that parents can stop children having access to channels they shouldnt - i.e. watching CBBC one minute then Trauma On Three the next - and similarly Cbeebies Bedtime Hour one minute and then the horrific sight of a Prom next on BBC4.

Lots of kids have been given STBs for their bedrooms now - my friend's sons have access to channels 18, 21, 30-33 and 74 and 75 only.

Then again, the EPG guide would be confusing, channel-name wise.

I'm getting really fed up with Freeview at the Mo. FTN is a complete pile of crap, Men & Motors has gone & there are too many of these phone in channels. Why 3 of them, why 4 shopping channels.

Come on Channel 4, hurry up & put Film Four on Freeview, we need at least 1 film channel.

The only channels I bother watching are BBC3, ITV3, More 4, E4, ABC1 & Sky Sports News.

Glad I don't pay for Freeview, otherwise the boxes would have been removed six months ago

Great competition on SmileTV at the moment ...

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I just wonder if they've been watching Quizcall for the past hour or so ...

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Freeview has deteriorated rapidly since its launch in 2002. Such a shame. FTN was one of my favourite channels but its just rubbish now. If its not Quiz Night Live its some repeat of Future Fighting Machines...which may as well be Present Fighting Machines now.

It's been a rollercoaster hasn't it?

High: Freeview Launch. New channels UK Sh!te Ideas and FTN debut.
Low: More shopping channels appear - Bid Up.TV and Price-Drop TV
High: CBM announce imminent launch of general entertaiment channel. BBC launches News Multiscreen.
Low: CBM falls through and Ideal World takes channel 22.
High: TV Travel Shop disappears.
Low: Remaining channel spaces on Muxes A and 2 taken over by Pay-TV TopUpTV.
High: First decent new channels ABC1 and ITV3 launch.
Low (Taffy Version): ABC1 not available on Welsh transmitters.
Low (UK-wide Version): 9 streams on Mux A make picture nearly unwatchable.
High: E4 moves to Freeview from TUTV and E4+1 launches.
Low: Quiz Call launches - first of the dreaded quiz channels.
High: 2005 is a great year for channel launches: More4 and More4+1, promised for so long, launch.
High: ITV4 launches
High: Sky Travel becomes Sky Three, a general entertainment channel.
Low: ITV News Channel leaves Freeview.
High (Kiddie's Version): CITV launches.
Low: Men And Motors leaves Freeview.
Low: ITV Play launches.
High: New FTA FilmFour launches in June.
Low: All Freeview boxes sold in last two years contained a high-velocity explosive charge planted by the Sky Liberation Front. Boxes explode killing all people who dared to not subscribe to Sky. Sky subscriptions soar. Rupert Murdoch becomes King of Britain.
High: People overthrow Murdoch, killing him and hanging him by the balls from rusty barbed wire over the gates of the Tower of London. Britain becomes a people's Republic. All Sky channels become FTA. Britain rejoices.

FTN reran Bob & Margret about a year ago... why o why did I not record them when I had the chance... arggh look at the crap they show instead now.