Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals

From	"Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
Newsgroups	uk.tech.digital-tv
Subject	Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals
Date	2026-07-18 10:53 +0000
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On 18/07/2026 in message <113fjrc$3cb1v$2@dont-email.me> Jeff Layman wrote:

>On 18/07/2026 08:43, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>On 18/07/2026 in message <113ervq$39mgb$1@dont-email.me> Java Jive wrote:
>>
>>>I've been thinking about restoring TV to the property for some time.
>>
>>Is it worth it? Broadcast TV is closing down and being replaced with
>>streamed TV, you'd be better of with Freely or a decent streaming device,
>>assuming you have a decent Internet connection.
>
>Closing down when? Apart from The Guardian article 
>(<https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/29/as-most-tv-viewers-tune-in-via-broadband-will-2034-signal-the-death-of-freeview>), 
>now approaching six months old, there seems to have been nothing official 
>on the subject. The article states:
>
>"After two years examining options for the future of the free-to-air 
>service, the DCMS is due to deliver its verdict soon. It is looking at 
>three options put forward by Ofcom: an expensive upgrade to Freeview’s 
>ageing technology; maintaining it as an extremely limited service with 
>just a minimum of core channels from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 
>5; and a “switch off over the 2030s”."
>
>I found some more info here:
><https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/freeview-cut-off-date-confirmed-34074146>
>
>"In response, Minister of State for Digital Government and Data Ian Murray 
>confirmed that no decision has yet been reached: “Following the 
>consultation in 2021 on the renewal of digital terrestrial television 
>(DTT) multiplex licences to which my honourable friend refers, Parliament 
>legislated to secure the future of DTT until at least 2034. No decision 
>has yet been made about the future of the DTT platform beyond this point."

I found it here:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?as_q=when+will+freesat+close+down&as_epq=&as_eq=&as_sitesearch=&as_filetype=&as_qdr=&lr=&cr=&tbs=&authuser=

and here:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?as_q=when+will+freeview+close+down&as_epq=&as_eq=&as_sitesearch=&as_filetype=&as_qdr=&lr=&cr=&tbs=&authuser=

-- 
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks

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Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-07-01 11:35 +0000
  Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-07-01 15:54 +0100
    Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-01 17:47 +0100
      Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-07-15 23:16 +0100
        Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-16 09:53 +0100
          Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-07-16 11:01 +0100
            Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals SH <i.love@spam.com> - 2026-07-16 19:00 +0100
              Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-07-16 22:34 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals SH <i.love@spam.com> - 2026-07-17 08:24 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-07-18 04:29 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-07-18 07:43 +0000
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 11:17 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-07-18 10:53 +0000
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 12:48 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-18 13:47 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2026-07-18 14:25 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 14:37 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 14:42 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-18 16:16 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Laurence Taylor <laurence@nospam.plus.com> - 2026-07-18 17:07 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 18:07 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-18 19:36 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Spike <aero.spike@mail.com> - 2026-07-18 18:46 +0000
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-19 09:12 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-19 08:35 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> - 2026-07-19 16:02 +0000
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-18 13:42 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 14:55 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-07-18 15:17 +0000
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-07-19 00:24 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-19 08:54 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-19 10:22 +0100
  Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-07-01 16:29 +0100
    Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-07-01 16:21 +0000
      Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-07-01 17:35 +0100
  Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-01 18:16 +0100
    Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-01 18:42 +0100
      Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-07-02 07:55 +0000
  Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-07-02 12:28 +0100
    Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-07-02 13:46 +0000
      Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-03 09:17 +0100
      Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-07-03 18:51 +0100
        Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-03 19:17 +0100
          Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-04 11:54 +0100
  Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-03 15:31 +0100
    Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-03 15:35 +0100
      Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-07-03 17:06 +0100
        Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-03 23:17 +0100
  Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-09 18:26 +0100
    Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-07-09 22:34 +0100
      Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-10 08:43 +0100
        Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-10 09:51 +0100
    Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-07-10 08:48 +0000
      Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-10 11:20 +0100
        Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-07-10 11:00 +0000
        Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> - 2026-07-10 16:52 +0100
          Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-10 18:33 +0100
            Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-15 22:01 +0100
              Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-17 09:01 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-17 12:15 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 07:56 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-18 08:34 +0100
                Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-20 07:31 +0100

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