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Scottish Sun
2 days ago
- Scottish Sun
Free TV viewers to lose even MORE features and they'll disappear for disappointed telly fans starting this week
Check the full list below to ensure you're not affected TUNED OUT Free TV viewers to lose even MORE features and they'll disappear for disappointed telly fans starting this week Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) TELLY fans using a popular set-top box have been warned some features have been removed this week. Three useful tools have mysteriously disappeared from screens, making it harder for viewers to find shows they want to watch. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Freesat boxes have already lost several features in recent years Credit: Humax 2 The Humax HDR-1100S box is among those affected Credit: Humax Freesat is the satellite alternative to Freeview, which launched way back in 2008. The firm said changes have come about as part of "ongoing improvements to our service". Certain older boxes sold between 2013 and 2019 are affected by the move. Check the full list of models below. Humax HDR-1100S Freesat Recorder 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB HB-1100S non-recordable Freesat Receiver Those impacted have lost the ability to search, as well as scrolling backwards on the TV guide to find shows recently aired. The showcase recommendations and deep linking functionality are no more too. But linear channels will continue to be available as normal, as will the most popular streaming apps like BBC iPlayer and Netflix. However, the Channel 4 and ITVX apps continue to be absent. ITVX was never made available on the same boxes in 2022 when its predecessor ITV Hub was replaced. Freely the UK's new free streaming service Last year, remote recording was also removed from Freesat boxes, meaning viewers could no longer order recordings from their phone when out and about - a move that affected every single Freesat box. And just a few months ago, the remote control functions from the app were taken away too. Freesat is owned by the same company that owns Freeview, known as Everyone TV. The company - itself jointly owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 - has been putting a lot more focus on its new Freely product in recent years. Freely beams channels onto screens via an internet connection instead, much like Sky Glass.
The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Free TV viewers to lose even MORE features and they'll disappear for disappointed telly fans starting this week
TELLY fans using a popular set-top box have been warned some features have been removed this week. Three useful tools have mysteriously disappeared from screens, making it harder for viewers to find shows they want to watch. 2 Freesat is the satellite alternative to Freeview, which launched way back in 2008. The firm said changes have come about as part of "ongoing improvements to our service". Certain older boxes sold between 2013 and 2019 are affected by the move. Check the full list of models below. Humax HDR-1100S Freesat Recorder 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB HB-1100S non-recordable Freesat Receiver Those impacted have lost the ability to search, as well as scrolling backwards on the TV guide to find shows recently aired. The showcase recommendations and deep linking functionality are no more too. But linear channels will continue to be available as normal, as will the most popular streaming apps like BBC iPlayer and Netflix. However, the Channel 4 and ITVX apps continue to be absent. ITVX was never made available on the same boxes in 2022 when its predecessor ITV Hub was replaced. Freely the UK's new free streaming service Last year, remote recording was also removed from Freesat boxes, meaning viewers could no longer order recordings from their phone when out and about - a move that affected every single Freesat box. And just a few months ago, the remote control functions from the app were taken away too. Freesat is owned by the same company that owns Freeview, known as Everyone TV. The company - itself jointly owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 - has been putting a lot more focus on its new Freely product in recent years. Freely beams channels onto screens via an internet connection instead, much like Sky Glass. Get more quality TV for free By Jamie Harris, Assistant Technology and Science Editor If you're tired of paying out on several streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ then there are a growing number of free alternatives around. While many of these alternatives have been filled with obscure content, more big names like Sky have got on board in recent years offering some quality stuff, which is largely archive but still entertaining. As well as UKTV, Sony and 5 are among the other players getting involved. If you haven't already, give Pluto TV a go, it's available on pretty much all devices including Fire TV Sticks. On there you'll find channels from MTV, with Catfish and Geordie Shore. Some of the classics are real gems too - I found myself watching long-forgotten episodes of Sabrina the Teenage Witch the other day.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
BBC Scotland news, interviews and updates on the broadcaster
BBC Scotland, the country's main public broadcaster, produces and airs Scottish culture programmes. Headquartered in Glasgow, this division of the BBC caters specifically to Scotland's diverse cultural landscape. Read on for all the latest BBC Scotland news, interviews and updates. As reported by The Herald, here is a selection of the latest BBC Scotland news stories. Scotland's Home of the Year star filming new island show Scotland's Home of the Year finalists - who to watch out for Finalists for Scotland's Home of the Year 2025 revealed BBC Scotland broadcasts every night from 7pm until midnight. The channel, found on Freeview, Sky, Freesat, and Virgin Media, began in February 2019. It can be found on channel 9 or 108 on Freeview and YouView, 115 on Sky, 106 on Freesat, and 108 on Virgin Media. It is also available on BBC iPlayer. BBC Scotland can be watched in England. The channel is available on BBC iPlayer, and on Sky, Freesat, and Virgin Media satellite channels. Sky viewers can find it on channel 187, Freesat on 108, and Virgin Media on 162. BBC Scotland's Debate Night will be in Inverness next (April 23). EYou can apply to be in the audience at Catch up with the latest BBC Scotland news – from football gossip to updates from Glasgow – on the BBC Scotland website. Want to follow Scotland's fixtures on BBC Sport? Head to BBC Scotland can be contacted by letter, phone, and in person. People can write to BBC Audience, PO Box 1922, Darlington, DL3 0UR, or phone 03700 100 222. There are offices at The Tun, Holyrood Road in Edinburgh, and Pacific Quay, Glasgow, which can be contacted on 0131 557 5888 and 0141 422 6000 respectively. BBC Radio Scotland is broadcast on 92 to 95 FM and 810 MW frequencies. It joins other BBC stations, each having distinct FM frequencies throughout the UK. Radio 1 is on 97-99 FM, Radio 2 on 88-91 FM, Radio 3 on 90-93 FM, and Radio 4 on 92-95 FM and 103-105 FM, with local variations for Scotland.
The Herald Scotland
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
The TV channel that saved us, and heralds the change to come
In case you want to catch it yourself, and I recommend it, Public Eye is currently running on Monday nights on Virgin channel 445, Freesat 306, Freeview 82 and Sky 328, or Talking Pictures as it's known. The channel pretty much only shows TV and film made before the 90s and to the surprise of quite a lot of people, especially people in the TV industry, it's become the biggest independent channel in the country, with over five million viewers a month. Monday is also its tenth anniversary and I'm pleased about that because not only is it brilliant, it's the channel that saved us. What I mean by that is it's saved us, those of us who know it and love it, from what was happening to TV ten years ago and still is. Quick point: my therapist, if I had one, would point out here that overly dwelling on the past is unhealthy which is true, but what I would say to my therapist, if I had one, is that it's also not a good idea to ignore the past, or assume it was all a bit rubbish and racist, or that the present is much better. That's part of what Talking Pictures is about, but only part. The other part is that it underlines what's been happening in TV for the last few years and why Talking Pictures has been such a success. Noel Cronin, the former film producer who created the channel, mentioned some of it the other day when he was doing interviews about the anniversary. Asked what he thought of modern telly, he said he tries to watch but struggles. 'It's too quick,' he said, 'they mumble, you turn it on and know what's going to happen.' Read more Mark Smith: The death of Pride and the people who killed it I know that, to some people, this will sound like the grumblings of a curmudgeonly old man but curmudgeonly old men can speak the truth. It is much harder to make out what people are saying on TV, partly because of the mumbling, partly the overbearing music. The pace has also quickened, for fear that the eyes of the viewers will drift to their phones, which they probably will. And it's also true that you often know what's going to happen because the modern TV landscape – the need for a profitable hit in a world of dwindling audiences and dwindling ad revenue – encourages producers to stick to what's worked before. There are other trends that have led a lot of us to drift away. For instance: the habit in TV shows of recapping what's happened every few minutes in case you haven't been paying attention, by which I mean a recap of what's happened every few minutes in case you haven't been paying attention. The problem with a recap of what's happened every few minutes in case you haven't been paying attention is that it becomes very tiresome for people who are paying attention. This has led to me giving up on a number of series I otherwise quite liked. Another issue, and I realise you may think this is curmudgeonly served with a slice of gammon, is that messages on gender, sex and other issues have got considerably louder and more obvious. Drama with a message or a point is perfectly fine, it's a good thing in fact and it's always happened – including in shows like Public Eye. But if the message is too loud or unsubtle, as it often is now, it starts to feel more like a lecture than fun, and if I want to be lectured, I'll go to a lecture. Alfred Burke in Public Eye (Image: Free) We know why this is happening – the bosses at Channel 4 talked about it the other day. What they said was that they're planning to produce new videos for social media in an attempt to get their shows noticed, by which they mean noticed by the under-30s who only watch TV if they discover it through TikTok or some other platform. That reality – that the under-30s rarely watch telly – is driving most of what's going on: the fast pace, the repetitiveness, the sledgehammer messages, but it's a strategy that's doubly flawed: the young ones don't care and the older ones don't like it. And ultimately, the destination we're heading for can't be avoided anyway: there's going to be a profound reorganisation of TV within ten years and ironically, it's Talking Pictures, who some would see as old-fashioned, that's pointing the way. In the past, we all watched the same stuff on the big four channels, and some people at the big four channels think it's a past we can back to (we can't). Instead, we're heading for a world of highly specialised, subscription channels that cater to particular demographics: Talking Pictures for the likes of me and some god-awful channel for the likes of the under-30s. I'm aware of course, because my imaginary therapist tells me so, that closing ourselves off to new experiences and only watching stuff from the past would not be a good idea so I won't do that. But I would also suggest – and there are signs of it happening already thanks to Talking Pictures – that TV schedulers try to remember that the over-50s will be around for a while yet and still watch TV. So how about some more black and white. And more old movies. And old TV shows. And how about we go easy on the same old formulas and the repetition and the mumbling. A different future is coming and we cannot return to how TV used to be. But the least we can do is learn some lessons from it.
