F1 on Sky in 2012

WCZ <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: And to add to the question - can you get it on a Freesat box?

You need a disk/dual-LNB to pickup signals from 19.2E (Freesat is at 28.2E)
and a means of switching these over - so NOT as easy as it might seem!

On 28/11/2011 20:51, Brian Mc wrote:
> WCZ<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> : And to add to the question - can you get it on a Freesat box?
>
> You need a disk/dual-LNB to pickup signals from 19.2E (Freesat is at 28.2E)
> and a means of switching these over - so NOT as easy as it might seem!
>

Yes indeed, but the OP has a spare Sky dish to point at Astra 1 as he's
going for BT vision.

I've received RTL from my front garden (in the Peak District) using the
piddling little dish I use in my caravan so a Sky dish should work OK as
long as it's not chucking it down.

Another Dave

UnsteadyKen <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: I'm an F1 fan and have BT Vision, I phoned BT customer services just now
: and asked this question.

: Answer: They believe that the F1 coverage will be available to BT Vision
: customers who subscribe to the Sky Sports 1/2 package but at the moment
: cannot guarantee it as they are waiting to finalise details with Sky.
: They believe it will be on Sky Sports 1 channel.

The Digitalspy forum postings, on the other hand, are VERY doubtful if BT
Vision will be able to take this channel. It will run for 3 days each
race weekend, will be a different channel to SS1 and will clash with
lots of Premier League matches!

We will see!

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:01:29 +0000 (UTC), (E-Mail Removed) (Brian
Mc) wrote:

>UnsteadyKen <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>: I'm an F1 fan and have BT Vision, I phoned BT customer services just now
>: and asked this question.
>
>: Answer: They believe that the F1 coverage will be available to BT Vision
>: customers who subscribe to the Sky Sports 1/2 package but at the moment
>: cannot guarantee it as they are waiting to finalise details with Sky.
>: They believe it will be on Sky Sports 1 channel.
>
>The Digitalspy forum postings, on the other hand, are VERY doubtful if BT
>Vision will be able to take this channel. It will run for 3 days each
>race weekend, will be a different channel to SS1 and will clash with
>lots of Premier League matches!
>
>We will see!

Do you mean ther's likely to be a bandwidth problem?
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Peter

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Peter <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: >We will see!

: Do you mean ther's likely to be a bandwidth problem?

My understanding is that Bt Vision don't broadcast Sky Sports via the
the net connection - but instead use two encrypted DTT channels for SS1 and
SS2. These two channels are all they have and we will see if they can swap
one over for the F1 racing without causing other problems!