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Really to replace Dave Ja Vu on Freeview

A new channel is coming to Freeview. Yes, Really.

A new channel is coming to Freeview. Yes, Really.
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From August 2, Dave Ja Vue, the Dave+1 channel, will be replaced by the UK TV Channel "Really".

uktv.co.uk link icon Really will show US programmes like Tool Academy and Celebrity Rehab, and UK programmes like Snog, Marry, Avoid and Bizarre ER.

Really will join Yesterday and Dave to make three UKTV Freeview channels.





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Steve
Tuesday 14 June 2011 1:26PM
It really does not matter, to me!
Mike Dimmick
Tuesday 14 June 2011 2:37PM
If we had to have a replacement from the UKTV stable, I would have preferred Alibi, which has actual programmes on it, instead of this 'reality TV' trash.

Time for the BBC Trust to get Worldwide by the scruff of the neck, and extend the Reithian motto of 'educate, inform and entertain' to UKTV.
Peter Henderson
Tuesday 14 June 2011 3:09PM Newtownabbey
More pointless TV that I'll never watch.

The one I'd really like to see on both Freeview and Freesat is Eurosport, specifically for the Tennis.But that's probably just wishful thinking.

It's about the only channel on Sky that I'd miss if I were to cancel my subscription.
m Akram
Tuesday 14 June 2011 7:19PM Huddersfield
learn German eurosports all ways been FTA on astra 19e plus loads of of other channels
m Akram
Tuesday 14 June 2011 7:22PM Huddersfield
its time we had a sports news ch on free sat and free view i wish i had the money this will make loads off it
George Buchanan
Tuesday 14 June 2011 9:18PM
I agree 100% with Mike Dimmick. More and more unwatchable trash. And when did ITV3 or 4 last have a new 'old' programme? How many times has the Heartbeat and The Sweeney merry-go-round revolved now? It's the same things ad nauseam and it shows nothing but contempt for viewers.
Ian
Tuesday 14 June 2011 9:35PM Hinckley
Oh for gods sake.......

Why not alibi?

Not bad TV replaced by utter crap
Griff
Wednesday 15 June 2011 12:31AM
Darn, Dave and Ja Vu are the channels I watch the most. If one has to go it should be Dave.
Corin
Wednesday 15 June 2011 1:00AM
"Time for the BBC Trust to get Worldwide by the scruff of the neck"

The BBC Trust has little or no influence over non licenced aspects of the BBC's operation.

Furthermore since the commercial BBC Worldwide exists to generate profit to supposedly subsidise to a small degree the PSB services of the BBC, nobody is going to do anything to jeopardize that income, when the BBC income has already been slashed under the policy of political interference in the BBC's affairs by the national coalition government.
Mark A.
Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:02AM Haywards Heath
Any new channel replacing a 'plus 1 hour' repeat channel is good news.
But as this is on a commercial multiplex and not on a public service multiplex it will make no difference to millions of viewers like me.

Griff
Dave Ja Vu is Dave repeated by 1 hour !
Adam B
Wednesday 15 June 2011 11:53AM Dunstable
Griff, I'm with you on this one. By the way, if the Yesterday channel had a +1 version, when you watched it would you be going backwards or forwards in time?

Cheers,
Adam.
Mark A.
Wednesday 15 June 2011 11:58AM Haywards Heath
Adam
Backwards by one hour, so it should be called the "25 hours ago channel".
Adam B
Wednesday 15 June 2011 12:10PM Dunstable
Mark A.: Like it!
John R
Wednesday 15 June 2011 5:19PM
Not sure why my Samsung freeview gives me different channels to my Humax freeview box, nor why free channels on freeview must be paid for on (subscription-ceased) Sky???
Ian
Wednesday 15 June 2011 8:55PM Hinckley
Broadcast rights and not enough space on the ASTRA 2D satellite. Its very anoying...

Cant help with the first question.
Steve
Wednesday 15 June 2011 9:30PM
John R - why free channels on freeview must be paid for on (subscription-ceased) Sky???

That's down to the arrangements sky has made with the government to be allowed its monopoly on satellite after taking over BskyB

my Samsung freeview gives me different channels to my Humax freeview box,

From the same aerial output? Have you tried full reset tuning both? Both HD or not HD?
Tim
Thursday 16 June 2011 9:28AM Lichfield
Have to concur with Mike Dimmick above:
"If we had to have a replacement from the UKTV stable, I would have preferred Alibi, which has actual programmes on it, instead of this 'reality TV' trash."
Griff
Thursday 16 June 2011 9:40AM
I realise Ja Vu is Dave+1. I flip between the two depending what's on.
Ian
Thursday 16 June 2011 1:05PM Hinckley
Steve its nothing to do with that.

Astra 2D carries most of the free stuff and it has limited capacity, this satellite has a very tightly focused beam on the UK, programs on stations like Dave have to comply with broadcast rights and cant be broadcast outside the UK so cant be broadcast on the wider beamed Astra satellites without being encrypted.
Mike Dimmick
Thursday 16 June 2011 3:13PM
Ian: Channels can choose to be 'free-to-view', though, only requiring the one-off purchase of a viewing card ('Freesat from Sky'). Dave is a subscription-only channel on satellite, you must subscribe to the appropriate Sky channel package and keep paying every month to keep the channel.

Sky distribute a (small) proportion of subscription revenue to the channels in the package, and the cost of carriage in the EPG is believed to be lower. Sky may also have offered to 'help' the channel with transponder space or rental costs.
Ian
Thursday 16 June 2011 3:47PM Hinckley
This is true, and they could also still be locked into a contract like channel 5 were, meaning they cant got FTV or FTA.
Sophisticated Penguin
Friday 17 June 2011 11:27PM
"Really" sounds like drivel. I'll miss "Dave ja vu" :-(
Me
Saturday 18 June 2011 11:42AM
This new channel sounds dreadful
Armagh Phillip
Monday 20 June 2011 9:54PM
Am I the only person in this world that finds this stuff complicated when you guys talk in Numbers, Digits and a code that makes me feel inadequate?If that's what turns you on,, I'm out of here!
Thank you loads to Mike Dimmick, helpful on several occasions,as for the rest try v94m62.
Armagh Phillip
Monday 20 June 2011 10:03PM
I have both Freeview and Freesat. Can I get a programme guide for both?
Steve
Tuesday 21 June 2011 12:20AM
AP - a tip for you

If you want help, don't make posts that are (so far as I can tell) rude to all but one potential respondent.

Do you mean an EPG?

Very unlikely unless your TV has built in tuners for both.

And pretty unlikely even then.

Martin Holland
Tuesday 21 June 2011 9:34AM
Dave Ja Vu being replaced? What a bummer! I love Dave and Dave Ja Vu. I don't want any more US crap thank you very much.
David S.H.
Friday 24 June 2011 2:33PM
I'd prefer if they just increased in bitrate on the rest of the channels on the multiplex, instead of introducing yet another Dave/Challenge clone.
Steve
Friday 24 June 2011 4:12PM
David - are you short of bits?

I watched Dave Ja Vue once, but had an uncanny sensation that I had seen it before.
Ian
Sunday 26 June 2011 9:26PM Hinckley
Whats that got to do with the price of fish????????
gareth
Thursday 30 June 2011 3:25PM Newtown
be nice if i was able to get dave, film 4 etc on freeview. i live in an area which was one of the 1st to be switchover yet we still havent been given all available channel
Mark A.
Thursday 30 June 2011 4:05PM Haywards Heath
garet:
Over 90% of transmitters won't transmit the full service.
Some won't even get Channel 5 until 2013.
I know how you fill. That's why I use satellite.
But some of the free channels on Freeview that you can't get are subscription on satellite. :o(
Mike Dimmick
Thursday 30 June 2011 7:26PM
Mark A., gareth: While only 81 of 1100 transmitters provide six multiplexes, those transmitters serve all but 8.5% of the population. The situation is worse in Wales, with 34% of the population not being served by any transmitter that provides the commercial multiplexes.

Channel 5 is carried on the PSB2/D3&4 multiplex and is available from all transmitters. There are a tiny number of new relays where some multiplexes don't start up until after the official switchover date, but these are generally ITV-only relays like Derby, where D3&4 *will* start on the official date.

Ofcom's current switchover timetable says that Tyne Tees and Ulster - the only remaining regions for which dates have not yet been published - must be completed by the end of 2012.
Jay
Friday 1 July 2011 12:57AM
There a number of new channels starting in the coming months... I am puzzled where they get the space from. or will it be a case of more legovision ;)
Briantist
Saturday 2 July 2011 11:46AM
Jay: There is capacity on the Arqiva multiplexes, as they changed from 16QAM (18Mbps) to 64QAM (24Mbps) they have extra bandwidth for two extra channels each.

As above, Really replaces an existing channel.
Briantist
Saturday 2 July 2011 11:52AM
Peter Henderson: It's probably worth pointing out that UKTV owns the "Dave Ja Vue" slot, as they were one of the original Freeview consortium.

It is not likely that they would sell off a valuable Freeview slot to another broadcaster when they have plenty of content themselves.

Eurosport would be quite free to bid for one of the Arqiva TBA slots.
Briantist
Saturday 2 July 2011 11:57AM
Mike Dimmick: I have to agree that Alibi would have probably been a better choice of channel for Freeview.

I would think that they have thought "Dave" is a very male-orientated channel, and so "Really" is probably a good way of reaching a female-audience on Freeview.

I note that "Really" is showing a "no share" on BARB, whereas "Alibi" gets 0.3%.

"Dave" gets 0.8%, from the Freeview presence.
james bond
Saturday 2 July 2011 9:05PM
be good channel aug 2
nathan williams
Tuesday 5 July 2011 11:27AM
this channel will now be compete with viewing rates now that food network due launch on 7th july
sharealam
Wednesday 27 July 2011 5:26PM
just retuned tv and really tv channel is on channel 20,retune required.
Briantist
Wednesday 27 July 2011 7:12PM
sharealam: Yes, indeed, the channel placeholder is there, and right next to Dave where Virgin One/Channel One used to be.
Tinkerbell24
Monday 1 August 2011 3:41PM
I love the food network that's on freeview just wish it was on all day.
Il miss dave ja vu not sure about really tbh and I am female like others above by looks of some of the programmes not 4 me.
I'm quite sad and would love g.o.l.d
Minnie
Tuesday 2 August 2011 11:54PM
Bring back Dave ja vu
Briantist
Wednesday 3 August 2011 8:41AM
Minnie: Buy yourself a Freeview+ box and you can recreate the channel for yourself...
Pablo
Wednesday 3 August 2011 6:36PM
dave ja vu was so handy when you realise you've missed something ! if we MUST be given yet another channel featuring cooking programs and doing up peoples houses couldn't it be added instead of replacing one of the few decent channels ???
Briantist
Wednesday 3 August 2011 6:40PM
Pablo: Most people complain that the "+1" channels are a waste as they do not provide any additional choice of programmes to watch.
Steve P
Wednesday 3 August 2011 7:58PM
Now Brian, I seem to recall you telling me off for thinking I know what "most people" think!

I like +1 channels - especially since my PVR broke!
Briantist
Wednesday 3 August 2011 8:58PM
Steve P: OK, I should have said "many people" complain about +1 channels.
sam
Friday 5 August 2011 5:22PM
I will miss deja vu, really seems to have very limited programming appeal

I have a query regarding my tv, I have a freeview box and since everything went digital I can not get itv, itv2, channel 4, five and more4 and the quality of my tv reception has decreased. I think it is to do with my ariel looking suffient bandwith, could there be something else causing this issue?
Steve P
Friday 5 August 2011 10:59PM
sam - plug your postcode in at top right, then click the links and go look in the page for your local transmitter. That will show power used for different channels now and future
David W J
Saturday 6 August 2011 3:47PM Bracknell
##Access to ITV Player on Demand TV for Panasonic Owners##
Having seen that Humax Freeview box owners can now access ITV player I emailed Panasonic to enquire when owners of Panasonic TX-P42G20Band similar Freeview/Freesat Viera TV sets can expect to access it. Part of my rationale for spending on a Pany was the future proofing and promise of “things to come” regarding TV on demand.
This was the reply.
ISSUE RESOLUTION:
Thank you for your e-mail enquiry expressing an interest in obtaining an update to the above product to facilitate watching ITV player.

Unfortunately, it will not be possible to provide software upgrades to further enhance the platform used in this range of TVs in the future. Therefore any future additional services cannot be guaranteed.
I am sorry that Panasonic cannot be of more assistance on this occasion however do trust that the above information will be of assistance to you. Of course, if you should have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us on 0844 844 3852 or email us using the following email address:
customer.care@panasonic.co.uk
Kind Regards,
Richard Ramsdale
Customer Communications Advisor
Panasonic UK, a branch of Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH
Registered Office: Panasonic House, Willoughby Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 8FP, UK
Registered in England & Wales - Branch No. BR015033


Seems like they have no plans to extend ITBV player access to Pany owners ???
I am disappointed that Panasonic whilst a great build but ‘aint cheap TV fail to understand that continuing product loyalty is not built on broken promises,
Briantist
Monday 8 August 2011 7:34AM
David W J: If you have it writing that you would have ITV Player on your device, then you would be able to use this email to demand that your supplier replaces your equipment with one that can provide it.

However, if it was just a "vague marketing promise" you will probably not be able to do anything about it.



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