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#247215 16-Aug-2009 15:49

holy crap! THATS AWESOME

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#247217 16-Aug-2009 15:54

Sweet as. thanks for keeping us all in touch thats great news

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#247219 16-Aug-2009 15:55

Wow. I was always thinking "I'll believe it when I see it". And now I see it! :D

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#247226 16-Aug-2009 16:11

yeeha.. thats such sweet news. I have been waiting for Prime to be on freeview for ages. Just a question.. Stratos is not the same as Triangle TV on normal UHF is it?

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#247230 16-Aug-2009 16:19

What channel number will freeview be allocating Prime to?

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#247233 16-Aug-2009 16:26

I would guess 9, as I believe 1-20 are allocated sequentially and represent major national channels.

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#247234 16-Aug-2009 16:26

im guessing after 3+ ?

im hoping it will bump Maori down the line.

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#247237 16-Aug-2009 16:26

DjShadow: What channel number will freeview be allocating Prime to?

Channel 10 on both DVB-T and DVB-S I am told by their CEO.

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#247239 16-Aug-2009 16:34

finally i can get prime in decent quality, looking froward to it.
great news.

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#247240 16-Aug-2009 16:38

Finally no more dicking around with input to watch prime in crop-and-stretch vision.

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#247243 16-Aug-2009 16:45

So for DVB-S is prime going to be broadcast twice? Or is sky just going to turn encryption off on their existing broadcast?

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#247246 16-Aug-2009 16:47

Behodar: I would guess 9, as I believe 1-20 are allocated sequentially and represent major national channels.

9 was pre-allocated to Mediaworks.

As mentioned here already they appear to be getting channel 10.

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#247249 16-Aug-2009 17:04

When can we expect it to show up in scans, late tonight or early tomorrow?

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#247264 16-Aug-2009 17:35

I can't see it at the moment. But either way this is the best early birthday present i've had for a while although i have doubts it'll be fully up and running tomorrow... i don't mind being proven wrong though...

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#247278 16-Aug-2009 18:08

I would have thought that 5 was more logical....10 requires two keypresses (lazy I know) but also for ch-up, ch-down buttons putting it way up there seems silly. Hopefully I can renumber my tv as i see fit

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