Freeview

[luckystrike]

Out of interest, can the owners of Freeview access the subscription channels for one night?

 

If so, how?

 

Thanks

[happy_face]

Hi luckystrike.

I'm a freeview viewer and I have a channel called TV Xtra. I can ring up and pay �1 and get 6 extra channels for the day. I can't quite remember which channels they are but think there are Discovery and UK gold in amongst

[tigga]

Out of interest ? ! ? ! ha ha, if you go to the channel you are thinking of and wait a few seconds, a menu comes up with details of how to call and subscribe for one night, something about press red on your remote, i think its about �6 though ( and i aint subscribed by the way - the missus would kill me ) !

[Buenchico]

This sounds like Xtraview (Channel 36) Up until recently, Xtraview carried a selection of programming from a number of different subscription channels. (e.g. it carried programmes from the Cartoon Network around teatime, a couple of hours of UKTV Gold mid-evening, plus programmes from Discovery (& other channels as well) at different times of the day). So, if you decided to watch Xtraview, you didn't get a choice of several programmes - you had to watch the programme from whichever subscription channel they were relaying at that time of day.

To watch the Xtraview programs cost �1 per day. Pressing the red button on the handset brought up a phone number which viewers rang with a credit/debit card number. The viewer was provided with an access code which they entered via their handset - this unlocked the programming for one day only.

Xtraview (in the format described above) never really caught on. If you go to Channel 36 now, all you'll get is a message saying that the system is currently being upgraded.

Chris