ITV channel on SKY

[YvonneM]

Is there anyway I can change the default channel that SKY gives me for the ITV channel at the present the local news tells me about Grimsby Barnsley etc I have never been there in my life I would like news from the Nottingham area

[Catso]

I believe you can get it changed if you ring Sky and request it. You do have to have a reasonable reason though (sounds as though you have) as it's part of their agreement with ITV to stick to the terrestrial regions.

Same with the BBC regional stuff.

They maybe set it wrong in the first place if you're near Nottingham, sounds like you getting Yorkshire, East.

[YvonneM]

Thanks I will ring SKY
I get Nottingham BBc but the BBC has lots of channels 987 is Cornwall which I can also get along with Oxford London etc

[Catso]

All the ITVs are also carried on Sky, but you just don't get to see them in the menus. (You can select them via the 'other channels' setup, but it's a lot of fiddling) There is, in many areas, a 'secondary' ITV, that you can see on the menus, it's the next nearest region. We are in the ITV Central (or whatever it's called now) but we also get to see ITV Yorkshire on the menus, as a backup.

Your card identifies where you are, and the box is set so as to select your regional ITV when you choose 103. It's just this selection process that Sky can change.

BBC works the same (although they generously allow tyou to select any), your local one is associated with 101.

[YvonneM]

I have been in touch with SKY they have given me the tele phone number for ITV franchise who set which prog u recieve in which area