abc1 on freeview

[mollymoo]

hi i have freeview and keep seeing advertised shows on at 9pm..however, my freeview stops showing after 6pm and displaysa message saying back at 6am...i thought this was a free channel why does it stop screenng at 6 when they continue to show shows....I cannot believe that it is a pay channel as it is just the same 5 shows they show every day of the week...does anyone know why it stops...thanks

[China Doll]

Hey... I'd noticed that too!

I think perhaps you have to pay for the evening viewing as the day time time is perhaps rehashed kak?

[CheekyChops]

ABC1 is available on sky and cable as well and it runs 24 hours on there.

[CheekyChops]

And here's the reason why:

How Freeview Works

How Freeview works is that there is only a certain amount of 'space' that it has, which in turn determins how many channels can 'fit', and thus how many can broadcast. At this current time, ABC1 only have aquired space to broadcast from 6am - 6pm, and with space currently completely full, there isn't alot they can do, until more space becomes avaliable - which is entirely dependable on the Freeview consortium, technological advancements in compression technology, or if a channel leaves Freeview for whatever reason. But for now, ABC1 are actively looking and waiting for more space to become avaliable, but until then, Freeview viewers will have to be satisfied with ABC1 being between 6am - 6pm.

[mollymoo]

thanks vheekychops

[China Doll]

Yep Choppy... thanks.... here, have some free stars....

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[souldriver]

Heres an idea... get rid of all those god awful quiz and shopping channels and let abc1 run 24 / 7.

[mollymoo]

soul driver I am with you...or pone of the channels like uk history that seem to do the same shows everyday fir a w hole week...

[teash]

abc1 is ok but it bugs the t*ts of me when for example theres 5 mins to go before the end of any programme and they go off to the ads for about 10 mins. Then they pick up from where they left off only for the show last another 60 seconds, it drives me bloomin crazy

[mollymoo]

yeah that is a trend channel 4 seem to do as well...buggs me like mad...

[blackandgrey]

i thought the ones on at 9pm were only on weekends but i may be wrong

[drchasuble]

I don't mind the abc1 ad break thing at all.
Most channels seem to go to an ad break just before the quarter hour. At least with abc1 you can flip and watch something else for 3 minutes whereas the other channels are all ads ads ads at the same time. If you get my drift.

Get rid of a couple of the ITVs I say. Man can only take so many XFactor repeats and Hercule poxy Poirot.