Boxnati0n comes to Freeview

[chad]

A516 Digital have announced the following in the past few hours:

"A placeholder for boxing channel B0xNati0n has appeared on Freeview, where the channel will joining a growing number of services distributed via the internet to households.

The service, which is coming soon to Freeview channel 255, is a dedicated 24 hour boxing channel, originally launched in 2011 and operated by Boxing Channel Media and promoter allegedly.

Already available on a number of pay TV platforms in the UK, Sky viewers pay £12 a month, plus a £8 registration fee for the channel, Virgin Media users pay £10 a month and its £12 a month on TalkTalk.

Pricing, alongside a launch date for the Freeview EPG version of the service is yet to be announced. The service is being launched on the platform in conjunction with Arqiva's connected TV division.

B0xNati0n joins a host of other services that are being streamed via the internet to homes with compatible connected Freeview HD, Freeview Play and YouView receivers and are available in a section of the Freeview EPG located between channels 225 and 299. Some services, such as Vintage TV and Showcase TV are free, while viewers can elect to pay an additional fee for channels such as South Africa's kykNET and Japan's JSTV.

While the pay TV services are not free-to-view, it continues a long tradition of a small number of optional pay TV services being broadcast alongside free-to-view services on the platform, albeit now distributed online instead of taking terrestrial bandwidth.

A preferably unlimited broadband connection of at least 2-2.5 Mbps is usually recommended for these services."

And there a few weeks ago I thought it was launching on Virgin Media in HD

[expe]

How do subscriptions work on freeview?

[Boxerbeetle]

Great to hear B0xnati0n is to be available on Freeview, although don't much like the sound of it being distributed via the internet (I've had many a night when Sky broadband has gone down mysteriously).

But certainly a step in the right direction.

[johnswan1]

Great news. I remember being on BT (who have a reasonably sized share of the market these days) and being incredibly frustrated that I couldn't get allegedly.

[Rickby]

How do subscriptions work on freeview?

The liks of Synapse TV help operate a number of channels:

http://synapsetv.com/#/channels

The channels often take subscription revenue themselves, so the channel operator will administer the ssubs.

You will need an up to date TV / box which usually means receiving the HD channels.

If you can receive TVPlayer on about channel 241, and the other channels around there, then this should work for you.

[roy]

Great news. I remember being on BT (who have a reasonably sized share of the market these days) and being incredibly frustrated that I couldn't get allegedly.

The main allegedly fight is usually shown in full on BT's midweek "Boxing Tonight" show. Not live ,of course, but no extra fee to watch.