[Brekkie]

Has anything launched on Freesat recently or is it effectively in a period of managed decline with the impending launch of Freely, which is probably in the short term feels more likely to succeed as an alternative to Freesat than to Freeview.

Nothing announced yet for Freeview but the Talk TV slot will become free soon along with the hours on Local TV, so are possibilities if they are able to invest - though I suspect launching on Freeview is still probably costlier than doing so on satellite.

[Newshound47]

The problem with that is many of the people who use free sat live in areas wheee broadband speed and reliability is not yet fast and reliable enough to provide a like for like replacement for Freesat.

[Neil Jones]

The problem with that is many of the people who use free sat live in areas wheee broadband speed and reliability is not yet fast and reliable enough to provide a like for like replacement for Freesat.

I could probably argue if you can stream YouTube even in potato vision then you can sustain a TV stream.

Anyway according to this:
labs.thinkbroadband.com 

Check UK Broadband Performance and Coverage Statistics
The United Kingdom on Saturday 20th April 2024 had Gigabit broadband availabilit…
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98% of UK homes have access to " superfast internet" of some sort even if its only 10Mbps.

If we're going to keep catering to the lowest common denominator and holding things up for the last man standing to shift his arse, we'd still be watching 405 line TV in black and white and discussing the latest tweak to the Batwings.

[Brekkie]

The problem with that is many of the people who use free sat live in areas wheee broadband speed and reliability is not yet fast and reliable enough to provide a like for like replacement for Freesat.

You keep repeating that line even though you've been told multiple times it is no longer the case and that homes with fast broadband now outstrip homes with the licence fee. Yes, it's still a factor to consider and I would still argue streaming channels are no substitute for broadcast when it comes to the big live events on the big channels, but even in the last couple of years things have progressed so much. Indeed I wouldn't be surprised if Rewind TV are looking to launch a streaming channel too.

[James2001]

Sadly my motorised dish isn't working properly right now and I don't have the money to get someone out to fix it, so can't get the channel here.

[Spencer]

I could probably argue if you can stream YouTube even in potato vision then you can sustain a TV stream.

Anyway according to this:
labs.thinkbroadband.com 

98% of UK homes have access to " superfast internet" of some sort even if its only 10Mbps.

If we're going to keep catering to the lowest common denominator and holding things up for the last man standing to shift his arse, we'd still be watching 405 line TV in black and white and discussing the latest tweak to the Batwings.

Even before we got FTTC broadband in our village about eight years ago, we only used to get about 4Mbps, and yet we could still happily stream in HD without a problem.

[i.h]

98% of UK homes have access to " superfast internet" of some sort even if its only 10Mbps.

The Ofcom definition of superfast (and they also quote 98% for England only, 97% UK wide) is 30Mbps or more, so it's even better than that. They think 33,000 premises can't get "decent" (at least 10Mbps) broadband via landline or mobile network.

I don't buy the Freesat means poor broadband argument. I have it because I want more HD channels than I can get on Freeview - and this is a rural area that was among the very last to get ADSL, but among the first to get DTT (line of sight to a main transmitter)