CBBC, CBeebies and UTV on Sky Digital

Posted on October 30, 2006, by Conor O'Neill, under Entertainment, Technology.

I don’t know why it is so hard to find this info so I thought I’d post it here to solve that problem.

A lot of Sky customers don’t know that there are many other free channels accessible on the various Astra satellites (like the good old analogue days) which you can programme into your Sky Digibox. From talking to other parents, by far the most popular of these has to be CBBC and CBeebies. In fact, Channel 4 is now the only remaining mainstream station that you cannot get on Sky in Ireland.

In order to get the two kiddies stations, do the following:

On your Sky remote, go to Services->System Setup->Add Channels
In the Frequnecy box, enter 10773
In the Polarisation box, select H
In the Symbol Rate box, select 22
In the FEC box, select 5/6
Select “Find Channels”
It will return a list of BBC Channels including CBBC and CBeebies
Scroll down to each one of interest and press the yellow button to select them
When you are done press the “Select” button
Those channels are now available in Services->Other Channels

Unfortunately you cannot record those stations if you have a Sky+ box. There are more regional BBC stations available at “Freq=10802″ (with all other settings the same as above).

UTV can be found on: Freq=10906, Pol=V, Symb=22, FEC=5/6

Lyngsat, the best satellite info web-site has tons of others.

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66 Replies to "CBBC, CBeebies and UTV on Sky Digital"

Mark on October 30, 2006

I have most of those channels in but the fact that they’re not in the Sky guide and as a result I can’t Sky+ them means I don’t actually look at them that often.

A shame really since they have some good stuff on.

conor on October 30, 2006

I put on CBeebies most days since the 1-year old likes Balamory. A programme which somebody recently described (very accurately) as The League of Gentlemen for small kids.

Louise on October 31, 2006

Ta for that conor! Tellietubbies here I come!! (I mean for chloe….)My local friendly sky-dish-fixer-man wanted to charge me €50 to point the dish in a “special” way so we could get the channels…feckin cowboy & he looked like someones grand-dad too…cant trust anyone these days…..

conor on October 31, 2006

Total chancer!

He obviously misses the old analogue days too where the skies were filled with satellites in different positions beaming unwatchable German shite across Europe. Where’s Schwarzwaldklinik when you need it?

Rebecca on October 31, 2006

We are digging our heels in and still only have the 4 Irish channels! Dish free zone! Scuby Doo as Gaeilage (sp?) rules.

conor on October 31, 2006

It’s only four if you consider TV3 to be Irish

I think TG4 do Dora too: Ar aghaidh linn, vamanos.

Shamey on February 21, 2007

Thanks Conor. People like you make this world a better place to live in!

Marie C on April 18, 2007

Thanks Conor. Fair play to you. Just came here this a.m. to find out how to get CBeebies for my nieces!

conor on April 18, 2007

I was just checking my stats and this post (along with Goat’s Cheese & Pregnancy) is the most widely read one by miles!

We have those settings programmed into the Sky boxes of everyone we visit.

conor on April 18, 2007

Oh and of course we can now get UK CH4 and Irish CH6 so now it’s only UK CH5 that we are (not) missing

Leah on June 29, 2007

Thanks ever so much your info was really useful my 3 year old would be lost without cbeebies!

Anthony on June 29, 2007

Yes, I’ll replicate Leah’s comment! I’ve also found BBC 4 as well!
Thanks very much, Conor

Paddo Kelly on September 9, 2007

Hi there.

I still cannot get UTV on SKY using method above … I get no signal when I try to use

parameters assuggested:

{UTV can be found on: Freq=10906, Pol=V, Symb=22, FEC=5/6 }

Any other views on this one ? Thanking you, Regards, Paddo

conor on September 9, 2007

Hmm, they may have moved it. Still working here for some reason.

I double checked Lyngsat and they are still quoting those settings. Full listing here if you want to try another ITV1 variant to see if they work:

http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/skyuk.html

lukehawk on September 10, 2007

thanks so much … sky are such cheapskates that they won’t give out this info… when we signed up they told us we would be able to get CBeebies but when it was installed refused to give us the info… told me to buy a magazine! after much searching found your posting … Thanks again

Linda Geraghty on October 12, 2007

Thanks alot for the information. It’s infuriating when you see something advertised and you don’t have the channel, so I was delighted to find your help. You’ve made me very happy, as I’m sure you have lots of other people. Thanks a million, Linda.

Karen on October 17, 2007

Peace has landed in our house after finding your site! Ta, you’re a lifesaver!

J.Quinn on October 30, 2007

Thank you sooooo much for your advice on cbeebees and cbbc .

My kids will never forget your name!

catherine on November 8, 2007

thanks conor, my 4 year old will be thrilled, told him i was going to get codes on net, he’s very impressed with his mammy

steve on November 8, 2007

tx 4 that. rediculous that u can get dating, gambling, porn, religious fanatics and 100s of channels on sky and be missing a simple pleasure like cbeebies!
by the way any idea if you can edit ads from taped programmes on the sky+box [or in using the copy option ]???
it’s the ads on all the kids channels that really gets me!

conor on November 8, 2007

Someone mentioned a kids channel to me the other day that has no ads. Is it Nat Geo Kids or something?

No way around the ads sadly except to FF at 30x !

karen on November 12, 2007

If I cancel my sub with sky will i still get these extra channels because when I remove my sky card to check it out I cannot get into OTher Channels?

conor on November 12, 2007

I doubt it would work Karen.

If you want non-Sky then you should look into the cheap boxes that are for sale regularly in Lidl and Aldi. They replace your Sky box (keeping same dish and cables I think) but you just get all the free channels. I’ve read several reports of people being very happy with this setup.

Unfortunately you won’t get RTE with this due to them doubling taxing us via licence fee and Sky fee.

Ruth on November 21, 2007

Thank you very much. Tried to get this info before to no avail. I’ll be in reality heaven now and the kids will be very happy!

anite on November 23, 2007

thanx! i was going to cancel my sky subscription as i wasnt getting the bbc channels, but i shall try this now.

Richard on November 24, 2007

Is there a frequency code for channel 5 yet.

conor on November 24, 2007

I think I tried a while back but had no luck getting it to display. It may be encrypted.

I just checked, it is encrypted so they probably have it turned off for Irish viewers. You can try these settings:

Freq = 10964
Symbol Rate = 22000
FEC = 5/6
Polarisation = H

grace on December 2, 2007

thanks for all da advice i’ve now got all the itv channels aswell as the bbc channels thanks for the codes they can b really hard 2 find at time.

niamh on January 15, 2008

thanks a million my nephew deleted extra channels!!-sky were no help

Roisin on February 12, 2008

Hey, thanks to this posting i was able to guide my 80 yr old Nan through adding UTV – it only took a 20 min phone call. Now that’s impressive! Cheers again, you’re a wee star….

conor on February 12, 2008

Thanks Roisin. That’s the kind of comment that keeps me blogging! I think this has been my most popular post on the blog since 2001.

Tanya on February 16, 2008

Hi there, when i google to get this site there is another one that says you can get RTE 1 & 2 on other channels, any idea how? thanks

conor on February 16, 2008

I don’t really understand the question Tanya. RTE 1&2 are available on Sky Digital but only to Irish subscribers. They are not available anywhere else on satellite as far as I know

andy-c on February 22, 2008

rte 1 & 2 are only available in ireland, not on other channels just as per your subscription, should be free anyway! god knows i wouldn pay for it (“,)

Baloo on March 9, 2008

Is there any way to record programmes such as UTV from the other channels section with Sky+?

Karl on March 28, 2008

The BBc should work without the sky card and the listings menu will change .the rte’s will be gone and the bbc and itv will be in there place , well works on my skybox anyway as i only use it as a free view box much better than the lidl one as you get the listings and reminders ,

Karl on March 28, 2008

Gary on April 26, 2008

Thanks Conor – just updated a friends old sky box that he had in a shed and he has gone from 4 channels on the rabbits ears to 12 or 13 channels. Excellent info. Tks again.

Kazza on August 14, 2008

Thanx a mill for that Conor. Your a star x

breda on August 22, 2008

Hi Conor

Your info on adding channels was spot on ! I am wondering is there any way of taking away the adult channels ? Putting in the pin each time for utv etc brings the adult channels back .

Thank You

Conor O'Neill on August 30, 2008

Great question Breda. I don’t know if it’s possible but I wish it was. Our youngest kids are forever accidentally ending up on the adult channels.

eugene on September 4, 2008

Thanks Conor, I was wondering where they were. Just got Sky and no info!!

Thanks,

Eugene.

Dermott on October 12, 2008

Any news on how to get FIVE on sky.. Is it encrypted to all irish viewers?.

Conor O'Neill on October 12, 2008

I’ve tried a few times to tune in Five but it seems to be blocked on Irish Sky viewing cards.

katd on October 17, 2008

Hi,
Just tuned in those channels but how do i view them they dont come up on tv guide list

Conor O'Neill on October 17, 2008

That’s the one big drawback. They are under Services->Other Channels. You also can’t record them if you have Sky+. Bloody Rupert Murdoch!

katd on October 17, 2008

Tanx a mill for that ur a atar

Alan on November 23, 2008

Wonderful blog – loads of great info. Channel 5 is now listed when you search for the BBC channels (using the info provided at the top of this page).

As for removing the Adult Channels – YES, it can be done. In SERVICVES – PARENTAL CONTROL, you can remove Adult Channels (it even removes them from the EPG). You need your PIN number to do this. There are some other useful restrictions you can apply here (e.g. require PIN to spend money on phone line OR require PIN to watch programs/films rated over 18)

Conor O'Neill on November 23, 2008

Thanks for both of those tips Alan. I must programme in Five now.

One feature I like on Sky is that any movie higher than PG rating before 8pm requires a PIN.

helen on November 25, 2008

Still unable to get channel 5 in other channels must still be encrypted

declan on November 30, 2008

just wonderin if there is any codes 4 foreign channels eg canal +

Conor O'Neill on December 2, 2008

You should be able to find those over at Lyngsat

SusanH on March 10, 2009

Thank you soo much i have utv and cbbc at last

Shane C on May 7, 2009

Hi folks. Doing an online comparison on NTL v SKY and came across this blog, hope you dont mind me gate crashing. I have decided to get sky in and I was wondering whether it is possible to connect to a Sky dish with a generic satellite receiver. The reason I ask is I want to get tv in two rooms downstairs but dont want to pay the monthly charge to Sky for the second connection. I would gladly make do with the standard rabbits ears and the few channels that we have in the second room at the moment. So basically I want to connect a second non sky box to the dish (as well as sky obviously) and receive the free to air channels that way.

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks!!

Conor O'Neill on May 7, 2009

Hi Shane, Good question. You need two LNBs (or a dual/quad-LNB) on your dish if you want two satellite receivers.

Might be worth giving these guys a shout to see what is feasible: http://satellite.ie/acatalog/LNBs.html

Shane C on May 7, 2009

Many thanks for your reply Conor. So it is possible!! Excellent. Ill check out that site.

Great blog by the way, thanks

Shane C on May 22, 2009

Update!!

Have sky installed and have added all the free channels listed above. Thanks for the details. My daughter is chuffed with Cbeebies.

The dish that was installed had a quad lnb on it and I was able to hook up the other receiver to it so I now have tv in the back room too. For free!!

Conor O'Neill on May 23, 2009

That’s really handy to know about the quad LNBs. Lots of people seem to be buying the Lidl/Aldi receivers which I guess would work well on that.

Shane C on May 23, 2009

Im using a lidl receiver and it works fine. I will probably upgrade it at some stage but at the moment it is doing the job nicely

Conor O'Neill on May 23, 2009

Excellent. We watch so little broadcast TV now, the monthly Sky tax is really starting to annoy me.

Shane on June 1, 2009

Hi there Conor,sitting here with my 4 & 2 year old now watching cbeebies thanks to your very clear & easy to follow instructions, oh the beautiful quietness!! Thank you very much. Shane

cooleh! on July 11, 2009

hi conor.. great blog

sherpa on October 10, 2009

I have tried this, the channel is there when I go to other channels but when I select it to view it, just a blank screen? what could be wrong?

Conor O'Neill on October 10, 2009

I think it’s blank when they are not broadcasting. Did you try it during the day?

sherpa on October 11, 2009

That is brilliant, you are a life saver!

bmatthews68 on October 18, 2009

You saved my marriage! Got myself into hot water missus when we couldn’t find CBeeBies after switching from NTL to Sky.

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