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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47 Replies to "CBBC, CBeebies and UTV on Sky Digital"
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:
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
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 ,
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
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.