Quest and Quest Red go free-to-air on satellite...

Quest and Quest Red go free-to-air on satellite...

Postby dutchman » Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:33 pm

Discovery's two Freeview channels have now gone free-to-air on satellite, ahead of an expected arrival on Freesat

Encryption was lifted on both Quest and Quest Red's signal via the Astra 2 satellite system, already allowing free-to-air satellite receivers to access both services through manual tuning.

An arrival on Freesat, the free-to-air satellite service jointly operated by the BBC and ITV, is yet to be confirmed officially by either Discovery or Freesat, despite Freesat data now accompanying the signal. The move comes five months after Sky and Discovery reached a last minute deal over carriage on the pay satellite service, with the new agreement between the two facilitating more freedom for Discovery with regards free-to-air services.

    Satellite: Astra 2E (28.2 E)
    Frequency: 11426
    Polarisation: Vertical
    Symbol Rate: 27500 (27.5 Mbaud)
    FEC: 5/6
    Mode: DVB-S
    Service ID: 52525 (Quest); 52550 (Quest Red)
    UK spotbeam (limited reception outside the British Isles)

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Re: Quest and Quest Red go free-to-air on satellite...

Postby dutchman » Fri Jun 30, 2017 6:51 pm

Update:

Quest+1 and Quest Red+1 are now also free-to-air but not yet listed in the Freesat channel guide.

11.876 H, 27.500, 2/3, DVB-S, QPSK
Quest +1

11.582 H, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK
Quest Red +1
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Re: Quest and Quest Red go free-to-air on satellite...

Postby dutchman » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:37 pm

Quest and Quest Red join Freesat

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Discovery's Quest and Quest Red channels have now officially joined Freesat.

Following last week's switch to free-to-air status on satellite, the channels are now available to watch on Freesat channel numbers 167 and 169.

The male-orientated Quest features popular shows such as Salvage Hunters, Wheeler Dealers and Spanish Civil War with Michael Portillo. While the female-skewed Quest Red features programmes including Say Yes to the Dress, Long Lost Family US and Paranormal Lockdown with Nick Groff.

The move reduces the disparity between terrestrial free TV service Freeview and the satellite service Freesat, with just Dave and Sony Movies still noticably absent from Freesat.

Martin Heaton Cooper, SVP chief operating officer, Discovery Networks UK and Ireland commented:

“By launching on Freesat, Quest and Quest Red are immediately available to an additional two million households in the UK that now have a chance to watch our wide range of programmes for the very first time."

The switch to free-to-air was made possible after a new satellite carriage deal between Discovery and Sky, which allowed the company to enhance its free-to-air offering while maintaining a core pay TV presence for its channels on Sky.

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Re: Quest and Quest Red go free-to-air on satellite...

Postby dutchman » Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:06 pm

Quest frequency change

Quest and sister channel Quest Red (Sky 144/162*; Freesat 167/169) have moved to a new satellite transponder on the 28°E orbital position as part of a shuffleround of channels operated by parent company Discovery. Sky and Freesat boxes should automatically handle the change, but for those who have manually tuned in the station, the new parameters are:
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Satellite:    Astra 2E (28.2E)
Frequency:    12382
Polarisation: Horizontal
Symbol Rate:  27500 (27.5Mbaud)
FEC:          5/6
Mode:         DVB-S


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NB: Quest and Quest Red are now full 720x576 resolution on Freesat (but not on Freeview).

There are reports that some boxes are having problems tuning the new frequencies and that even doing a factory reset has not helped.
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Re: Quest and Quest Red go free-to-air on satellite...

Postby dutchman » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:11 pm

Found this advice for Sony Bravia owners in another forum:

Re: Sony Bravia.

There is another way to tune the Quests in, but it has to be done in the following order -
(1) factory rescan.
(2) Skip satellite turning.
(3) When setup is complete, go to satellite auto turning section - but instead of full scan or hidden network scan, pick the hidden manual scan.
(4) And this is important bit, because it has to be done first before any other type of scan - it will not work after you do any other scan - punch in the Quest frequency.

Once you have Quest installed, manual scan the frequencies of a few of your other favorite channels so you can watch a show . The rest of the channels automatically tune themselves in on the Sony Bravia within a hour or so (make sure satellite auto service update is on for preferred satellite and general satellite). This works, but you have to manual scan/tune the quests in first before you do any other scan - the TV tuner won't find the new Quest frequency afterwards - it will just find the old frequency again.

To clarify - the manual scan I refer to is 'Scan for new Services' - not the 'Normal Scan' or 'Reset Satellite Settings'.

Sony Bravia owners will know what I mean.

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