Freesat drops a load of music channels

Early this week, free to air music channel VIVA was dropped on Freesat, to be replaced by MTV Love, a pay TV offering.

Then at the end of January, The Box Plus Network withdrew its presence from Freesat, causing viewers to lose access to channels including 4Music.

Other music channels dropped include The Box, Box Hits, Box Upfront, Kerrang, Kiss, Magic, Clubland, Now 90s and Now 80s.

The changes leave Freesat users with a third fewer music channels than a week ago,

However, the channels may have been dropped by Freesat, but they are still able to be accessed, apart from VIVA, should you still want to watch these channels. You simply have to add them to your Freesat box via “non Freesat Mode” / “STB Mode” using the frequencies below:

4Music
Frequency: 10714
Polarisation: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 22000
FEC: 5/6
Mode: DVB-S, QPSK

The Box, Box Hits, Box Upfront, Kerrang, Kiss, Magic
Frequency: 12304
Polarisation: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 27500
FEC: 5/6
Mode: DVB-S, QPSK

Clubland, Now 90s
Frequency: 11553
Polarisation: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 22000
FEC: 5/6
Mode: DVB-S, QPSK

Now 80s
Frequency: 11597
Polarisation: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 22000
FEC: 5/6
Mode: DVB-S, QPSK

All frequency information correct as of 02/02/2018. Manually tuned channels will not be automatically updated if frequencies change.