• Star Trek - Strange New Worlds

    From Jeff Layman@Jeff@invalid.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Sun Jun 28 12:57:16 2026
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    This is just about to start on Freeview. It'll be on ITV4 at - wait for
    it - 1am tonight!!!

    I was lucky to see this in a preview article in Radio Times. I wondered
    if it might just be a teaser to get viewers who like it to subscribe to Paramount+. However, I've just set it up on my PVR and it asked whether
    I wanted to record just this episode or start a series recording.
    Perhaps it'll only be Series 1, and the others will only be available
    through subscription to Paramount +.
    --
    Jeff

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  • From John Hall@john@jhall.co.uk to uk.tech.digital-tv on Sun Jun 28 19:51:19 2026
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    In article <111r26s$3evu3$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman
    <Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes
    This is just about to start on Freeview. It'll be on ITV4 at - wait for
    it - 1am tonight!!!

    I was lucky to see this in a preview article in Radio Times. I wondered
    if it might just be a teaser to get viewers who like it to subscribe to >Paramount+. However, I've just set it up on my PVR and it asked whether
    I wanted to record just this episode or start a series recording.
    Perhaps it'll only be Series 1, and the others will only be available >through subscription to Paramount +.


    Thanks for the heads up. If my Sky box's programme listing is correct, tonight's episode is actually episode 3. ISTR that episodes 1 and 2 were
    shown 6 months or a year ago, at a less obscure time, but at that point
    they didn't show any further episodes. The trouble is it was long enough
    ago for me to forget all the information about the members of the crew
    that were supplied with.
    --
    John Hall

    "The covers of this book are too far apart."
    Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
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  • From Andy Burns@usenet@andyburns.uk to uk.tech.digital-tv on Sun Jun 28 20:38:17 2026
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    Jeff Layman wrote:

    This is just about to start on Freeview. It'll be on ITV4 at - wait for
    it - 1am tonight!!!

    I was lucky to see this in a preview article in Radio Times. I wondered
    if it might just be a teaser to get viewers who like it to subscribe to Paramount+. However, I've just set it up on my PVR and it asked whether
    I wanted to record just this episode or start a series recording.
    Perhaps it'll only be Series 1, and the others will only be available through subscription to Paramount +.

    Tonight is S1E3, nothing else shows up in the same EPG slot next week,
    or searching for "strange new worlds", so looks like it'll be ITVX for
    the rest?

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  • From Jeff Layman@Jeff@invalid.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Mon Jun 29 07:57:43 2026
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    On 28/06/2026 19:51, John Hall wrote:
    In article <111r26s$3evu3$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes
    This is just about to start on Freeview. It'll be on ITV4 at - wait for
    it - 1am tonight!!!

    I was lucky to see this in a preview article in Radio Times. I wondered
    if it might just be a teaser to get viewers who like it to subscribe to
    Paramount+. However, I've just set it up on my PVR and it asked whether
    I wanted to record just this episode or start a series recording.
    Perhaps it'll only be Series 1, and the others will only be available
    through subscription to Paramount +.


    Thanks for the heads up. If my Sky box's programme listing is correct, tonight's episode is actually episode 3. ISTR that episodes 1 and 2 were shown 6 months or a year ago, at a less obscure time, but at that point
    they didn't show any further episodes. The trouble is it was long enough
    ago for me to forget all the information about the members of the crew
    that were supplied with.

    I hadn't checked what episode it was. The Radio Times preview said "Paramount+...has loaned this prequel to the original series to ITV". If they'd tried several months ago with episodes 1 & 2 I'd missed it. Does
    this mean they're trying again?
    --
    Jeff
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  • From Jeff Layman@Jeff@invalid.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Mon Jun 29 08:08:37 2026
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    On 28/06/2026 20:38, Andy Burns wrote:
    Jeff Layman wrote:

    This is just about to start on Freeview. It'll be on ITV4 at - wait for
    it - 1am tonight!!!

    I was lucky to see this in a preview article in Radio Times. I wondered
    if it might just be a teaser to get viewers who like it to subscribe to
    Paramount+. However, I've just set it up on my PVR and it asked whether
    I wanted to record just this episode or start a series recording.
    Perhaps it'll only be Series 1, and the others will only be available
    through subscription to Paramount +.

    Tonight is S1E3, nothing else shows up in the same EPG slot next week,
    or searching for "strange new worlds", so looks like it'll be ITVX for
    the rest?

    Nothing in my EPG either for next week, but <https://www.itv.com/watch/tv-guide/2026-07-06> is showing "Minder" at
    1.05am.

    So it looks like you're right, and it's ITVX if I want to watch the
    series - and suffer the ads if I don't subscribe.
    --
    Jeff
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  • From John Hall@john@jhall.co.uk to uk.tech.digital-tv on Mon Jun 29 09:52:09 2026
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    In article <111t517$5fh0$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman
    <Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes
    On 28/06/2026 19:51, John Hall wrote:
    In article <111r26s$3evu3$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman
    <Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes
    This is just about to start on Freeview. It'll be on ITV4 at - wait for
    it - 1am tonight!!!

    I was lucky to see this in a preview article in Radio Times. I wondered
    if it might just be a teaser to get viewers who like it to subscribe to
    Paramount+. However, I've just set it up on my PVR and it asked whether
    I wanted to record just this episode or start a series recording.
    Perhaps it'll only be Series 1, and the others will only be available
    through subscription to Paramount +.


    Thanks for the heads up. If my Sky box's programme listing is correct,
    tonight's episode is actually episode 3. ISTR that episodes 1 and 2 were
    shown 6 months or a year ago, at a less obscure time, but at that point
    they didn't show any further episodes. The trouble is it was long enough
    ago for me to forget all the information about the members of the crew
    that were supplied with.

    I hadn't checked what episode it was. The Radio Times preview said >"Paramount+...has loaned this prequel to the original series to ITV". If >they'd tried several months ago with episodes 1 & 2 I'd missed it. Does
    this mean they're trying again?


    I don't know. It seems strange if Paramount+ has loaned the series,
    which seems to imply that as you'd think they would want to sell it for
    a substantial payment. And it's also odd that ITV should show such a
    successful and popular series in the middle of the night rather than in
    prime time.
    --
    John Hall

    "The covers of this book are too far apart."
    Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
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  • From Roderick Stewart@rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk to uk.tech.digital-tv on Mon Jun 29 10:16:35 2026
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    On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:08:37 +0100, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
    wrote:

    So it looks like you're right, and it's ITVX if I want to watch the
    series - and suffer the ads if I don't subscribe.

    If you do subscribe to ITVX it's only u5.99 per month, which is a bit
    less than the u15.00 per month demanded by the BBC, and you don't need
    to pay the BBC anything to watch ITVX.

    Rod.
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  • From Jeff Layman@Jeff@invalid.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Mon Jun 29 21:54:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 29/06/2026 10:16, Roderick Stewart wrote:
    On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:08:37 +0100, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
    wrote:

    So it looks like you're right, and it's ITVX if I want to watch the
    series - and suffer the ads if I don't subscribe.

    If you do subscribe to ITVX it's only -u5.99 per month, which is a bit
    less than the -u15.00 per month demanded by the BBC, and you don't need
    to pay the BBC anything to watch ITVX.

    There were only about 6 minutes of ads in total in the episode shown
    last night, so not too bad.
    --
    Jeff
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  • From JNugent@JNugent73@mail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Jun 30 11:53:47 2026
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    On 28/06/2026 12:57 PM, Jeff Layman wrote:
    This is just about to start on Freeview. It'll be on ITV4 at - wait for
    it - 1am tonight!!!

    I was lucky to see this in a preview article in Radio Times. I wondered
    if it might just be a teaser to get viewers who like it to subscribe to Paramount+. However, I've just set it up on my PVR and it asked whether
    I wanted to record just this episode or start a series recording.
    Perhaps it'll only be Series 1, and the others will only be available
    through subscription to Paramount +.

    Hmmm... I have the Sky Cinema version of Paramount+. I wonder...
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  • From angus@angus@magsys.co.uk (Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd) to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Jun 30 14:26:40 2026
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    Hmmm... I have the Sky Cinema version of Paramount+. I wonder...

    I have Paramount+ through Sky, but pay a little more to remove commercials.

    Watched all the previous Strange New Worlds series, the new series starts in three weeks, maybe why ITV is promoting it now.

    Paramount also has all the Yellowstone series and spin offs.

    Angus


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  • From Richmond@dnomhcir@gmx.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Jun 30 21:16:43 2026
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    Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes:

    On 29/06/2026 10:16, Roderick Stewart wrote:
    On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:08:37 +0100, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
    wrote:

    So it looks like you're right, and it's ITVX if I want to watch the
    series - and suffer the ads if I don't subscribe.
    If you do subscribe to ITVX it's only -u5.99 per month, which is a
    bit
    less than the -u15.00 per month demanded by the BBC, and you don't need
    to pay the BBC anything to watch ITVX.

    There were only about 6 minutes of ads in total in the episode shown
    last night, so not too bad.

    If you watch late at night you get fewer ads.
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  • From Jeff Layman@Jeff@invalid.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Jun 30 22:10:42 2026
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    On 30/06/2026 21:16, Richmond wrote:
    Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes:

    On 29/06/2026 10:16, Roderick Stewart wrote:
    On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:08:37 +0100, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
    wrote:

    So it looks like you're right, and it's ITVX if I want to watch the
    series - and suffer the ads if I don't subscribe.
    If you do subscribe to ITVX it's only -u5.99 per month, which is a
    bit
    less than the -u15.00 per month demanded by the BBC, and you don't need
    to pay the BBC anything to watch ITVX.

    There were only about 6 minutes of ads in total in the episode shown
    last night, so not too bad.

    If you watch late at night you get fewer ads.

    True, but according to the ITVX guide it's 51 minutes long, and
    according to the episode info at IMDb it's 46 minutes - so only 5
    minutes of ads.
    --
    Jeff
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