{"id":3380,"date":"2025-09-17T14:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/brits-could-be-left-with-no-television-due-to-satellite-disaster\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T14:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:02:28","slug":"brits-could-be-left-with-no-television-due-to-satellite-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/brits-could-be-left-with-no-television-due-to-satellite-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Brits could be left with no television due to satellite disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-09-17 14:02:26<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Millions of Brits could be left staring at blank screens in just five years\u2019 time \u2014 because the satellites powering Sky and Freesat will soon expire.<BR><br \/>\nA 2030 deadline looms for households using Sky Q, Sky+ HD or Freesat, as the three Astra satellites that beam signals to Earth are nearing the end of their service life, reports the Daily Star.<BR><br \/>\nThe spacecraft \u2014 Astra 2E (launched 2013), Astra 2F (2012) and Astra 2G (2014) \u2014 were designed to last around 15 years. By 2030, they\u2019ll have reached or exceeded that lifespan, meaning they could be switched off and left to drift in orbit.<BR><br \/>\nThat would leave up to six million homes without any TV channels, unless Sky and broadcasters behind Freesat (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5) replace or renew the satellites.<BR><br \/>\nRefusing to address the looming date, a spokesperson for Sky told the Daily Star: \u201cWe have millions of customers on Sky Q and Sky+ HD who we continue to support.\u201d<BR><br \/>\nAround 4 million Brits still rely on Sky Q, with many more using the older Sky+ HD service, though exact figures haven\u2019t been published since 2016. A further 1 million homes watch via Freesat.<BR><br \/>\nIndustry experts suggest Sky may eventually be forced to hand out its new Sky Stream boxes to customers still on older systems. But with Sky still selling Sky Q packages online with minimum 24-month terms, there\u2019s no sign of urgency.<BR><br \/>\nFor Freesat users, the blow may be softened by the fact that many newer televisions come with built-in internet-enabled Freeview services, allowing streaming without a satellite dish.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-09-17 14:02:26 Millions of Brits could be left staring at blank screens in just five years\u2019 time \u2014 because the satellites powering Sky and Freesat will soon expire. A 2030&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3382,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3380\/revisions\/3382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}