The occasional season launched on 5 September on Freeview, a free-to-air digital platform within digital terrestrial television. It is also available via satellite. Czech website parabola.cz noted that the Irish version of Great! Christmas is broadcasting at orbital position Astra 28.2E with a strong European beam (11.225 GHz, V-inch, SR=23000, FEC=2/3 – unencrypted transmission). This means that there should be no problems with reception in Central Europe. Great! Stations may be harder to receive. Christmas in the UK and great! Christmas in the UK +1 (one hour delay). They broadcast on the British beam (11.306 GHz, Pol. V, SR=27500, FEC=5/6 – unencrypted broadcast).
Christmas channels are getting earlier and earlier
In recent years, UK Christmas channels have launched either immediately after the holidays or a few weeks after they have ended. The most popular stations are Christmas music videos, such as “Last Chrimast”.
Two years ago, Trace Xmas started on September 1st, temporarily replacing Trace Music. In the autumn, MTV 90s in the British Isles was renamed MTV Xmas. The Box became BoxMas and Now 90s became Now Xmas. Similar seasons can also be expected this year.
In the United States, you can watch Christmas-related content even during the holidays. All thanks to the Hallmark channel, which was once present in Poland and broadcasts “Christmas in July” in July.
In Poland, special occasion channels are not so popular. Not all operators have included Eurosport’s Olympic channels this year, including Eurosport 4K. Usually, you have to wait several months for a change in the station’s name or a new license. This complicates things significantly.
