BBC Kids
Free Preview continues until January 31, 2013. Standard Channel 71 Theme Pack Family Available as individual channel Yes
Movieola - now Rewind
Free preview continues until January 31, 2013. Standard Channel 226 Theme Pack More Movies Available as individual channel Yes
Oasis HD, eqhd, HIFI and radX
Free preview continues until January 31, 2013 HD Channel 643-646 Theme Pack HiFi HD
The channels are also available On Demand
W Movies
Free preview until January 31, 2013 Standard Channel 229 Theme Pack More Movies
Sundance Channel
Free preview until January 31, 2013 Standard Channel 224 Theme Pack More Movies Available as individual channel Yes
The following French channels are on free preview until about Jan. 14:
MusiquePlus
Musimax
Canal D
Canal Vie
VrakTV
Ztélé
Historia
Séries +
addikTV
Evasion
ARTV
Is animal planet still on free preview? I thot it ended in December. I do not see a preview listed on the optik site for this channel. Just curious because i still get it.
Also wondering about discovery world. It moved to a $6 premium channel in August. I still get it. never been charged for it. I even talked to customer support last sept to ask about this. told her i still get it, said it should be removed soon. said i want to make sure i am not retroactively charged for this. said i should not because i never ordered it.
Just wondering if there is a grandfather clause for folks that had this channel in a theme pak? anyone else have this channel and not paying the 6bux?
I added the "Adventure" pack in September, which includes "Discovery World" even though it's not listed as part of the pack. I won't miss it if it goes dark, nor will I pay extra for it.
H2
free preview all month long. Standard Channel 151 Theme Pack Advenure Extra Available as individual channel Yes
Travel + Escape
free preview HD Channel 702 Standard Channel 147 Theme Pack Lifestyle Available as individual channel Yes*
*HD included with Travel + Escape individual channel.
Fight Network
free preview until March 31. Standard Channel 125 Theme Pack Adventure Extra Available as individual channel Yes
TV5
free preview until February 28 2013. Standard Channel 430 Theme Pack Europe
ATN ARY - now ATN Urdu
free preview until April 3rd. Standard Channel 525 Available as individual channel Yes
Big Magic
new South Asian channel
free preview until April 27 Standard Channel 554 Available as individual channel Yes*
*Subscription to Desi Starter or Desi Mega pack required, charged separately.
ZoOm
new South Asian channel
free preview on now Standard Channel 508 Theme Pack World view - Desi Mega Available as individual channel Yes*
*Subscription to Desi Starter pack required, charged separately.
Why does it matter? Telus has no bandwidth limits so providing SD channels doesn't limit their ability to provide HD channels.
For anyone who records a lot of shows as I do, recording some in SD is the only thing that keeps my PVR from automatically deleting the oldest recordings to free up space.
For anyone still using 4x3 CRT TV's (a LOT of people still do), watching and recording the SD channels is just easier as it fits the screen best by default.
525 - ATN Urdu (until April 3) 554 - Big Magic (until April 27) 125 - Fight Network (until March 31) 147/702 - Travel + Escape (until March 31) 555 - Zee TV (until April 30) 141 - Slice (until March 31) 171/711 - Bravo (until April 2) 188/690 - FX (until March 28) 160 - EWTN (until April 30) 186 - Bite (until April 30) 89/715 - ABC Spark (until March 31) 70 - Treehouse (until March 31) 72 - Nick (until March 31) 175 - GSN (until March 31) 78/79/419 - Baby TV (until March 31) 80/683 - Disney XD (until March 31) 74 - Disney Jr (until March 31) 76/86/681 - Family Channel (until March 31) 71 - BBC Kids (until March 31) 208/708 - Animal Planet (until March 31) 73/85/701 - Teletoon (until March 31) 84/716 - Cartoon Network (until March 31)
Sportsnet ONE
free preview in April. HD Channel 677 Standard Channel 106 Theme Pack Sports
Note: Free preview includes regional Sportsnet Companion channels however the channel is dark when no content is available.
Discovery Science
free preview in April. HD Channel 709 Standard Channel 203 Theme Pack Learning Available as individual channel Yes*
*HD included with corresponding individual channel.
Lifetime
Now on FREE PREVIEW! Standard Channel 221 Theme Pack More Movies Available as individual channel Yes
All the channels in the Adventure Extra theme pack on free preview in June
Wild TV HD Channel 654 Standard Channel 124 Theme Pack Adventure Extra Available as individual channel Yes*
*HD included with corresponding individual channel.
WFN HD HD Channel 721 Standard Channel 126 Theme Pack Adventure Extra Available as individual channel Yes*
*HD included with corresponding individual channel.
Nat Geo Wild HD Channel 718 Standard Channel 209 Theme Pack Adventure Extra Available as individual channel Yes*
*HD included with corresponding individual channel.
H2 Standard Channel 151 Theme Pack Adventure Extra Available as individual channel Yes
Fight Network Standard Channel 125 Theme Pack Adventure Extra Available as individual channel Yes
Bite Standard Channel 186 Theme Pack Adventure Extra Available as individual channel Yes
Free preview of GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV and GMA News TV in June
GMA Pinoy TV Standard Channel 514 Available as individual channel *Yes
*Subscription to FTV required. Charged separately.
GMA Life TV Standard Channel 516 Available as individual channel *Yes
*Subscription to FTV required. Charged separately.
GMA News TV Standard Channel 511 Available as individual channel *Yes
*Subscription to FTV required. Charged separately.
Does anyone know if the ABC Spark channel is on a free preview this month? It's not listed as such on the Telus website but I'm currently getting it when I haven't in the past. Did they maybe put it into a theme package finally?
I'm not getting ABC Spark. Maybe they put it in the Family Theme pack or something? Probably where it should be anyway.
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