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Performance MainStreet launches September 17th 2007 on epg channel 271

 

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ITV have announced they will launch ITV 1 HD next spring

 

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Anime Central has launched onto epg 199

 

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OBE have sorted out their technical problems and returned to epg 155

 

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Noor TV are epg testing on 12.643 H 27500 2/3 tagged as 54203

 

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Discovery will be launching an environmental themed channel in 2008 - Planet Green

 

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Performance Mainstreet has launched onto epg 271

 

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A second launch today - Liverpool FC TV has appeared on 448. Its only available to Setanta subscribers.

 

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Sky will shake up their Travel channels on November 7th:

Sky Travel --> Sky Real Lives on epg 253
Sky Travel +1 --> Sky Real Lives +1 on epg 254
Sky Travel Extra --> Sky Real Lives 2 on epg 255
Sky Travel Shop --> Sky Travel epg unknown

 

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Virgin 1 & Virgin 1 +1 launch October 1st. They will replace FTN

 

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Arsenal FC TV will launch in December. They will be part of the Setanta sports pack

 

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Two rebrands on the epg:

Fortune Fever (842) --> Pitch Gaming
Jackpot TV (848) --> Pitch Gaming 2

 

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EPG 0188 has rebranded from On-Air to Insight Radio

 

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Channel 4 HD to launch in December

 

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Aaj Tak will encrypt on Friday (21st) They have joined the Sony MaxPack

 

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Noor TV are now trade testing on 12.643 H 27500 2/3 tagged as 54203

 

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UKTV G2 will rebrand to Dave on October 15th

UKTV G2 is to be relaunched as Dave next month, focusing on a younger male audience.

Launching on October 15, Dave will be a comedy and factual entertainment channel and will be available on satellite, cable and - as we exclusively revealed last month - Freeview, replacing UKTV Bright Ideas on channel 19.

The name is based on the idea that "everyone knows a bloke called Dave". Marketing activity to launch Dave will begin on October 1, with an on-air campaign created by Red Bee Media airing on the UKTV and Virgin Media channels.

Dave channel head Steven North said: "With a schedule for which most broadcasters would give their eye teeth, UKTV G2 is an incredibly successful channel with 10 million viewers in pay homes each month, but with relatively low brand awareness. Changing the channel name to Dave enables us to create a strong and noisy personality for the channel that immediately aligns us with our core 16-34 male audience."

Julia Jordan, UKTV’s executive director for business and operations, said: "There’s a definite opportunity for a channel like Dave on Freeview. The younger male audience is of very high value commercially and this demographic is currently under-served in Freeview homes."

Earlier this month, Nuts TV, a joint venture between Turner Broadcasting and Nuts magazine publisher IPC Ignite also launched on the DTT platform.

Dave will air between 7am and 3am on Freeview channel 19, Sky channel 111 and Virgin TV channel 125.

The relaunched channel will see UKTV History remain at channel 12 on Freeview, but its DTT slot change to 7am-6pm. On Sky 537 and Virgin TV 203, UKTV History will be available from 7am to 1am.

 

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Disco Civilization will be relaunched as Discovery Knowledge on November 1st.

 

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Channel 4HD will get epg 140 when they launch in December & they will be ftv.

 

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An epg tweak for the Zone channels in the 140's:

Former EPG line-up -

146 - Zone Romantica
147 - Zone Reality
148 - Zone Reality +1
149 - Zone Reality Extra

New EPG line-up -

146 - Zone Reality
147 - Zone Reality +1
148 - Zone Reality Extra
149 - Zone Romantica