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West Africa Democracy Radio is testing on the old MOS Radio label on 11390V

 

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HBW returned to epg 963 this morning .

 

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DMAX +1.5 closes on November 1st - its being replaced by Quest +1

 

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One minor change to the epg here in southern Scotland - our ITV on epg 103 has been remapped from the Scottish ITV Border Sco stream the the English transmission ITV Border

The Scottish stream will probably be discontinued in the near future

 

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Living 2 will rebrand to Living It later in the year.

 

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DMAX +1.5 was taken off air midway through a programme this morning , and was replaced by a Quest promo. Quest +1 launched, and a mini epg reshuffle then occurred.

DMAX 2 left 154, Quest moved to here.
Quest left 167, Quest +1 launched here.
DMAX +1.5 closed off 206, DMAX 2 moved here.

 

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Channel I launched onto 844 this morning

 

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Gems TV 3 closed off epg 670 this morning

 

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Radio channel Absolute Xtreme is to be junked and replaced by Absolute 80's in the near future

 

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Renault TV is expected to launch before the end of the year

 

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SA Direct returned to epg 270 on November 6th. Only for 2 hours a day and we know the slot has been sold, so its only a place holder.

 

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Also on November 6th Bliss changed their dog to a Christmas one and started playing Christmas music.

AAARGH!! ITS ONLY BLOODY NOVEMBER!!!

 

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Another new Asian channel - UK Asia TV will launch in the near future

 

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On November 9th Food Network and Food Network +1 launched fta onto epgs 262 and 263

 

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9XM is to cease operations in the UK. The epg slot will be handed over to a new channel in December

 

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The recently closed Punjjabi Channel (ex 838) have sold their slot to Madani Channel. Madani is expected to launch on December 7th.

 

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MGM HD is reported to be testing on 12011V, 27500, 2/3

 

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This mornings Zone / CBS epg chages:

146 - CBS Reality (was Zone Reality)
147 - CBS Reality+1 (was Zone Reality+1)
148 - CBS Action (was Zone Thriller)
149 - CBS Drama (was Zone Romantica)

 

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And also from this morning

Best Direct+ was been renamed Blueberry TV on epg 658

 

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According to AGB Neilsen AGB update Living 2 rebrands on Monday 30th November:

Living 2 > Living it
Living 2 +1 > Living it +1