Latest news from 28E / Channels coming to Sky 2005

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Yoo Play TV has launched this morning on epg 279

 

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Choices UK is a new shopping channel expected to launch August 15th, (along with Asian shopping channel Vectone Mall).

Aastha TV is expected to appear next Monday (8th August)

 

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Star Bazaar is yet another new teleshiopping channel that will be on air in the near future

Reported testing on 11.259 V 27500 2/3 tagged as "52156" ....

 

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Virgin Radio Groove has launched onto epg 934. (Thats the WRN On Air slot thats for hire to any service that will pay. VRG will be launching onto their own epg number later in the year.

 

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Up on epg 696, Exchange and Mart TV ceased transmissions at midnight.

 

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Ex & Mart was pulled off the epg this morning.


NDTV24/7 (New Delhi TV) (a news channel) will be launching by the end of the year

 

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Shopping Channel Choices UK are testing on 11307H 27500 2/3 tagged as "52260"

 

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ABC1 have finally arrived on satellite.

They are full testing on 10.862 GHz H SR:22000 FEC:5/6 tagged as "9010", although they appear to be encrypted to family pack level.

 

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Yet another outlet for You TV is testing on 11.390 H 27500 2/3 tagged as "52409"

Epg tests on 11.224 H 27500 2/3 tagged "52007" suggest Discovery Real Time Extra


Passion TV are epg testing 11.260 V 27500 2/3 tagged "52153"

 

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Vectone Mall launched on to epg 696 this morning, with Choices UK next door on 697

 

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FX + is testing on 10.876 V, SR:22000 FEC:5/6 tagged as 9351 (testing FX on a +2 hour delay)

Discovery Real Time Extra is now testing with video & audio. (11.224 H 27500 2/3 tagged "52007")

 

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Starting in December - trials of the BBC ultra local news service. Trials will start with the West Midlands, covering Birmingham and the Black Country; Coventry and Warwickshire; Herefordshire and Worcestershire; St0ke and Staffordshire; and Shropshire. It will be available via the red button.

More details here.

 

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So any specific date of ABC1 arriving

 

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ABC1? Nothing confirmed, but Ive seen either tomorrow, or next Monday mentioned as possibilities.

Youth rock radio service Virgin Xtreme launches 5th September

 

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Passion TV are now on full trade tests with video & audio - 11.260 V 27500 2/3 tagged "52153"

 

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VIP Radio will launch a 60's and 70's soul format in January 2006.

 

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It looks like Quiz TV (currently time sharing with IBuy 2on 632) is to get its own channel. its testing on 11260V 27500 2/3 under the tag "52157"

 

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New on the epg today:

135 - Discovery Real Time Extra
180 - You TV 3
280 - Passion TV

 

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Apna Bazaar now epg testing on 11307H 27500 2/3 tagged as "52280"

 

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Vectone Tamil & Vectone Bangla to encrypt late September. Bangla will be rebranded Vectone NTV at some point

Vectone to launch a second Bangla channel, and is likely to be known as Vectone Channel I.

They are also planning Vectone Singhalese for 2006