Latest news from 28E / Channels coming to Sky 2006

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ESPN Classic Sport are planning a spring launch, and may be on the epg by the end of February if everything goes ok.

Legal TV have had their launch pushed back a week, and are likely to launch on the 28th.

 

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ESPN Classic Sport are planning a spring launch, and may be on the epg by the end of February if everything goes ok.

Legal TV have had their launch pushed back a week, and are likely to launch on the 28th.

ESPN are now denying a launch anytime soon.!

 

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Eat Cinema have started testing on 11426V 27500 2/3 tagged as "52545" Currently with colour bars & epg info.

 

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Radio Tatras International have launched on 11623H 27500 2/3. An epg slot will not be available until after the epg shuffle at the end of February. In the meantime they can be added through "Add Channels" (Services 4, 4) then heard through "Other Channels" (Services 6)

 

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Channel M testing on 11642V 27500 2/3 tagged as TV1

 

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Primetime Radio to cease operations on May 14th.

 

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Manchester based DM Digital are launching DM Digital World Cinema on April 10th.

 

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Challenge Player will launch on March 2nd onto epg123

 

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Boomerang +1 now epg testing. Test currently carrying video from TCM on 12051V 27500 2/3 tagged as "7101"

 

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Fun Radio has replaced The Mix on epg 871

 

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Trouble & Trouble +1 will be moving into the entertainment section next week.



Trouble move to epg 201
Trouble +1 move to epg 202

 

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A vertiable rash of renames this morning:

-Babestation (172)
-Setanta NASN (417)
-Broadband UK 2 (694)
-Vectone One (814)
-Vectone Two (832)

 

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4 new HDTV channels added to the epg:

Artsworld HD (158)
Sky One HD (291)
Discovery HD (557)
Sky Box Office (757)

 

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Vectone have renamed two of their channels. They no longer have the rights to show MH-1 and Channel-I

Vectone 2U is expected to relaunch on March 18th, with Vectone World rejoining the run on April 20th

 

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Eat Cinema now full testing on 11426V 27500 2/3 tagged as "52545"

 

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Player now full trade testing. (11307H 27500 2/3 tagged as "52233")

 

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Racing UK is currently fta on 11623H 27500 2/3 tagged as "50823"

This is probably in preparation for the forthcoming sister channel Racing World

 

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NDTV are to launch a new global channel by the Autumn. NDTV Nation is expected to launch by September and will launch simultaneously in India, UK, US and Canada.

 

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Expected Feb 28th SEE TV (South East England TV). A regional service from Life TV. EPG slot announced as 139 which means it will be a time share channel. Probably doesnt count as a full launch as its not getting its own epg number..

 

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Five.2 repoetrd to be thinking of a November 2006 launch, with Five.3 appearing in 2007

(On DTT, Five.3 will be pay a pay channel on TopUpTv.)