Latest news from 28E / Channels coming to Sky 2008

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Wednesday October 8th

Sky Movies Action/Thriller HD
Sky Movies Modern Greats HD
Sky Movies Drama HD

Wednesday October 15th

Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror HD
Sky Movies Family HD
Sky Movies Comedy HD

 

[12man]

A new slapper on a sofa channel is testing fta on 12522H tagged as 53122. They will be Tease Me TV 3

good name, but how profitable are these? very must be

tease me... tease you .. they tease themselves...

how many vertical communication ones do we need, and how do they feel about beeing next to a slapper?

 

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Performance Mainstreet will re-brand as Rock-on TV on October 1st

On October 20th:
Sky Arts will re-brand as Sky Arts 1
Sky Arts +1 will cease broadcasting
Sky Arts 2 will launch in its place

Movies4men2 +1 will launch by November 1st

 

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Chat Back has moved EPG numbers from 895 - 879.

 

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Watchme TV is testing on 11344V 27500 3/4 tagged as 55221

 

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Nuts +1 launches by October 20th

 

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JJB Golf has been renamed JJB Sports on epg 674.

 

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The new UKTV channel Watch is testing on 11817 V tagged as UK SG~

 

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Epg numbers for the new HD channels have been released:

Between 8 October – 15 October:
334 – Sky Action HD
335 – Sky MdrnGrtsHD
336 – Sky Drama HD

From 15 October onwards:
334 – Sky Comedy HD
335 – Sky Action HD
336 – Sky Family HD
337 – Sky Drama HD
338 – Sky ScFi/HorHD
339 – Sky MdrnGrtsHD

 

[snurgenator]

The new UKTV channel Watch is testing on 11817 V tagged as UK SG~

is it encrypted?? just curious.

keep up the good work A/S

 

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Yes Watch is encrypted in NDS.

 

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ta very much!!! :-worship

 

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Playboy One moves to epg 900 on October 1st and Paul Raymond TV launches on 911

 

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Beauty Shop replaced JML Innovations on epg 666 yesterday.

 

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From November Sky will start removing HD channels from the SD epg lists. Apparently it will take 6 months to complete as new software rollouts are required..



And about bloody time too

 

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Virgin Radio fully rebranded to Absolute Radio this morning

Meanwhile Jazz FM has replaced Virgin Radio 105.8 on 0202. The 105.8 version of Virgin/Absolute will not be reappearing - its been scrapped on satellite.

 

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Tease Me 3 which had been tetsing has launched as Channel Ape on epg 959

 

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Pulse +1.5 and Pulse +2 are testing on two redundant Red Hot labels on 12607H

Pulse +1.5 - red hot raw
Pulse +2 - red hot viewers

These have to be placeholders for two new channels - theres no point whatsoever for Pulse to have three timeshifts (they already have Pulse +1!)

 

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The Pulse timeshift have launched:

207 - Pulse +1.5
208 - Pulse +2

 

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Hollywood TV (155) is expected to cease tomorrow - its slot appears to have been bought by UKTV