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Looks like Young@Heart have started testing on 12643V 27500 2/3 tagged as 54330 From the epg its going to be showing loads of zero budget public domain rubbish!

 

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Two epg changes today:

Bedroom TV has moved EPG from epg 683 to 962.

HappyHourGirls epg 956 has been renamed LA Babes.

 

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This was posted on the Digital Spy forum by one of the contributors who is involved with one of the channels on the sky platform:

Sky has just informed channels that it may be possible to reopen the launch queue for HD channels only (there's a surprise...) consequent on the restricted listing of HD channels on SD boxes.

They plan a consultation on this in the second half of 2009...so no immediate prospects of a new queue...

They also reiterate that there is NO prospect currently of reopening the queue for SD launches

 

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Am I right in thinking this also has implications for Freesat launches owing to the complexities and intricacies of the EPG systems?

 

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It shouldnt do - the delays in the Freesat epg additions are that each transponder has to have changes made at the "adaptation hub" which is a technical gubbins in the uplink chain. Changes are made a few at a time so that anything added to Freesat doesnt knacker the Sky epg system.

The epg freeze was started when the Sky techinical guys realised the oldest boxes were running out of memory. To be honest the boxes affected are around 10 years old and there cant be many of them left, so why not just let them die.

 

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Biography was been renamed Bio on epg 156 yesterday

 

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Two epg removals today:

196 - Nuts TV
210 - Nuts TV +1

 

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Some minor service renames from January 1st:

Sky Movies Active 1 renamed Sky Multistart 1
Sky Movies Active 2 renamed Sky Multistart 2
Sky Movies Active 3 renamed Sky Multistart 3
Sky Movies Active 4 renamed Sky Multistart 4
Sky Movies Active 5 renamed Sky Multistart 5
Sky Movies Active 6 renamed Sky Multistart 6
Sky Movies Active 7 renamed Sky Multistart 7
Sky Movies Active 8 renamed Sky Multistart 8

 

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Expected channel renames / rebrands according to the latest Ofcom updates:

EMTV to become Controversial TV
Red Hot Raw to become Blue Tube
TV Warehouse to become JML Home & DIY
TV Warehouse 2 to become Shop Now TV
JML BeautyShop to become JML Lifestyle

 

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And possible new channels:

Animal Planet HD
Phoenix InfoNews (Chinese language)

 

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Jaagran has launched out of nowhere onto 838. This is currently a very part time channel - a couple of hours from 0200 uk time sharing time with one of the Zee channels.

Its not known at the moment if this is in preparation for a full launch of Zee Jaagran or if its a holding channel for another operator.

 

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Several new part time test channels started on the Zee transponder last week. This is how they are reported to be operating:

55301 broadcasts 1am - 3am and timeshares with Zee TV
55306 broadcasts 2.30am - 4.30am and timeshares with Zee Cinema
55311 broadcasts 1am - 3am and timeshares with Zee Music
55316 broadcasts 12.30am - 2.30am and timeshares with Zee Punjabi
55321 broadcasts 12am - 2am and timeshares with Zee Gujarati
55322 broadcasts 2am - 4am and also timeshares with Zee Gujarati


(55322 turned into Jaagran this afternoon)

 

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ID is now channel 551 (named Investigation)

Discovery Knowledge + 1 as moved to channel 557.

 

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Rebrand dates for more of the UKTV channels are known

UKTV Documentary to Eden - from next Monday (as expected)
UKTV People to Blighty in February
UKTV History to Yesterday in March

 

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Asian Star Radio will replace PRL24 on 0213 from February 1st

 

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Five US will rebrand to Five USA on February 16th

 

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Rock-on TV are testing towards a relaunch on 12070H tagged as 9344

 

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Wine TV was removed from epg 264 again yesterday

 

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According to Biz Asia, Zee Gujurati is to be closed in India as its making losses. That means it has to be under threat here as well.

 

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Rock-on TV was added back to epg 260 today - but with the same half dozen programmes looping round as before Christmas. As its now on a Sky tp, it HAS to be a holding channel for a new Sky service.