Latest news from 28E / Channels coming to Sky 2008

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Raj TV has been removed from 171. They are still active off the epg, at 1830 they are showing some low budget chat programme.

 

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Urban TV was removed from 202 yesterday

One of the numeric tests was relabelled MTVOne +2 as well yesterday, although its not on the epg yet. It appears to be timesharing with Nick Junior 2 so will only be active overnight from midnight!

 

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Anime Central has been renamed Showcase TV on epg 199

 

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As predicted in post 320, Bedroom TV has finally disappeared. Its been renamed Tron Direct 1 on 683

 

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Two removals from the adult section of the epg yesterday:

946 - Red Hot Raw
947 - Red Hot Viewers

 

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Sky One Two and Three have rebranded to Sky1 Sky2 and Sky3

 

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The entertainment section was shuffled this morning as expected:

101-150 - no changes

151 - E! Entertainment
152 - Challenge +1
153 - Bravo 2
154 - DMAX +1
155 - Hollywood TV
156 - Biography
157 - Film 24
158 - Dave +1
159 - Paramount Comedy 2 +1
160 - MTV ®
164 - FX
165 - FX+
166 - Information TV
167 - Information TV 2
168 - BBC ALBA
170 - Sky1 HD
171 - My Channel
172 - Trouble
173 - Trouble +1
174 - Five US
175 - Five US +1
176 - FIVER
177 - FIVER +1
178 - Men & Motors
179 - ITV3 +1
180 - Red
183 - Current TV
184 - BEN
185 - Life
187 - AIT International
188 - Showcase TV
189 - Open Access 2
190 - Open Access 3
192 - OBE
193 - FX HD
195 - Propeller
196 - Nuts TV
197 - Pulse
198 - BET
199 - OHTV
200 - EMTV
201 - Paranormal Channel
202 - NTAI
203 - Channel M
204 - Pulse +1
205 - Hallmark +1
206 - DMAX +1.5

The few gaps are used on the Irish epg or are from channels that have closed since the list was issued

 

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The Virgin Radio stations will be rebranded by October 1st. The stations were bought bt the Times of India a few weeks ago, but they didnt purchase the right to use the Virgin brand.

The new channel names will be

0107 - Absolute Radio
0200 - Absolute Xtreme
0201 - Absolute Classic Rock and presumably
0202 - Absolute 105.8

 

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OBE TV was been removed from 192 in the EPG earlier today.

 

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Three changes for the JML shopping channels

642 - JML Lifestyle is now Rocks & Co.
666 - JML Solutions is now JML CookShop
667 - JML Innovation is now JML BeautyShop

 

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Ocean TV is full trade testing on 12643V 27500 2/3 tagged as 54345. Its going to be a shopping / infotainment channel for the Ocean Finance operation

 

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Several epg changes this morning:

JJB Sports TV rebranded to High Street TV on 648

The recently renamed JML BeautyShop has returned to being JML Innovations

Sumo TV has moved to 958 from 879

Applause TV on 888 has renamed to Nigerian Movies and moved to 333

 

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Performance Mainstreet has been removed from epg 260. They are undergoing technical work and will return branded as Rock On TV

_http://www.performancemainstreet.com

 

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

 

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UKTV Style 2 closes on Monday Sept 15th.

 

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Awareness TV ceased off 888, and was replaced by Ocean Finance

UKTV Style 2 has ceased off 258

Rep Of Ireland has new versions of

Channel 4
Channel 4 +1
E4 +1
Sky Sports News

(same content as the uk versions but different adverts)

 

[Zorba]

Awareness TV ceased off 888, and was replaced by Ocean Finance

UKTV Style 2 has ceased off 258

Rep Of Ireland has new versions of

Channel 4
Channel 4 +1
E4 +1
Sky Sports News

(same content as the uk versions but different adverts)

Ps works in Cyprus

 

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Three of the four Virgin channels have been rebranded:

0107 is now Absolute
0200 is now AbXtreme
0201 is now AbClassR

 

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Ps works in Cyprus

Of course - they are on the widebeam.

 

[satelliteman]

It's good news but how long they will stay is another thing