Latest news from 28E / Channels coming to Sky 2009

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Nick Toon Replay will launch on August 1st

 

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Epg changes on July 16th:

841 - Peace TV Urdu

904 - Red Hot TV (was Red Hot 40 +)
921 - Red Hot 40 + (was Red Hot DD)

0205 - VOT Radio (was Radio Netherlands)

 

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Kashmiri channel KBC has fallen victim to the economic downturn - they will close by the end of the month, with their epg slot sold on to another Kashmiri operation.

 

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OBE on epg 207 has been seen carrying captions saying they will be encrypting in a few weeks time

 

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LA Muscle is now full trade testing on 12604H 27500 2/3 tagged as 55247

 

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ILM Radio launched onto 0161 (the old Arrow Rock number) on July 20th

 

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Two new versions of ESPN are testing in preparation for their August 4th launch:

ESPN - 12304H 27500 2/3 tagged as 3141
ESPN HD - 11856V 29500 3/4 tagged as 4040

 

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Islamic religious channel Ahlebait TV will replace KBC on 841

 

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The Setenta administrator has put the 9 epg slots up for sale. Asking price is around £1million

_http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/22/setanta-sky-slots-sold-off

 

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Spice Extreme Nightly was replaced by XXX Mums on channel 930 on 23rd.

 

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According to AGB Nielsen Media Research Showcase will rebrand to True Entertainment on August 3rd

 

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The new ESPN channel is now full trade testing on 12303H tagged as 3141. It will replace ESPN America. (Note - its ONLY available if you have upgraded your subscription to include the ESPN channel).

 

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LA Muscle has been added to epg 281

On 0194, Colourful Radio has been renamed FWR (Faith World Radio)

 

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It looks like Audi Channel on epg 884 is closing on August 1st. The epg entries after this date read "programmes no longer available"

 

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Looks like The Sikh Channel is in financial trouble - they have been running a special programme all day to raise funds.

They say the need £50k a month to keep going, but in July have only had £17k come in

 

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Monte Carlo TV was removed from epg 863 on July 27th

 

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Indian channel Colors is hoping to launch later in the year - probably par of the Sony View Asia package

 

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Nick Toonsters closes on July 31st

 

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Jetix / +1 will be rebranded to Disney XD / +1 at the end of August

 

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July 28th updates:

Sky Box Office was been removed from epg 742. This is to get ESPN HD an epg slot.

AIT Movistar was been removed from epg 330 although its still operating off the epg