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Challenge +1 is set to launch on Sky Digital
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It's launching on 122 on Monday December 13th.
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We have enough rubbish channels already, there's absolutely no need to start creating timeshift versions of channels! Put some decent quality channels on, and if you want timeshift, get sky+!
Who? What other channels put on is nothing to do with Sky or Challenge. If challenge want to put on a +1 channel, it certainly doesn't harm me.
and I was lead to believe that tprs could only have 8 channels or so... (anyone out there clarify this).
As has been said, not everyone can afford Sky+, but I agree in some part, some channels work having +1 channels, Discovery comes to mind, but for the likes of UKGold and Challenge, what is the point of timeshifting programmes an hour they already show numerous times a month anyway.
Living TV 2 and now Challenge +1, what will be next? Screenshop +1?
It all depends on the bandwidth of the transponder in question - there are often different bandwiths available on any one satellite. Some of the Hotbird tp's have 15 or more channels squeezed in (mainly Italian shopping and low budget tarot channels!
It already is with a couple of the shopping channels :eek:
Any idea's when it will start testing?
Busy december 13th to be precise, as that is when 'Living 2' is supposed to arrive.
(Of course they all don't need to be on the same transponder - just look where 'Home & Leisure' is compared with 'Home & Leisure +1' )...
But all Astra transponders (19.2, 23.5 and 28.2 east) are of the same bandwidth.
Eutelsat offer different bandwidths - via Eurobird at 28 east.
Astra don't do different transponder bandwidths, never have ...
BTW i got this news from the challenge forums where it was posted by a Challenge employee.
It maybe testing now, as i have a feeling that it will share with Trouble Reload.
If not then i would think Monday.
Trouble Reload shares with Ftn, it might be 24hrs or share with Living TV 2 which also launches on the same day
Well I wouldn't imagine that the older set top boxes would have enough processing power to decode mpeg 4. I mean, try watching mpeg4 on a 4 year old PC, and then against a new one. The picture quality is very noticeably different!
Supposedly that is the ideal capacity for them, but the MTV transponder has 14 different channels (4 different streams of MTV1 - ridiculous) and the UKTV transponder has 15!
Why not just change your clock on your wall now to one hour later, then watch Challenge TV, and pretend it's the test! :rolleyes:
No it doesn't, when you actually work it out (taking all the time sharing into account) it effectively carries EIGHT fulltime TV streams!
How many of those SHARE BANDWIDTH?!