The "Quiz TV" label thats been hanging around off the EPG for a while just showing a continues loop of Quiz TV programming has now gone back to just being an empty label.
There's still quiet a few old labels still hanging around, all these come to mind, Film Four Weekly, Sport Nation, We Deliver TV, One TV, Treasures TV, ATN Bangla, Quiz TV, Live XXX TV, Honey TV.
Wouldn't be suprised if a few of these return at some point.
ITV has launched its mobile television service, allowing subscribers to the 3 network to view some of the broadcaster's most popular programmes. In a first for British terrestrial free-to-air TV, shows from ITV1, including Coronation Street, Emmerdale and The X Factor, will be transmitted live to mobile handsets. Viewers can also see programmes from ITV Play, the participation channel launched as a digital service earlier this year. Daily charges for the new simulcast service—available to all 3.7m of 3's users—are 49p to watch ITV Play and 99p for ITV1. There is also a cheaper, £5-per-month option for unlimited viewing. More Here
But, it has changed its position on the channel list on that transponder today. This might be due to its broadcast hours being altered from today. EPG info shows the channel closing at 11pm instead of 4am each day. Possibly to timeshare with a porn channel or maybe 'You TV 2 Extra' which is also on that transponder which has also altered its broadcast hours from today as i mentioned in post #46.....
[Highlight] ALL CHANNELS HAVE SYMBOL RATE OF 27.5 AND AN F.E.C. OF 2/3. EXCEPT WHERE LISTED. [/highlight]
If you see, [pids to zero], you won’t be able to view this with a Digibox
10.714 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
10175______Showing ITV1 Central South West: (Analoguesat/SDO: EXCLUSIVE:/skyisthebest)
10.729 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
8389______Showing E4.
10.744 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
9604______This Channel is blocked. For TG4 widesceen testing (Analoguesat/TVDX)
10.906 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
G54_______Showing Black level (Digi Man/ TV Ideas)
10.936 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
1380______ No signal present.(Ian Cleverly/ Digi Man)
11.307 V
53383_____For Avago Interactive (Lyngsat) [pids at zero.] (Analoguesat/ Skyisthebest)
11.222 H
52031_____Currently showing Setanta sports 1 (Digi Man)
11.343 H
53250_____Miscellenious, (Shopping Chl; /Sky Fan / James Vertigan / Analoguesat/ TV Ideas / Skyisthebest}
53251_____No signal present (Shopping Chl;)
53281_____No signal present (Skyisthebest)
11.390 V
53578_____For Brazilian service Record Radio (Analoguesat)
11.428 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
AXN UK___ replaced AXN Italia (Flysat) [Picture only Blocked]
11.469 H
{Blank}___Showing S.B.O. and 18+ Movies
{Blank}___Showing S.B.O. and 18+ Movies
11.508 H
1787______Showing At The Races Extra Interactive screen
5906______No audio present. (dr98)
9328______Showing At The Races Extra Interactive screen(Driver6286)
8N2 ______Showing At The Races Extra Interactive screen
11.585 H
50621_____No signal present [FTA only] (Analoguesat)
50686_____Showing 'Red Hot (Analoguesat / Digi Man)
50691_____Showing Television X (Digi Man)
50821_____[pids to zero] (Analoguesat)
11.642 V
50940_____Showing iPlay {as per Chl;840}
11.662 H
51020_____Audio channel [Not available on a Digibox] (Analoguesat)
11.681 V
AJI_______With Promo loop, DOG, bottom left-hand side, for Al Jazeera International. (Digi Man)
11.836 H
4406______Showing Nat Geo
11.876 V
6200______No Signal Present [pids to zero],(Analoguesat)
11.954 H
6705______No signal (Ian Cleverly)
6780______No signal (Ian Cleverly)
6781______No signal (Ian Cleverly)
12.070 H
1356______Showing "At The Races
12.129 V
7308______Showing S4C Digidol [FTA] (Ian Cleverly Find Courtesy of SatcoDX)
12.382 H
1697______Showing S.B.O. and 18+ movies (Chl; 700) (Ian Cleverly/TV Ideas)
{blank}____Showing S.B.O. and 18+ movies (Digi Man)
{blank}____Showing S.B.O. and 18+ movies (Digi Man)
12.422 H
7521______Showing William Road Bars & Tone
12.480 V
12005_____Showing E4 & Big Bro Colour bars. (Analoguesat /KianD)
12010_____Showing Black Level (Digi Man)
12.560 H
54053_____Showing ATN Bangla with now/next info, a txp move & return to 818 maybe? (Skyisthebest/Digi Man)
Globecast1_Showing NTV(Skyisthebest)
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[highlight] “Coming Soon” [/highlight]
*September NDTV will be launching a new channel. (superman775) Noor TV( Digi Man)
* Late Summer/ Autumn
Al-Jazeera
Smile TV
Performance Mainstreet
*October
Ary Zoom
Five U.S, from Channel five. Launches 15th (skyisthebest )
Five Life, from Channel five. Launches 16th (skyisthebest )
*December
DM Digital Music
France 24
* * * * For 2007 *January
Setanta Golf Channel, due 1st Jan (skyisthebest )
Nollywood Movies. (More Here )
Gaelic Channel from SMG Later in 2007 Geo News [first quarter] (GeoPakistani)
ITV Sport
* * * * *February Horse and Country tv (skyisthebest )
expected to close in 2007
Prem Plus
********** In 2011 / 2
Midnight 31st December 2011
Good-bye to BBC-2 on analogue.
********** Other New Channels, licensed by Ofcom (no dates yet.) They have been listed by Genre and as to whether they will launch or not (Many thanks to Analoguesat)
General Entertainment Big Brother TV(from Channel 4. Will be an additional subscription channel) -no recent news The Drama Channel(from Chart Show TV) -no recent news Optimistic TV From Quiz Nation (Analoguesat / Chris E) -no recent news FriendlyTV Xtra -no recent news H2o TV -Webcasting That TV web site disappeared weeks ago Fight+ (2fabiola) -no recent news Fame -no recent news TVOD - no recent news, web site not updated for ages
Home2 (SDO) -no recent news
UK Entertainment (speculator) -no recent news
Amore TV-no recent news
Napster TV-no recent news
GXT-no recent news
Grace Network -no recent news
Harmony Television Network [HTN] -no recent news
Black Heritage TV [Afro/Carib focus] -no recent news
Life 3-no recent news
Focus Television TV (from South Africa) -no recent news
Local TV
LTV1 web site went ages ago, no recent news
Milton Keynes TV (Autumn 2006) web site not updated for ages, no recent news
Northwest 1 - no recent news
EMTV(East Midlands Television) Local/City, no recent news
Movie Channels
Select Kino - probably for 13E
World Cinema Channel from Chart Show TV - no recent news
Shopping Lamisa - no recent news DM TV Shop- no recent news New You - no recent news Entrepreneur TV [Weblink/2fabiola] -site not updated for ages, no recent news ASOS Fashion TV - no recent news The Entertainment Store - no recent news
KM - no recent news
Real Shoppe no recent news
Dedicated Diamond Channel - no recent news
SRTV - no recent news
Asian Shopping Channel - no recent news
Cut Price TV - no recent news
The Entertainment Store - no recent news
Celebrity Shopping Network - did this launch under another name? no recent news
STV 24 Hour - no recent news
selldirect.tv- no recent news
Foreign Language Aapna Channel - web site dead
Channel East (relaunch) - no news for over 12 months
Apna Punjab - not on my master list so news welcome....
Shop Asia TV - no recent news
Sunrise TV - no recent news
Alif Digital - no recent news
Niche Equine TV no recent news Baby First TV (maccy) American Channel, no sign of any European expansion / licences yet
The Spiritualist Channel(Source: Psychic News,Richardcoulter) no recent news HomeAbroad.tv no recent news Ariana International (maccy) Travel & Cruise no recent news
Kids
JimJam- no recent news
Music Fashion Music TV - no recent news Freshi(reggae music) - no recent news Check 1:2 (Music from Setanta Scotland) - no recent news
U-Rock Trace TV(urban music) - no recent news
ATN Music [Music] - no recent news
JJTV (Music) - no recent news
Fashion Music TV. (From, 2fabiola) - no recent news
Religion Ark TV-website not updated since 2005, no recent news
Bridges TV. - no recent news
Interactive / Gambling Smile TV Casino News Network (cookie17)- web site has disappeared
Optimistic TV - no recent news
Bang TV - no recent news
Play2Win - no recent news
Bingo Channel - no recent news
Radio
Vectone FM1 - Vectone operation up for sale
Vectone FM2 - Vectone operation up for sale
Black Star Radio - no recent news, was due to launch in 2005, very little info available about them.
Adult Friendly TV Xtra Play Girl TV - no recent news Pink TV- no recent news
Touch TV - no recent news
Bang TV - no recent news
Fantasy - no recent news
2. BBC Radio 1 have announced details of the second John Peel Day to take place on Thursday 12th October 2006 - the anniversary of John's last broadcast on the network.
3. UK-based satellite/Internet station Radio Caroline announces on its website that “from Thursday, 7th September listeners living in Latvia and its surrounding area will once again be able to tune to Caroline on mediumwave, when each Thursday evening between 9pm and midnight Rob Leighton’s Imagination programmes are relayed through the transmission facilities of Radio Nord. Radio Nord broadcasts to Latvia’s capital city Riga, and boasts an audience of 100,000.” The frequency is 945 kHz. We presume the time mentioned is UK time, so that would be 2000-2300 UTC.( medianetwork)
* * * * * *
[highlight] Newsie Bits [/highlight]
1. Channel number 346 has changed from VH2 to MTV Flux (D. Sky D.)
2. In a communication with ShoppingTelly.com Ofcom have confirmed that they have only revoked one of OneTV’s three licences, they commented: “The revocation of one licence does not necessarily affect the status of any other licences a broadcaster may hold. So there is no automatic revocation of One TV’s other licences.” This means that OneTV are free to use their other two licences for Shopping Telly purposes, GDTV & Alan & Barry's Crafts+. OneTV are currently broadcasting a repeating loop of Alan Gear and Barry Freestone on Sky 672 offering CD’s for Sale via a website address. So following the ASA’s investigation, Ofcom’s solution to help the hundreds of customers who are still owed money by OneTV is to revoke one licence thus saving OneTV £2K and leaving them free to sell again using their two other existing Ofcom licences. Article in Full
3. Cable operator NTL (which is later this week due to launch a mobile television service via its Virgin Mobile division) is offering free digital TV to customers taking its fixed home phone service More Here
4. C21 are now reporting, France's long-planned and long-delayed international rolling news channel, once dubbed 'the French CNN' but now called France 24, will finally launch in December. (Analoguesat)
5. From skyisthebest, According to the Quiz Telly Forums, AVAGO (841) will rebrand to 'Gala TV' on Wednesday 13th September
6. The UK's continuing ongoing move towards total digital switchover will see Freeview overtake Sky in popularity in 2008, somewhat later than previously forecast, claims a new study from Datamonitor. The market analyst's figures show that digital terrestrial TV (DTT) services such as Freeview will exceed satellite offerings like Sky's within the next two years. This latest news from Datamonitor contradicts a forecast earlier this summer from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, which announced that Freeview would have the lead on Sky before the New Year. More Here
7. A survey of Which? magazine subscribers suggests good reliability of digital set-top boxes, with an average of 89% up to four years old still functioning perfectly. But digital TV recorders seem to be less reliable, with one device in six requiring a repair over the past two years. More Here
8. The Cumbrian town of Whitehaven will lead the UK's switch to digital-only television, broadcasting minister Shaun Woodward has announced. In a letter to MPs Woodward and industry minister Margaret Hodge said analogue signals in Whitehaven would be switched off in autumn 2007. The Border television region—the first to go digital-only under the Government's 2008-2012 switchover timetable—will complete its transition in the second quarter of 2009 when the area served by the Caldbeck transmitter switches over.(Digital UK/DTG.org)
[highlight] HD SECTION (HiDef) [/highlight]
1. Sony is giving consumer electronics rival Toshiba a six-month head start in Japan's next-generation DVD format war. Sony said it would launch its Blu-ray high-definition DVD player—which can also record—in Japan in October. Toshiba's rival HD-DVD players went on sale in Japan in March. The Blu-ray launch will be accompanied by the release of 75 movie titles in the Blu-ray disc format, including Swordfish, Syriana and The Da Vinci Code. By that time Toshiba is expected to have up to 150 HD-DVD titles on the market in Japan and Europe. More
2. The number of households watching high-definition television (HDTV) programming is rising rapidly and will continue to do so for years, according to a new report from market research company In-Stat. The technology specialist's new data predicts that the worldwide number of HDTV homes will rise from 15m in mid-2006 to 20.3m by the end of this year. However, the growth will occur in only a few countries because many nations still lack HDTV. Full Story
3. Sky may be forced to re-programme thousands of high-definition (HD) set-top boxes following problems with the technology that are understood to be affecting 30% of subscribers. According to a report in Scotland's Sunday Herald newspaper, the dominant UK pay-television provider may have to reset up to 10,000 boxes for customers who are complaining of their HD pictures freezing and of hearing unexplained background noise. The article claims that the problem could take several months to resolve. It is believed that the high-definition TVs affected are mainly Pioneer models, though other brands are also under scrutiny—and at least three out of every ten sets are causing problems. This may lead to both Sky and the TV manufacturers in question having to re-engineer their technology's software. Sky would most likely do this via an upgrade downloaded to customers' homes.
4. Toshiba's president says the Japanese consumer electronics giant still favours a unified format for the next generation of DVDs, despite the recently launched format war between the Toshiba-backed HD-DVD and Blu-ray standard promoted by rival Sony. Toshiba and Sony attempted to collaborate last year on a unified standard, but talks broke down when each party insisted that their format was the only reasonable way forward. (DTG.org)
[highlight] Other Stuff [/highlight]
Top Up TV, the UK's digital terrestrial pay-TV operator, has confirmed its revamped service will launch in the autumn. Designed to complement Freeview's stronger channel line-up, Top Up TV Anytime will offer customers more than 100 programmes at any time from a range of 18 channels. Programmes will be stored on a Thomson-manufactured digital television recorder, which will also receive all the Freeview channels. More Sub required.
Consumer electronics giants Sharp and Sony have unveiled a range of new liquid crystal display (LCD) TV sets in time for the all-important pre-Christmas shopping rush. Sharp—which is fighting to regain its LCD market leading position—is to offer two versions each of its new Aquos brand at 52-inches, 46-inches and 42-inches. Sony said it would launch nine new LCD models in Japan including a 52-inch set. More Here
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For those of you who are interested in FTA only transmissions
I’ve included this link
Want to know about Regional TV for your area? Here is a map.
Some sites of further interest SES Astra website. Eutelsat Everything analogue More Satellite News Here You can always try this site for more info!
Get Free Digital TV Here Sky’s HD site includes jargon buster information on buying an H.D.-ready TV.
If you are thinking about an HD set, or, if you want to know more about WideScreen,
then This site is a must.
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Anthony Haines, Classics TV, Ian Cleverly, digitalsatman, bendolino, Craigsteele2001, 2fabiola, Lunar, TV Duniya, matwood , TV Ideas, i am not here, djrich, Disco, robcole2004, milktrolley, D.Sky D.
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http://www.whereits.at/ (Remember that channel - back on 461 a few years back now!)
Surely it's not... coming back?!
There's still quiet a few old labels still hanging around, all these come to mind, Film Four Weekly, Sport Nation, We Deliver TV, One TV, Treasures TV, ATN Bangla, Quiz TV, Live XXX TV, Honey TV.
Wouldn't be suprised if a few of these return at some point.
Did they? My wife loved them, they really did do some fantastic card designs. So, One TV or Going Down are their new home?
No need to, I'm as good as gold
So they did, but where is this 'Going Down' channel? I can't see it anywhere?
Going Down ... You'd think it was a porn channel ...
and in the 11.090 v its got 2 lots of star plus amd star news.. so i guessmay be its for star gold and star one....
Further to this 11.604 V the Biography channel has a rather blocky picture showing
This has now been labelled as "Jetix+1".
Also, the Real Madrid TV EPG name has been slightly changed:
Real Madrid TV --> RealmadridTV
aww, im gutted, that babe will only be on one channel now.
Psychic TV has always been on that transponder.
But, it has changed its position on the channel list on that transponder today. This might be due to its broadcast hours being altered from today. EPG info shows the channel closing at 11pm instead of 4am each day. Possibly to timeshare with a porn channel or maybe 'You TV 2 Extra' which is also on that transponder which has also altered its broadcast hours from today as i mentioned in post #46.....
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[Highlight] ALL CHANNELS HAVE SYMBOL RATE OF 27.5 AND AN F.E.C. OF 2/3. EXCEPT WHERE LISTED. [/highlight]
If you see, [pids to zero], you won’t be able to view this with a Digibox
10.714 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
10175______Showing ITV1 Central South West: (Analoguesat/SDO: EXCLUSIVE:/skyisthebest)
10.729 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
8389______Showing E4.
10.744 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
9604______This Channel is blocked. For TG4 widesceen testing (Analoguesat/TVDX)
10.906 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
G54_______Showing Black level (Digi Man/ TV Ideas)
10.936 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
1380______ No signal present.(Ian Cleverly/ Digi Man)
11.307 V
53383_____For Avago Interactive (Lyngsat) [pids at zero.] (Analoguesat/ Skyisthebest)
11.222 H
52031_____Currently showing Setanta sports 1 (Digi Man)
11.264 H, SR 22.000, FEC 2/3
50821_____Currently showing Setanta Ireland (Digi Man)
11.343 H
53250_____Miscellenious, (Shopping Chl; /Sky Fan / James Vertigan / Analoguesat/ TV Ideas / Skyisthebest}
53251_____No signal present (Shopping Chl;)
53281_____No signal present (Skyisthebest)
11.390 V
53578_____For Brazilian service Record Radio (Analoguesat)
11.428 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
AXN UK___ replaced AXN Italia (Flysat) [Picture only Blocked]
11.469 H
{Blank}___Showing S.B.O. and 18+ Movies
{Blank}___Showing S.B.O. and 18+ Movies
11.508 H
1787______Showing At The Races Extra Interactive screen
5906______No audio present. (dr98)
9328______Showing At The Races Extra Interactive screen(Driver6286)
8N2 ______Showing At The Races Extra Interactive screen
11.585 H
50621_____No signal present [FTA only] (Analoguesat)
50686_____Showing 'Red Hot (Analoguesat / Digi Man)
50691_____Showing Television X (Digi Man)
50821_____[pids to zero] (Analoguesat)
11.642 V
50940_____Showing iPlay {as per Chl;840}
11.662 H
51020_____Audio channel [Not available on a Digibox] (Analoguesat)
11.681 V
AJI_______With Promo loop, DOG, bottom left-hand side, for Al Jazeera International. (Digi Man)
11.836 H
4406______Showing Nat Geo
11.876 V
6200______No Signal Present [pids to zero],(Analoguesat)
11.954 H
6705______No signal (Ian Cleverly)
6780______No signal (Ian Cleverly)
6781______No signal (Ian Cleverly)
12.070 H
1356______Showing "At The Races
12.129 V
7308______Showing S4C Digidol [FTA] (Ian Cleverly Find Courtesy of SatcoDX)
12.187 H
5719______No signal present (Otis)
12.226 H
1837______Showing Sky 2 (Ian Cleverly)
1871______Showing Sky 2 (delbhoy)
12.265 H
1316______Showing Sky Sports 2
[Blank]____Blocked "This Programme is not available"(Ian Cleverly)
12.285 V
[Blank]____Showing Sky One (Digi Man)
1824______No listings Available
12.304 H
1429______Showing Sky Vegas (Digi Man)
9355______Showing Jetix. (Digi Man)
12.382 H
1697______Showing S.B.O. and 18+ movies (Chl; 700) (Ian Cleverly/TV Ideas)
{blank}____Showing S.B.O. and 18+ movies (Digi Man)
{blank}____Showing S.B.O. and 18+ movies (Digi Man)
12.422 H
7521______Showing William Road Bars & Tone
12.480 V
12005_____Showing E4 & Big Bro Colour bars. (Analoguesat /KianD)
12010_____Showing Black Level (Digi Man)
12.560 H
54053_____Showing ATN Bangla with now/next info, a txp move & return to 818 maybe? (Skyisthebest/Digi Man)
Globecast1_Showing NTV(Skyisthebest)
*****
NDTV will be launching a new channel. (superman775)
Noor TV( Digi Man)
* Late Summer/ Autumn
Al-Jazeera
Smile TV
Performance Mainstreet
*October
Ary Zoom
Five U.S, from Channel five. Launches 15th (skyisthebest )
Five Life, from Channel five. Launches 16th (skyisthebest )
*Autumn/ Winter
New gay channel
Milton Keynes TV
*December
DM Digital Music
France 24
* * * *
For 2007
*January
Setanta Golf Channel, due 1st Jan (skyisthebest )
Nollywood Movies. (More Here )
Gaelic Channel from SMG
Later in 2007
Geo News [first quarter] (GeoPakistani)
ITV Sport
* * * *
*February
Horse and Country tv (skyisthebest )
expected to close in 2007
Prem Plus
**********
In 2011 / 2
Midnight 31st December 2011
Good-bye to BBC-2 on analogue.
**********
Other New Channels, licensed by Ofcom (no dates yet.)
They have been listed by Genre and as to whether they will launch or not (Many thanks to Analoguesat)
General Entertainment
1. This is Yorkshire
2. All Comedy (GrahamBCFC)
3. MPL(GrahamBCFC)
4. Zone Romantica (UK) (GrahamBCFC)
5. YOUNG@HEART
6. Luxury Channel
7. Trends TV
8. Gag TV.
9. Zippo TV
10. Wedding TV
11. Winstar from Harmony TV Limited
12. The America Channel
13. 4US (Analoguesat’s unofficial name for forthcoming C-4 service to showcase American series)
14. 24/7 tv
15. Dubai UKTV
16. North West 1
17. HypeTV [no timescale as yet] (maccy)
18. HBO UK
19. Mystery Channel
20. Paranormal Channel [Miscellaneous]
21. Awareness TV
22. Black Heritage TV [Afro/Carib focus]
Factual / Documentary
1. Discovery Home and Health, Babies. {Lifestyle} (Analoguesat)
2. Discovery Factual
3. Discovery Lifestyle
4. (The) Military History Channel
5. (The) History Channel HD [HiDef]
News
1. Al Jazeera (English service)
2. Aaj Tak (Hindi)
3. Sahara Samay
4. Zee News
Sports
1. RMTV-Real MadridTV
2. Nobok Television (maccy)
3. Sky Sports 4
4. NFL Network. Sport & General Entertainment
5. Setanta Sports 3
6. NASN 2
7. Setanta Extra (scottym)
8. ESPN Europe
Music
MusFlashTV
Shopping
1. hometimetv
2. ITV Shop (provisional name)
3. Venus Tele-shopping
Foreign Language
1. STAR One
2. STAR Gold
3. Mashriq TV
4. Channel S Plus
5. Channel S World
6. Doordarshan (India)
7. PTV Pakistan
8. Dream Dubai .tv (skyisthebest)
9. SAB TV (Sony's comedy channel)
10. The Sikh Channel
11. Apna Punjab
12. Strum TV
13. Indus TV (SDO)
Niche
1. Print, Publishing & Media Channel.
2. The Pet Channel
3. The Business Channel
Kids
Jetix boys channel (name currently unknown, aimed at boys aged 13-19)
Radio
Kids FM
Radio Click, (a radio shopping channel, for selling CDs.)
Adult
The Queer Channel
Kama Sutra. From MATV
For the latest from ofcom (Analoguesat)
General Entertainment
Big Brother TV(from Channel 4. Will be an additional subscription channel) -no recent news
The Drama Channel (from Chart Show TV) -no recent news
Optimistic TV From Quiz Nation (Analoguesat / Chris E) -no recent news
FriendlyTV Xtra -no recent news
H2o TV -Webcasting
That TV web site disappeared weeks ago
Fight+ (2fabiola) -no recent news
Fame -no recent news
TVOD - no recent news, web site not updated for ages
Home2 (SDO) -no recent news
UK Entertainment (speculator) -no recent news
Amore TV-no recent news
Napster TV-no recent news
GXT-no recent news
Grace Network -no recent news
Harmony Television Network [HTN] -no recent news
Black Heritage TV [Afro/Carib focus] -no recent news
Life 3-no recent news
Focus Television TV (from South Africa) -no recent news
Local TV
LTV1 web site went ages ago, no recent news
Milton Keynes TV (Autumn 2006) web site not updated for ages, no recent news
Northwest 1 - no recent news
EMTV(East Midlands Television) Local/City, no recent news
Movie Channels
Select Kino - probably for 13E
World Cinema Channel from Chart Show TV - no recent news
News
Channel 7 (Indian) - no recent news
Shopping
Lamisa - no recent news
DM TV Shop- no recent news
New You - no recent news
Entrepreneur TV [Weblink/2fabiola] -site not updated for ages, no recent news
ASOS Fashion TV - no recent news
The Entertainment Store - no recent news
KM - no recent news
Real Shoppe no recent news
Dedicated Diamond Channel - no recent news
SRTV - no recent news
Asian Shopping Channel - no recent news
Cut Price TV - no recent news
The Entertainment Store - no recent news
Celebrity Shopping Network - did this launch under another name? no recent news
STV 24 Hour - no recent news
selldirect.tv- no recent news
Foreign Language
Aapna Channel - web site dead
Channel East (relaunch) - no news for over 12 months
Apna Punjab - not on my master list so news welcome....
Shop Asia TV - no recent news
Sunrise TV - no recent news
Alif Digital - no recent news
Niche
Equine TV no recent news
Baby First TV (maccy) American Channel, no sign of any European expansion / licences yet
The Spiritualist Channel(Source: Psychic News,Richardcoulter) no recent news
HomeAbroad.tv no recent news
Ariana International (maccy)
Travel & Cruise no recent news
Kids
JimJam- no recent news
Music
Fashion Music TV - no recent news
Freshi(reggae music) - no recent news
Check 1:2 (Music from Setanta Scotland) - no recent news
U-Rock Trace TV (urban music) - no recent news
ATN Music [Music] - no recent news
JJTV (Music) - no recent news
Fashion Music TV. (From, 2fabiola) - no recent news
Religion
Ark TV-website not updated since 2005, no recent news
Bridges TV. - no recent news
Interactive / Gambling
Smile TV
Casino News Network (cookie17)- web site has disappeared
Optimistic TV - no recent news
Bang TV - no recent news
Play2Win - no recent news
Bingo Channel - no recent news
Radio
Vectone FM1 - Vectone operation up for sale
Vectone FM2 - Vectone operation up for sale
Black Star Radio - no recent news, was due to launch in 2005, very little info available about them.
Adult
Friendly TV Xtra
Play Girl TV - no recent news
Pink TV- no recent news
Touch TV - no recent news
Bang TV - no recent news
Fantasy - no recent news
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1. If you are one of those Techy people who like new stuff then there is an Advanced car radio claimed to improve reception in critical signal conditions (Media Network)
2. BBC Radio 1 have announced details of the second John Peel Day to take place on Thursday 12th October 2006 - the anniversary of John's last broadcast on the network.
3. UK-based satellite/Internet station Radio Caroline announces on its website that “from Thursday, 7th September listeners living in Latvia and its surrounding area will once again be able to tune to Caroline on mediumwave, when each Thursday evening between 9pm and midnight Rob Leighton’s Imagination programmes are relayed through the transmission facilities of Radio Nord. Radio Nord broadcasts to Latvia’s capital city Riga, and boasts an audience of 100,000.” The frequency is 945 kHz. We presume the time mentioned is UK time, so that would be 2000-2300 UTC.( medianetwork)
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1. Channel number 346 has changed from VH2 to MTV Flux (D. Sky D.)
2. In a communication with ShoppingTelly.com Ofcom have confirmed that they have only revoked one of OneTV’s three licences, they commented: “The revocation of one licence does not necessarily affect the status of any other licences a broadcaster may hold. So there is no automatic revocation of One TV’s other licences.” This means that OneTV are free to use their other two licences for Shopping Telly purposes, GDTV & Alan & Barry's Crafts+. OneTV are currently broadcasting a repeating loop of Alan Gear and Barry Freestone on Sky 672 offering CD’s for Sale via a website address. So following the ASA’s investigation, Ofcom’s solution to help the hundreds of customers who are still owed money by OneTV is to revoke one licence thus saving OneTV £2K and leaving them free to sell again using their two other existing Ofcom licences. Article in Full
3. Cable operator NTL (which is later this week due to launch a mobile television service via its Virgin Mobile division) is offering free digital TV to customers taking its fixed home phone service More Here
4. C21 are now reporting, France's long-planned and long-delayed international rolling news channel, once dubbed 'the French CNN' but now called France 24, will finally launch in December. (Analoguesat)
5. From skyisthebest, According to the Quiz Telly Forums, AVAGO (841) will rebrand to 'Gala TV' on Wednesday 13th September
6. The UK's continuing ongoing move towards total digital switchover will see Freeview overtake Sky in popularity in 2008, somewhat later than previously forecast, claims a new study from Datamonitor. The market analyst's figures show that digital terrestrial TV (DTT) services such as Freeview will exceed satellite offerings like Sky's within the next two years. This latest news from Datamonitor contradicts a forecast earlier this summer from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, which announced that Freeview would have the lead on Sky before the New Year. More Here
7. A survey of Which? magazine subscribers suggests good reliability of digital set-top boxes, with an average of 89% up to four years old still functioning perfectly. But digital TV recorders seem to be less reliable, with one device in six requiring a repair over the past two years. More Here
8. The Cumbrian town of Whitehaven will lead the UK's switch to digital-only television, broadcasting minister Shaun Woodward has announced. In a letter to MPs Woodward and industry minister Margaret Hodge said analogue signals in Whitehaven would be switched off in autumn 2007. The Border television region—the first to go digital-only under the Government's 2008-2012 switchover timetable—will complete its transition in the second quarter of 2009 when the area served by the Caldbeck transmitter switches over.(Digital UK/DTG.org)
1. Sony is giving consumer electronics rival Toshiba a six-month head start in Japan's next-generation DVD format war. Sony said it would launch its Blu-ray high-definition DVD player—which can also record—in Japan in October. Toshiba's rival HD-DVD players went on sale in Japan in March. The Blu-ray launch will be accompanied by the release of 75 movie titles in the Blu-ray disc format, including Swordfish, Syriana and The Da Vinci Code. By that time Toshiba is expected to have up to 150 HD-DVD titles on the market in Japan and Europe. More
2. The number of households watching high-definition television (HDTV) programming is rising rapidly and will continue to do so for years, according to a new report from market research company In-Stat. The technology specialist's new data predicts that the worldwide number of HDTV homes will rise from 15m in mid-2006 to 20.3m by the end of this year. However, the growth will occur in only a few countries because many nations still lack HDTV. Full Story
3. Sky may be forced to re-programme thousands of high-definition (HD) set-top boxes following problems with the technology that are understood to be affecting 30% of subscribers. According to a report in Scotland's Sunday Herald newspaper, the dominant UK pay-television provider may have to reset up to 10,000 boxes for customers who are complaining of their HD pictures freezing and of hearing unexplained background noise. The article claims that the problem could take several months to resolve. It is believed that the high-definition TVs affected are mainly Pioneer models, though other brands are also under scrutiny—and at least three out of every ten sets are causing problems. This may lead to both Sky and the TV manufacturers in question having to re-engineer their technology's software. Sky would most likely do this via an upgrade downloaded to customers' homes.
4. Toshiba's president says the Japanese consumer electronics giant still favours a unified format for the next generation of DVDs, despite the recently launched format war between the Toshiba-backed HD-DVD and Blu-ray standard promoted by rival Sony. Toshiba and Sony attempted to collaborate last year on a unified standard, but talks broke down when each party insisted that their format was the only reasonable way forward. (DTG.org)
Top Up TV, the UK's digital terrestrial pay-TV operator, has confirmed its revamped service will launch in the autumn. Designed to complement Freeview's stronger channel line-up, Top Up TV Anytime will offer customers more than 100 programmes at any time from a range of 18 channels. Programmes will be stored on a Thomson-manufactured digital television recorder, which will also receive all the Freeview channels. More Sub required.
Consumer electronics giants Sharp and Sony have unveiled a range of new liquid crystal display (LCD) TV sets in time for the all-important pre-Christmas shopping rush. Sharp—which is fighting to regain its LCD market leading position—is to offer two versions each of its new Aquos brand at 52-inches, 46-inches and 42-inches. Sony said it would launch nine new LCD models in Japan including a 52-inch set. More Here
For those of you who are interested in FTA only transmissions
I’ve included this link
Want to know about Regional TV for your area? Here is a map.
Some sites of further interest
SES Astra website.
Eutelsat
Everything analogue
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You can always try this site for more info!
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Sky’s HD site includes jargon buster information on buying an H.D.-ready TV.
If you are thinking about an HD set, or, if you want to know more about WideScreen,
then This site is a must.
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I’d like to give my thanks to the regular contributors of
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swine1, Paddy C, Clacton Crew, lynam, simax, astra19E,
Anthony Haines, Classics TV, Ian Cleverly, digitalsatman, bendolino,
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