More homes are now watching Freeview, than those subscribing to Sky, according to a new report. There are (as of the end of March 2007) 8.2 million homes using Freeview on a main TV, whereas Sky only has (as of the end of March 2007) about 8 million subscribers, with Virgin Media having about 3 [...]
A placeholder for Thomas Cook TV has appeared on channel 41 on Freeview. Nothing is broadcasting on the channel at the moment. The appearance of Thomas Cook TV comes after TCM was removed from channel 25 earlier today. It is thought Thomas Cook TV will be free-to-air (ie. not part of Top Up TV).
Update (8.32pm) [...]
TCM has been removed from the linear Top Up TV channel lineup today, as planned. If you rescan your set top box, you will see it has been removed from the EPG. Thomas Cook TV is expected to replace it at some point today, but it has not been allocated a channel number yet.
There will be an EPG reshuffle coming soon – probably next week – to accomodate the upcoming removal of TCM (next week), and the launch of Thomas Cook TV (launching next week). More news as we get it.
Thomas Cook TV – who used to have a programme slot on Ftn – will be returning to Freeview, but will have it’s own channel number this time around. The channel will be launching this Tuesday and will air between 7pm and 10pm. It is thought it will be using the space TCM is giving [...]
Updated 13th April 2007 – Virgin Media will be taking Sky to the High Court as the dispute continues. Virgin Media will be filing with regard to Sky’s alleged abuse of dominance. The hope is to agree a reasonable fee for the Sky basic channels, so they can return to the Virgin Media channel lineup, [...]
HBO content is now available in TV Choice On Demand (TV Hits for customers still on the old software).
TCM will now be leaving the linear/original Top Up TV channel lineup on the 16th April – not on the 10th April that was previously reported. The MHEG on the Top Up TV channels (when they are off-air) was originally displaying the date for TCM’s removal as the 10th April, but the MHEGs are now [...]
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