Virgin Radio has been renamed on the Freeview EPG ahead of it’s rebrand later this month. Virgin Radio is now called Absolute Radio on the EPG. You may need to rescan your set top box to see the new name.
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Smile TV 2 has now launched on Freeview. It broadcasts from 10am to 5pm, and 9pm to 5am.
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Teachers TV now airs from 4pm-6pm every day on Freeview. UKTV Gold now airs from 6pm-11.30pm every evening (it’s lost one hour). UKTV Style now airs from 2pm-4pm every day (it’s lost one hour).
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The proposed upcoming digital terrestrial pay TV service from Sky – called Picnic – has been scrapped. Media Guardian reports “Sky first started developing plans for the service, called Picnic, 18 months ago but has been unable to launch because Ofcom has not completed its regulatory investigation” and “Sky is understood to have considered launching an internet version of Picnic, an IPTV service. However, all options have now been shelved”.
This now means that – for the time being at least – the existing Sky channels will remain free on digital terrestrial (Sky Three, Sky News and Sky Sports News). If Picnic would have launched, those three channels would have been replaced with pay TV channels for a subscription fee. The subscription channels would have likely been Sky 1, Sky Sports 1, Sky Movies, Disney Channel and Discovery Channel. The subscription channels wouldn’t have been available 24 hours a day, as some would have timeshared together. Any plans for Picnic telephone and broadband services have also been scrapped.
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Smile TV 2 has appeared on the Freeview EPG on channel 46. It’s not known what hours it will be broadcasting or what it will be broadcasting but as Smile TV broadcasts “babe” call-in shows, then I would assume Smile TV 2 will be showing similar programming. More news as we get it.
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To clarify, the following changes will take place on the 7th October;
UKTV Gold will become GOLD (same channel number) – Virgin and Top Up TV
UKTV Gold +1 will become GOLD +1 (same channel number) – Virgin TV only
UKTV Drama will become Alibi (same channel number) – Virgin TV only
UKTV Drama +1 will become Alibi +1 (same channel number) – Virgin TV only
Watch will launch (channel number unknown) – Virgin TV only
Watch +1 will launch (channel number unknown) – Virgin TV only
For more details of things coming soon to Virgin TV, click here.
For more details of things coming soon to DTT, click here.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), Top Up TV, uktv
Virgin Radio stations will be rebranding on the 28th September;
Virgin Radio will become Absolute Radio
Virgin Radio Xtreme will become Absolute Xtreme
Virgin Radio Classic Rock will become Absolute Classic Rock
Absolute Radio will be on Virgin Media channel 915 & Freeview channel 727
Absolute Xtreme will be on Virgin Media channel 951
Absolute Classic Rock will be on Virgin Media channel 952
For more details of things coming soon to Virgin TV, click here.
For more details of things coming soon to DTT, click here.
Tags: absolute classic rock, absolute radio, absolute xtreme, Cable (Virgin Media), Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), virgin radio, virgin radio classic rock, virgin radio xtreme
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