Nuts TV will closedown on the Freeview platform in early 2009 and will be replaced by CNN International. Nuts TV will become a dedicated broadband and mobile service so will no longer be on Freeview. CNN International will air between 9pm and 1am on Freeview to allow audiences to watch CNN’s European primetime shows. No [...]
Tags: cnn international, Freeview, nuts tv
Motors TV is now available for Virgin Media customers living in ex-Telewest areas of the network. Motors TV has been available in ex-NTL areas for some time now. The launch in ex-Telewest areas is part of Virgin Media’s plan to make both lineups (ex-NTL and ex-Telewest) exactly the same eventually. Motors TV can be found [...]
Tags: motors tv, Virgin Media
High definition will be available on Freeview for the first time from the end of next year. It has been announced that three HD channels will be launching on Freeview next year – one will be BBC HD, the second will be ITV HD and the third is Channel 4 HD. These HD channels will [...]
Tags: bbc, channel 4, Freeview, hd, High Definition, itv
Discovery has won the new slot on the Freeview platform. The channel is not yet named but it will likely be a completely new channel and Variety.com are reporting it “will not be branded as a Discovery entity”. Discovery has bought the new Freeview slot from SDN for an undisclosed sum.
Variety.com also report Dan Brooke [...]
Following on from the other rebrands of UKTV channels, UKTV People and UKTV Documentary will rebrand in early 2009 to become Blighty and Eden. The decision to rebrand these channels follows on from the other quirky channel names that launched recently including UKTV G2 becoming Dave, UKTV Drama becoming Alibi, UKTV Gold becoming G.O.L.D. and [...]
Tags: uktv, Virgin Media
The changes to the UKTV channel lineup have taken place today.
Virgin TV: Watch is available on channel 124, Watch +1 is on channel 125, GOLD (the new name for UKTV Gold) on channel 126 and GOLD +1 is available on channel 127. Watch (and Watch +1) is only available in the XL package. Dave has [...]
Tags: Top Up TV, uktv, Virgin Media
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