Those crazy cats at UKTV have been at it again – Dave +1 will rebrand as Dave Ja Vu (like deja vu – get it?) tomorrow. You will need to rescan your Freeview box to pick up the new channel name tomorrow. Virgin Media customers will see the change happen automatically.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), dave, dave +1, Dave Ja Vu, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), uktv
Quest (the new channel from Discovery) will launch on the 14th May at 10am. The channel will be available on Freeview channel 47 and will air the best of its entertainment, lifestyle and factual programmes from other Discovery channels. Quest is exclusive to Freeview at the moment, but this may change as they are in talks with other platforms (such as Virgin Media) to get the channel added there. A basic official website is now available at www.questtv.co.uk.
Tags: discovery, quest, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
A website called Bingo News says a gambling channel Gala Bingo will be launching on Freeview soon. This could however be an error and they could mean Freesat instead of Freeview. Read more on the Bingo News website. Do we really need another “viewer participation” channel on Freeview?
Tags: gala bingo, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Digital Spy is reporting how Teletext is preparing to become a digital-only service once the analogue services are switched off. Digital Spy says “Teletext is to cut up to 16 jobs after turning over some editorial and administrative functions to the Press Association… Ofcom questioned the need for a public service teletext licence beyond 2014, and permitted Teletext to dramatically cut the number of national and regional news pages it publishes”. Read more at Digital Spy.
Tags: teletext, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
UKTV People has been rebranded as Blighty today (17th February). This is the latest UKTV channel to be rebranded without the “UKTV” prefix. Click here for the official UKTV website for Blighty. UKTV History will be the next channel to change – it will be rebranded as Yesterday in March.
Tags: blighty, Cable (Virgin Media), uktv, uktv people
Five US has rebranded as Five USA today (16th February). Five USA is available on Virgin Media channel 150 and Freeview channel 35. Freeview customers may need to rescan their set top boxes to pick up the new channel name.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), five us, five usa, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Trouble +1 was removed to make way for new channel Living2 +1. Trouble +1 is no longer available on Virgin Media or Sky. Living2 +1 is available on Virgin Media channel 160.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), living2 +1, trouble +1
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