Posted May 23rd, 2009 by Paul
Setanta Sports will be free to everyone on Saturday 30th May for coverage of the FA Cup final. It will be available on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky. Setanta will share coverage of the FA Cup final with ITV.
Tags: Freeview, setanta sports, Virgin Media
Posted May 23rd, 2009 by Paul
Film4 has extended it’s broadcast hours as of today. From now on, Film4 will be on air from 11am instead of 1pm, and Film4 +1 will be on air from 12pm instead of 2pm. Film4 is available on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky. Film4 +1 is available on Virgin Media and Sky.
Tags: film4, film4 +1, Freeview, Virgin Media
Posted May 20th, 2009 by Paul
Virgin1 is now broadcasting 24 hours a day on Freeview channel 20. Also, Virgin1 +1 is now available on Freeview for the first time.
You will need to rescan your set top box to ensure you pick up all the changes. A full rescan is recommended (not just an Add Channels scan).
Virgin1 +1 currently has the [...]
Tags: Freeview, virgin1, virgin1 +1
Posted May 19th, 2009 by Paul
BBC programmes will be added to Top Up TV Anytime’s “TV Favourites” section from June.
A message on the official Top Up TV website says “now you can catch the best of Drama, Comedy, and Factual from the BBC right here on Top Up TV… as of 3 June, you will be able to enjoy hit [...]
Tags: bbc, Top Up TV
Posted May 19th, 2009 by Paul
UKTV Gardens has rebranded today to become Really. Really can be found on Virgin Media channel 267 and Sky channel 248. Gardening content that used to appear on UKTV Gardens before it was rebranded will shift across to Home (formerly UKTV Style). The only remaining UKTV-prefixed channel to be rebranded is UKTV Food, which will [...]
Tags: really, uktv, uktv gardens, Virgin Media
Posted May 14th, 2009 by Paul
The final UKTV channel to be rebranded is UKTV Food. It’s been confirmed the new name for the channel will be Good Food. UKTV have struck a deal with BBC Worldwide to license the brand from them for the Good Food channel name.
UKTV say, in an official press release, “negotiated directly between the broadcaster and [...]
Tags: good food, uktv, uktv food, Virgin Media
Posted May 14th, 2009 by Paul
Gaming channels Super Casino and Netplay have been removed Freeview. They were initially removed to make way for the launch of the new Quest channel, which never launched today.
Participation channel Smile TV 2 has returned to Freeview and will broadcast on channel 33 from midnight to 5am every night. Smile TV 2 uses space from [...]
Tags: Freeview, netplay, smile tv 2, super casino
Posted May 14th, 2009 by Paul
Fiver and Five USA have changed channel numbers on Freeview. Fiver has moved from channel 36 to channel 30, and Five USA has moved from channel 35 to channel 31.
Tags: five usa, fiver, Freeview