Quest launch postponed
Posted 14th May 2009 by PaulIn a surprise decision, Discovery had to postpone the launch of their new channel Quest, which was due to launch on Freeview today.
A message was posted up on the official Quest website at 10am this morning says “Regrettably we have made the decision to postpone the launch of Quest. Due to a number of commercial factors we have had to make this difficult decision. We did not make this decision lightly and we are working towards launching Quest in the near future. We would like to apologise wholeheartedly to any of you that have been looking forward to this launch”.
More news as we get it.
Tags: quest, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Filed under:Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
2 Responses to “Quest launch postponed”
May 15th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Amazing, and disappointing. Don’t think a TV station’s ever got so close to launch, and pulled out at the last minute. Apparently they may be aiming for an Autumn launch – or maybe not.
Podcast coverage of the failed launch at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/tv/quest.html
May 29th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Not much a Quest then, nor much of a Disvcovery either.
Maybe they should rebrand the channel as WIMP tv!!!
If beavers can be re-introduced into Scotland after decades of absense then launching a Freeview TV channel is less than exciting or challenging.
BBC tv’s Springwatch wildlife live programe could cover this story as “tv chick fails to hatch, parents have abandobed the nest.”
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