Posted 4th July 2009 by Paul
According to a channel guide PDF on the official Virgin Media website, the UK version of ESPN will launch on channel 553 soon. ESPN America is already available on channel 533, but this new UK ESPN will show Premier League matches when the new football season starts. It’s thought the new channel will be added to Virgin TV in August. The new channel is indicated as a premium channel on that channel guide.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), espn, espn america, espn uk
Posted 1st July 2009 by Paul
The rebrand of MTV One has taken place today. The channel is now known as MTV – it’s original name prior to the 2007 rebrand to MTV One – and it’s timeshift channel is now known as MTV +1. MTV is available on Virgin Media channel 311, Sky and Tiscali TV. MTV +1 is available on Virgin Media channel 312 and Sky.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), mtv, mtv one
Posted 1st July 2009 by Paul
Russia Today has changed its timeslot on Freeview. It now airs on Freeview from 6pm through to 10pm every evening. Prior to today, it used to air 6am to 8am on Freeview. You may need to rescan your Freeview box.
Update 01/07/2009: The new hours for Russia Today will not come in to effect until next week now. This is probably because Create And Craft didn’t launch today as expected.
Update 02/07/2009: Russia Today’s new hours have now come in to effect. The channel is now on air 6am to 8am, and 6pm to 10pm.
Tags: russia today, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Posted 1st July 2009 by Paul
Create And Craft was supposed to launch on Freeview this morning, but it hasn’t appeared. The official Create And Craft website has also changed it’s “1st July” launch advertisement to say “Launching Soon”.
The advertisement on their website says it will launch on channel 36. However, the ticker underneath their logo says it will be on channel 22, which is Ideal World’s current channel number on Freeview.
Update 01/07/2009: According to a post on the CraftTelly message board, the launch of Create And Craft on Freeview has been delayed “for technical reasons” and will launch on the 6th July.
Update 02/07/2009: A placeholder for Create And Craft has now appeared on Freeview channel 36. The channel is yet to launch.
Tags: create and craft, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
