Watch relaunch will now happen in March

The previously mentioned relaunch of Watch will now take place on the 9th March.

Design Week reports “full branding on the channel will launch from 9 March, though some elements will appear around the launch of Grimm in February”.

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ESPN free weekend in February

ESPN will broadcast unencrypted throughout the first weekend of February.

The channel will be available for free from Friday 3rd February to Monday 6th February.

Freeview, Sky and BT Vision viewers will be able to watch everything on the channel that weekend with no charge.

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New look Watch coming next month

UKTV-owned channel Watch will debut its new look on the 7th February.

The channel will get a brand new logo and identity. Programming will likely remain unchanged.

This will be the third logo change since the channel’s launch. The current logo was introduced in September 2010.

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Sky channel changes now planned for February

The changes announced by Sky in November will not come into effect tomorrow as originally planned.

It’s thought the channel moves and changes will now take place on Tuesday 21st February instead.

For more information on the planned changes to Sky’s channels please click here.

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Sky Movies Christmas and Christmas 24 close this week

Sky Movies Christmas rebrands back to Sky Movies Showcase today (3rd January) on Sky channels 303 and 332.

Christmas 24 and Christmas 24 +1 will rebrand back to Movies 24 and Movies 24 + tomorrow (4th January) on Sky channels 327 and 328.

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Sky Sports F1 HD launching in March

Sky are launching a brand new channel to show their Formula 1 coverage on next year.

Sky Sports F1 HD will launch in March and will air all races live, live practice & qualifying for every race and extra live content. The channel will also be available on Sky Go via a laptop or mobile device.

The channel will be available at no extra cost for people already subscribing to Sky Sports packages 1 & 2 or the HD pack of channels. Sky Sports customers without the HD pack will receive the standard definition version of the channel.

The new channel has only be confirmed for launch on Sky at the moment.

Visit the Sky Sports website for more details.

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Sky Movies Christmas to return in December

Sky Movies Christmas will return again this year for the festive period.

Sky Movies Showcase will become Sky Movies Christmas on the 1st December, and will run through until at least the 2nd January.

Christmas-themed films will be shown on the channel as well as the themed days they normally have throughout the rest of the year.

Sky Movies are also holding a vote for which films should air on the channel on the 1st and 2nd January on the Sky Movies website.

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