Posted 15th August 2011 by Paul
Freeview customers in Wales will be able to watch Challenge 24 hours a day from the 15th September for the first time. Challenge has been available in other parts of the UK 24/7 since launch, but they never had the capacity in Wales to launch the channel fully from the outset.
Challenge’s official Facebook page confirmed the news.
Tags: challenge, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Posted 15th August 2011 by Paul
Virgin Media has sold its stake in UKTV to Scripps Networks Interactive. The deal, worth £339m, sees Scripps Networks Interactive take Virgin Media’s 50% stake in UKTV.
Scripps Networks Interactive already own other channels such as Food Network which recently made its Freeview debut.
The other 50% share of UKTV is still owned by BBC Worldwide – the BBC’s commercial arm.
Kenneth W. Lowe, chairman of Scripps Networks Interactive, says “making a solid investment in UKTV and entering into a strong partnership with BBC Worldwide reinforces our core international strategy which we believe will create significant long-term value for our shareholders”.
It was originally thought Discovery would get the UKTV stake, but Scripps pipped them to the post.
What will this change mean for the UKTV channels? Will we see more UKTV channels on Freeview? Will certain channels close such as Good Food which has the same remit as Scripps’s own Food Network channel?
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), hd, Satellite (Sky Digital), Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), uktv
Posted 3rd August 2011 by Paul
The Sit-Up group of channels have been rebranded.
All three channels have removed their “TV” suffixes so the channels are now called Bid, Price Drop and Speed Auction.
Tags: bid, bid tv, Cable (Virgin Media), price drop, price drop tv, Satellite (Sky Digital), sit-up channels, speed auction, speed auction tv, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Posted 5th July 2011 by Paul
Food Network UK will be available on Freeview for the first time this week.
The channel will launch on Freeview on Thursday and will be on air between 6pm and 10pm every day.
It will be available on Freeview channel 49.
Tags: food network uk, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Posted 15th June 2011 by Paul
UKTV-owned lifestyle channel Really will make its Freeview debut on the 2nd August.
The channel – currently only available on Sky and Virgin Media – will be on Freeview channel 20 between 8am GMT and 2am GMT daily.
Really will replace Dave timeshift channel Dave Ja Vu on Freeview.
Dave Ja Vu will continue to broadcast as normal on other TV platforms.
Tags: Dave Ja Vu, really, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), uktv
Posted 7th May 2011 by Paul
TView’s official website has confirmed the pay-per-view service on digital terrestrial channel 32 is no longer broadcasting.
They state it was their “test launch period” and they have “new plans” that will be announced soon.
Tags: Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), tview
Posted 14th April 2011 by Paul
A new pay-per-view film service has launched on digital terrestrial.
The service – known as TView – is available on channel 32.
Visit www.tview.com for full details and to find out what films are currently showing.
Also, click here to watch TView’s brief “how-to” video for details on how you can order your chosen film.
TView is run by Electric Sofa Media. Click here for their webpage for the service.
Tags: Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), tview
