Posted August 6th, 2009 by Paul
Quest – the new channel from Discovery – will finally be launching on Freeview after the initial May 2009 launch was pulled merely minutes before it was due to start broadcasts.
The official Quest website says it’s coming to Freeview this autumn. Discovery have confirmed to Broadcast Now that the channel will launch on the 30th [...]
Tags: discovery, Freeview, quest
Posted March 21st, 2009 by Paul
Discovery Shed has replaced Discovery Real Time Extra on Virgin Media channel 274. Discovery Shed broadcasts in widescreen. Discovery Real Time Extra is no longer available on Sky or Virgin Media.
Tags: discovery, discovery real time extra, discovery shed, Virgin Media
Posted March 7th, 2009 by Paul
Quest – the new channel from Discovery – is no longer going to be on air 24 hours a day. According to news website Broadcast, Quest will now be available from 10am to midnight. The midnight to 10am timeslot will be sold off to a third-party. Quest launches on Freeview on the 14th May. At [...]
Tags: discovery, Freeview, quest
Posted March 4th, 2009 by Paul
Discovery Real Time Extra will be removed from all platforms (cable and satellite) to make way for a new channel called Discovery Shed. Discovery Shed will launch on the 20th March and will be available on Virgin TV from launch.
Discovery say the new channel will be “the place for men who like good old practical [...]
Tags: discovery, discovery real time extra, discovery shed, Virgin Media
Posted February 23rd, 2009 by Paul
Quest (the new channel from Discovery) will launch on the 14th May at 10am. The channel will be available on Freeview channel 47 and will air the best of its entertainment, lifestyle and factual programmes from other Discovery channels. Quest is exclusive to Freeview at the moment, but this may change as they are in [...]
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Posted January 7th, 2009 by Paul
The new channel from Discovery called Quest now has a placeholder on the Freeview EPG at channel 47. It’s not known yet what date Quest will start broadcasting from as the programme information just says “coming soon”. The channel may not stay at channel 47 but this is to be confirmed at a later date.
Also, [...]
Tags: discovery, Freeview, price drop tv, quest
Posted December 12th, 2008 by Paul
Virgin Media has renamed some of the channels on the EPG – Discovery Travel & Living is now named Travel & Living (on channel 273), Discovery Home & Health is now named Home & Health (on channel 275) and Fun Radio has become FUN Kids (on channel 926). History Channel was also renamed recently to [...]
Tags: discovery, fun kids, fun radio, Virgin Media
Posted October 16th, 2008 by Paul
Discovery has won the new slot on the Freeview platform. The channel is not yet named but it will likely be a completely new channel and Variety.com are reporting it “will not be branded as a Discovery entity”. Discovery has bought the new Freeview slot from SDN for an undisclosed sum.
Variety.com also report Dan Brooke [...]
Tags: discovery, Freeview