Posted 7th January 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, Price-Drop TV (which used to be on channel 24) has been removed from Freeview. Price-Drop TV’s owners Sit-Up were outbid on one of its channel slots earlier this year and decided to remove Price-Drop TV from the Freeview platform (it continues to broadcast on cable and Sky).
Tags: discovery, price drop tv, quest, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Posted 12th December 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 History, as was the +1 version of the channel.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), discovery, fun kids, fun radio
Posted 16th October 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 from Discovery Networks has said the new Freeview channel will be “based on the Discovery library encompassing history, factual, lifestyle and entertainment, alongside third-party acquisitions, but declined to say precisely which demographic it would be aimed at”. The new Discovery channel should be launching on Freeview in early 2009.
Click here to read the Variety article.
Tags: discovery, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
