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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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 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 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 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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BBC One HD is now available on the Sky Ireland EPG.
It’s the same channel as the UK receives and doesn’t have any regional opt-outs yet.
Regional BBC One HD channels aren’t due for launch until 2012 or 2013.
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Watch HD and Dave HD have launched on Sky and Virgin Media.
If you’re an HD customer, Dave HD is available on Sky channel 111 and Virgin Media channel 129, and Watch HD is available on Sky channel 109 and Virgin Media channel 125.
Also, Eden HD and Good Food HD were both added to Virgin Media’s channel lineup on the 7th October.
Eden HD is available on channel 209 and Good Food HD is available on channel 249.
This is the first time Eden HD and Good Food HD have been available outside of Sky’s platform, where they exclusively launched a year ago.
Due to the recent channel launches on Virgin Media’s TV platform, some channels have changed their numbers:
125 – Watch HD
129 – Dave HD
190 – Watch +1
191 – Dave Ja Vu
204 – Yesterday +1
209 – Eden HD
210 – Eden +1
261 – Good Food HD
262 – Good Food +1
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