Posted 21st November 2011 by Paul
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.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), hd, Satellite (Sky Digital), sky movies christmas, sky movies showcase
Posted 3rd November 2011 by Paul
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.
Tags: bbc one hd, hd, Satellite (Sky Digital)
Posted 17th October 2011 by Paul
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
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), dave, dave hd, eden, eden hd, good food, good food hd, hd, Satellite (Sky Digital), uktv, watch, watch hd
Posted 17th October 2011 by Paul
BBC Two HD is set to replace BBC HD.
The move was announced by the BBC’s Director General Mark Thompson to save money at the corporation as part of their plan to cut 20% from their budget over the next 5 years.
It’s not known when the BBC HD channel will be replaced with BBC Two HD as the announcement simply said “the BBC HD channel will close and be replaced with a single version of BBC Two in high definition” but no timescale was given.
Tags: bbc hd, bbc two, bbc two hd, Cable (Virgin Media), hd, Satellite (Sky Digital)
Posted 14th September 2011 by Paul
Cartoon Network HD has launched exclusively on Sky today.
The new HD channel is a simulcast of the standard definition channel.
Cartoon Network HD is available on Sky channel 601 for all Sky+ HD customers who subscribe to the appropriate package.
Non Sky+ HD customers will still receive the standard definition version on channel 601.
Tags: cartoon network, cartoon network hd, hd, Satellite (Sky Digital)
Posted 5th September 2011 by Paul
Sky Sports will be free to all Virgin Media TV customers for one weekend this month.
From 6am on the 24th September through to 6th on the 26th September Sky Sports 1-4, Sky Sports News and Sky Sports HD 1 & 2 (only for customers with an HD box) will be free to all TV customers.
For more details see the September issue of the Electric newsletter by clicking here.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), hd, sky sports
Posted 16th August 2011 by Paul
Cartoon Network HD will launch on the 14th September.
The new HD channel will be available exclusively to Sky+ HD customers.
Tags: cartooon network hd, hd, Satellite (Sky Digital)
