Posted May 3rd, 2010 by Paul
Sky Sports is coming to digital terrestrial via IPTV service BT Vision and Top Up TV.
The Guardian report BT and Top Up TV “have confirmed they will launch cut-price subscriptions to Sky Sports channels in time for the new football season, making them available on digital terrestrial television for the first time since ITV Digital went bust in 2002… the telecoms company is understood to be planning to offer Sky Sports 1 to its existing broadband/DTT customers for about £15 a month, while Top Up TV is expected to offer Sky Sports 1 and 2 for about £20 a month.”.
It’s now possible to launch Sky Sports on the terrestrial platform after a ruling from Ofcom said they must make their channels more widely available and offer them at a more reasonable price.
Read more about this on the Guardian’s website.
Tags: BT Vision, sky sports, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), Top Up TV
Posted January 21st, 2010 by Paul
ESPN will be free all this weekend from tomorrow ’til late on Sunday night. All channels in the ESPN family will be free for Top Up TV (digital terrestrial), Sky and Virgin Media customers.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), espn, Satellite (Sky Digital), Top Up TV
Posted October 1st, 2009 by Paul
The national retune took place yesterday afternoon – click here to see the current channel lineup now the changes have taken place. If you haven’t retuned your set top box yet, you may be missing out on some channels – click here for help retuning your equipment.
Tags: national retune, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), Top Up TV, top up tv anytime
Posted September 26th, 2009 by Paul
It was confirmed earlier this month where channels will be moving to when the national retune takes place on the 30th September, but some channels were absent from the announcement – the Top Up TV download channels.
It’s been confirmed Top Up TV Anytime 1-4 will be moving from channel 38-41 to channel 307-310. Read the official retune briefing from Digital UK.
It’s also now been confirmed any HD channels when they launch on Freeview will appear from channel 50 upwards.
Tags: national retune, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), Top Up TV, top up tv anytime
Posted July 13th, 2009 by Paul
It’s been confirmed ESPN’s new UK channel won’t run side-by-side with ESPN America – it will replace ESPN America on Virgin Media, Sky and Top Up TV (digital terrestrial).
The new UK channel will be available in standard definition and high definition on Sky. There’s no word yet on whether it will be carried in HD on Virgin Media.
ESPN UK will launch on the 3rd August on Virgin Media channel 553 and Top Up TV (digital terrestrial) channel 34.
The new channel will air UK premier league football when the new season begins this year.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), espn, espn america, espn uk, Top Up TV
Posted July 7th, 2009 by Paul
Updated: Further to our news post a few days ago, AGB Nielson have announced ESPN’s new UK channel will begin BARB reporting on the 4th August and BBC News says the channel will start broadcasting on the 3rd August. The new channel will be on DTT, Virgin Media and Sky. This will mean ESPN America on DTT (Top Up TV) – Setanta Sports 1′s old slot – will probably be removed in August to make way for ESPN UK. The new ESPN UK channel will air Premier League football as well as other sports.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), espn, espn america, espn uk, Top Up TV
Posted June 24th, 2009 by Paul
ESPN America has launched on Top Up TV to take the place of recently-closed Setanta Sports 1. It’s also taken the place of Setanta Sports on IPTV service BT Vision.
Setanta went in to administration yesterday and its channels on DTT, BT Vision, Virgin and Sky were all closed down. ESPN America is available on Top Up TV (digital terrestrial) channel 34, and anyone with a valid Setanta card can watch it. It’s available on BT Vision channel 34 at no additional cost to all existing Setanta Sports customers.
ESPN will air Premier League football matches next season.
Tags: BT Vision, espn america, setanta, Top Up TV
Posted June 23rd, 2009 by Paul
Setanta Sports has gone in to administration in Great Britain. All the Setanta channels have gone off air – Setanta Sports 1, Setanta Sports 2, Setanta Sports News and Setanta Golf have all gone. Celtic TV and Rangers TV are no longer available on Virgin Media. Racing UK – part of the Setanta package – will continue to broadcast, but as a standalone channel.
A message on Setanta.com – the official website for Setanta – says “Setanta Sports Customers from England, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands, please be advised that it is with great regret that Setanta GB is no longer trading. Setanta Sports is still operating in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland only. Customers from ROI and NI should go to www.setanta.com/ie for more information”.
Media website Digital Spy reports “Deloitte was appointed by Setanta at 2:30pm today after last-ditch efforts to secure a rescue package failed. 200 jobs have been lost with immediate effect as a result of the collapse” and Setanta chairman Sir Robin Miller says “This is a sad day for all concerned”.
ESPN has picked up the rights to air 46 matches that Setanta had for the 2009/2010 football season.
Digital terrestrial customers who subscribed to Setanta should visit the help pages on the Top Up TV website for further information regarding the closure of Setanta Sports 1.
Setanta continues to operate in Ireland. A message on the Ireland page for Setanta says “Setanta Sports Ireland will now cover broadcasting in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Please note that there are different levels of coverage available in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, and the full programme content will be advised in due course”.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), setanta, Top Up TV
