Posted 23rd June 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
Posted 19th May 2009 by Paul
BBC programmes will be added to Top Up TV Anytime’s “TV Favourites” section from June.
A message on the official Top Up TV website says “now you can catch the best of Drama, Comedy, and Factual from the BBC right here on Top Up TV… as of 3 June, you will be able to enjoy hit shows such as Life on Mars (series 1), Doctor Who (series 1), Bleak House, Spooks (series 5), Blue Planet, Himalaya with Michael Palin, Life in the Undergrowth, Little Britain (series 1), The League of Gentlemen, The Catherine Tate Show (series 1), and many more”.
Tags: bbc, Top Up TV
Posted 1st May 2009 by Paul
UKTV Style has rebranded as Home. The channel rebranded yesterday – 30th April. Home is available on Top Up TV channel 26 and Virgin Media channel 265 (also, a +1 timeshift channel is available on Virgin Media channel 266).
The remaining UKTV-prefixed channels will rebrand shortly – UKTV Gardens will rebrand as Really on the 19th May and UKTV Food to rebrand soon.
Click here to visit the official UKTV website for Home
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), home, Top Up TV, uktv, uktv style
Posted 6th November 2008 by Paul
One of Top Up TV’s remaining linear pay channels – Eurosport – has been removed from the service. The channel is no longer available on DTT. It is rumoured though that this is only temporary until later this month when it’s thought it might change it’s timeslot to broadcast for longer hours in the daytime. Watch this space.
Tags: eurosport, Top Up TV
Posted 7th October 2008 by Paul
The changes to the UKTV channel lineup have taken place today.
Virgin TV: Watch is available on channel 124, Watch +1 is on channel 125, GOLD (the new name for UKTV Gold) on channel 126 and GOLD +1 is available on channel 127. Watch (and Watch +1) is only available in the XL package. Dave has moved to channel 128 and Dave +1 has moved to channel 129. Alibi (the new name for UKTV Drama) is on channel 130 and Alibi +1 is on channel 131. UKTV History +1 (from channel 204) and UKTV Documentary +1 (from channel 209) are both no longer available on Virgin TV.
Top Up TV: UKTV Gold is now broadcasting the new GOLD.
Post updated 8th October.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), Top Up TV, uktv
Posted 12th September 2008 by Paul
Teachers TV now airs from 4pm-6pm every day on Freeview. UKTV Gold now airs from 6pm-11.30pm every evening (it’s lost one hour). UKTV Style now airs from 2pm-4pm every day (it’s lost one hour).
Tags: teachers tv, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), Top Up TV, uktv gold, uktv style
Posted 5th September 2008 by Paul
To clarify, the following changes will take place on the 7th October;
UKTV Gold will become GOLD (same channel number) – Virgin and Top Up TV
UKTV Gold +1 will become GOLD +1 (same channel number) – Virgin TV only
UKTV Drama will become Alibi (same channel number) – Virgin TV only
UKTV Drama +1 will become Alibi +1 (same channel number) – Virgin TV only
Watch will launch (channel number unknown) – Virgin TV only
Watch +1 will launch (channel number unknown) – Virgin TV only
For more details of things coming soon to Virgin TV, click here.
For more details of things coming soon to DTT, click here.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), Top Up TV, uktv
