ITV Be - Where Will It.... Be?
When it launches, it won't be able to launch beside the current ITV channels so will it have to launch in the late 140's or early 150's? Can't see ITV being to happy about that. Could we see a +1 moving down the EPG or the current channels moving around to allow ITV Be to have a good EPG position? A more sensible order would be something like this:-
112 - ITV+1
113 - ITV HD
114 - ITV 2
115 - ITV 3
116 - ITV 4
117 - ITV Be
118 - ITV 2+1
119 - ITV 3+1
149 - ITV 4+1
112 - ITV+1
113 - ITV HD
114 - ITV 2
115 - ITV 3
116 - ITV 4
117 - ITV Be
118 - ITV 2+1
119 - ITV 3+1
149 - ITV 4+1
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LCN 111, I believe, was reserved by the BBC for whatever they may want to do with it, between themselves and Freesat they may decide to let ITV use it. If BBC Three does survive and they still intend to launch a BBC One +1 then this might go on LCN 111, otherwise who knows.
Sadly, what I can see happening is ITV putting Be on an existing +1 of ITV3 or 4 and messing the whole neat LCN ordering up!
Or better still, do an LCN swap with 103 for ITV HD in areas with matching SD regions (London, SE, Central W and Granada).
Nothing close.
Its going to be ITV's new female focused channel taking over from ITV2 which will become ITV's comedy channel.
Yep, endless repeats of TOWIE and Loose Women!
Woop woop... he says, sarcastically
I thought ITV 2 already was - most of it is a joke
My idea of a nightmare then..
But will ITV sacrafice a +1 on Freesat or will ITV Be be in the 150's...?
Id be surprised if they didn't shift a +1 out the way for it.
But then again, this is ITV we're talking about, so who knows with them...
My prediction is that they'll potentially shift a +1 to the 150's (likely ITV3+1) and nudge the rest up. If they also launch a Be+1 then that needs to go somewhere as well!
My other thoughts are that they'll move ITV HD to the 150's, LCN swap it with 103 in the 4x macros that it simulcasts and then budge everything up 1 LCN, move ITV+1 down an LCN and hey presto, you've got two neat slots for Be and Be+1 between ITV+1 and ITV2.
Rumour had it 111 was reserved for the BBC at one point but if a separate BBC One+1 does ever materialise (whilst retaining BBC Three) then Alba could be moved to the 150's with little impact considering its niche viewing base and as BBC LF funded isn't commercially an issue wherever they are.
Yep, could become Scotland's international news channel although guess not. Alex Salnond would ask his mate Rupert to set up Fox News Scotland for that!
Yep, as yet unknown. It will launch on to all EPG's a few days earlier for full commercial trade tests prior to full launch, as Encore did on Sky.
This be the one: http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-confirms-itvbe-launch-date#.U85K2IBdUh7
As it's an ITV free to air channel, it will almost certainly be on Freesat.
Indeed it will, in SD only.
The HD version will be the same as ITV2, 3 & 4 HD, pay channels