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Agreed, I'm just wondering if channels in general are waiting for the July reshuffle to take place before launching. In terms of getting a higher EPG number, especailly in those genre's were most channels have opted to stay on their current EPG numbers. For example, 'Star Plus HD' launching before the reshuffle would get the next available number (currently 853) at the end of the 'International' genre. But launching after the reshuffle could see them placed higher up the EPG on EPG number 794.
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As Star Plus HD is a simulcast of the SD channel what is the problem here. Star Plus HD will surely be on 784 on HD boxes (or for those who have an HD sub if Star Plus HD is not FTA) under the HD swap arrangements and on 854 only on those boxes that can't receive it anyway.
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As Star Plus HD is a simulcast of the SD channel what is the problem here. Star Plus HD will surely be on 784 on HD boxes (or for those who have an HD sub if Star Plus HD is not FTA) under the HD swap arrangements and on 854 only on those boxes that can't receive it anyway.
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New channels launching go to the end of the genre and are not slotted into empty slots unless either they have purchased that slot from someone else or all the channels below that slot have chosen not to move up the EPG. Part of Sky's "regulations" that they apply to their EPG.
I'm pretty sure that certain gaps/old numbers can be used again after a reshuffle, it's happened before, one example was when 'Propeller' decided not to move during a reshuffle, this allowed new launches to be added ahead of them. |
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Courtesy of Martine 93 and Ian Cleverly on the Sky Forum -
Alibi HD starts on 3rd July. (Confirmed on twitter) http://twitter.com/Alibi_Channel/sta...55663157530624 |
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Sky HD future channels roadmap
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July 3 - Alibi HD on Sky channel 132 and Virgin TV 5 - STAR Plus HD on Sky channel 784 25 - 301 HD on Freeview channel 304 25 - BBC Olympics 1 HD - 24 HD on Freesat, Sky & Virgin TV 27-12 August - Sky 3D will be made available to all HD pack subscribers on Sky channel 217 August 29 - Three Channel 4 Paralympic Games HD channels on Sky and Virgin TV BBC Olympics 1 HD - 24 HD will close on Freesat, Sky and Virgin TV Eurosport 3D will close on Virgin TV channel 523 September QVC HD on Sky channel 640 Three Channel 4 Paralympic Games HD channels will close on Sky and Virgin TV October 24 - UTV HD on Freeview channel 51 (Northern Ireland only) Autumn The Freeview EPG may be reorganised Before 2013 A fifth HD channel on Freeview, replacing 301 HD BBC One HD Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales variations on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin TV channel 108 BBC Two HD on Freesat channel 109, Freeview channel 54, Sky channel 169 and Virgin TV channel 187, replacing BBC HD Freeview HD will be available in all regions TCM HD on Sky channel 317 UTV HD on Freesat and Sky (Northern Ireland only) 2013 Before 2014 Sky Sports 3D may launch on Sky Unknown dates Setanta HD on Sky channel 423 (Northern Ireland only) STV HD on Freesat and Sky (Scotland only) Last edited by Dansky+HD : 21-06-2012 at 21:05. Reason: Source = Wikipedia |
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301 HD is for Freeview only as I understand it. Freesat/Sky has the 4 BBCi channels rather than 301 & 302, plus the 24 Olympics HD channels.
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seems a bit late for alibi HD seeing as Castle season 4 is almost finished and all they'll be left with in a few weeks is re-runs.
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Time for a New HD Channels sticky thread.
Lots more HD channels are launching on Sky here is the List
Racing UK HD QVC HD Alibi HD TCM HD Star Plus HD Are just a few of them |
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TCM HD in the UK?
Do you have a source for such exciting news or are you just reporting on their license to broadcast such a channel?
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According to the EPG reshuffle thread on the Sky forum here it is going on channel 317 - possibly from the big channel numbers reshuffle that occurs next week. That is when Alibi HD launches anyhow.
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Lots more HD channels are launching on Sky here is the List
Racing UK HD QVC HD Alibi HD TCM HD Star Plus HD Are just a few of them There are quite a few still needed. |
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More 4 HD seems to be the one that has rather stalled since it appeared to be on the way in 2011 but is not at present being mooted anywhere.
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More 4 HD seems to be the one that has rather stalled since it appeared to be on the way in 2011 but is not at present being mooted anywhere.
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Well C4 are starting up 3 new HD channels for the Paralympic Games. Let's hope they emerge from the Games as More4HD, Film4HD and who knows maybe ever 4SevenHD
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To be more accurate C4 are BORROWING these channels from Sky (out of the 24 that Sky are loaning the BBC for the Olympics)......so they will have no claim to them after the Paralympics are over!
And C4 most certainly have the spare capacity. Ever since Astra 1N came into service C4HD has had a whole transponder virtually to itself. |
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Lots more HD channels are launching on Sky here is the List
Racing UK HD QVC HD Alibi HD TCM HD Star Plus HD Are just a few of them That was confirmed by the company to launch in March 2011, 15 months later and it's still not here! |
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Source please? None of Channel4's own press statements suggest these are Sky's channel's - and for sure Sky themselves would be crowing about it just as they did with the BBC - even taking out newspaper banner ads now! I can find no official statement from Sky.
See here for example (where Sky DO seem to be gently crowing!) http://www.sky.com/mysky/latestnews/...els/index.html and http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2012/...ympic-streams/ |
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Source please? None of Channel4's own press statements suggest these are Sky's channel's - and for sure Sky themselves would be crowing about it just as they did with the BBC - even taking out newspaper banner ads now! I can find no official statement from Sky.
And C4 most certainly have the spare capacity. Ever since Astra 1N came into service C4HD has had a whole transponder virtually to itself. Sky will air uninterrupted streams of the event, utilising three of the channels it is launching temporarily to broadcast the BBC’s Olympic feed.http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/c...042782.article |
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Crime HD will start to broadcast 24 hours, effectively from when it comes on-air at 8pm next Monday, and from 6am on Tuesday will switch to being a simulcast of the SD channel, rather than running its own schedule.
It also looks like Bio HD may be closing down at the same time, as the 'programmes no longer available' message is showing from 6am Tuesday, when Crime HD takes over its capacity. Source - Sky EPG |
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Just seen the first TV ad for Four Seven - launching on, of course, the 4th of the seventh! (Clever move).
There seems no mention of HD, so I presume that is not in the immediate plan for this channel. |
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I saw 16 Blocks listed as coming on TCM/HD on my sky week web letter.
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I saw 16 Blocks listed as coming on TCM/HD on my sky week web letter.
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Alibi HD has started but I guess it won't appear on the EPG until next week.
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British Eurosport 1 and 2 to launch in HD.
British Eurosport HD to launch on 25 July on Sky and Virgin Media British Eurosport 2 HD to launch on 3 September on Sky Eurosport HD (international) will be withdrawn. Announced on their Twitter page this morning. |
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or are you just reporting on their license to broadcast such a channel?
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