Astra
Txp# 51. 10.862 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
9012______No Signal (Digi Man)

Txp# 54. 10.906 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
10225_____Still Showing STV+1 (Digi Man)

Txp# 56. 10.936 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
3855______Still Showing STV HD, (jimbo/jzee/obrienmichael05/Analoguesat)

€urobird 1
Txp# C1U 11.261 H SR 22.000, FEC 5/6
52168_____No signal (Digi Man)

Txp# D9S 11.623 H
50889_____No signal (jimbo)

Astra
Txp# 4. 11.778 V
8010______No signal (Analoguesat/Digi Man)

Txp# 7. 11.836 H
9006______Showing Sky Movies Family (Analoguesat/The Unknown One)

Txp# 9. 11.876 H
D SD _____Showing Discovery SD (Digi Man/skyisthebest)
D SD +1___Showing Discovery SD +1 (obrienmichael05/skyisthebest)
D RT _____Showing Discovery Real Time (obrienmichael05/skyisthebest)

Txp# 21. 12.110 H
1303______No Signal (Digi Man/spark22/Digi Man)

Txp# 26. 12.207 V
1441______No Signal (Digi Man/jimbo)
8039______Showing Sky News FTA (Analoguesat)
4624______Showing Pick TV +1(jimbo)


Txp# 32. 12.324 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
D HD _____Showing Discovery HD (jimbo)

Txp# 34. 12.363 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
3837______No Signal (jimbo)
3838______Showing Sky Sports F1 HD (jimbo)

€urobird 1
Txp# F2L 12.523 V.
55111______Arqiva MCR card and tone (# 6)
55112______Arqiva MCR card and tone (Digi Man/jimbo)

Txp# F6L 12.691 V SR 7199 DVB-S2 QPSK ACM
Data Channel (remlap)

12.731 H SR 4444 DVB-S QPSK
Data Channel (remlap)


August
Hindi Music Channel Khushboo

September
British Eurosport 2 HD to launch on 3rd (spark22)
Global Radio set to launch two music TV channels on Sky this September: Capital TV & Heart TV via their twitter @RadioToday More (ashyuk)
QVC-HD
***
Soon
Ramp'd (skyisthebest)
Ramp'd +2(skyisthebest)
Racing HD
QVC-HD (SKYtvFREAK
***
In 2013/14
Astras 2E 2F & 2G launching from 2012 -2014
From end of 2014 Passenger trains will run again, albeit on the Northern part of the Waverley Route. (The Borders Railway)
**************************************************************************************
Other New Channels licenced by Ofcom (no launch dates yet.)
Listed by Genre,
Newest ones first. (Many thanks to Analoguesat/GrahamBCFC).

HD Channels
Star Gold
TCM (Radiomike)
More 4 (Radiomike)
CBS Action (Paddy C)
CBS Drama (Paddy C)
QVC
Racing
Food Network
Travel Channel (omnidirectional )
A New global Classical HDTV channel
CNN

General Entertainment
The Outdoor Channel
Fly TV
Showcase 3
Showcase 4

Films
-
Lifestyle
Home and Garden TV

Factual / Documentary
-
News
Zee News (English Version)

Sports
-
Kids
-
Music
Ramp'd (skyisthebest)
Ramp'd +2(skyisthebest)

Shopping
-
Religion
ACBN
ACT (All Communities Together)

Niche
Veria TV

Interactive / Gambling
-
Foreign Language
Three Sunrise TV channels (Analoguesat)
Sony Aath
Zoom TV

Radio
-
Adult
redhot TV 3D (GrahamBCFC)
Television X 3D(GrahamBCFC)

3D Channels
-


1. Ofcom has received 19 applications for community radio licences in Scotland under the third phase of community radio licensing. Applications had to be in to the regulator by the middle of February, and will now be considered by the body’s licensing committee. Applicants include Celtic Music Radio, who already run on medium wave and as a pop-up service on DAB but are after an FM licence, and online stations Generate Radio and TD1 Radio More

2. BBC Commissioning has released tender details of the new all-local radio evening programme, which is set to start on January 7th 2013. The speech-led show, to be broadcast on all 39 local radio stations in England, will air from 7pm till 10pm. Applications are invited from all independent production companies who can clearly demonstrate relevant experience and expertise, the BBC says. All offers should reach them by 12 noon on August 23rd 2012, with decisions made by September 14th More.

3. Radio freelancers will for the first time be eligible for up to £1,500 worth of funding for training from the BBC and Creative Skillset. Experienced freelancers will be able to use the funds to pay for 80% of their training costs (up to the £1,500 maximum) for courses in areas that have been identified by a panel as priorities for the industry. Funding is available for courses that cover craft & technical skills including editing, social media, multiplatform content development and distribution and sound engineering, or business, teamwork and management skills. More

4. Plans to extend local digital radio coverage moved a step closer today as Government, the BBC and commercial operators signed a joint agreement, establishing the framework for up to £21 million of new investment in radio infrastructure. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishes an agreement in principle to fund the build-out of local DAB to FM equivalences over the next 5 years, with a commitment to consider further funding if necessary. The MoU also means at least five new local multiplexes, including in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, will be launched within 18 months. In addition, the MoU confirms the Government’s commitment to a decision on radio switchover in 2013. More

5. Radioplayer is to open up its service to non-Ofcom licensed stations, but initially only 30 slots are being offered. Any stations interested in joining – for a fee – can fill out an application for review. The online player currently features over 300 Ofcom licensed live stations, 15,000 on-demand items, and attracts 7 million regular listeners. More


• First pirate radio station closed down by post office authorities. Brothers Gerald and Wilfred Barker of Norwich are forced to close their radio station down by the BBC:
they recount the tale Here

• For those of you who remember Dutch offshore broadcasting before it was onboard any ship, may find this interesting

• The DAB / FM story trolls on…More

• Ofcom has produced a fact sheet on its work in tackling illegal broadcasting


1. BARB, the organisation that gathers data on UK television viewing, is to add its web-TV meter into another 500 homes. Over the last few years BARB has gradually been adding the capability to measure TV viewing via laptops and PCs and, after extensive testing, the system has now been proven in the initial roll-out of 100 homes. A version is also in development to transfer the capability to tablet devices. The project has been carried out by Kantar Media Audiences, which undertakes audience research on behalf of BARB. More

2. Ofcom has announced the start of the largest ever auction of spectrum for mobile services in the UK. The auction for spectrum that will host the so-called 4G networks will get under way before the end of 2012, despite concern over interference to current digital TV services that broadcast on frequencies adjacent to the 800MHz band on offer. Services, which will also use frequencies at 2.6GHz are expected to be operational as early as next year. The lower frequency 800MHz band is suited to widespread mobile coverage. The higher frequency 2.6 GHz band is ideal for delivering the capacity needed to deliver faster speeds. These two bands add up to 250 MHz of additional mobile spectrum, compared to 333 MHz in use today. More

3. Virgin TiVo to hit 1 million this week, Actor Stephen Fry is currently appearing in a Virgin Media TiVo ad. The number of Virgin Media customers that have the TiVo hybrid receiver is expected to top one million in the next few days, the cablenet has said. Second quarter results saw the TiVo customer base increase by 261,700 to 938,000. At the same time there has been a 37,800 increase in the number of paying TV subscribers, though the actual number of TV subscribers decreased. TiVo is now in a quarter of the TV customer base. More

4. It may be on the verge of gaining a huge spike in IPTV customers thanks to securing Premier League football rights but for BT the first quarter of its 2012/2013 year has got off to a flat start. In particular, BT retail, which is the holding group for the BT Vision IPTV service, revealed that for the three months ended 30 June overall revenue declined by 3% to £1.76 billion. This says BT was “consistent with the improved trend seen in the previous quarter.” More.

5. ZEE is planning to launch an English news channel in India by the end of the current financial year, according to reports. Currently, the broadcaster only has a flagship Hindi news channel and a Hindi business channel, along with a clutch of regional news channels. This will be the first step into the English news genre. More.

6. The Viacom18 and TV18 distribution entity, IndiaCast – the group behind Colors, is expected to launch a free UK channel in the coming weeks. While the channel’s details are not yet known – BizAsia understands that it will primarily be used as a free window to promote premium properties from Colors, as well as broadcast content from its news channels CNN-IBN, CNBC-TV18 and regional shows from its recently acquired Eeanadu network. The channel is likely to be positioned as a hybrid service like ZEE Cafe. Interestingly, if this goes ahead, then Govind Shahi who is spearheading Colors UK/Europe was also behind the launch of ZEE Cafe during his tenure at the network. More

7. TV advertising is facing a chilly final quarter after it emerged that spending in the key month of September is likely to be down by about 5%, which could set the scene for total television ad spend to shrink across all 2012. September – traditionally the third-biggest TV advertising month of the year, bringing in revenues close to £400m – is considered to be a critical bellwether of the likely health of the market in the key months leading up to Christmas. Broadcasters and media buyers have been paying even more attention than usual to early ad bookings in September, after a summer slump is set to see TV ad spend fall by about 10% in July and the same again in August. The theory was that many advertisers had chosen to hold back spending during the London 2012 Olympics – where television viewing would be dominated by the BBC's coverage – prompting the hope that marketers were going to pump money in from September. More

8. O2 is setting up seven large free Wi-Fi hotspots across the capital during London 2012. Oxford Street, Leicester Square and Exhibition Road all benefit from the scheme which has been set up with Westminster City Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington. The Wi-Fi is free to all – there's no requirement to be an O2 customer. This is good news for overseas visitors who can potentially avoid being slapped with a huge 3G roaming bill when they get home. Users just need to register once, after which they should be automatically hooked up to the service when in range. More.

9. A botnet responsible for nearly a fifth of the world's spam email has been taken offline. The botnet known as Grum took cyber warriors three days to take offline by battling servers based in Russia, Panama and the Netherlands. "I am glad to announce that, after three days of effort, the Grum botnet has finally been knocked down. All the known command and control (CnC) servers are dead, leaving their zombies orphaned," wrote researcher Atif Mushtaq for FireEye Intelligence Lab. More

Eurosport HD now on 410 for those with relevant HD subs.

British Eurosport HD DOG now showing on that channel which is now a simulcast of British Eurosport.

Eurosport UK and Eurosport 2 UK now simply named Eurosport and Eurosport 2.

So for HD subs
410 Eurosport HD
411 Eurosport 2
412 Eurosport

Eurosport 2 HD due to start on or around 3 September.

I always thought this was a placeholder, but for what?...


eNews Channel Africa can be added to the list of News channels licensed by Ofcom. its been licensed for about a month now iirc.

Update

11.261 H.

"52168".......Now showing 'Crime+1'.

Done thank you,
will be on next weeks update

NEW 52070 11.223 H 27.5 2/3 showing black screen.

Update

EPG information shows that 'Cream' (918) closes down at 4.00pm today. The 'programmes no longer available' message is displayed in the listings from this time.

Looking ahead, EPG data suggests that 'Cream' returns next Tuesday morning, I guess we'll see if it gets removed.

Think that's the third time "Cream" has been closed.

Update

'Cream' has now been removed from Sky EPG 918.

Showing black screen off the EPG on 12.607 H.

Update

12.523 V.

"55111".....has now been relabelled as 'RAMPD'.

"55112".....has now been relabeled as 'RAMPD2'.

Update

12.523 V.

'RAMPD' has now been relabelled as 'RAMP'd'.

'RAMPD2' has now been relabelled as 'RAMP'd +2'.

RAMP'd has now been added to EPG 387
RAMP'd +2 has now been added to EPG 388

Are these two channels placeholders for the new Heart and Capital music channels?

5 On Demand coming to Sky Anytime+ later in the year

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/ne...ch-on-sky.html

It appears they may be placeholders yes.

I just hope XFM TV is quick launching after these.

Well 3am here and RAMP'd +2 is on air with David Gray.

However it's a blank screen seems they forgot to switch the channel on.

Flicking through the channels last night and noticed that "Babe Guide" (934) was showing what appeared to be a movie,however every time it looked as though a sex scene was about to start it faded and cut to the next scene!

Update

11.261 H.

"52168"......Now carrying EPG now/next data for- (but still broadcasting 'Crime+1').

Now: Judge Ross
4.00am: Lady Hoggers

Anyone know which channel this is?

Edit: it's 'Bio' related programming.

Looks like its going to be a 4am - 6am placeholder channel timesharing with 'Crime +1'.

EPG info shows that 'Crime +1' is going to be off-air from 4am - 6am.

Perhaps a placeholder for 197?

...and that EPG data on "52168" suggests the placeholder will be 'Bio +1' (but only 4am - 6am).

Update

'Africa Channel+1' has now been removed from Sky EPG 231.

I presume there's a general lock down change management-wise at the moment whilst the Olympics are on as things are very quiet.