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# C1L 11.222 H
52070______On Black Level (obrienmichael05)

Txp# C1U 11.261 H SR 22.000, FEC 5/6
52168_____Showing 'Crime+1 (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# 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
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)
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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
English Version of Zee News
eNews Channel Africa (RileyM)

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 awarded three new community radio licences for services in Scotland, including an FM licence to Celtic Music Radio which currently broadcasts on AM. The two new stations are Sound of Mull Radio on the Isle of Mull and Iona and Camglen Radio in South Lanarkshire. Sound of Mull Radio will reflect island life, culturally, linguistically and socially, giving a voice to islanders, whilst Camglen Radio will be a local service for Cambuslang, Rutherglen and surrounding areas broadcasting content that reflects the interests, needs, richness and diversity of the communities served. More.

2. A group of volunteers are planning a new online radio station for the West Country. West Country Radio plans to launch on August 13th providing local news and content the South West of England. The station says: “As FM radio figures remain on the decline in many areas and formerly ‘local’ stations now remote their outputs from central studios such as Milton Keynes and London, West Country Radio promises to bring the LOCAL back to radio, with real personality driven shows and informative programming. More.

3. BBC Radio 5 live’s epic weekend of live radio from the Olympics has been limited to a UK audience only because they were broadcast from the Olympic Park. However, programmes from the venue on Radio 2 and Radio 4 have now been given the green light to stream abroad. It’s because The International Olympic Committee holds the international broadcast rights from Olympic venues and has not allowed international coverage for the BBC sports station. Originally, programmes such as Today on Radio 4 and The Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2 were banned from streaming internationally because they are broadcasting from the Olympic Park. But after urgent talks at the weekend, the IOC has lifted the ban on these shows. The ban on 5 live stations however remains in place as they will be devoted to the games. More.

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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. BT has confirmed that its bundled YouView package will launch in the autumn and is being positioned as the next evolution of the Freeview service. YouView is launching ahead of the new BT Vision 2.0 platform, which will initially be separate from YouView itself as Gavin Patterson, CEO, BT retail explained in an investor call: “The Vision 2.0 portal will feature within our YouView proposition and ultimately the two will completely converge into a single proposition later next year. More.

2. DMOL, the industry backed organisation for the management of the UK DTT platform, has published the findings of its review into the Freeview numbering system. In changes slated to be introduced on September 19, DMOL plans to create additional capacity for new services and make the guide easier to navigate. As part of the update new channel numbers will be reserved for public service local TV channels. These are 8 in England and Northern Ireland and 45 in Wales and Scotland, such a scheme as long been favoured by government as part of its plans to create a nationwide chain of local TV services. More.

3. Connect TV, which runs IP channels in tandem with the Freeview DTT platform, says it is on track to offer double the number of Freeview channels by the end of the year. It has recently added the Christian Channel as well as Arabic and Islamic content, joining the existing Polska Plus service. “The latest launches demonstrate the value of our platform and now brings the number of channels on the Connect TV platform to 70, so we’ve passed Freeview and are ahead of schedule to meet our launch promise of doubling the size of the terrestrial platform by the end of 2012,” said Phil Walder, managing director, Connect TV. More.

4. ITV will roll out its new online pay player on PCs before it becomes available on other computers and mobile devices this autumn. The UK commercial broadcaster’s player, which is in its final trial stages, will initially offer customers the chance to rent single episodes and box sets before rolling out as a subscription service. Rental prices will range from 50p (US78¢) per episode to between £2.99 and £4.00 for an entire season. It will also provide an ad-supported seven-day catch-up service that is free of charge, and give viewers the chance to see episodes of their favourite shows before their terrestrial debuts. More.

5. Sky is to establish a new distribution arm to market the international rights to its originated content. As part of the move, Sky has completed the acquisition of Parthenon Media Group, a leading independent international distribution and multi-media rights management company. In line with Sky’s on-going commitment to increasing its investment in original content, the creation of a high quality distribution capability will help Sky accelerate its plans for international rights management. This will include playing a central role in the way Sky’s commissioned content is showcased to the international market. The new in-house model will help generate additional revenues from Sky’s content investment from the sale of overseas rights, which will enable Sky to reinvest even more in the UK’s creative economy, for the benefit of customers and content makers alike. More.

6. The BBC, NHK and the London 2012 host broadcaster OBS are collaborating on a major test of the next generation Super Hi-Vision transmission system. Hi-Vision offers a picture resolution 16 times that of current high definition transmissions. All three of the only Hi-Vision cameras in existence have been put into action, initially capturing Friday’s opening ceremony, before moving on to the swimming competition. More.

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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

Hey all,

just noticed that all the Comedy Central have new logos & there website has changed as well. much clearer & sharper..

Omar

Wonder what took the UK Comedy Central so long to change. The US channel has had this logo since January 2011.

Trevor Dann, former Radio Academy chief executive and independent producer has said he believes there has been a failure of local radio regulation “on a scale to match the banking crisis”. His comments came whilst appearing on Radio 4′s Today programme along with radio consultant Grant Goddard. Grant pointed out that 100 local radio stations have recently lost local output – and when talking about Global Radio’s purchase of Real and Smooth, said the top three groups would control 79% of the radio industry, with Global Radio controlling 47%.More

[LIST] [*]Cisco has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the NDS Group. With the closure of the transaction, which was first announced on March 15 and is worth around $5 billion (€4.07 billion), Dr Abe Peled, formerly NDS chairman and CEO, has now become senior VP and chief strategist for Cisco’s Video and Collaboration Group, of which Cisco’s Service Provider Video Technology Group (SPVTG) is a part. He will report to Marthin de Beer, senior VP of Cisco’s Video and Collaboration Group. More
[*]The House of Lords Communications committee has proposed that broadcasting be moved away from terrestrial delivery and adopt IPTV as its primary means of distribution. Broadband for all – an alternative vision also questions the current government strategy to rollout superfast broadband across the country, suggesting the nation’s interests might be better served by first ensuring universal access.
The report says the strongest driver of consumers moving from basic to enhanced broadband would be IPTV service. “It is likely that IPTV services will become ever more widespread, and eventually the case for transferring the carriage of broadcast content, including public service broadcasting, from spectrum to the internet altogether will become overwhelming.” More[/LIST]

e NEWS CHANNEL now broadcasting on the Africa Chl+1 label on 12.607 H 27.5 2/3.

its in good quality picture on it. It's broadcast live from South Africa..

The eNews Channel is a South African news channel owned by e.tv's sister company eSat. The channel is currently exclusively available on DSTV channel 403 and can only be viewed by DSTV subscribers. The channel made history by becoming the first 24 hour news channel in South Africa.

What happend to SkyNewsArabia? anything new about it? they said its gonna be on sky

Seems to go off here though sometime before midnight.

I was watching this earlier on today, very professional looking.
I'm assuming this is launching after the Olympics in the news category.
I know of a few South Africans that would probably watch this if it becomes generally available.

It's not launching in the UK. I think the original press release / news said it was but that was a mistake.

According to wekpidia its launching but not known when ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_channels_on_Sky

Is Ramp'd still on satellite? Can't find it anywhere on my FTA Satellite box

Yeah way down at the bottom of the music section I think.
Can't check just now as I'm away from my telly.

Has anyone heard any more news on TCM HD coming to Sky? It seems an awful long time since plans for it's launch were announced.

Yeah that will be a good addition.

I've tried to manual tune in Ramp'd but the details I have aren't bringing it up.

Have you tried here?

€urobird 1 Txp# F2L 12.523 V.

Further to this;

Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has instructed Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading to carry out tests on the completed acquisition of GMG Radio Holdings Limited by Global Radio Limited. Ofcom has started the procedure today and is asking for comments to be submitted to them by August 17th. Ofcom’s report will then be sent by September 28th, and include gathered data and feedback plus their own advice. Further Details

Just checked on my Sky box and you will find
RAMP'D on channel 387
and RAMP'D+2 on channel 388

I' am getting massive r&b etc but not Ramp'd

Does anyone know the video, audio and pcr pids for these stations?

Try searching for Ramp'd at 1am and Ramp'd+2 at 3am as they start at those times.

Not worth adding them as they are just placeholders at the moment.

ARY Digital on Sky channel 796 is now FTA