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Old 20-07-2014, 17:40
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Coming August 4th. Schedule will include Conan O'Brien's late night chat show from another Turner network: TBS. 11pm Monday through Thursday.
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Old 22-07-2014, 07:05
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Test transmissions for TruTV including programming, promos and ads are showing on Sky now, are they being shown on Freeview?
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Old 22-07-2014, 07:55
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No, not on my TV.
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Old 22-07-2014, 09:07
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Whereas new channels need to enter into a period of test transmissions for inclusion on the Sky EPG, this is not required on Freeview.
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Old 22-07-2014, 13:00
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Whereas new channels need to enter into a period of test transmissions for inclusion on the Sky EPG, this is not required on Freeview.
Its acting as BBC RB 302 on Freeview at the moment for the Commonwealth Games.
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Old 22-07-2014, 13:36
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Its acting as BBC RB 302 on Freeview at the moment for the Commonwealth Games.
Would seem the perfect fit. But the placeholder for truTV is on a different multiplex.
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Old 22-07-2014, 14:34
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Coming August 4th. Schedule will include Conan O'Brien's late night chat show from another Turner network: TBS. 11pm Monday through Thursday.
I liked the Jay Leno show however any American chat show is a good idea as there's not much late night shows on UK TV.
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Old 22-07-2014, 17:59
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I liked the Jay Leno show however any American chat show is a good idea as there's not much late night shows on UK TV.
Yes Conan O'Brien was formerly seen in the UK on CNBC in his now defunct NBC chat show.
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Old 22-07-2014, 21:36
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Yes Conan O'Brien was formerly seen in the UK on CNBC in his now defunct NBC chat show.
Ah so it's not the new one CNBC show now that replaced Leno?
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Old 22-07-2014, 22:50
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Not exactly their first - anyone remember Nuts TV ?
Their first was Turner Classic Movies . What a blast from the past that is! Makes me feel very old.
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Old 22-07-2014, 23:01
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Their first was Turner Classic Movies . What a blast from the past that is! Makes me feel very old.
It beats me why they never put TCM on Freeview. It's showing movies older than what Film Four broadcasts. It's not a must have channel on Sky.
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Old 22-07-2014, 23:03
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Ah so it's not the new one CNBC show now that replaced Leno?
No TruTV will be airing Conan's current chat show shown on TBS in the US.
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Old 23-07-2014, 10:17
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It beats me why they never put TCM on Freeview. It's showing movies older than what Film Four broadcasts. It's not a must have channel on Sky.
It's not a must have channel anywhere, hence why it needs subscription revenue.

Sky's packages are designed to support minor unpopular channels off the backs of the popular ones.
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Old 23-07-2014, 14:32
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No TruTV will be airing Conan's current chat show shown on TBS in the US.
Cool I will give this channel a chance atleast it's trying to show something different to the current drop of channels.
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Old 30-07-2014, 11:29
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Just received next weeks copy of the tv listings magazine TV & Satellite Week, and found no listings for TruTV. Surprising given both the magazines publishers (IPC Media) and TruTV are owned by Time Warner! Wonder if other IPC listing mags like TV Times, have made the same mistake?
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Old 30-07-2014, 13:48
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Just received next weeks copy of the tv listings magazine TV & Satellite Week, and found no listings for TruTV. Surprising given both the magazines publishers (IPC Media) and TruTV are owned by Time Warner! Wonder if other IPC listing mags like TV Times, have made the same mistake?
Just to correct myself, Time Warner spun off their magazines division last month, so IPC Media is now owned by Time Inc. not Time Warner. TruTV is in a waiting list for inclusion in their listings magazines, the publisher advised me.
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Old 30-07-2014, 14:13
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TruTV is in a waiting list for inclusion in their listings magazines, the publisher advised me.
Magazines have a relatively long lead time for the information to appear. It should be on your EPG however.
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Old 01-08-2014, 09:51
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Old 01-08-2014, 10:23
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My friend who has Virgin TV can't find it, anyone else with them having issues ?
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Old 01-08-2014, 15:16
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My friend who has Virgin TV can't find it, anyone else with them having issues ?
TruTV starts Monday at 1pm I believe, so Virgin will add to their EPG nearer the time. Channel 245 it is rumoured to be on.
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Old 01-08-2014, 15:55
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TruTV starts Monday at 1pm I believe
Very true, even though my EPG has incorrectly populated from 07:00
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Old 03-08-2014, 18:27
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Also Freesat LCN 154.
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Old 03-08-2014, 19:40
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This post may not be a Freeview discussion, But it would be nice to have a HD channel of this as a good start.
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Old 04-08-2014, 00:32
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Very true, even though my EPG has incorrectly populated from 07:00
The EPG has been updated to reflect the launch @13:00 on 4/8/14
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Old 04-08-2014, 09:59
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This post may not be a Freeview discussion, But it would be nice to have a HD channel of this as a good start.
It wouldn't surprise me if Turner do a deal to get it on COM8 in HD, depending upon how much native HD content it has.
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