Viacom threatening to pull its channels from Virgin Media in Carriage fee dispute

Viacom threatening to pull its channels from Virgin Media in Carriage fee dispute Viacom, which owns Channel 5, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV and VH-1 were threatened with a blackout on Virgin Media over the weekend, due to a carriage fee dispute An on-screen messages appearing to Virgin Media UK customers on numerous channels overnight said […]

Sky to launch two new channels - Crime and Comedy

Sky to launch two new channels – Crime and Comedy Sky has announced plans for two new channels, Sky Crime and Sky Comedy These will be added to the Sky Entertainment package.

BBC HD channels...still getting callouts and emails about this...

I am still getting one or two calls about Freesat boxes not receiving the BBC HD channels, when they used to. I did mention this back in December – https://www.satandpcguy.com/2018/12/09/recently-lost-bbc-hd-channels-on-freesat-then-read-this/ This issue was down to changes made to the BBC HD channels by the BBC back in December 2018, but some Freesat HD boxes have […]

La Liga UK TV Rights...deal done, for the first three weeks only

La Liga UK TV Rights…deal done, for the first three weeks only The continuing saga of La Liga rights in the UK continues. Broadcast rights for La Liga for the next three seasons had failed to sell, threatening a television blackout of this season’s La Liga matches, despite the lure of major clubs including Real […]

CNN HD change of frequency on the Astra 2 UK TV satellites.

CNN HD change of frequency CNN HD has changed frequencies on the Astra 2 UK TV satellites. Sky and Freesat boxes will have automatically updated to the new frequency. For other satellite receivers, like GI, Iberosat, Vu, Ariva, etc you will have to scan its new frequency of 11671 H DVB-S2 8PSK SR 23000 FEC […]

Mass cull of expat Sky cards...

Mass cull of expat Sky cards… According to reports Sky have, last week and this week, switched off many Sky cards being used by expats to view UK TV. Many people have seen a loss of access to the Sky pay channels, and although contacting their card provider, new cards are not thought to be […]