New Sky HD channel coming February 2011 Sky Atlantic

Sky today announced plans to launch Sky Atlantic HD , a new entertainment channel, in early 2011.

Sky Atlantic will provide an exclusive home to some of the most hotly anticipated shows in television.

Sky Atlantic HD will air all of HBO's new series exclusively.

Sky Atlantic forms part of Sky's Variety Pack of basic channels.

Sky Atlantic will launch on 1st February 2011.

Sky Atlantic will be on Sky channel 108.

Sky1 will remain on Sky channel 106, with Sky Living Sky on channel 107 and Sky Atlantic on Sky channel 108.

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ITV Iplayer available for test on Humax Freesat boxes

According to reports, the ITV Player is presently working on Humax Freesat receivers with an enabled broadband connection.

This is only in test mode only atthe moment and is NOT an official release.

It is only available to people who have a UK ADSL / Boradband internet connection.

The UK BBC and ITV Iplayers will not be available in Spain, unless you connect to the internet via a proxy or VPN service.

To access this ITV Iplayer test:

Go to Freesat Information Channel 999.

Enter the following sequence of colour keys on your remote:

Green
Green
Blue
Green
Green

Press the red button to start the ITV Iplayer service

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Closure of Bravo on Sky and Virgin: TNA Wrestling Impact

As a result of the closure of Bravo on Sky and Virgin, many people are wondering what is happening to their programmes they used to watch on Bravo.

TNA Wrestling fans have been asking when TNA Wrestling programming would be made available to the Sky channels.

From Sky: "TNA will be broadcast on a different Sky channel when Bravo closes, we are trying to find out which channel this will be and will let you all know as soon as we find out"

From Dixie Carter: "Thanks to all of our fans in the United Kingdom for your support! Your voices truly made a difference today!"

In the mean time UK TNA Fans can make sure they don't miss an episode of iMPACT! while waiting for a new timeslot from Sky. Log on to TNAondemand.com, click the launch button, then click on the iMPACT UK button on the bottom left of the page. This free service is only available for the UK."

Bravo TV channels on Sky and Virgin to close


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Bravo TV channels on Sky and Virgin to close

Sky has confirmed the closure date for the Bravo channels as the 1st January 2011.

Sky acquired the Bravo / Living group of channels in June as part of the £160m deal to purchase the Living TV Group.

From January 1 next year, the Bravo family of channels - including Bravo, Bravo+1 and Bravo 2 - will cease broadcasting on all digital TV platforms, including Sky and Virgin Media.

Sky has decided to scrap the Bravo channel because it serves a similar demographic to Sky1.

Bravo, Bravo+1 and Bravo 2 will no longer be available after 31st December 2011.

They are being closed down and their programmes probably reallocated to Sky On and Sky Two.

Their Sky EPG data for the 1st January 2011 shows "No programme data available"

Channel One, the ex Virgin Channel, still has programme data available, so its closure may not be on the 1st January 2011 but later in the year.

Bravo TV channels on Sky and Virgin to close


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CNN+ on TDT closed down and no longer available

On December 30th 2011, CNN+, the Spanish version of the worldwide CNN News channels ceased transmissions yesterday.

On TDT in Spain, it has been replaced by a Telecinco channels, currently showing Gran Hermano - Spanish Big Brother!

This is the result of agreements bvetween Time Warner (CNN owners), Prisa and Mediaset, the latter two owning an operating the TDT slot where CNN+ was.



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Top Ten UK TV programmes 2010

Here is a list of the top ten most watched UK TV programmes this year (until 19th Dec!)


Top 10 TV shows

Rank, Title, Channel, Date, 000s, Share %,



1 The X Factor Results ITV1 12/12/2010 17,709 55
2 World Cup 2010: England v Germany BBC1 27/06/2010 17,452 81
3 EastEnders BBC1 19/02/2010 16,407 57
4 Coronation Street ITV1 06/12/2010 14,747 48
5 World Cup 2010: England v Algeria ITV1 18/06/2010 14,623 58
6 Britain’s Got Talent ITV1 05/06/2010 13,497 55
7 I’m A Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here! ITV1 04/12/2010 13,484 47
8 Strictly Come Dancing BBC1 18/12/2010 13,083 48
9 Doctor Who BBC1 01/01/2010 12,271 39
10 Downton Abbey ITV1 07/11/2010 10,770 36




Source: Barb

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ITV1+1: official start date announced

The new ITV1+1 timeshift channel will start on January 11, 2011.

Sky and Freesat channel numbers are still to be released.



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Two CBS HD coming channels soon....

CBS, the mass media broadcasting company have been granted licenses for two new high-definition channels, CBS Action HD and CBS Drama HD.

The standard-definition counterparts are already broadcasted on Freesat (channel 137 and 134) and on Sky (channels 148 and 149).

CBS have always been known as a ‘free’ channel broadcaster in this country, with the majority of their channels FTA (free-to-air) available on both Freesat and Sky.

Itis unclear if these will be available for free (on Freesat), or if they will require a Sky HD subscription to view.

If they do lauch free to air then it would be a massive boost to Freesat , which presently only has 3 HD channels on the EPG; BBC1 HD, BBC HD and ITV1 HD.


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Three new channels coming in 2011

Three "exciting new television channels" are expected in early 2011. They are expected to be free to air, but may end up being Freesat exclusive and not available on Sky boxes - at the moment this is unknown.

Electric Sofa Media, the UK’s newest broadcaster, plan to launch three new television channels on in early 2011.

The channels are focused on entertainment and film covering all ages:

Film GB – The first ever TV channel devoted exclusively to British cinema - a mixture of classic and new movies, including family favourites and brand new British films.

Sofa Stars – The new home of the best entertainment - entertainment, documentaries, dramas and daily news every weekday evening.

Sofa Screen – A new movie channel targeting 25-44 year olds - tearjerkers, family favourites, thrillers, horror, sci-fi and much more.

It is unknown if these will also be available on Sky boxes, as Freesat do seem to be getting some freesat exclusive channels - like the recently launched Movies For Men. Non Sky boxes should be Ok.

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ITV1+1 testing starts : frequency details

The first ITV1+1 region has started testing on Astra 2D

Frequency 10891 H 22000 5/6

Tagged as 10145

This is just one region out of the expected 6

And as it is on an Astra 2d horizontal frequency will not be available all day in the Costa Blanca

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