ITV2 HD to launch on Sky HD on October 7

ITV will launch a high definition simulcast of the ITV2 channel on Sky on October 7.

In August, ITV confirmed its move into pay-TV with the launch of high definition versions of ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 exclusively on Sky.

According to advanced programme listings information, ITV2 HD will be the first channel to launch, becoming available to Sky+ HD subscribers on October 7.

The channel will carry a selection of programmes in native HD, including 71 Degrees North, The Xtra Factor, Gossip Girl and The Vampire Diaries.

ITV3 HD and ITV4 HD will launch on Sky later in the year.

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ITV2 HD testing?

There are reports that test have strated for the soon to be launched ITV2HD.

As prevoisuly mentioned this will only be available on Sky HD boxes, and at the moment, looks like it will only be available with a Sky HD subscription.

ITV2 HD is said to be testing on 11758H 29500 3/4

This is an Astra 2A north beam, which may be tricky to receive in certian areas of Spain mid afternoon.

Will try and keep you updated.

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Free Sky Movies - for a weekend

Sky Movies for Free - Free weekend soon
According to the latest Sky magazine, Sky movies will be free to all nonsky movies subscribers.

Tihs will also apply to the HD Sky Movie channel also.

This will be from 6pm on Friday October 2010 until 6am on Monday 1st November 2010.

This will be similar to this last weekends free sky sports day, and will be available to SKY SUBSCRIBERS ONLY.

It will not be available to freesatfromsky card users.

Free Sky Movies for Sky Subscribers - Special Weekend Offer

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The Simpsons in HD on Antena 3 HD on Spanish Digital TV

Antena 3 has announced that the new season of the Simpsons, wil be broadcast in 16:9 widescreen format and native HD.

This Tuesday September 28 Antena 3 will launch its new channel, a simulcast of the Antean 3 channel in HD

This announcement was made on the same day that Telecinco HD was announced as the first private channel to adopt this format. In some areas Telecinco HD is already available.

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Sky Sports Free - Sunday 26th September

Sky SPorts is opening up all 4 Sky Sports channels on Sunday the 26th of September so that you can experience Sky Sports for yourself. To enjoy the day all you need to do is tune in!

There's a wide range of sport on across the day including live coverage of two Barclays Premier League games, Spanish Football, the Tour Championship and European Golf on Sky Sports 1 & 2, SPL, Rugby League and NFL on Sky Sports 3 & 4.

All Sky TV, Virgin Media and UPC customers that do not subscribe to a Sky Sports package will be able to get Sky Sports for free. Freeview, BT Vision and TUTV customers will not be able to watch.

Sky TV, Virgin Media and UPC customers can watch Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Sky HD customers with a Sky+HD box can also watch all four channels in HD.
Virgin Media HD customers can watch Sky Sports 1 and 2 in HD.

It's on from 6am on Sunday 26th to 6am on Monday 27th September.

At the moment it is unclear if this is just for Sky subscribers who do not have Sky Sports, or if it will be opened to people with freesatfromsky cards.

Sky Sports 1,2 and 3 are available around most of Spain on an 80cm dish. Sky Sports 4 is a bit trickier to receive, even on big dishes!

Sky Sports Open Day highlights - Your TV Guide:


Sky Sports 1/Sky Sports HD1 (channel 401/408)
1330 - 1600 Wolves v Aston Villa
1600 - 1830 Newcastle v Stoke City
1900 - 2200 Rugby League (matches tbc)

Sky Sports 2/Sky Sports HD2 (channel 402/409)
1200 - 1600 Vivendi Euro Golf
1600 - 2300 Tour Championship Golf

Sky Sports 3/Sky Sports HD3 (channel 403/418)
1500 - 2000 Rugby League finals

Sky Sports 4/Sky Sports HD4 (channel 404/454)
1230 - 1500 Aberdeen v Rangers
1730 - 0030 Rugby League: Atlanta Falcons @ New Orleans Saints (1730) and Indianapolis Colts @ Denver Broncos (2100)
0300 - 0600 Live NFL (tbc)


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Sky 3d TV - coming soon - explained by Stephen Fry

With the launch of Sky UKs 3D TV channel to the public, in addition to the select few UK pubs, on the 1st October 2010, Sky and Stephen Fry take you through what to expect with Sky 3D and the technology involved for 3d television.



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WWE wrestling on Spanish TDT TV

Marca TV makes a move with WWE wrestling.

With millions of fans around the world Marca Tv, on SPainish TDT Digital TV, will broadcast every weekend the best fights of the two WWE brands, Smackdown and Raw.

In the nineties, a group of titans, men of colossal strength able to knock down on the mat to anyone who tried to shade them in a ring, raided Spanish television willing to become heroes of the smallest of the house. With them, our country reached the fever for the American wrestling, and of one of the world's largest companies dedicated to this sporting event: WWF (now known as WWE).

Now, far from that wrestling craze is gone, Marca TV will offer the best of what is, at this time, the largest and most important company in the world of wrestling: WWE.

Beginning today and every Friday at 00:00 pm and Saturdays at 22:30 hours, Marca Tv on TDT will broadcast the WWE brand's flagship programmes: Smackdown and Raw.

One of the most followed sporting events in the U.S., viewers and fans of wrestling will be delighted with the in ring moves of old and new stars like The Undertaker, Triple H, Kane, Randy Orton , John Cena, Rey Mysterio, The Miz, John Morrison, Edge, Chris Jericho, Sheamus, Big Show, Christian, CM Punk, Jack Swagger or MVP, in addition to the large and beautiful divas of the sport sich as Michelle McCool, Layla, Melina, Alicia Fox, Beth Phoenix, Kelly Kelly, Eve and Maryse.

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Live Football on Spanish GOL TV - TDT

Sunday's spectacular three classics of world football, MANCHESTER UNITED vs. LIVERPOOL, AT. MADRID vs. FC BARCELONA and Benfica vs. SPORTING

Four Liga matches, ahead of the Premier League on GOL TV

VIERNES 17 DE SEPTIEMBRE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

Jose Mourinho PRESS CONFERENCE (13:00) LIVE

WORLD GOL: PREVIA LIGA ADELANTE (20:00) LIVE

LIGA ADELANTE: VILLARREAL “B” vs. LAS PALMAS (21:00) LIVE


SÁBADO 18 DE SEPTIEMBRE SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER

PRESS CONFERENCE Josep Guardiola (1300) LIVE

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: STOKE CITY vs. WEST HAM (13:45) LIVE

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: EVERTON vs. NEWCASTLE (16:00) LIVE

SPANISH LIGA BBVA: MALLORCA vs. OSASUNA (18:00) LIVE

SPANISH LIGA BBVA: SPORTING vs. ATHLETIC (20:00) LIVE

GOL LIVE (00:00) LIVE


DOMINGO 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: MANCHESTER UNITED vs. LIVERPOOL (14:30) LIVE

SPANISH LIGA ADELANTE: GIMNÀSTIC vs. RAYO VALLECANO (17:00) LIVE

SPANISH LIGA BBVA: AT. MADRID vs. BARCELONA (19:00) LIVE

SPANISH LIGA PORTUGUESA: BENFICA vs. SPORTING (21:15) LIVE


LUNES 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20

MUNDO GOL: WORLD GOL: PRE MATCH LIGA BBVA (20:00) LIVE

SPANISH LIGA BBVA: DEPORTIVO vs. GETAFE (21:00) LIVE

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Bravo and Channel One (Virgin) to close on Sky TV

BSkyB is to close Bravo and general entertainment station Channel One, putting more than 50 jobs at risk, as part of the integration of Living TV Group.

BSkyB has decided to focus on the Living TV channel portfolio, which will see a 25% boost to its programming budget, and the gameshow and quiz channel Challenge. According to media reports, Sky has decided to focus all of its attention on the Living TV channel portfolio and gameshow network Challenge.


Living TV Group, which is home to shows including Grey's Anatomy, Britain's Next Top Model and Sons of Anarchy, currently employs 110 staff. There will be just 58 roles after integration, but it is understood that there are a significant number of positions potentially available in other parts of the BSkyB operation.

BSkyB is understood to have decided to jettison Bravo, which launched as a cable channel in 1985, because it reaches a similar demographic to Sky1 but is not believed to have the same brand equity or reach.

BSkyB is backing Living TV because, outside of sport, it is second only to Sky1 in popularity among its basic pay-TV channels. BSkyB has failed to target the female market as successfully as Living TV, which has a two-year deal with Katie Price. Sky closed its own attempt to target a female audience, Sky Real Lives, earlier this year.

It was decided that Channel One, which was rebranded from Virgin 1 in August following BSkyB's acquisition of Living TV Group for £160m in July, was too similar to Sky3, which it sits alongside as a free-to-air channel on Freeview.

BSkyB intends to "redeploy" the channels' programming, with pay-TV shows moving to other Sky channels and free-to-air fare mostly moving to Sky3.

Bravo is home to shows including Spartacus, Dog the Bounty Hunter and Sons of Anarchy. Spin-off channel Bravo 2 will also disappear. BSkyB has not said what it intends to do with the channel slot.

Challenge will move free-to-air in Channel One's slot, which will effectively double its audience reach, as BSkyB looks to grow its presence in quizzes and gameshows. There are longer-term possibilities of tie-ups with Sky Bet.

Staff have been informed of the integration plans this afternoon with all staff, including the Living TV Group managing director, Jonathan Webb, under review.

The review has been carried out by Sophie Turner Laing, the managing director of entertainment, news and broadcast operations at BSkyB.

"Content is at the heart of Sky's strategy," she said. "Living is already one of the best pay-TV channels around and is obviously a great fit with our existing channels like Sky1. There is so much potential for further development and we intend to increase on-screen investment in Living by around a quarter as part of our expanded channel portfolio. This is a big part of our plans to bring customers great content from channel brands that really cut through."

BSkyB moved quickly to announce the integration of Living TV Group after being given final clearance by the Office of Fair Trading only yesterday.

The Living TV Group integration adds to what is expected to be a major revamp of BSkyB's entertainment programming after the broadcaster struck a five-year £150m deal for the exclusive UK rights to the entire HBO catalogue of shows including The Wire, True Blood and The Sopranos.

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MTV will launch for free on TDT in Spain on September 16

MTV will launch for free on TDT in Spain on September 16

It will start by broadcasting the most spectacular music awards and shocking the world: the MTV Video Music Awards.
At 21:00 Johann Wald will welcome all viewiers with a special program from Los Angeles, on the red carpet at the MTV VMAs. Then the 2010 MTV VMAs will be shown, on MTV Spain, whch will be available for free and with no subscription on TDT.

After the half-hour special, the MTV Video Music Awards 2010 will be broadcast in full and dubbed into Castilian.

The MTV VMAs ceremony brings together the biggest stars in show business and entertainment, and every year it amazes with the exceptional quality of their live performances and surprises that can only happen on MTV.

This year live performances at the MTV VMAs include Linkin Park, Usher, Paramore, Eminem, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Drake, BoB, Florence & The Machine, and Travi McCoy, Jason and Robyn Derulo.

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