Originally Posted by undertakereddie (Post 35771121)

Why Don't Sky Give Brand New Names For There Entertainment Channels Such as:

Rename Sky 1 into Sky Family

Rename Sky Living into Sky Crime

Rename Sky Atlantic into Sky Exsclusive

Rename Pick TV into Sky Free Range

Rename Challenge into Sky Entertainment

Rename Sky Arts 1 into Sky Performance

Rename Sky Arts 2 into Sky Lifestyle

Thats what i would do if i was BskyB.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35771122)

Sky Free Range....................are they branching into food ?

Scrambled or poached anyone :D

Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35771123)

I think Sky would end up with egg on their face if they went for those names.

Originally Posted by Nightdeamon (Post 35771134)

Could living be rebranded Sky America perhaps?

Originally Posted by Nightdeamon (Post 35771134)

Could living be rebranded Sky America perhaps?

Originally Posted by Gavin-D (Post 35771125)

Any news on spike TV coming to VM? launches on Wednesday on Freeview, Freesat, Sky & Talk Talk but typically nothing agreed with VM by the looks of it

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35770865)

The saliant point is that the information is in the public domain for those with the capability of tuning into off EPG broadcasts.

You're right in that some 'leaks' can be traced back to the individual concerned and that it's not worth someone losing their job over, but I can't see it being possible in this instance.

All we know is that a number of unamed channels are testing on the system and that a sizeable number of people have access to this information. I doubt VM are particularly bothered, particularly as the channel names have been coded and the broadcasts encrypted.

That's not to say that I would encourage anybody to breach a trust on information passed to them.

Originally Posted by harry_hitch (Post 35771161)

Well MB's source is (for whatever reason) clearly concerned about it, regardless of how many people are testing, even in this instance. I don't understand why you can't grasp that.

Originally Posted by Gavin-D (Post 35771125)

Any news on spike TV coming to VM? launches on Wednesday on Freeview, Freesat, Sky & Talk Talk but typically nothing agreed with VM by the looks of it

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35771177)

It's not really launching on TalkTalk. TalkTalk YouView, BT YouView and retail YouView boxes provide the standard Freeview channels of which Spike will be one. But I appreciate that Spike's website does state TalkTalk so perhaps TalkTalk has paid to be included on the adverts and BT has not.

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35771177)

It's not really launching on TalkTalk. TalkTalk YouView, BT YouView and retail YouView boxes provide the standard Freeview channels of which Spike will be one. But I appreciate that Spike's website does state TalkTalk so perhaps TalkTalk has paid to be included on the adverts and BT has not.

Originally Posted by johnathome (Post 35771193)

I'm sure i read somewhere that Spike will be on 2 channels on TalkTalk youview? The normal Freeview and then further up the channel numbers in the TalkTalk 'band'.

Pretty pointless i know but there you go!

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35771195)

Hmmmm, an interesting observation.



Have Talk Talk rented some Freeview capacity?

Originally Posted by Nightdeamon (Post 35771134)

Could living be rebranded Sky America perhaps?

Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35771196)

No they use the internet to stream channels.

Originally Posted by johnathome (Post 35771193)

I'm sure i read somewhere that Spike will be on 2 channels on TalkTalk youview? The normal Freeview and then further up the channel numbers in the TalkTalk 'band'.

Pretty pointless i know but there you go!

Originally Posted by nodrogd (Post 35771236)

Spike will be on the COM6 mux so wont be available to customers on Freeview Lite. I assume the dual slots would make a streamed version available to those people who cant get it "off-air".