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Sky1 as we know it launch before Channel 4 did in 1982.

-Sky 1 started on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television Ltd. Channel 4 was launch that following November.
-On 27 June 1983, the shareholders of Satellite Television agreed a £5 million offer to give News International 65% of the company. On 16 January 1984 the channel was renamed Sky Channel.
-On 31 July 1989, Sky Channel was rebrand as Sky One.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_1

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There's only really a bunch of shows we watch religiously in our house. Game of Thrones, Penny Dreadful, Boardwalk Empire, Banshee, The Following and The Borgias........ before it got cancelled. I watch Mr. Sloane and my wife watches Seinfeld and The Sopranos. We give most new things a try on the channel but not everything is to our taste and there is a lot of filler. The quality of the shows is top notch but alternatives can be found on other channels. Vikings, Ripper Street, Dracula, The Blacklist, Sons of Anarchy and the Walking Dead are just as good or better than the majority of stuff on SKY Atlantic.

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And that's my least favourite "show" on SKY News.

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Update:

Sky have confirmed that the Eredivisie games of ADO Den Haag VS Feyenoord and Ajax VS Vitesse Arnhem will be shown on August 10th on Sky Sports 4 from 11.30am before moving to Sky Sports 5 the week after.

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Digital Spy poster think ID HD is maybe testing on Sky right now.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...2&postcount=49

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First of all Richard we are not really a fan of suggestions as such and yes we do set up wishlists for quite a few different things but even with that there are still many interesting series and programmes you can pick up by trawling through certain parts of the EPG.

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BBC receives £500m offer for UKTV.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...old-dave-watch

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Thanks for link and that info.

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OK. My supplementary calculations:
Ireland accounts for 700,000 of those Sky TV customers ao the UK base figure should be 9.9m making 9.08% of Sky TV customers regular Atlantic viewers.

If we assume that Sky Atlantic would get similar viewing figures if it were on VM and TT then the viewing figures would be:
Sky 9.9m TV customers
VM 3.8m TV customers
TT 0.5m TV customers (Estimated and excludes those just those taking the Freeview channels)
Total 14.2m

14.2m x 9.08% = 1.3m

So if Sky Atlantic were available on the VM and TT platforms it would have a daily reach of 1.3m viewers in the UK making it the joint second largest pay-tv channel with Sky Living. Not bad for a fairly new channel.

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Freeview: Channel 4 +1 HD and 4seven HD available on Freeview.

On Tuesday 1 July Channel 4 will launch two new HD channels, Channel 4 +1 HD and 4seven HD, on Freeview.

The channels are available to over 70% of the UK population from our newly launched Freeview HD multiplex.

http://www.arqiva.com/news/press-rel...ew-hd-channels

Info from Arqiva/Channel 4.

THIS POST IS ONLY ON HERE DUE TO SOME VIRGIN MEDIA VIEWERS MAY ALSO HAVE FREEVIEW SOMETHERE IN THEY HOMES.

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SONY PICTURES TELEVISION TO ACQUIRE CSC MEDIA GROUP

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire CSC Media Group (CSC) in the UK.

Under the agreement, SPT will own and operate the 16 ad-supported channels in the company’s portfolio, pending regulatory approval.

https://www.onlinespt.com/aboutspt/viewPR.php?id=231

SPT will now own (* mean on Virgin Media right now):

-True Entertainment*
-SONY TV*
-True Movies 1*
-Tiny Pop*
-SONY TV Asia*
-SONY MAX*
-SONY SAB*
-Bliss
-Chart Show TV
-Chart Show TV Dance
-Flava
-Kix
-Kix +1
-POP
-Pop Girl
-Scuzz
-Starz TV
-The Vault
-Tiny Pop +1
-True Drama
-True Entertainment +1
-True Movies 2
-More>Movies
-More>Movies +1
-Movies 4 Men (Broadcasts in Smallworld areas right now).
-Movies 4 Men +1
-Sony Entertainment Television +1
-Sony Movie Channel
-Sony Movie Channel +1

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Wonder if we will get more channels then.

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But not justifying the price that VM are expected to pay for it! Otherwise, why not charge the same for Sky Living? The whole thing is just a ruse to enable Sky to claim that they have exclusive channels and that they have the best choice for viewers.

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The box is not capable of doing this for new series that haven't been on before, and we can't second guess what might come up that's new every week. For me, a trawl through the TV and Satellite Week before Saturday is essential to ensure I don't miss anything.

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They are both, Chad. Clearly, the +1 channels increase revenue, but they are also useful for those of us who record or watch a lot and frequently find programme clashes. Both sides win!

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Sure, the purpose of my post is to demonstrate to those who may believe otherwise that Sky Atlantic is performing well.

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Yes, thank you for putting that in context, it needed to be said. :)

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doing well your kidding right over 90% don't watch it :LOL:

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CSC deal with Virgin is maybe up this year last one was in March 2011.

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MB Views: What may happen to CSC Media and Sony channels after takeover!

-SONY TV may become know as SONY TV 1
-SONY TV +1 may become know as SONY TV 1 +1
-SONY may reuse True Drama channel slot for SONY TV 1 HD
-True Entertainment +1 may become know as SONY TV 2 +1
-True Entertainment and True Drama may become know as SONY TV 2
-True Movies 1 may become know as SONY Reallife Movies
-True Movies 2 may become know as SONY Reallife Movies +1*
-Tiny Pop may become know as SONY Kids Jr.
-Tiny Pop +1 may become know as SONY Kids Jr. +1
-POP may become know as SONY Kids
-POP +1 may become know as SONY Kids
-Kix and Pop Girl may become know as SONY Kids 2
-Kix +1 may become know as SONY Kids 2 +1

Sell Sky EPG Slots off:
-Pop Girl

Keep as now:
-SONY TV Asia*
-SONY MAX*
-SONY SAB*
-Bliss
-Chart Show TV
-Chart Show TV Dance
-Flava
-Scuzz
-Starz TV
-The Vault
-More>Movies
-More>Movies +1
-Movies 4 Men (Broadcasts in Smallworld areas right now).
-Movies 4 Men +1
-Sony Movie Channel
-Sony Movie Channel +1

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Eurosport player maybe coming to Virgin media via Tivo according to a source i'm at 45% chance of this happening.