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spent 15 mins looking for that where the tweet said but its not there for me :S signed up now :)

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Fantastic news. Just can't believe how long it's taken to get these great channels. Looking forward to the new football season more than ever now. And the chance to enjoy Sky Movies in HD too. Not so fussed about the red button myself but I can imagine how most people feel on here.

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I think OFCOM only looked into Sky Sports 1 & 2 not sure if that is to do with the rate card or not so that is why we are only getting 2 HD channels. Not sure why OFCOM didn't group them altogether as that would have made far more sense.

Lets hope selling the VMTV channels doesn't turn out to be a bad move as it gives Sky even more power over the pay tv market

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Well there are the many additional channels available on Sky and, once you have a satellite system, with a larger or motorised dish, you have the option to pick up even more Free-to-Air or Free-to-View channels from all over Europe. You can take your subscription viewing card with you to anywhere with a suitable box (e.g. on holiday or to a relative with a basic package) or get a mobile satellite kit and enjoy you favourite TV wherever you go!

But apart from that, no reason at all that I can think of. ;)

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My ITV1HD channel is now showing Central News rather than London Tonight down here in the Devon.

Guess the roll out of ITV regions has gone ahead.

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I wouldn't consider Devon very central! Is that your correct region now?

I only recently discovered, when playing with a set-top-aerial, that we get BBC South. We do have the choice of a number of transponders including Oxford (BBC South & Central I expect), Sandy Heath and a couple of others.

A few years ago I had a portable in the garden and got Anglia which is what we used to get before we had cable. The house had two aerials on the roof but only one was wired into the living room. The one pointing to Oxford had been wired into one of the bedrooms.

I know all of the terrestrial regions have been whittled down to a few and I ought to know what I would be getting if we used DTT so I guess I need to do some research.

It is annoying that, on VM cable, we get BBC London News and, presumably, the same on ITV.

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ITV1 HD is showing Granada reports at 18:00 in Darlington why not North East Tonight.

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Don't you get an alternative ITV/BBC as well. We have one around channel 856 I think for BBC with an ITV near to it?

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has anyone got a list of which channels Sky have bought ? Just read this is the VM channels not the UKTC channels VM has a stake it.

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The acquisition of VMtv involves Sky acquiring LIVING, LIVINGit, Challenge, Challenge Jackpot, Bravo, Bravo 2 and Virgin1. Sky will not license the Virgin brand and will announce the new channel brand for Virgin1 in due course.

They have not sold the uktv channels as i cannot see bskyb and the bbc getting on as they seem to hate each other :erm:

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Anyone spotted this:

Sky One HD and a few more will now be coming to Virgin Media - although the company has not yet finalised what the pricing will be or what TV packages will get the channels.

So it looks like they may not be free an less they make them free for the XL TV package.

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I am in the central area checked on the epg for next 7 days and it shows
central news

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Maybe this is a good thing. Change of scenery. Different perspective. :)

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Yes, 861 - BBC England and 853 - ITV with Audio Description. Still the same regional variations AFAIK. I haven't yet done extensive studies.

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You neglected to mention where you are. Town and outbound postcode would be good.

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Granada Reports is on ITV1HD for me correctly but it still has at the bottom "Your regional programming is available on ITV1"

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I doubt $ky would let VM offer their HD channels for free on XL TV when they charge £10 per month for the privelege themselves.

That is what is known as shooting yourself in the foot :)