Re: Freeview changes
 

Here is the up to date list of space on Freeview being unused.

24 hours slots:
-Old Talk slot on SDN/COM4
-Old Seen on TV slot on COM6

Part time slots:
-Together TV slot on SDN/COM4 not in Wales (6pm to Midnight only)

All information right at time of posting.

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Freeview to move BBC Local Radio to new Channel numbers today

https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/work...hannel-numbers

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Today's Freeview changes in full:

BBC A:
Move to new channel numbers (from Channel 719 to Channel 711:
BBC Radio Berkshire (Berkshire)
BBC Radio Bristol (Bristol)
BBC Radio CWR (Coventry & Warwickshire)
BBC Radio Jersey (Jersey)
BBC Radio Kent (Kent)
BBC Radio Leeds (Leeds)
BBC Radio Manchester (Manchester)
BBC Radio Newcastle (Newcastle)
BBC Radio Norfolk (Norfolk)
BBC Radio Scotland (Scotland)
BBC Radio Ulster (Northern Ireland)
BBC Radio Wales (Wales)

Move to new channel numbers (from Channel 720 to Channel 712:
BBC Radio Cymru (Wales)
BBC Radio Devon (Devon)
BBC Radio Foyle (Northern Ireland)
BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester (Hereford & Worcester)
BBC Radio Lancashire (Lancashire)
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal (Scotland)
BBC Radio Nottingham (Nottingham)
BBC Radio Suffolk (Suffolk)
BBC Radio Sussex (Sussex)
BBC Radio York (York)
BBC Three Counties Radio (Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire & Buckinghamshire)

Move to new channel numbers (from Channel 721 to Channel 713:
BBC Radio Cornwall (Cornwall)
BBC Radio Cumbria (Cumbria)
BBC Radio Cymru 2 (Wales)
BBC Radio Guernsey (Guernsey)
BBC Radio Humberside (Humberside)
BBC Radio Leicester (Leicester)
BBC Radio London (London)
BBC Radio Shropshire (Shropshire)

Move to new channel numbers (from Channel 722 to Channel 714:
BBC Radio Wiltshire (Wiltshire)
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire)
BBC Radio Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire)
BBC Radio Merseyside (Merseyside)
BBC Radio Oxford (Oxford)
BBC Radio Solent (Southampton, Hampshire & Isle of Wight)
BBC Radio Somerset (Somerset)
BBC Radio Surrey (Surrey)
BBC Radio Tees (Some areas of Durham & North Yorkshire)

Move to new channel numbers (from Channel 726 to Channel 715:
BBC Radio Stoke (Stoke)
BBC Radio Somerset (Dorset)

Move to new channel numbers (from Channel 734 to Channel 716:
BBC Radio Essex (Essex)
BBC Radio Northampton (Northampton)
BBC Radio Sheffield (Sheffield)
BBC Radio Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire)

Move to new channel numbers (from Channel 735 to Channel 717:
BBC Radio Derby (Derby)

COM4:
Added:
GINX TV to Channel 296

Rebrand:
Dave Ja Vu has been rebrand U&Dave JaVu
Drama has been rebrand U&Drama

COM5:
Rebrand:
Dave has been rebrand U&Dave
Drama +1 has been rebrand U&Drama+1
Yesterday +1 has been rebrand U&Yesterday +1

COM6:
Moved:
Seen on TV has moved from Channel 94 to Channel 79

Rebrand:
Yesterday has been rebrand U&Yesterday
That's 60s has been rebrand That's 80s

Manchester:
Moved:
That's TV 2 has moved from Channel 92 to Channel 87
That's TV Memories moved from Channel 95 to Channel 88
TV Warehouse has moved from Channel 87 to Channel 92
TV Warehouse +1 has moved from Channel 88 to Channel 95

Rebrand:
That's 60s rebrand as That's 80s on Channel 77.

https://www.freeview.co.uk/updates-a...s-17-july-2024

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BBC Radio Gloucestershire moved from 735 to 716 sidestepping the method used by other channels.
Channel 715 is
BBC Radio Stoke (Stoke)
BBC Radio Solent for Dorset not BBC Radio Somerset
Interesting that the old Talk TV slot has been left in place duplicating the IPTV service on 294.
I hear the standby team at UKTTVC managed to get everything together without the usual crew and eventually managed to update the blog with the technical details of all of the changes. https://ukterrestrialtvchanges.blogspot.com
Normal service should be resumed by next month hopefully.

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The UKTTVC did ask me for help this month on X.

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The DTT analysis, in terms of organisation is, pretty much, a one man band. When that one person is unexpectedly unavailable and a major update happens it is very difficult for support staff to pull everything together. It is also still at the beta stage, so a lot of manual updates are needed as the database is being built.
There were quite a lot of people pulled in to help set up new database routines this month. For example, there were no routines for complex changes such as the local radio ones. The analysts were quite brilliant with some of the things they managed to set up, actually setting up some routines for future updates.
It will also help when Wakefield monitoring is brought online, which will only gather the relevant information for analysis. The current monitoring location gathers all information for all multiplexes across several regions. So it takes far too long before information is available for analysis.

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Meets the Babes is set to close on Virgin Media on July 31st and they broadcast under other names:

Astra UK - Get Lucky
Freeview - Smile TV3*
Virgin UK - Meets the Babes

*Maybe sister Channel Babestation will move into Smile TV3 slot on Freeview on COM5.

So that Babestation can give up it slot on COM6 as channel do Timeshares with PBS America, Together TV +1 and Jewellery Maker.

Rumour online months ago did say that Xpanded TV was set to close on Freeview but that did not happen.

Re: Freeview changes
 

Here is the up to date list of space on Freeview being unused.

24 hours slots:
-Old Talk slot on SDN/COM4
-Old Seen on TV slot on COM6

Part time slots:
-Together TV slot on SDN/COM4 not in Wales (6pm to Midnight only)
-Smile TV3 slot on COM5 (Midnight to 5am only)

All information right at time of posting.

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Following the closure of "Meet The Babes":

LCN 673 Smile TV3 was carrying BabestationX the PIN protected pay-per-view service from 10pm via an MHEG interface with no option available for newer TVs with hbbTV interfaces.

SmileTV3 continues on Freeview "in the clear" after midnight.

That form of PIN access has been bypassed in the past, so a very insecure way of trying to get £10 per view from the viewers.

Re: Freeview changes
 

Digital Spy Forum is reporting that GREAT! Christmas will starts on September 5th.


Here is the up to date list of space on Freeview being unused.

24 hours slots:
-Old Talk slot on SDN/COM4
-Old Seen on TV slot on COM6

Part time slots:
-Together TV slot on SDN/COM4 not in Wales (6pm to Midnight only)

All information right at time of posting.

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OFCOM has given out a new broadcasting licence to U (BBC Studio) for U&Eden to launch on Freeview soon.

Re: Freeview changes
 

Here is the up to date list of space on Freeview being unused.

24 hours slots:
-Old Talk slot on SDN/COM4
-A new unuse slot on COM5^
-A new unuse slot on COM6^^
-Old Seen on TV slot on COM6

^New slot open up around July 31st
^^New slot open up around August 6th

Part time slots:
-Together TV slot on SDN/COM4 not in Wales (6pm to Midnight only)

All information right at time of posting.

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What is Great! Real showing now as it closes today?

If it's a caption, does it mention anything about Tiny Pop returning to Freeview?

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An MHEG slate stating "This service has now closed.". Or, for hbbTV models a "not available" prompt (will depend on manufacturer / model) and a red button prompt to launch Great! Player. Not a consistent approach as hbbTV should have an HTML slate but that's Freeview these days. Some TVs will show nothing at all as it is on the local mux with limited coverage.

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Thanks, I never knew that it was only on a local mux.

As Real wasn't on Virgin, had limited Freeview coverage and I don't think it was on Freesat, i'm not surprised it didn't take off!