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I think it will be a foreign channel.

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Thanks for info.

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Has Notts TV already started elsewhere, or was it's start date delayed on all platforms?

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Launch on Freeview on Tuesday.
Launch on Virgin Media today.
Launch on Sky - later this year.

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Whatever it is, i'm assuming by the name that it is an HD channel. My money would go on a shopping channel too :(

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Maybe an new HD channel from Sony for Sony MAX.

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Cheers MB. I wonder what "technical issues"prevented them from launching on VM on time.

I ask because, in my experience, this catch all term is often used by industry (not just TV channels) as a cover up for incompetence or to mask more serious problems.

I remember when Pricedrop/Bid TV broadcast that they just had a few "technical problems", before going off air for good!

Another example is of a former competitor of ours that didn't open one weekend as they couldn't afford to buy any stock to sell, but, of course, the notice on the door referred to the reason as "technical issues" :D

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It's not a shopping nor a foreign channel - it's the new MaxDev channel to be transmitted across the border to Scotland to show them what they missed by voting for independence (to start after 14th September - so coming soon) :D:D

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Done a bit of digging around and found this http://www.max.tv/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 2
 

I wouldn't discount an HBO channel or app launching on Virgin Media. Sky's exclusivity deal only applies to first run shows, and given how far behind we are now with the worthwhile stuff on Sky Atlantic such as Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones, getting SA now would be of limited benefit to us.

If such a channel launched this year, we could have a lot of older HBO material, and there must be quite a lot of this as they have been broadcasting in the States for many years. Added to this, we would have the prospect of getting those SA programmes we've been hankering for in the near future - some of them like Treme may be available immediately. Game of Thrones, however, may still be about two years off before we can get it if an HBO channel/streaming service is what is coming.

It would certainly explain why VM have still not agreed with Sky to launch SA on cable. This was looking like a very real prospect eight or nine months ago, when both sides were reported as being much more realistic about the situation.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 2
 

I've heard a whsiper that Channel 5 intend to bid for 2nd run rights of Game of thrones, not sure if to believe it or not yet.

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hav god forsaken us :( bloody more shopping channels

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Well they need the money from somewhere they lost from the Bid Shopping channels.

Do Max (Shopping channel) still broadcast on Sky?

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Well, the new owners of Channel 5 may be seeking to make an impression! I would have thought it would have been a bit expensive for a non-subscription channel, though, unless this is a loss leader.

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Its a load of baloney Sir.:nono: