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Originally Posted by Media Boy UK
Any tests yet for Pick HD and Sky Replay HD (Streaming on Sky Glass right now.) Plus Sky Kids Channel?
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The last time I looked at the capacity map, which is just a graphical indication of slots available on each transport stream, there weren't any issues with adding extra HD channels. Of course, the addition of 3 extra UHD slots has filled up a lot of that space. Probably why the SD channel cull has been timed to coincide with this. My guess is that there will be a big housekeeping exercise after the removal, with some transport streams being opened up for new HD channels. It will be interesting to look at the capacity map after Tuesday's removals, or a week or so later when Virgin gets around to cleaning up any remnants of the SD channels (and after any info slates have been removed).
But, to answer your question, there are no visible tests at the moment for the channels you mentioned. However, it would be a good time for Virgin to start SD > HD conversions following Tuesday's changes. (Being a good time to start this doesn't necessarily mean it will happen).