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Originally Posted by Inactive Digital
The Good Food satellite transponder space seems to have remained with UKTV, as Really and Home are due to move frequency soon.
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The moving of Really and Home from UKTV's satellite transponder could be the final part of the jigsaw to allow UKTV to have HD versions of all its channels.
The services that are moving, or have closed, on satellite means there was at least 6 SD and 1 HD channels-worth of space freed.
Drama+1 launching brought this down to 5 SD and 1 HD and meant all UKTVs remaining channels had a +1.
5 SD channels is enough space for an HD channel so 5 SD and 1HD could (maybe, assuming there aren't some complications) become 2 HD channels instead. This could mean that Drama HD and Yesterday HD could launch and UKTV would have completed the HD set.
Just a theory, and likely an oversimplification on my part. But a possibility.
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If you are wondering where the channels come from.
The channels about to move off UKTVs satellite transponder are: Home, Home+1, Really and Really (Irish adverts version).
So 4 SD.
Add to that the closure of Good Food SD, Good Food +1, and Good Food HD. Which is 2 SD and 1 HD.
And you get 6 SD and 1 HD. Minus Drama+1 launch and you get 5 SD and 1 HD.
I had no idea there was a version of Really for the Irish ad market.