Look like no channels are set to move over to MPEG4 this week.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
The very first Sky channel was 'Sky Channel'. When they increased their number of channels it was renamed to Sky 1, so I think that the original intention was to go down the route of numbering them, but then it was decided to name them by genre. With this in mind, Sky 1 etc are a bit of an anomoly so you could well be right.
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Sky One did not start up as Sky Channel (Information found on Wikipedia):
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Sky One started on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and was Europe's first ever cable and satellite channel.
On 27 June 1983, the shareholders of Satellite Television agreed a £5 million offer to give News International 65% of the company. Murdoch extended the broadcast hours and the number of countries the station broadcast to including the United Kingdom. On 16 January 1984, the channel was renamed Sky Channel.
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Sky One was launch on February 5th 1989:
When it moved over to Astra 1A
At launch the only UK Channels was (As seen by me in mid 1990):
-ScreenSport (Later tookover by Eurosport)
-Eurosport (Was part own by Sky until 1991)
-The Children's Channel - 6am to 10am Weekdays or 12pm weekends
-Lifestyle
-Sky One
-Sky News
-MTV Europe
-Sky Movies