Keep It Country leaving Freeview when it changes name
23-06-2019, 23:39
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Keep It Country leaving Freeview when it changes name
Apparently Keep It Country announced during a broadcast that when they change name to Spotlight TV they will no longer be on Freeview due to cost.
So there will be an almost national space left on Freeview soon. Almost, as they have the slot that isn't in Wales as E4 uses it there due to S4C
Though given the BBC/S4C situation (with them helping fund it) these days and a small rule change with their SD multiplex they could move S4C to the space the BBC Scotland channel uses (the BBC has recently already configured their SD Mux in rest of the UK to work like in Scotland), then C4 could use the space they use in the rest of country for E4 and the KIC space could be national.
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23-06-2019, 23:59
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Re: Keep It Country leaving Freeview when it changes name
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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
Apparently Keep It Country announced during a broadcast that when they change name to Spotlight TV they will no longer be on Freeview due to cost.
So there will be an almost national space left on Freeview soon. Almost, as they have the slot that isn't in Wales as E4 uses it there due to S4C
Though given the BBC/S4C situation (with them helping fund it) these days and a small rule change with their SD multiplex they could move S4C to the space the BBC Scotland channel uses (the BBC has recently already configured their SD Mux in rest of the UK to work like in Scotland), then C4 could use the space they use in the rest of country for E4 and the KIC space could be national.
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When will it close?
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24-06-2019, 00:21
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Re: Keep It Country leaving Freeview when it changes name
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When will it close?
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I think I read end of June.
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24-06-2019, 02:51
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Re: Keep It Country leaving Freeview when it changes name
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I think I read end of June.
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AIUI, it will be removed from Freeview when it changes name to Spotlight TV and reduces the amount of country music that it shows.
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26-06-2019, 03:47
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Re: Keep It Country leaving Freeview when it changes name
From July 1st Spotlight TV, previously Keep It Country will move to Freeview Channel 264.
Keep It Country will stop broadcasting on Freeview Channel 87 as soon as Wednesday (June 26th) night.
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26-06-2019, 21:21
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Re: Keep It Country leaving Freeview when it changes name
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Originally Posted by Media Boy
From July 1st Spotlight TV, previously Keep It Country will move to Freeview Channel 264.
Keep It Country will stop broadcasting on Freeview Channel 87 as soon as Wednesday (June 26th) night.
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Yeah, it's going streaming instead (cheaper).
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01-07-2019, 20:45
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Re: Keep It Country leaving Freeview when it changes name
KIC’s CEO is quoting the £4 million Freeview wanted for them to stay in the slot as an unviable figure to pay out. Hence the snipe earlier about the BBC/ITV/C4 “cartel” he sees as milking money out of any channel joining Freeview.
Will be interesting to see if Total Country, which now has a Freeview licence, will pursue a vacated slot.
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23-07-2019, 18:14
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Re: Keep It Country leaving Freeview when it changes name
Spotlight TV has re-appeared on KICs old channel 87 slot for viewers in Manchester, where they have joined the Greater Manchester local mini-mux.
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