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GOLD to rebrand as Christmas GOLD

Temporary rebrand over Christmas (October 2015)

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LL
London Lite Founding member
UKTV's Gold will rebrand as Christmas GOLD over the festive period as it shows classic Christmas shows.

This is announced as part of an interview with UKTV's chief executive as UKTV overtakes Sky's branded channels on share.

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2015/10/15/uktv-grows-audience-against-the-tide/
PF
PFML84
That ain't gonna fit on the EPG, so what will it be Chrstms Gld?
LL
London Lite Founding member
Paddy posted:
That ain't gonna fit on the EPG, so what will it be Chrstms Gld?


Xmas Gold would fit.
Rijowhi and bilky asko gave kudos
PF
PFML84
His name was Jesus Christ, not Jesus X! Laughing
Rory and ETP1 Forever gave kudos
MI
Michael
Paddy posted:
His name was Jesus Christ, not Jesus X! Laughing


Xristos.
WH
Whataday Founding member
As long as it's not Christmas.

EDIT: Sorry this was meant to say Cr*mbo, but it seems Asa has the good taste to autocorrect it!
Last edited by Whataday on 19 October 2015 9:15pm
SJ
sjhoward
Paddy posted:
His name was Jesus Christ, not Jesus X! Laughing


And you have a Mass to celebrate his birth, not a mas! Oh, wait...
DA
davidhorman
Michael posted:
Paddy posted:
His name was Jesus Christ, not Jesus X! Laughing


Xristos.


I thought that was the bad guy in For Your Eyes Only.

Oh, spoiler alert.
BA
bilky asko
Michael posted:
Paddy posted:
His name was Jesus Christ, not Jesus X! Laughing


Xristos.


Wiktionary gives a nice etymology:

Quote:
Attested in this form since 1755, and preceded by earlier forms such as X'temmas (1551) and Old English Χp̃es mæssa (1100), from Christmas, replacing Christ by the abbreviation X, from Ancient Greek Χ ‎(Kh, “(letter chi)”), from Χριστός ‎(Khristós, “Christ”). Surface analysis X ‎(“Christ”) +‎ -mas ‎(“holiday”). In popular use since late 19th century.
MI
Michael
I wasn't far off then. Anyway, his real name was Dave.
ST
Stuart
GOLD has to be in caps to match the channel branding, and that uses more space/pixels on the Sky EPG than just 'Gold', so I suspect it might be 'Chrstms GOLD' (if that fits) . . . Confused
MI
Michael
It'll be Xmas Gold, XMAS GOLD or Xmas GOLD.

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