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JO
Johnnie
I'm getting a "Temporary off air" warning on channel 705 and have been since adding the channel on Friday morning, does anyone know why? (Crystal Palace)
BB
BBC TV Centre
Johnnie posted:
I'm getting a "Temporary off air" warning on channel 705 and have been since adding the channel on Friday morning, does anyone know why? (Crystal Palace)


It's working here - with the MHEG layer on top ...

http://tvforum.ath.cx:8080/tvftemp/bbeye.jpg

And without, it is displaying some sort of BB feed interleaved with adverts (I suspect this is E4 Confused ).

http://tvforum.ath.cx:8080/tvftemp/c4ident.jpg

Also, does anyone know what's with this plasma screen always displaying purple on the Big Brother set?

http://tvforum.ath.cx:8080/tvftemp/bbscreen.jpg
JO
Johnnie
This is what I'm getting,
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/19.jpg
This is a cheap receiver, would that have anything to do with it?
JB
JasonB
The new channel for E4's replacement on 49 is sitll labeled as E4 on the off-air screen on my old pace ITV Digital box. Is this until the new TUTV channel launches?.
CS
Cerulean Sunrise
New TUTV channel is Eurosport
MA
Matrix
Eurosport have just released the details, however there is also talk of another channel joining the service.

Digital Spy Article posted:

British Eurosport has launched on Top Up TV today as a replacement for the freshly-liberated E4.

The station, available on channel 49, will broadcast between 2pm and 11pm daily

"We have asked our customers which channel they would most like to see in the package, and British Eurosport has consistently come top of the list, so we are excited that we will be able to offer the channel to our customers," said David Chance, chairman of Top Up TV. "We think that offering a dedicated sports channel in our package will offer an exciting option to Freeview customers."

Laurent-Eric Le Lay, Eurosport's General Manager, added: "We are pleased to add British Eurosport to this growing pay-tv platform, and to be able to offer its subscribers our extensive range of live sports content that they have not previously had access to.

"This Top Up TV deal will extend the audience to our channel, as well as ensuring that we are present on all the pay tv platforms in the UK. We see it as a further opportunity to cement our position in the UK as the key sports channel provider for 'basic' pay tv packages."

As reported last week, Eurosport was one of the contenders on the shortlist, which included Paramount Comedy as a frontrunner.
JB
JasonB
Can i ask why E4 clog up half of their schedule with Big Brother Live when there's a 24 hour live stream over on 705 and other digital satellite systems?.
BR
Brekkie
FriendsFanatic posted:
Can i ask why E4 clog up half of their schedule with Big Brother Live when there's a 24 hour live stream over on 705 and other digital satellite systems?.


Because BB Live gets something like 10 times the regular ratings for E4 programming.

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