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Freeview EPG revamp from Oct 18th

(September 2005)

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MU
mulder
It's possible that there is an MHEG on E4 that's causing the resets and crashes we are experiencing, as the boxes arn't programed to handle something in that MHEG, possibly a bug.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
I've re-scanned and E4 does appear to be working properly now.
NW
nwtv2003
It appears that '8' is now just an MHEG caption telling us where all of the Teletext channels have been moved to.

I have to say this re-arrangement has been somewhat low key (for those of us who don't waste hours and hours on the Internet looking at this stuff) as my mum was baffled the other day as she put on 72 thinking it would be Radio 2, but she got CBeebies instead, so I guess it will probably confuse a fair few.
PT
Put The Telly On
Just thought I'd mention QVC's Active service came to Freeview yesterday. However it was probably just a testing period as it isn't available now.
NU
NewsUpdate
Has anyone else lost TMF and The Hits?

After I rescanned I had to do a store channels and lost these two for some reason

Have tried do an add channels since but it finds nothing
BR
Brekkie
The Freeview EPG "revamp" really should have been done in stages over a week or so, so messages could be put up on channels that move.

First move the channels that will get new numbers currently unused (Teletext, Adult, Interactive), then the radio channels, then kids and news and finally the mini-shake up of the general section.

20 days later

FR
Freeview
As this topic is all about me me me, Ha Ha!! (Well, I am Freeview so I should actually know the answer to this next question)... Does anyone know if any more new channels are coming to the Freeview platform in the near future?

Freeview!
NE
Neil__
Freeview posted:
As this topic is all about me me me, Ha Ha!! (Well, I am Freeview so I should actually know the answer to this next question)... Does anyone know if any more new channels are coming to the Freeview platform in the near future?


You've just had 2 new ones in the last fortnight! (ITV4 and Sky Three)
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
It's now been on air a week and a half, is it too much to ask for the EPG to show Sky Three and not Sky Travel ?

Who's responsible for this ?
NW
nwtv2003
Square Eyes posted:
It's now been on air a week and a half, is it too much to ask for the EPG to show Sky Three and not Sky Travel ?

Who's responsible for this ?


I thought it was my Pacific box being slow, but glad to see it isn't just me. Is Sky Text still displaying Sky Travel on the change channel option? If it is thats just lazyness on Sky's behalf.
BR
Brekkie
nwtv2003 posted:
Square Eyes posted:
It's now been on air a week and a half, is it too much to ask for the EPG to show Sky Three and not Sky Travel ?

Who's responsible for this ?


I thought it was my Pacific box being slow, but glad to see it isn't just me. Is Sky Text still displaying Sky Travel on the change channel option? If it is thats just lazyness on Sky's behalf.


Yes - the change channel option still says Sky Travel, though there is a Sky Three section on Sky Text (p333 I think)

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