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Freeview retune - More4 on 13, Toonami on 58

I think the EPG needs a rejig (September 2005)

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BR
Brekkie
It's getting ridiculous now. Just got a message to retune my Freeview box and Toonami has popped up on channel 58.

It's accompanied by a Top Up TV message, so I guess it won't be on Freeview. I think chatter on Digital Spy suggested Toonami would replace Boomerang, which itself would move to Freeview and time-share with More 4. Don't know if there is any truth in that!


The point is now that the Freeview EPG is completly full - with new channels being squeezed in between the Text channels and the porn channels!

They certainly need a rejig - having ITV3 and More4 in the 30's is ridiculous, while things like the Shopping channels get a better slot. I think most people agree Top Up TV should be in it's own section, most people except Top Up TV actually!


The solution is quite simple - move the Radio channels to the 100's, then the text channels and adult channels to the 80's and 90's.

Then just moving the shopping channels to the 50's would free up some space earlier in the EPG, while I'd also have a "Specialist" section in the 60's for channels like Quiz Call, Community Channel, Xtraview and Teachers TV.

Finally, move the music channels to 35 and stop S4C~2 hogging channel 13 by putting it on ch 15 (ABC1 isn't broadcast in Wales), freeing up 13 for either More 4 or ITV3.
BR
Brekkie
Just checked in Digital Spy and others have picked up More4 on ch 13, with it on ch 35 in Wales. For some reason, I've not got it yet!
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
I think that the FreeView channels are due or atleast in need of a reshuffle.
LO
Londoner
Brekkie Boy posted:
The point is now that the Freeview EPG is completly full - with new channels being squeezed in between the Text channels and the porn channels!
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The solution is quite simple - move the Radio channels to the 100's, then the text channels and adult channels to the 80's and 90's.

There's a reshuffle coming this autumn, with the radio channels getting 3 digit numbers as you suggest.
BR
Brekkie
Londoner posted:
Brekkie Boy posted:
The point is now that the Freeview EPG is completly full - with new channels being squeezed in between the Text channels and the porn channels!
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The solution is quite simple - move the Radio channels to the 100's, then the text channels and adult channels to the 80's and 90's.

There's a reshuffle coming this autumn, with the radio channels getting 3 digit numbers as you suggest.


Well, the sooner the better! Where did you find this out?
LO
Londoner
Brekkie Boy posted:
Well, the sooner the better! Where did you find this out?

Only from DS, but several radio stations have said that they are getting new numbers in the 700 series
http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/printthread.php?t=261384
MA
Matt Founding member
New message appearing on shut off Top UP TV Channels:

"IMPORTANT: You need to re-tune your digital receiver by September 12 to ensure continuous viewing to all channels."

Reshuffle must be soon then, and September 12th is a Monday, so it sounds likely that this is the last week of the messed up Freeview! (I hope to god they don't screw this opportunity up and keep Teletext at CH9 and put all the radio channels higher up!)
LO
Londoner
Matt posted:
Reshuffle must be soon then, and September 12th is a Monday, so it sounds likely that this is the last week of the messed up Freeview! (I hope to god they don't screw this opportunity up and keep Teletext at CH9 and put all the radio channels higher up!)

That's not the reshuffle of LCNs, that's just to do with some Top Up channels moving multiplexes.

Teletext has 'grandfather rights' to LCN 9, as it is an analogue licence holder too.
NG
noggin Founding member
Brekkie Boy posted:
Just checked in Digital Spy and others have picked up More4 on ch 13, with it on ch 35 in Wales. For some reason, I've not got it yet!


I guess 13 is used for C4 or S4C2 in Wales. (I think S4C Digidol is on 4 in Wales, and thought C4 was on 8, so S4C2 on 13 would make sense?)
JJ
JamesJH
So September 12 sounds likely now.

What do we predict will happen in this shakeup?
TV
TVN
Surely this sort of system would work

000+ TV Channels (001-BBC1 and so on )
100+ Top Up Channels (190+shold be the porn)
200+ Text Channels
300+ Radio

The TV Channels could also break down into genre:-
000+ Main TV (BBC1-4, ITV1-3,ABC1,fTN etc)
020+ Shopping (Bid TV, QVC etc)
030+ Kids (CBBC, Cbbies, ITV4? etc)
040+ News, Business + Politics
050+ Sport (SSN)
SA
saturdaymorning
If Toonami timeshares with ITV4/Men and Motors then it looks like the CiTV Channel won't timeshare with it.

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