Ideal World channels off air

Ideal World channel currently showing black screen, Ideal & More and Create & Craft showing still images...

Hope its just satellite uplink problems and nothing serious like another fire.

More likely power problems, a tribute to BidUp.tv perhaps?

What are the still images on 2 of the channels?

I'd forgotten IW actually has four channels on Sky - deal & More (Sky 668) stuck selling a Bissell 1697E Powerbrush Pro, meanwhile Create & Craft (Sky 671) selling Crafters Tool Kit (176646) Ideal Extra (Sky 651) were selling an EMachines Pentium Dualcore laptop (189431) - don't know about main Ideal World channel as that is only one with blank screen - others all on still images.

EDIT: a set of Arqiva LMC bars briefly appeared on Create & Craft just now so looks like it could be uplink related - Now switched to a white on black apology slide on C&C saying "Service will resume as soon as possible. We apologise for the inconvenience"

EDIT 2: This same caption is now on all their channels

If there was a problem with the uplink you'd be seeing nothing... no uplink, no picture.

It'll either be a failure at source (eg a power failure) or a loss of the distribution between the studios and the multiplexing/uplink site.

I would have assumed it may just be power problems, routine maintenance (or maybe they're finally going into the 21st century and going Widescreen!!).

I hope it isn't this all over again... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL_j10mOAtY

If it was planned they'd have made arrangements for continuing throughout whatever they were doing... just like any other TV stsation.

Incidently, on the subject of Ideal World: http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2011/05/27/13367/johnny_vegas,_tv_shopping_host

Vegas is obviously a fan of shopping television. He once spent an afternoon presenting on the excellent Snatch It. A few clips were then used on his disappointing Channel 4 show, 18 Stone of Idiot. I have about an hour of it recorded somewhere, Snatch It I mean, not the Channel 4 programme. They also used Vegas in their idents for at least a few months after his appearance on the channel too.

No Ideal World this morning...

Same caption on all four channels, all saying Ideal World rather than the individual service name

Nice retro caption, I must say!

All 4 channels are now showing the same programme. I'm not sure if it is live or recorded.

Seems to be back now.