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Xtraview going

(August 2005)

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LT
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The service on freeview that allows you to watch some of the channels in Top Up TV for £1 a day is going by the end of august.

http://www.xtraview.co.uk/
Quote:
IMPORTANT NEWS - AS OF 1 SEPTEMBER XTRAVIEW WILL NO LONGER BE AVALIABLE


I wonder what it's making way for? New channel on Top Up TV?

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benjy
As I understand it, Channel 4 will be reclaiming its space currently rented out to Top Up TV in order to launch More4, so Top Up will have to use Xtraview's slot as one of their streams.

No great loss in my opinion!
RW
Robert Williams Founding member
benjy posted:
As I understand it, Channel 4 will be reclaiming its space currently rented out to Top Up TV in order to launch More4, so Top Up will have to use Xtraview's slot as one of their streams.

No great loss in my opinion!

Yes, Channel 4 kicking TUTV off Mux 2 has to be the most likely reason - after all, why else would they be paying £x million to Crown Castle for the slot on Mux C for E4+1 when TUTV are surely paying a lot less to Channel 4 for their Mux 2 slot! I think I read TUTV's contract with C4 ends on 30th September, so just in time for More 4 to launch in October.

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