Freesat To Start...
 

On 13 Feb, 22:19, "Brian W"
wrote:
"Ivan" wrote in message


Virgin 1 flashed up a message this evening on Freeview informing Sky
viewers that they were moving to channel 121, perhaps the reallocation of
satellite channels in anticipation of Freesat it has started?

Virgin 1 is taking Bravo's EPG numbers on Sky, it's got nothing to do with
Freesat. Virgin 1 is encrypted on satellite anyway, and is part of the Sky
Variety mix.


Absolutely - channel numbers on the Sky EPG don't mean anything
outside off the Sky EPG system.

Just a little more info - Bravo is a Virgin Media Television channel,
as is Virgin 1 (obviously) - so VM TV are simply shuffling around
their channels so as to get greater exposure for Virgin 1.

I'd be interested to know what Sky's position is with regards to
channel providers shuffling around their channels in this way on the
EPG - given that both Bravo and Virgin 1 fall into the entertainment
category, is there anything to stop channel providers doing this at
will? After all, Sky do pay VM TV for the carriage of Bravo at the
least (though Virgin Media would have you believe it is a much reduced
sum compared to what it used to be) - though I dunno if Sky pays VM TV
for Virgin 1 (which replaced fTN).