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That’s TV is launching a new spin-off channel on Wednesday 3rd January, which will provide a further free-to-air outlet for the broadcaster’s recent archive content acquisitions.
Trace Vault, a channel dedicated to music and entertainment programmes from the 1990s and 2000s will be removed from Sky.
After a short-lived reprieve, the NBC News Now channel has been deleted from Sky’s UK channel line-up after less than two years.
ITV confirms closure of additional standard definition (SD) channels next month as wider broadcast industry migrates to HD-only satellite broadcasting.
ITV was meant to complete its rollout of HD channels on satellite by the end of November.
Popular commercial radio stations including Absolute Radio, Greatest Hits Radio and Magic to be withdrawn from satellite and cable platforms.
First generation Sky boxes will finally become redundant next year, after Sky confirmed to customers that it will be making major technical changes to its service next year.
Ahead of January’s standard definition switch-off, ITV is now broadcasting the full complement of its ITV1 regions in HD.
Hot on the heals of announcements by the BBC and ITV regarding the end of standard definition (SD) TV broadcasts on satellite, Sky has this week completed a major milestone.
A new agreement between UKTV and satellite operator SES will ensure Sky and Freesat viewers in the UK and Ireland will continue to be able to access a number of channels until the end of the decade.