TV1 Plus 1 on Sky (Ch 81)

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Flippikat

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#104393 17-Jun-2012 22:10

Starting 1 July - as per http://dannews.co.nz/2012/06/17/tv-one-1-to-broadcast-on-sky-tv/
At the moment, a placeholding screen is on 81.

With this and Choice TV coming to Sky, wonder if TV3 +1 and C4 will take the leap too?

They're already on Freeview Satellite transponders, so it wouldn't take from any Sky capacity... it just needs some sort of agreement between Mediaworks & Sky.

l43a2

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#642280 17-Jun-2012 23:18

this channel is a great waste of resources.

Niel

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#642310 18-Jun-2012 06:12

Just like the upcoming shopping channel (September?), but at least it (is supposedly) only for local businesses. I'm sure it will be taken over by American shopping junk.

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richms

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#643125 19-Jun-2012 12:39

Had a look last night, the logo looks aweful so I hope thats not the resolution that the final +1 channel will be.

Bad enough that its obsolete standard def IMO.

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#643790 20-Jun-2012 13:38

l43a2: this channel is a great waste of resources.

+1 to this. Sky and MediaWorks need to realise that +1 channels started in Europe and the US a decade or so ago when PVRs weren't so commonplace. To introduce them here, after PVRs have already established themselves into the mainstream, is just stupid. It can also only serve to weaken the attractiveness of Freeview (it effectively has less channels now) and is just the epitome of laziness.

JimmyH

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#643966 20-Jun-2012 19:04

^^^^ This!

I agree, with readily available cheap PVRs the +1 channels are next to useless. Personally, it that's all they are going to do, I would rather they closed TV3+1 and TV1+1 and used the bandwidth saved to up the bitrate on the other channels, or maybe even put the primary channels into HD.

RunningMan

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#643979 20-Jun-2012 19:25

JimmyH: Personally, it that's all they are going to do, I would rather they closed TV3+1 and TV1+1 and used the bandwidth saved to up the bitrate on the other channels, or maybe even put the primary channels into HD.

Yeah, go for quality rather than quantity.

tangerz

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#644001 20-Jun-2012 20:16

TV One, TV2 and TV3 are already being beamed down on us in HD... it's just a matter of getting Sky to turn off the encryption.... :(