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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A couple of issues for September. (1/2) Network and IT services from our external provider have been disrupted by budget / resource allocation issues for the new quarter. This should be resolved over the next week.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A couple of issues for September. (2/2) On Sept 2nd, there was an equipment failure at our cable monitoring service. Replacement equipment was installed on Sept 5th, so there was no monitoring / analysis for Sept 2 - Sept 4. Details will be provided later when the blog is updated.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The blog has been updated for August 24th: End of service placeholders removed for That's TV2 & That's 20th Century after protecting recordings for 92 days. 1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The blog has been updated for August 21st: Virgin TV renamed the Utsav channels back to Star now that Disney has stopped using the Star brand. A belated change which was due to take place on August 13th. 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

There are no changes for August 12th to 13th.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Any changes for the 12th and 13th will be processed after the database has been updated following the significant changes on the 11th.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Delays to the blog updates are due to infrastructure removal within Jtek and are beyond our control. Jtek have now provided temporary resources but this has caused many delays. We hope to be back to normal by next week.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The blog has been updated for the 10th & 11th of August Services changed on the 10th were deleted on the 11th. On the 11th: Multiple service removals. FAST channel launch on Horizon devices - Tennis Channel (Ch 542)/ 3 Information slates removed. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The pre-launch configurations have been updated for: BBC ONE Yorkshire (Ch. 859). "ITV1 Yorkshire WestHD" (Ch. 871). - Hide flags removed, so these services should now be visible on the pre-launch network. Regional network additions not yet observed. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Still no progress with the removal of the NIT records for Trace Sports Stars. ...this is why we don't usually make predictions of when Virgin TV will act.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Overnight Changes: 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A slightly delayed update for an unexpected Sunday change. Virgin TV must be working overtime. All 3 of the recently resurrected Channel Update slates have now been put to use. The staggered update schedule is unusual. Presumably, the NIT records for Trace Sports Stars will be removed tonight. -Dave

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Overnight changes: The Chat Show Channel & Baywatch FAST channel NIT records have been removed from all networks. The Trace Sports Stars (ch. 541) FAST channel has been replaced with a closure slate on Horizon devices (TV360 & Stream). Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Damien had quite a lot of work to do this morning providing additional information for the blog. It seems that we will have to follow Horizon configuration data more closely going forward. Sam did actually check the Horizon data on Friday but online data hadn't been updated at that time.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The blogs have been updated for Friday & Saturday's changes. Damien has confirmed that Ch. 206 - On Demand Streaming has been removed from Horizon configuration data. Many thanks to NewApollo for actually creating a Bluesky account to confirm this. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Saturday's changes: The Asian Mela free to view period has ended. Some Asian Mela hide flag combinations have changed. The Chat Show Channel (ch. 819) & Baywatch (ch. 822) have been replaced with closure slates on Horizon devices. Blog updates will follow later after some SQL service maintenance.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Friday's change Channel 206 - On Demand Streaming hidden from the EPG on V6 boxes. Hide flags work differently on Horizon based boxes, so we'll have to wait until Damien is back to see what is happening there. Unless a follower comments sooner about the current situation on TV360 / Stream boxes.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Overnight Changes: 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Monday July 27th changes: - 2 movie channel with promotional rebrands. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Overnight changes (1/2): The pre-launch configurations have been updated for: BBC ONE Yorkshire (Ch. 859). "ITV1 Yorkshire WestHD" (Ch. 871). - SDT flags updated to show that encryption has now been added. - The duplicated subs codes records which Virgin TV added in error have been removed.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Overnight changes (2/2): - 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Overnight changes: The blog has been updated with the information we currently have for the pre-launch configurations added overnight. BBC ONE Yorkshire (Ch. 859). "ITV1 Yorkshire WestHD" (Ch. 871). Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We are looking into a couple of channels added on last night's analysis. New versions of the Leeds based regions of BBC1 (ch. 859) & ITV1 (ch. 871). Added to an internal test network. Probably second "additional" regional versions to cover Virgin Media coverage extensions.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The information slates suggest alternative streaming (FAST) channels to viewers, so are presumably related to an upcoming removal of several FAST channels.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Tuesday 21st July change: That's TV's PMT & video stream (closure slate) remnants have been removed from traditional cable networks. Wednesday 22nd July change: That's TV's EPG Flags have been updated to indicate that encryption has been removed.. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Overnight changes: On channel 150 the That's TV closure slate has been hidden from the EPG and the channel has moved to a placeholder channel number. - 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand - 2 kids' channels with promotional rebrands Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Tuesday / Wednesday's changes: There was no monitoring on Tuesday. Various changes to the configuration of 3 Information Slates, suggesting that they may be re-used shortly for upcoming channel changes. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Monday's changes (1/2): SDT flags updated to show that encryption has been restored for pop-up channel TNT Sports HD Final - there are no elementary streams to encrypt. 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. As Virgin TV reverts to rebranding. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Monday's changes (2/2): 4 FAST channels launched on TV360 and Stream devices: Ch. 235 Robot Wars Ch. 236 Demand Drama Ch. 239 River Monsters Ch. 253 Hotel Inspector Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The End of Service Placeholder page has been updated. The blog refused to update with tabular data from the SQL link, so had to be updated manually in HTML. Any errors will be due to the manual update...

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Overnight changes. That's TV (ch. 150) has closed on Virgin TV, replaced with a slate advising viewers of other channels with classic shows. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

No changes for July 10th. Sorry for the delayed updates. We have had a few heat related issues as a result of the heatwave.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Thursday July 9th changes: SDT flags have been updated to show that encryption has been removed for pop-up channel TNT Sports HD Final, following the removal of elementary streams yesterday. (National Geo+1 flags were updated when the service closed). Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Wednesday July 8th changes: PMTs and any remnants of elementary streams have been removed for National Geographic+1 and for pop-up channel TNT Sports HD Final. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Tuesday July 7th changes: The closure slate for National Geographic+1 has been removed from channel 383 on the EPG after 7 days. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Sky Movies temporary rebrands on Saturday & Monday have been ignored by Virgin TV. It seems we are in another phase of ignoring the name changes... how long will it last this time?

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Overnight changes: The Asian Mela channels are now free to view for the rest of the month. 1 Kids' channel with a promotional rebrand. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Tuesday's changes. National Geographic+1 (ch. 383) has closed on all platforms, replaced with a slate advising viewers that National Geographic is still available on ch. 183. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Overnight changes: 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands. Virgin TV renamed these services with their standard names of Sky Select and Sky Hits rather than using the promotional branding. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Overnight changes: 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Overnight Changes: 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The end of service placeholder and pending launch pages of the blog have been updated.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Rebrands: Thursday 18th: 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. Saturday 20th: 2 movie channel with promotional rebrands. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Changes from Thursday 18th/Friday 19th June: Internal duplicate FAST channels have been hidden from the V6 - as internal services these are not visible on customer devices 1 new pre launch FAST channel - Tennis Channel provisionally added to ch. 542. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

We had a data loss at our server hub on Thursday and the system wasn't recovered until late Friday. As a result Thursday and Friday results have been processed together using Friday's data. That is slightly problematic as we can't tell on which day the changes happened.

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Tuesday's changes: Housekeeping changes to FAST channels have been withheld from V6 devices - Remaining encryption flag removed. 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Monday's changes. Housekeeping changes to FAST channels have been withheld from V6 devices - PMTs and red button video slates removed. - Most encryption flags removed. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Overnight Changes: 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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UK Cable TV Changes @ukctvc.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Overnight Changes: 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. Further details: ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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