5Spike set to close in January 2020
5Spike, the channel operated by Channel 5 owners Viacom, will close down on the 7th January 2020.
Its content will be split across Viacoms other channels, mainly the Paramount Network channel.
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Ruiz V Joshua 2 – Saturday December 7 Saudi Arabia – where to watch on TV
The highly-anticipated rematch between unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. and former champion Anthony Joshua will take place on December 7 in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.
The fight is expected to take place at approx 2100 UK time.
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Euro 2020 – UK TV coverage announced by BBC and ITV
BBC and ITV have agreed how they are going to split coverage of Euro 2020 football competition.
This competition sees the teams play at various locations around Europe, rather than the competition being based solely in one country.
The BBC has secured the right to show England’s opening group game against Croatia (Sunday 14th June).
ITV will show England’s last two group games.
The BBC has first choice in both the round of 16 and quarter-finals.
ITV have the first pick of the semi-finals.
Both BBC and ITV will show the final.
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Whats on BBC TV during Christmas and New Year 2019 / 20
Includes the return of Doctor Who, and new three part drams from the Sherlock producers, Dracula.
Saturday, December 14
Strictly Come Dancing final 2019 – 19.05, BBC One
BT Sports holds onto UK rights for UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League
BT has maintained its hold on European football coverage. The telco has made a clean sweep of the rights packages to the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League until 2024 in a £1.2 billion bid.
The deal, which commences in 2021 is for a total of 420 games for the following three seasons, representing an increase of 77 games on the previous deal.
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Sky Deutschland to increase security to combat piracy
German pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland is set to implement the same “anti card sharing” security as Sky UK in a bid to combat piracy of its channels.
Through the so-called unique pairing, the Sky receiver is paired up with the smartcard and no longer functions in third-party devices that are not offered by Sky. Pirates had previously used this as a loophole.
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Sky and Warner / HBO extent deal
Sky has confirmed an extension to its output deal with HBO and Warner Bros.
Sky customers will continue to enjoy first-run access to WarnerBros movies, plus ongoing access to Turner movie and children’s channels as part of a new deal.
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Intelsat successfully launch their “Mission Extension Vehicle, or MEV” for their old satellites – Major Intelsat 907 News for BBC Satback
This one is for those watching / hacking into the Freeview back up on Intelsat 907 for their 10 channel UK TV fix!
The Intelsat 907 satellite is approaching its end of life…we have known this for a few years now. In fact, a few months ago Intelsat updated their “Estimated End Of Life” expectancy for the Intelsat-907 satellite to Q1 2020. This is cutting it fine for a replacement!
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Sky TV Channel Changes – October 2019
Sky has revised their channel line-up, with the launch of the the new Sky Crime channel.
And follows the closure of the Real Lives channel.
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Satellite Solar Outage Time Again – October 2019
It is that time of year again when the Sun / Solar Outage can affect the power of satellite signals your satellite dish is receiving, resulting in a loss of some of the more weaker UK TV channels.
This is information for people who may be experiencing this for the first time, and a nice reminder for those that have lived here before
This occurrence happens in March and October for a couple of weeks every year, around the time of the Spring and Autumn equinox. In the northern hemisphere, sun outages occur before the March equinox (February, March) and after the September equinox (September and October).
This “satellite solar outage” happens at around 10.30 – 11.30 am and can last for upto 20 minutes.