Thursday, 4 September 2025

Renamed services:
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID   Former Name    
34   Great! TV Arqiva B (COM6) 27168   GREAT! tv    
42   Great! Action SDN (COM4) 15576   GREAT! action    
50   Great! Mystery Arqiva B (COM6) 27872   GREAT! movies    
52   Great! Christmas Arqiva B (COM6) 27296   GREAT! romance    
61   Great! Movies SDN (COM4) 15584   GREAT! mystery    
63   Great! Player Arqiva B (COM6) 28352   GREAT! player    
Several new service names for the Narrative Entertainment channels including an early Christmas rebrand. 

Wednesday, 20 August 2025

Service Removals:
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID        
76   That's Dance Arqiva A (COM5) 23904     Part-time 04.00-06.00. #1
205   POP SDN (COM4) 16272     IPTV Streaming Channel. #2
212   POP+1 Comux (L-Mux) 33792   Limited Coverage. IPTV Streaming Channel. #3
213   Moochi SDN (COM4) 16352     IPTV Streaming Channel. #4
262   Shots! SDN (COM4) 16310     IPTV Streaming Channel. #5
275   wedotv movies SDN (COM4) 16230     IPTV Streaming Channel. #6
 
New Services: 
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID        
75   That's Oldies SDN (COM4) 15864       #7
97   Hobbycraft TV Arqiva B (COM6) 27232     Part-time 07.00-19.00. #8
205   POP Arqiva B (COM6) 27776       #9
212   POP Max SDN (COM4) 16272     IPTV Streaming Channel. #2
275   wedotv movies Comux (L-Mux) 33920   Limited Coverage. IPTV Streaming Channel. #6
 
#1 Part time channel That's Dance closes on Arqiva A.
#2 IPTV streaming channels: Effectively a rebrand, POP (LCN 205) closes on SDN with the service ID reassigned to POP Max (LCN 212)
#3 Limited coverage IPTV streaming channel POP+1 closes on the local mux.
#4 IPTV streaming channel Moochi has closed on SDN.
#5 IPTV channel Shots has closed on SDN. The channel switched to a no longer available slate over a month ago.
#6 IPTV streaming channel wedotv movies (LCN 275) has closed on SDN after 11 months. Relaunching, with limited coverage, on the local mux.
#7 That's Oldies (LCN 75) has launched on SDN.
#8 Hobbycraft TV has been added to LCN 97 on SDN as a part-time shopping channel, due to launch on September 4th.
#9 Kids channel POP (LCN 205) has relaunched as a broadcast channel on Arqiva B, following the repurposing of the streaming channel on SDN. 
Currently the hours released by That's Dance haven't been released back to That's TV2. 
POP Max is currently carrying the POP schedule, possibly as a transitional arrangement to give viewers time to retune. 
 
 
EPG Changes:
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID   Old LCN        
76   That's Melody Arqiva B (COM6) 28032   75     Part-time 04.00-06.00.
Moving from LCN 75 to LCN 76 following the launch of That's Oldies on LCN 75. 
 
 
Rebrands: 
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID   Former Name    
78   That's Rock MCR MTN (G_Man) 30593   That's Summer Manchester Area Only  
79   That's Oldies MCR MTN (G_Man) 30337   That's Dance MCR Manchester Area Only  
276   CNA Originals SDN (COM4) 16164   CNA    
The usual rebrands of minor That's TV services on the Manchester mux. 
IPTV streaming channel CNA has rebranded as CNA Originals in line with the recent change to its Ofcom licence.

Friday, 1 August 2025

Channel launch:
Must Have Ideas launched on Freeview channel 96 this morning at 5am as a part-time shopping channel.

Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Service Removals:
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID        
93   ITVBe+1 SDN (COM4) 15864   Placeholder Slate.   #1
285   TRACE UK Comux (L-Mux) 33664   Limited Coverage. IPTV Streaming Channel. #2
790   4seven Arqiva A (COM5) 22528   Placeholder Slate.   #3
#1  The ITVBe+1 placeholder slate has been removed from SDN.
#2  A limited coverage IPTV streaming channel has been removed after a brief period on the local MUX since 26th March 2025. 
#3  The 4seven placeholder (retune advisory slate) has been removed from Arqiva A. 
 
 
New Service: 
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID        
95   India Today Comux (L-Mux) 33280   Limited Coverage. IPTV Streaming Channel. #1
#1  A limited coverage IPTV streaming channel has launched on the local MUX. 
 
 
EPG Changes: 
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID   Old LCN        
34   GREAT! tv Arqiva B (COM6) 27168   50       #1
50   GREAT! movies Arqiva B (COM6) 27872   34       #1
#1  GREAT! tv and GREAT! movies have switched channel numbers.

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Placeholder service:
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID        
790   4seven Arqiva A (COM5) 22528      
- Video and audio streams removed from the temporary placeholder channel.
- A retune advisory slate replaced the usual channel replaced video and audio streams.
The final stage of 4seven's move from Arqiva A to D3&4. 
Freeview only, Freely uses the IPTV DVB version of this channel. 

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Service type updated:
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID  

 
71   That's TV 3 D3&4 (PSB2) 8700  

- The service type has been updated from type 1 - digital television service to type 22 - advanced codec SD digital television service.
A belated update following the change from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 codecs which were phased in across D3&4 regions between June 4th & June 9th.
 
 
New Service:
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID        
49   4seven D3&4 (PSB2) 8460       #1
96   Must Have Ideas Arqiva A (COM5) 23680     Shopping channel. #2
288   OUTflix Proud Comux (L-Mux) 34048   Limited Coverage IPTV Streaming Channel. #3
#1 Following the addition of SID 8460, in the background, on D3&4 in the London area on June 13th, the service, 4seven, has been added to all D3&4 regions. This is a replacement for the service carried on the Arqiva A multiplex.
#2 A new shopping channel, Must Have Ideas, has been added to the Arqiva A multiplex.
#3 A new IPTV hybrid streaming channel, OUTflix Proud, has been added to the local mutiplex. This multiplex has limited coverage across the UK.
 
 
Rebrands:  
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID   Former Name    
76   That's Dance Arqiva A (COM5) 23904   That's Pride Part Time 0400-0600.  
78   That's Oldies MTN (G_Man) 30337   That's Pride MCR Manchester Area Only  
The latest rebrands from That's Media. 
 
 
EPG Changes:
LCN   Service Name Multiplex SID   Old LCN        
81   Rewind TV Arqiva B (COM6) 27744   92       #1
92   Blaze+1 SDN (COM4) 14388   81     Part-time 0200-0300. #1
790   4seven Arqiva A (COM5) 22528   49       #2
#1 Rewind TV is promoted to a better channel number by switching positions with, part time channel, Blaze +1.
#2 The original 4seven service on Arqiva A moves from channel 49 to channel 790. This service now carries an overlay message advising viewers to retune. The change of channel number releases channel 49 to be used by the new version of the channel on D3&4.

Friday, 13 June 2025

Note:
SID 8460 has been added to D3&4 (PSB2) in the London area (currently without a service name). 
This service is expected to be added to other regions over the coming days. 
This service will not yet be visible on customer devices. 
Further details will be added as they become available.