Sky to launch 2 new channels

Aquos76 · 23-07-2005 11:24pm #1

Plans are at an advanced stage for the launch of 2 new channels from Sky. Sky TWO and Sky THREE.

Full details can be found here

_Kaiser_ · 24-07-2005 10:33am

Nothing really new though by the looks of it, just splitting existing content over 3 channels. Expect even more repeats to fill the vacant slots I'm betting, though at least we know what the justification for the upcoming price increase wil be...

Sparky · 25-07-2005 12:46am

sky three will be repeats of sky two repeats, of sky mix repeats of sky one, so if you miss say road wars on monday night on sky one you can see it on tuesday night on sky mix, wednesday night on sky two and thursday night on sky three, friday, saturday and sunday nights will be filled of other crap like shows from our 03 04 line up of shows like dream team, mirium and best of the villa.:D

wow now i know what 65 quid pays for

JohnC. · 25-07-2005 2:56pm

Sky Mix is changing to Sky Two. It's really only Sky Three which is new.

Drag00n79 · 25-07-2005 2:59pm

Was there not a Sky Two a few years back?

dmeehan · 25-07-2005 3:08pm

Shamrok wrote:

Was there not a Sky Two a few years back?

yeah, it was on the analogue sky, i think

_Kaiser_ · 25-07-2005 4:38pm

dmeehan wrote:

yeah, it was on the analogue sky, i think

It was... in 1996 - lasted a year then replaced by Fox Kids

Mossy Monk · 25-07-2005 5:25pm

Sky Two was mainly Star Trek IIRC

watty · 25-07-2005 6:09pm

Some of the Shopping channels are better than Sky. I told them I would only renew my sub if I could get a package NOT including any Sky channel.

netwhizkid · 25-07-2005 6:10pm

Who needs sky+ with this sort of a scenario, several channels already have +1hr, this will be quite handy pity they wouldn't think of something original though.

Mossy Monk · 25-07-2005 6:43pm

Sky+ is handy if you're a shift worker

record it at 10.30pm and watch it at 8.30am kind of thing

StonedParadoX · 25-07-2005 6:49pm

what was before sky?

i asked a mate this and he tried to remember and couldnt and i cant either

Sparky · 25-07-2005 7:59pm

StonedParadoX wrote:

what was before sky?

i asked a mate this and he tried to remember and couldnt and i cant either

BSB (British satellite broadcasting), was before sky took them over to become british sky broadcasting, its amazing to know that sky started as one channel called the sky channel on cable in the 80's.

more info here http://thetvroom.com/area-c/sky/m-sky.shtml

this site is better for old sky videos, click on sky on the left
http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/

Sky to launch 2 new channels

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