ITV News gone

tvbrat

Hi
has anyone noticed if the ITV News service [channel 210 on NTL Digital]
has been removed. When I switched on the digi box this morning the channel was removed from the line up, including my favourites.
Dublin city area.:(

Thanks
for the heads up

loyatemu

the channel has closed down - see the television forum.

ro2

It's still on Sky Digital.

Mossy Monk

closing tomorrow no?

ciaran76

Is it not Channel 201 ? I was watching it this morning ? I live in Dublin

Drag00n79

Mossy Monk wrote:

closing tomorrow no?

Yes, tomorrow.

JohnC.

It's gone from NTL MMDS too. NTL have obviously done a pre-emptive removal.

I wonder if they will replace it with something else. ITV 2 and 4 are notable ommissions from the EPG. Although it is questionable if people would want them anyway

I see BBC News 24 has also taken over its place on the little window on the Guide page. I'd still rather that little window was used to show the current channel.

nava

Hi

In Dublin is 201 and looks like is gone.

Regards

john_

Yea i noticed that, a shame, nice to have a choice SKY News is the only choice on sky digital really now (apart from CNN of course)
http://digitalorbit.co.uk/technology/article/55/

Sarsfield

I never watched ITV news. BBC World/News24 and Sky are vastly superior.

Not to mention the end of an era as Trevor McDonald presented his last main evening news last week. Losing your star player when you're already struggling to find viewers makes it an almost impossible task to continue.

watty

john_ wrote:

Yea i noticed that, a shame, nice to have a choice SKY News is the only choice on sky digital really now (apart from CNN of course)
http://digitalorbit.co.uk/technology/article/55/

FTA has Euronews (mostly by ITN), BBC News 24, Cspan on BBC Parliament, Skynews, CNN, Al Jazzera

Pay TV has Fox, Star, CNBC, Bloomberg, DW TV.

CNBC and Bloomberg are FTA on other sats with DW TV, Nile TV, BBC World and the new and excellet English "Russia Today" among others(VOA, Cspan, English bullitains on IBA, Turkish, Iran, JSTV.

I watched ITV news once or twice.

Richard

Shamrok wrote:

Yes, tomorrow.

Anyone know what time it is closing tonight? It is after 6pm then us freeview viewers won't see the closedown as it finishes early for us anyway.

Interestingly, the freeview EPG still lists programmes for tomorrow.

ciaran76

ciaran76 wrote:

Is it not Channel 201 ? I was watching it this morning ? I live in Dublin

Its gone now on mine.

watty

Still on Satellite and claiming to be showing the Queens Speech on Christmans day, but I beleive is is closing completely before Christmas

mike65

I hope they fill the gap with Fox News so those of us on cable can finally see this legendary phenomena!

Mike.

Mossy Monk

oh you dont want to be seeing that

believe me

JohnC.

I've seen documentaries and read books and articles about Fox News and some of their more prominent personalaties, on and off screen, but I've never got to see it. On one hand, I would like to see it. On the other hand, I know I'm better off not seeing it, partly because I just know it will probably make me angry at times

watty

mike65 wrote:

I hope they fill the gap with Fox News so those of us on cable can finally see this legendary phenomena!

Mike.

Fox is an amazing channel!

I was so glad when it went encrypted (pay TV) on all the satellites it had been FTA.

Also I don't need anything in Sky's "News mix pack" (very bad value if you have a motorised FTA system).

I'm not tempted to self harm by watching it anymore.

I do still watch a bit of MSNBC direct from States. Not enough for permenant harm though.

JTMan

I hope ntl move BBC News 24 to 201 ... It makes no sense that it is below Euronews and CNN in the EPG. The ratings speak for themselves and BBC News 24 is more than giving Sky a run for its money. GO ON ntl ...MOVE BBC NEWS 24

Solair

ITN are an excellent and truely world class news agency, however, ITV's branding and ITV news housestyle is terrible.

ITN is only partly owned by ITV (various other agencies including Reuters) have big chunks of it.

I would like to see ITN's vast resources put into some kind of a propper news channel that was actually interesting. Maybe their other client, Channel 4, might look at it at some stage in the future.

Rosser

Yeah Fox is great, it's so great that it should live with Paramount Comedy 1 & 2

ciaran76

Rosser wrote:

Yeah Fox is great, it's so great that it should live with Paramount Comedy 1 & 2

Lol very good

zuma

Its difficult to describe Fox News!!

Do they still have the American flag in the corner and "America at War" crap plastered everywhere to keep Americans scared so they wil pass/overlook any "strange" laws/acts caried out by their "Commander in chief"???