NTL analogue: CNBC replaced by Living TV [Merged]

Brian CivilEng

CNBC has been replaced on ntl by Living tv! :mad: A message is scolling across the screen saying that it is only available on digital.

This is so annoying, how am I expected to watch Leno and Conan now? For Pete's sake, why are they messing with the package like this, forcing us to go digital.

mike65

Oh dear. So from Eurosport to CNBC to Living tv in an ever downwards spriral.

Mike.

decies

mind you in general living tv would be more popular than cnbc those shows excluded. i have ntl digital so no change really.i do wish eurosport would be brought back:rolleyes:

L1011

abitofacomedian wrote:

This is so annoying, how am I expected to watch Leno and Conan now? For Pete's sake, why are they messing with the package like this, forcing us to go digital.

19 East analogue. Its not cable, nor is it going to be provided for free, but you can get Eurosport International (in English) and CNBC Europe there in analogue, FTA. Or in digital, with no English on Eurosport, FTA.

Brian CivilEng

Unfort I live in a flat so can't have a dish. Used have ntl digital but didn't think it was worth an extra €10 a month, been buying DVD's instead. May have to reconsider now though.

icdg

Can't say I'm overjoyed about LivingTV - at least twenty episodes of Will and Grace and approxemetly 100 episodes of Most Haunted a week...okay, so I may have exagerated a bit there, but it does rely on a small number of programmes...I'm not in its target demographic anyways, and I still can get my fix of CNBC on digital.

orange247

For weeks on they told us about the impending arrival of Channel 6 with a scrolling message on MTV, however they couldn't be arsed telling us about the removal of CNBC and are now only telling after it has happened.

I am extremely angry about this and will be withholding me direct-debit payments to them if they don't resolve it, f**k em!:mad:

Charles Slane

I guess we'll see Irish advertising opt-outs on Living TV in the near future.

The tax man

orange247 wrote:

For weeks on they told us about the impending arrival of Channel 6 with a scrolling message on MTV, however they couldn't be arsed telling us about the removal of CNBC and are now only telling after it has happened.

The only reason they had a scrolling message on MTV was due to the fact that you had to retune your TV to get MTV. No retune required for CNBC/LivingTV....no message.

orange247 wrote:

I am extremely angry about this and will be withholding me direct-debit payments to them if they don't resolve it, f**k em!:mad:

You better read NTL's T+C's(section 12) before you get cut off for not paying your bill.:rolleyes:

Mossy Monk

orange247 wrote:

I am extremely angry about this and will be withholding me direct-debit payments to them if they don't resolve it, f**k em!:mad:

no reason to be chased down by a collection agency. they are no doubt contractually obliged to now provide Living on analogue so withholding your direct debit will have 0 effect

ciaran76

orange247 wrote:

For weeks on they told us about the impending arrival of Channel 6 with a scrolling message on MTV, however they couldn't be arsed telling us about the removal of CNBC and are now only telling after it has happened.

I am extremely angry about this and will be withholding me direct-debit payments to them if they don't resolve it, f**k em!:mad:

I understand your anger but withholding the direct debit won't make them change their minds I think.

olde_english

Was doing a quick search this morning and Living TV is on NTL analogue in Galway City ... also there are City TV and a kind of multi-view screen. Is this permanent or tests anyone?

Freddie59

olde_english wrote:

Was doing a quick search this morning and Living TV is on NTL analogue in Galway City ... also there are City TV and a kind of multi-view screen. Is this permanent or tests anyone?

And in Waterford.:D

Aquos76

Freddie59 wrote:

And in Waterford.:D

LivingTV is on 479.000 MHZ in Waterford if anyone is looking for it.

rogue-entity

Besides the TV channels & cable text, there are only a multiscreen and a second channel which contains the same image as the centre of the multiscreen. We dont have City Channel in waterford yet.

Dodge

HOw can anyone honestly be thie enraged about CNBC? I'm fairly sure the majority of tv viewers would watch an entertainment channel (living tv) more than a business channel (CNBC) If you need it for work, you'd have digital and all the other channels

Freddie59

Aquos76 wrote:

LivingTV is on 479.000 MHZ in Waterford if anyone is looking for it.

480.000:)

Lochaber

Charles Slane wrote:

I guess we'll see Irish advertising opt-outs on Living TV in the near future.

I reckon that's probably the closest to the truth, CNBC and Discovery were the only channels on analogue without Irish advertising opt-outs... expect Discovery to be going off analogue soon too if recent rumours about Five and some other channels are true...

Alternatively it could have something to do with the NTL takeover of Telewest... LivingTV is owned by Flextech Television which is a division of Telewest Broadband...

Anyway the appearance of LivingTV probably explains why you had to re-tune MTV in rather than MTV going straight into the CNBC slot...

paulm17781

Lochaber wrote:

Alternatively it could have something to do with the NTL takeover of Telewest... LivingTV is owned by Flextech Television which is a division of Telewest Broadband...

Sigh.... NTL Ireland and NTL UK are two different companies. They are no longer related.

a bientot

Can we now look forward to UPC Ireland providing the same basic package in analogue as provided in Swords, Malahide, Maynooth,Newbridge....the vast majority of the package in English plus at least one German language channel, a Polish channel, a French one, a Spanish one an Italian....etc.
The former Chorus has provided French and German channels in the basic in some towns for the past fifteen years.....

L1011

Maynooth? Theres TV5. Thats absolutely it as goes non-English channels.

SPDUB

The tax man wrote:

The only reason they had a scrolling message on MTV was due to the fact that you had to retune your TV to get MTV. No retune required for CNBC/LivingTV....no message.

Even after all that people must not have seen the MTV mesage as they had a scrolling message across BBC1's 6 O' Clock news yesterday and I noticed it switching to BBC1 at 7.45pm approx

Aquos76

Freddie59 wrote:

480.000:)

I would guess it would depend on the tuner in the TV as to what frequency works best. 479.000 actually works far better for me, So I guess we are both correct.:D

Lochaber

Lochaber wrote:

Alternatively it could have something to do with the NTL takeover of Telewest... LivingTV is owned by Flextech Television which is a division of Telewest Broadband...

paulm17781 wrote:

Sigh.... NTL Ireland and NTL UK are two different companies. They are no longer related.

Sorry, it's cool man... got the Liberty Global takeover of NTL Ireland mixed up with the Telewest one while researching *shrug* Anyway the logic is somewhat the same, Chorus / Liberty Global had a deal to broadcast Flextech Television channels and no doubt from their point of view it makes sense to bump a niche channel like CNBC for a more mainstream entertainment channel like Living...

icdg

rogue-entity wrote:

Besides the TV channels & cable text, there are only a multiscreen and a second channel which contains the same image as the centre of the multiscreen. We dont have City Channel in waterford yet.

A multiscreen? Haven't seen that apppear in a very long time - Cablelink had one in Dublin circa 1993 or thereabouts.

Merged the two threads.

SPDUB

SPDUB wrote:

Even after all that people must not have seen the MTV mesage as they had a scrolling message across BBC1's 6 O' Clock news yesterday and I noticed it switching to BBC1 at 7.45pm approx

And again today during Monk and the early part of Eastenders

bk

a bientot wrote:

Can we now look forward to UPC Ireland providing the same basic package in analogue as provided in Swords, Malahide, Maynooth,Newbridge....the vast majority of the package in English plus at least one German language channel, a Polish channel, a French one, a Spanish one an Italian....etc.
The former Chorus has provided French and German channels in the basic in some towns for the past fifteen years.....

Nope, I expect that you can kiss good bye to all these channels. They will probably make way for the NTL analogue lineup and extra channels on Digital (same as NTL digital lineup).

bk

Lochaber wrote:

expect Discovery to be going off analogue soon too if recent rumours about Five and some other channels are true...

I hope not and wouldn't expect so. NTL needs to maintain a balance in it's channel mix, at least one doc, sports, music and news channel. Discovery is one of the most popular multichannel channels and would be a painful to lose.

Freddie59

Aquos76 wrote:

I would guess it would depend on the tuner in the TV as to what frequency works best. 479.000 actually works far better for me, So I guess we are both correct.:D

No probs. You do get variances on Tuners.:D

Freddie59

a bientot wrote:

The former Chorus has provided French and German channels in the basic in some towns for the past fifteen years.....

I'd say people are delighted.:rolleyes:

bazzer

OK, NTL, we get the message. It's been about three weeks now since Living TV appeared in place of CNBC - can you please remove the scrolling message now? :rolleyes:

bazzer

Five months later...... and that scrolling re-tune message is STILL appearing on Paramount!!