Zone Romantica Launches

TheDriver

New Channel launches first week of Sept, not sure if its FTA but showing Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope etc

aidan_walsh

Excellent. I've been looking for a way to keep up with all HB's new flavours

steveon

nice1 been waiting for this one for the mother lol

According to their website they will be launching on the 3rd of September on channel 146 of the Sky EPG..

Check out their website for more details
http://www.uk.romantica.tv/index.php

TheDriver

The tv listings are gas, same shows over and over though having said that, one would throw an eye at them as they are mainstream. Can't find anywhere if its fta

L1011

All Zone-branded channels are FTA in the UK so I would expect this will be too. The one Zone channel not FTA is Extreme Sports, but thats because they bought it recently.

Somewhat surreally, Zone is UPC, as in our incumbent monopolistic cable company...

watty

UPC have shares in Slingbox too.

Anyone can start a cable company now in Ireland.

spockety

watty wrote:

Anyone can start a cable company now in Ireland.

As unfortunate people in apartment blocks around the country have discovered, lumbered with the likes of Sky Conway, Broadworks, etc.

dulpit

aidan_walsh wrote:

Excellent. I've been looking for a way to keep up with all HB's new flavours

I lol'd...


That looks like a terrible, terrible channel... What a waste of time...

L1011

spockety wrote:

As unfortunate people in apartment blocks around the country have discovered, lumbered with the likes of Sky Conway, Broadworks, etc.

Or my sisters house, where the cable company went tits-up about a year ago (e-nvi). The people in the apartments in the same development aren't allowed Sky dishes, but theres no protective covenant on the houses so no such problem.

TheDriver

dulpit wrote:

I lol'd...


That looks like a terrible, terrible channel... What a waste of time...

I would put this well down the list of waste of time channels, take all the shopping ones for starters or the crap porn "ring in to have it off" channels!

Trevord

Think I encountered this Zone Romantica channel in Slovenia a few months back, so maybe the channel is already on one of the "foreign" Sats.

It was subtitled in either Italian or local language I think. About the only thing in the hotel that was broadcasting audio in English.

Based on the other Zone channels they won't have to try very hard to make this better than their current offerings.

TheDriver

One always wonders how they make money given the cost of renting the TP slot etc?

L1011

Advertising, just like ITV/C4....

gazzer

Well anybody who likes cheesy american daytime soaps will like that channel as they ware showing some of them.