The country music channel Spotlight TV is leaving Sky (ch 365) and Freesat (500) on August 31st. Article from RXTV. Doesn’t say however whether the channel is leaving Astra entirely. Currently on 2G, 11082 H.
https://rxtvinfo.com/2022/country-music-channel-spotlight-to-exit-sky-and-freesat
Thanks for the heads-up.
I'm likely to receive a few calls about its disappearance later next week...
Thanks for this. The mother will be devastated Id say she’s the only house in the country where spotlight is in the top 10 channels in the FTA box.
Could remain as an FTA channel on Astra. We’ll have to wait and see. Alot of people will miss it if its totally gone especially as it carried Ireland West Music TV twice a week.
If it’s leaving FreeSat , I would highly doubt it will stay on Astra. Could be wrong though (hopefully). As you say a lot of people will miss it.
Are you Joe Duffy?
Considering the owner has stated the channel is closing after this recent campaign https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/our-future
No channel leaves Sky's EPG and remains broadcasting on 28.2 off the EPG
The channel was due to close in mid August, but now Sky has confirmed it's closing permanently next Wednesday (31st) https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/Changes-to-the-Sky-TV-guide-August-2022/td-p/4061607
Sky's TV Guide has it closing at 6am on Thursday 1st Sept
Going slightly off topic, you’d have to agree or at least see the viewpoint of the owners of Spotlight TV. The system they use (which is 70 years old) is flawed.
“There are around 32 MILLION households in the United Kingdom. BARB surveys only 5,200 of them. So the viewing figures awarded to a television channel are based on the actual viewing of less than 1% of the population (0.016% to be precise).
So, in theory, 30 million households might tune in to a particular programme, but if none of those households happen to be within the BARB family, the programme is given a zero rating, effectively saying nobody watched it.” - per link in above post.
that system is very unfair. If that’s the system used here, it might explain why virgin media pulls in over 20% a week on their channels (1-3).
Hah, no! I only wish my income was the same as his! 😆
Wouldn’t it be down to statistical significance and margin of error? In Ireland, a RedC poll of a thousand people will give a result accurate to within +/- 2% iirc.
Yes I would agree. The example of 30 million households watching and none of them being one of the 5,200 they use for their survey would have an infinitesimally small probability of occurring. Unless the method to select the sample is skewed somehow that is likely an adequate sample size.
Has the channel gone from the Sky & Freesat EPG? Still there on the Sky online guide at 365.
https://www.sky.com/tv-guide/20220901/4104-50/365
Gone however from the Freesat guide at 500:
https://www.freesat.co.uk/tv-guide
Yes it’s gone
Gone from Astra as well.
Unfortunately it is gone. Usualy I tune in on Sunday evenings to relax to their music.
Just seen someone mention on the Spotlight TV Facebook page that the following shows will be broadcast on Channel 7 (Sky ch. 181) on Monday nights:
Tuning info for other receivers here: https://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/gh/Channel-7.html
The channel is now available to stream under the name Music and Memories
Watch Online www.musicandmemories.tv
Freeview #271 on your internet-connected smart TV (Channelbox)
Channelbox App available from Google Play and App Store
I notice on Phil Mack's Facebook page he posted "For all viewers in Ireland we launch there in late October, details early next week". I wonder will Music & Memories TV be coming to Saorview?
Be very interesting to see that
Ok guys a (disappointing) update. Music & Memories is going to Veusat from late October I hadn’t heard of them but basically you buy a free to air box off them and then pay them €25 per year for free to air channels. I wouldn’t pay any company €25 for free to air tv channels. They must be playing this channel via an internet stream I’d imagine. Disappointing update , can’t see many people investing in this for one extra tv channel
Does anyone have a direct link to stream this channel using VLC or other?
https://edge-fast2.evrideo.tv/51da5aca-56ff-4735-bde8-b75d2ae4d9b9_0_HLS/video_10801920_p_0.m3u8
Nice one thank you , whit that link there is a glitch in the audio every few seconds yet the Chanelbox and streaming via web is fine.
Veusat?
That was my reaction as well 😂
" Veusat is a service that provides you with over 130 + Free To Air TV channels from the UK and Ireland for €25 PER YEAR.
All the Channels are FREE TO AIR and fully legal. All channels are received through your satellite dish and TV aerial......
The €25 PER YEAR charge is to cover our Channel Update facility."
Dang Maybe I should start charging for update info I post on here. 🤣
You’d swear it’s a hard job updating when a channel change’s frequency. Ok the ITV’s did this year but all the main channels are usually pretty stable. Still can’t figure out, if they are using a satellite dish and aerial how are they going to provide this channel
It looks as though Music & Memories TV will be internet streamed on these Veusat boxes. Presumably anyone with a smart TV with IPTV app could set up a stream to this channel using the link posted above and not have to worry about one of these boxes. Bit of shame for the viewers without an internet connection.
No recording facility with Veusat - unbelievable.
My mother got a Veusat box over a year ago and it’s a great service. At €25 a year, it’s a lot cheaper than other TV suppliers and all she has to do is press a button and it updates for her. So I think €25 is nothing. She’ll be buying the new box to watch Music and Memories now because she loved Spotlight.
ha ha, your first post on here too, good one pal 🤣
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