UK Cable TV Changes
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Overnight Changes:
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Overnight Changes:
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Overnight Changes:
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
1 sports channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand (HD & SD versions).
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
1 sports channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand (HD & SD versions).
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Overnight Changes:
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
1 sports channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand (HD & SD versions).
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
1 sports channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand (HD & SD versions).
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Update on USID numbers:
Following recent service additions, IDs 2390, 2391, 2397 & 2398 have not yet been assigned.
Following recent service additions, IDs 2390, 2391, 2397 & 2398 have not yet been assigned.
February 13, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Update on USID numbers:
Following recent service additions, IDs 2390, 2391, 2397 & 2398 have not yet been assigned.
Following recent service additions, IDs 2390, 2391, 2397 & 2398 have not yet been assigned.
Overnight Changes:
A complete reversal of yesterday's change.
2 new FAST channels with pre-launch configurations: World War TV & Nature Time assigned provisional channel numbers of 232 & 248 respectively.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
A complete reversal of yesterday's change.
2 new FAST channels with pre-launch configurations: World War TV & Nature Time assigned provisional channel numbers of 232 & 248 respectively.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Overnight Changes:
A complete reversal of yesterday's change.
2 new FAST channels with pre-launch configurations: World War TV & Nature Time assigned provisional channel numbers of 232 & 248 respectively.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
A complete reversal of yesterday's change.
2 new FAST channels with pre-launch configurations: World War TV & Nature Time assigned provisional channel numbers of 232 & 248 respectively.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
As expected, this has now been reversed out.
Overnight Changes:
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed from "not running" to "running".
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Seemingly a repeat of the change from a week ago which was reversed out the next day.
No customer impact.
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed from "not running" to "running".
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Seemingly a repeat of the change from a week ago which was reversed out the next day.
No customer impact.
February 13, 2026 at 5:24 AM
As expected, this has now been reversed out.
Overnight Changes:
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed from "not running" to "running".
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Seemingly a repeat of the change from a week ago which was reversed out the next day.
No customer impact.
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed from "not running" to "running".
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Seemingly a repeat of the change from a week ago which was reversed out the next day.
No customer impact.
February 12, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Overnight Changes:
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed from "not running" to "running".
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Seemingly a repeat of the change from a week ago which was reversed out the next day.
No customer impact.
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed from "not running" to "running".
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Seemingly a repeat of the change from a week ago which was reversed out the next day.
No customer impact.
Overnight Changes:
Sky FAST services: Sky Artist of theYear, Sky Sports Stories, Sky Sports Classics & Sky Sports Vault have been removed without ever having launched on Virgin TV.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Sky FAST services: Sky Artist of theYear, Sky Sports Stories, Sky Sports Classics & Sky Sports Vault have been removed without ever having launched on Virgin TV.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Overnight Changes:
Sky FAST services: Sky Artist of theYear, Sky Sports Stories, Sky Sports Classics & Sky Sports Vault have been removed without ever having launched on Virgin TV.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Sky FAST services: Sky Artist of theYear, Sky Sports Stories, Sky Sports Classics & Sky Sports Vault have been removed without ever having launched on Virgin TV.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Overnight changes:
Closure slates have been hidden from the EPG for LEGEND XTRA +1 and TRUE CRIME +1.
Redundant streams and encryption have been removed. Placeholder services have been moved to dummy channel numbers, releasing the original channel numbers for re-use.
Closure slates have been hidden from the EPG for LEGEND XTRA +1 and TRUE CRIME +1.
Redundant streams and encryption have been removed. Placeholder services have been moved to dummy channel numbers, releasing the original channel numbers for re-use.
February 9, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Overnight changes:
Closure slates have been hidden from the EPG for LEGEND XTRA +1 and TRUE CRIME +1.
Redundant streams and encryption have been removed. Placeholder services have been moved to dummy channel numbers, releasing the original channel numbers for re-use.
Closure slates have been hidden from the EPG for LEGEND XTRA +1 and TRUE CRIME +1.
Redundant streams and encryption have been removed. Placeholder services have been moved to dummy channel numbers, releasing the original channel numbers for re-use.
Overnight Changes:
The short EPG Name of Talking Pictures has changed back to TalkingPics
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed back from "running" to "not running".
Reversing yesterday's changes.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
The short EPG Name of Talking Pictures has changed back to TalkingPics
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed back from "running" to "not running".
Reversing yesterday's changes.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Overnight Changes:
The short EPG Name of Talking Pictures has changed back to TalkingPics
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed back from "running" to "not running".
Reversing yesterday's changes.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
The short EPG Name of Talking Pictures has changed back to TalkingPics
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed back from "running" to "not running".
Reversing yesterday's changes.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Overnight Changes:
The short EPG Name of Talking Pictures has changed to TalkingPic (was TalkingPics).
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed from "not running" to "running".
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
The short EPG Name of Talking Pictures has changed to TalkingPic (was TalkingPics).
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed from "not running" to "running".
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Overnight Changes:
The short EPG Name of Talking Pictures has changed to TalkingPic (was TalkingPics).
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed from "not running" to "running".
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
The short EPG Name of Talking Pictures has changed to TalkingPic (was TalkingPics).
The Run Status flag of the inactive transport stream marker on TS 101 in Scotland has changed from "not running" to "running".
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Overnight Changes:
3 Rakuten TV FAST channels have now launched on channels 462-464 (TV360 & Stream only).
4 TNT Olympics channels have launched on channels 140, 141, 527 & 528.
The short EPG name of Gemporia has had a typo corrected.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
3 Rakuten TV FAST channels have now launched on channels 462-464 (TV360 & Stream only).
4 TNT Olympics channels have launched on channels 140, 141, 527 & 528.
The short EPG name of Gemporia has had a typo corrected.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Overnight Changes:
3 Rakuten TV FAST channels have now launched on channels 462-464 (TV360 & Stream only).
4 TNT Olympics channels have launched on channels 140, 141, 527 & 528.
The short EPG name of Gemporia has had a typo corrected.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
3 Rakuten TV FAST channels have now launched on channels 462-464 (TV360 & Stream only).
4 TNT Olympics channels have launched on channels 140, 141, 527 & 528.
The short EPG name of Gemporia has had a typo corrected.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Overnight Changes:
SDT root flags have been updated for 2 of the 4 pre-launch Olympics channels.
Regardless of the flag status, all 4 services are encrypted.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
SDT root flags have been updated for 2 of the 4 pre-launch Olympics channels.
Regardless of the flag status, all 4 services are encrypted.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Overnight Changes:
SDT root flags have been updated for 2 of the 4 pre-launch Olympics channels.
Regardless of the flag status, all 4 services are encrypted.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
SDT root flags have been updated for 2 of the 4 pre-launch Olympics channels.
Regardless of the flag status, all 4 services are encrypted.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Overnight Changes:
The pre-launch Olympics channels move closer to launch, the hide flags have been removed and PMTs & elementary streams (video/audio etc) added.
Duplicate channel numbers moved to dummy slots for 2 inactive services.
Various rebrands.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
The pre-launch Olympics channels move closer to launch, the hide flags have been removed and PMTs & elementary streams (video/audio etc) added.
Duplicate channel numbers moved to dummy slots for 2 inactive services.
Various rebrands.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Overnight Changes:
The pre-launch Olympics channels move closer to launch, the hide flags have been removed and PMTs & elementary streams (video/audio etc) added.
Duplicate channel numbers moved to dummy slots for 2 inactive services.
Various rebrands.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
The pre-launch Olympics channels move closer to launch, the hide flags have been removed and PMTs & elementary streams (video/audio etc) added.
Duplicate channel numbers moved to dummy slots for 2 inactive services.
Various rebrands.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Saturday's Changes:
End of Service and Placeholder flags have now been added to preserve any recordings for a limited period.
The blog and End of Service Placeholder page have now been updated with these changes.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
End of Service and Placeholder flags have now been added to preserve any recordings for a limited period.
The blog and End of Service Placeholder page have now been updated with these changes.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Overnight changes:
At 6.00am channel 371 LEGEND XTRA +1 and
at 6.05am channel 348 TRUE CRIME +1 both ceased on Virgin TV.
The video streams switched to closure information slates.
Other elementary streams have been removed.
No flags have changed yet so there is no blog update.
At 6.00am channel 371 LEGEND XTRA +1 and
at 6.05am channel 348 TRUE CRIME +1 both ceased on Virgin TV.
The video streams switched to closure information slates.
Other elementary streams have been removed.
No flags have changed yet so there is no blog update.
January 31, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Saturday's Changes:
End of Service and Placeholder flags have now been added to preserve any recordings for a limited period.
The blog and End of Service Placeholder page have now been updated with these changes.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
End of Service and Placeholder flags have now been added to preserve any recordings for a limited period.
The blog and End of Service Placeholder page have now been updated with these changes.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Overnight changes:
At 6.00am channel 371 LEGEND XTRA +1 and
at 6.05am channel 348 TRUE CRIME +1 both ceased on Virgin TV.
The video streams switched to closure information slates.
Other elementary streams have been removed.
No flags have changed yet so there is no blog update.
At 6.00am channel 371 LEGEND XTRA +1 and
at 6.05am channel 348 TRUE CRIME +1 both ceased on Virgin TV.
The video streams switched to closure information slates.
Other elementary streams have been removed.
No flags have changed yet so there is no blog update.
January 31, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Overnight changes:
At 6.00am channel 371 LEGEND XTRA +1 and
at 6.05am channel 348 TRUE CRIME +1 both ceased on Virgin TV.
The video streams switched to closure information slates.
Other elementary streams have been removed.
No flags have changed yet so there is no blog update.
At 6.00am channel 371 LEGEND XTRA +1 and
at 6.05am channel 348 TRUE CRIME +1 both ceased on Virgin TV.
The video streams switched to closure information slates.
Other elementary streams have been removed.
No flags have changed yet so there is no blog update.
Pending Launch, End of Service Placeholders and SI Error pages have now been updated on the blog.
The subscription pack info for the Olympics channels has been clarified, if that is even possible with the continued use of deprecated codes.
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
The subscription pack info for the Olympics channels has been clarified, if that is even possible with the continued use of deprecated codes.
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Pending Launch, End of Service Placeholders and SI Error pages have now been updated on the blog.
The subscription pack info for the Olympics channels has been clarified, if that is even possible with the continued use of deprecated codes.
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
The subscription pack info for the Olympics channels has been clarified, if that is even possible with the continued use of deprecated codes.
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
I've been asked if we hold back information if asked by Virgin Media. The short answer is we've never been asked. Any delays in releasing information are normally scheduling or staffing issues.
Pending Launch and End of Service Placeholder pages will be updated later today.
Pending Launch and End of Service Placeholder pages will be updated later today.
January 30, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I've been asked if we hold back information if asked by Virgin Media. The short answer is we've never been asked. Any delays in releasing information are normally scheduling or staffing issues.
Pending Launch and End of Service Placeholder pages will be updated later today.
Pending Launch and End of Service Placeholder pages will be updated later today.
Thursday's Changes:
Pre-launch subscription pack codes have been added to the TNT Sports Olympics services.
Friday's Changes:
Sky Repay has been removed from the SI data, any recordings will no longer work.
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Pre-launch subscription pack codes have been added to the TNT Sports Olympics services.
Friday's Changes:
Sky Repay has been removed from the SI data, any recordings will no longer work.
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Thursday's Changes:
Pre-launch subscription pack codes have been added to the TNT Sports Olympics services.
Friday's Changes:
Sky Repay has been removed from the SI data, any recordings will no longer work.
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Pre-launch subscription pack codes have been added to the TNT Sports Olympics services.
Friday's Changes:
Sky Repay has been removed from the SI data, any recordings will no longer work.
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
The beta test of the UKCTVC feed on Tumblr has now ended.
We won't be using Tumblr for regular posts. It may be used at some point for longer, more detailed, posts and announcements that don't fit easily on our Bluesky and Mastodon feeds and are outside the usual remit of the blog.
We won't be using Tumblr for regular posts. It may be used at some point for longer, more detailed, posts and announcements that don't fit easily on our Bluesky and Mastodon feeds and are outside the usual remit of the blog.
January 28, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The beta test of the UKCTVC feed on Tumblr has now ended.
We won't be using Tumblr for regular posts. It may be used at some point for longer, more detailed, posts and announcements that don't fit easily on our Bluesky and Mastodon feeds and are outside the usual remit of the blog.
We won't be using Tumblr for regular posts. It may be used at some point for longer, more detailed, posts and announcements that don't fit easily on our Bluesky and Mastodon feeds and are outside the usual remit of the blog.
Overnight Changes:
New pre-launch configurations have been added for IDs 2392 to 2395 - TNT Sports Olympics 1 & TNT Sports Olympics 2
Provisional channel numbers are 527 & 528 (Sport genre) with duplicates on channels 140 & 141 (Entertainment genre).
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
New pre-launch configurations have been added for IDs 2392 to 2395 - TNT Sports Olympics 1 & TNT Sports Olympics 2
Provisional channel numbers are 527 & 528 (Sport genre) with duplicates on channels 140 & 141 (Entertainment genre).
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
UK Cable TV Changes
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Overnight Changes:
New pre-launch configurations have been added for IDs 2392 to 2395 - TNT Sports Olympics 1 & TNT Sports Olympics 2
Provisional channel numbers are 527 & 528 (Sport genre) with duplicates on channels 140 & 141 (Entertainment genre).
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
New pre-launch configurations have been added for IDs 2392 to 2395 - TNT Sports Olympics 1 & TNT Sports Olympics 2
Provisional channel numbers are 527 & 528 (Sport genre) with duplicates on channels 140 & 141 (Entertainment genre).
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Overnight Changes:
The closure slates for HGTV / HGTV +1 have been hidden and removed from the EPG and these services have been moved to placeholder SIDs & channel numbers.
Clubland TV moved to channel 289 (from 292) and EPG flags have been updated.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
The closure slates for HGTV / HGTV +1 have been hidden and removed from the EPG and these services have been moved to placeholder SIDs & channel numbers.
Clubland TV moved to channel 289 (from 292) and EPG flags have been updated.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Overnight Changes:
The closure slates for HGTV / HGTV +1 have been hidden and removed from the EPG and these services have been moved to placeholder SIDs & channel numbers.
Clubland TV moved to channel 289 (from 292) and EPG flags have been updated.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
The closure slates for HGTV / HGTV +1 have been hidden and removed from the EPG and these services have been moved to placeholder SIDs & channel numbers.
Clubland TV moved to channel 289 (from 292) and EPG flags have been updated.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
In addition to Bluesky & Mastodon, we can now be found at ukctvc.tumblr.com
The feed is currently being beta tested.
The feed is currently being beta tested.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:25 PM
In addition to Bluesky & Mastodon, we can now be found at ukctvc.tumblr.com
The feed is currently being beta tested.
The feed is currently being beta tested.
Overnight Changes:
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Overnight Changes:
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
Overnight Changes:
2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.
1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
https://
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.
1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
https://
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Overnight Changes:
2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.
1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
https://
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.
1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.
Further details:
https://
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
The extra information pages on the blog have all been updated over the last few days.
End of Service Placeholders
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/p/placeholde...
Services Pending Launch
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/p/pending-la...
SI Errors
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/p/si-errors....
End of Service Placeholders
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/p/placeholde...
Services Pending Launch
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/p/pending-la...
SI Errors
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/p/si-errors....
January 15, 2026 at 8:38 AM
The extra information pages on the blog have all been updated over the last few days.
End of Service Placeholders
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/p/placeholde...
Services Pending Launch
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/p/pending-la...
SI Errors
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/p/si-errors....
End of Service Placeholders
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/p/placeholde...
Services Pending Launch
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/p/pending-la...
SI Errors
ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/p/si-errors....
