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Will Disney close all the UK linear kids channels?

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CA
Caly123
channel4squares1 posted:
Kunst posted:
What? But why!

DC in particular, still had a marathon of movies to show


And I was so looking forward to the movie marathon as well. Oh well.

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Disney XD, +1 and Disney Junior is the same.

I love how the Nicktoons logo is not the current logo (where "toons" is yellow).
JA
JAS84
Why doesn't that slide mention CBBC and CITV too? And Junior should've had a different slide advertising Cbeebies and Nick Jr.
CH
channel4squares1
JAS84 posted:
Why doesn't that slide mention CBBC and CITV too? And Junior should've had a different slide advertising Cbeebies and Nick Jr.


Nick Jr is mentioned on the Disney Junior slide, along with Cartoonito but for some reason, they thought Cartoonito was on channel 715 rather than 706.
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Also Disney XD's variant of the slide
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KU
Kunst
Virgin appears to be run by idiots sometimes

They just had to wait until tonight at 12am!

Especially since it's the 25th birthday of DC UK, on tomorrow
JA
JAS84
That Cartoonito channel number mistake is dumb considering that Nick Jr, the channel actually on 715, is mentioned on the same slide.

And why only mention the subscription channels?
KU
Kunst
JAS84 posted:
Why doesn't that slide mention CBBC and CITV too? And Junior should've had a different slide advertising Cbeebies and Nick Jr.

Because they only advertise paying TV kids channels
CH
channel4squares1
Let's hope Sky TV does the right thing. I've just checked the live stream on Virgin Media Go and it's displaying the same message.

I would've thought CBBC and CITV would've been mentioned on the slides.
KU
Kunst
I sometimes prefer the "rawer" approach by Sky of just removing the channel the same day or the day after it closed, anyway..
Especially if the results are these
KU
Kunst
channel4squares1 posted:
Let's hope Sky TV does the right thing. I've just checked the live stream on Virgin Media Go and it's displaying the same message.

I would've thought CBBC and CITV would've been mentioned on the slides.

Normally on Sky things are fairer, and the blank screen only appears (for the most part) when the channel really shuts down

The Disney channels will likely be removed on tomorrow at around 10am, on Sky
IS
Inspector Sands
Kunst posted:
I sometimes prefer the "rawer" approach by Sky of just removing the channel the same day or the day after it closed, anyway..
Especially if the results are these

The difference of course is that Virgin are responsible for the actual carriage and the EPG slot, whereas Sky are just doing the EPG.

It might be the case that the bandwidth freed up on Virgin by the closure is earmarked for something starting on the 1st so they need a day to reconfigure. That won't be the case with Disney's satellite space
LV
LondonViewer
JAS84 posted:

And why only mention the subscription channels?

All of the PAY TV kids channels are only available in the biggest TV pack. If you were looking to prevent people downgrading, as a result of the loss of these channels, then counterproductive to promote FTA kids services no?
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adamiow
The featured channels may have also paid to be shown on the slides.

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