General International TV Channels Thread

[RandomMe]

Now let me summarize Bengal's changes since the start of the year:

• Kantipur upgrades to HD
• Tara Muzik shuts down or was removed by Bengal because the channel came from the state of West Bengal
• Decoders say on January 27 that they were going to reshuffle their channels based on "content type"
• Switch on January 28, with some channels being paired to match their HD feeds
• Channel [V] China (FTA) added but was then removed (was a test service)
• DD India (not properly identified on the decoder) added
• Channel [V] China is readded
• UTV Action, STAR Movies HD, Movies OK, TravelXP, Bindass, BBC Lifestyle, CNBC, Sony Yay, Food TV (New Zealand), 9X Jhakaas, MTV Classic (Australia, FTA), MTV China (also FTA), ZEE TV HD and HBO HD (Asia) and HUM MENA are all added on January 30
• Bangla TV HD, STAR Utsav and ARY Family added too
• Bengal adds ID India however the channel was about to shut down in favor of Jeet
• BBC Lifestyle and Sony BBC Earth swap slots
• Discovery Kids switched to Asian feed (temporarily)
• Hum MENA dropped because it was scrambled, also Bengal had Hum South Asia so having the Arabian feed might have been a stretch
• MTV Classic Australia and Sony BBC Earth lost signal. BBC Earth's Asian feed coming?

 

[animegamer]

Sony BBC Earth is back. It’s running alongside the Asian one.

 

[RandomMe]

Basically they had more changes than NOS this year, they just switched BabyFirst in favor of BabyTV.

 

[animegamer]

Japanese kids content going strong despite homegrown onslaught:

http://www.indiantelevision.com/tel...ng-strong-despite-home-grown-onslaught-180206

 

[homeofthebadguys]

Japanese kids content going strong despite homegrown onslaught:

http://www.indiantelevision.com/tel...ng-strong-despite-home-grown-onslaught-180206

>Indian kids even know that their national programmes are universally terrible
Wew. Knowing how that country has the most clean toilets out there (There's a reason they're clean, and it all originates from a sewage contract fight when the country was being settled), I can't say I'm too surprised.

 

[animegamer]

Latest ratings chart:

 

[RandomMe]

Japanese kids content going strong despite homegrown onslaught:

http://www.indiantelevision.com/tel...ng-strong-despite-home-grown-onslaught-180206

They called Avatar "an anime".

 

[animegamer]

Jadoo’s HD channel list:

1. SATV HD
2. Deepto TV HD
3. Asian TV
4. Ekattor HD
5. Gaan Bangla HD
6. News 24 HD
7. Nagorik TV HD
8. Channel i HD
9. Duronto HD
10. Massranga HD
11. Colors HD
12. SET HD
13. AXN HD India
14. DIVA HD
15. Sony Channel HD
16. E! HD
17. HITS HD
18. Colors Bangla HD
19. NHK HD
20. Sony Ten 1 HD
21. Sony Ten Golf HD
22. Sony Six HD
23. Sony ESPN HD
24. Star Sports 1 HD
25. Star Sports 2 HD
26. Star Sports Select 1 HD
27. Star Sports Select 2 HD
28. Setanta HD
29. Disney Channel HD
30. CBeebies HD
31. BBC Lifestyle HD
32. FYI Asia HD
33. Discovery HD
34. Animal Planet HD
35. TLC HD
36. BBC Earth HD
37. History TV18 HD
38. H2 Asia HD
39. Lifetime HD
40. Crime Investigation HD
41. VH1 HD
42. SETMAX HD
43. Sony Pix HD
44. Fox Action Movies HD
45. HBO HD Asia
46. Star Movies HD
47. Sony Le Plex HD

Also, Ten Sports Pakistan is running on Bengal’s Live Sports slot.

 

[RandomMe]

MEO added MCM Top HD.

 

[Francisque]

Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 Italy not showing Winter Olympics (in spite of misleading ads) on Sky because Sky and Discovery have not agreed a deal.. here we go again

We're all losing out, and Sky is particularly to blame

 

[RandomMe]

Will Rai air a fraction of the games, at least?

 

[Francisque]

Yes

ES1 and ES2 on Sky are now the Russian versions, which do not air Olympics; meanwhile, ES1 and ES2 on Mediaset Premium air them..

It's a shameful situation, that could only happen in a shameful market such as the Italian one.. many many are angry with Sky for misleading ads, heck, even yesterday ads for the Olympics were aired on Sky

It's really a new low for Sky.. their arrogance knows no boundaries, particularly because they do not want to pay extra money

 

[RandomMe]

We have the Olympics on Eurosport 1 and 2 International (lucky Portuguese) and RTP will air the opening and closing ceremonies live. Some highlights will be shown.

 

[animegamer]

I knew it. Discovery Kids got switched back to the Indian feed.

 

[RandomMe]

Only two Portuguese athletes will compete at the Winter Olympics, however RTP doesn't know if it will air both events live.

I am shocked at the Italian situation, the deal with SKY might have changed at the last minute.

 

[animegamer]

Discovery Kids India to air this new local show next week.

Btw, I think the Asian one was stuck in a rerun loop. The promos appear to be from 2016 judging by the continuities I saw and doesn’t seem to be doing anything new.

 

[RandomMe]

Is it me or does the image remind me of some British cartoon? Horrid Henry, perhaps?

 

[animegamer]

Now I wish we stayed with the Asian one. Next week is the highly anticipated localisation rebrand of Discovery Kids India.

Which means THIS

Yes, everyday it’s like this.

 

[J10]

I knew it. Discovery Kids got switched back to the Indian feed.

It's very bad decision to switch back to Indian Feed. Better to put the Asian Feed beside the Indian one just like BBC Earth and Sony BBC Earth.

Anyway, MBC Pro Sports has ceased broadcasting and be replaced with SPL (Saudi Premier League)

Later on, MBC ProSports were back, but Pro Sports 4 became SPL.

 

[animegamer]

I think we also have to take country rights into account. These feed changes are usually temporary. When I asked about AXN Asia they said only Indian one was permitted.

The Indian BBC Earth in the beginning was intended to replace the shutdown BBC Entertainment, but it seems like now they are keeping both feeds. Maybe because the Indian one is operated by Sony India. Also, for the past two weeks Discovery Science was running the Australian feed which is not HD and is on same satellite as the Asian one. It got switched back to the Asian one also today.