Rather unlikely! Even if ITV and C4 regain their enthusiasm for HD (after debating their planned involvement in Freeview HD!) there is no Astra 2D capacity. (Unless Sky can be bribed into moving some channels off it that is!)Freeview HD launches on schedule we may get a full time ITV and either Five or F4 on Dsat.
Rather unlikely! Even if ITV and C4 regain their enthusiasm for HD (after debating their planned involvement in Freeview HD!) there is no Astra 2D capacity. (Unless Sky can be bribed into moving some channels off it that is!)
Sky Arts have just announced today a brave new experiment in July screening series of new plays all being shown live as if you were at the theatre!
This might be a neat way to launch these separate channels in a PR strategy.
Personally Im happy with the HD channels we have now. More channels will just mean more channels crammed on to a transponder meaning less bandwith per channel meaning the usual picture quality drop. The channels cant afford any more drops in quality.
I know the talk is very much on new EPG but it seems to have gone rather quiet on what channels are to appear next anyone with any info.