New channel line-up?
Updated: Here's the way the Foxtel channels could stack up from November 15th.
- Published by David Knox
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On November 15th Foxtel launches its new channels.
And if multimedia and news website Knowfirst is on the money, here’s where they will land in a list it published yesterday:
Updated:
NINE – D100
TV1 – D101
ABC – D102
UKTV – D103
SBS – D104
ARENA – D105
LIFESTYLE – D106
SEVEN – D107
FOX8 – D108
TEN – D110
HITS – D111
COMEDY – D112
13TH STREET – D113
FOX CLASSICS – D114
W – D115
HALLMARK – D116
BIO. – D117
LIFESTYLE FOOD – D118
HOW TO – D119
LIFESTYLE YOU – D120
E! – D121
STYLE NETWORK – D122
FTV – D123
MTV – D124
SCI FI – D125
ABC2 – D126
OVATION – D132
FOXTEL BOX OFFICE – D138
FOX8 +2 – D150
TV1 +2 – D151
FOX CLASSICS +2 – D152
COMEDY +2 – D153
ARENA +2 – D154
W 2 – D155
UKTV +2 – D156
LIFESTYLE +2- D157
LIFESTYLE FOOD +2 – D158
LIFESTYLE YOU +2 – D160
HITS +2 – D161
SCI FI +2 D165
ABC (AUSTAR) – D168-172
TVSN – D176
EXPO – D178
SBS2 – D179
NITV – D180
ACC – D182
AURORA – D183
COMMONWEALTH/OLYMPIC GAMES – D184-D199
ESPN HD – D201
FS1HD – D203
FS2HD – D204
FS3HD – D205
FOX8 HD – D208
UKTV HD – D212
W HD – D215
SHOWTIME HD – D219
SHOWCASE HD – D220
SHOWTIME ACTION HD – D221
MOVIE ONE HD – D224
STARPICS 1 HD – D225
STARPICS 2 HD – D226
DISCOVERY HD – D232 (Foxtel only until early 2010)
NAT GEO HD – D236 (Foxtel only until early 2010)
BOX OFFICE PREVIEW 2 – D400
SHOWTIME – D401
SHOWTIME 2 – D402
SHOWCASE – D403
SHOWCASE 2 – D404
SHOWTIME ACTION – D406
SHOWTIME COMEDY – D407
SHOWTIME DRAMA – D408
MOVIE ONE – D411
MOVIE TWO – D412
FAMILY MOVIE CHANNEL – D413
STARPICS 1 – D415
STARPICS 2 – D416
MOVIE EXTRA – D417
MOVIE GREATS – D419
TCM – D428
WORLD MOVIES – D430
FOX SPORTS 1 – D501
FOX SPORTS 2 – D502
FOX SPORTS 3 – D503
ESPN – D508
SETANTA (AUSTAR) – D510
EUROSPORT – D511
FOX SPORTS NEWS – D513
EUROSPORTSNEWS – D514
FUEL – D516
FOXTEL OVERFLOW – D517
MAIN EVENT – D518
SKY RACING 1 – D519
SKY RACING 2 – D520
SKY RACING WORLD – D521
TVN – D522
SKY ACTIVE LOCAL – D600
SKY NEWS – D601
SKY BUSINESS – D602
WEATHER – D603
FOX NEWS – D604
CNN – D605
HISTORY – D606
DISCOVERY – D608
NAT GEO – D610
BBC KNOWLEDGE – D612
ANIMAL PLANET – D615
NAT GEO WILD – D616
CI – D617
NAT GEO ADVENTURE – D628
DISCOVERY TURBO MAX – D634
DISCOVERY TURBO MAX +2 – D635
DISCOVERY SCIENCE – D638
DISCOVERY HEALTH – D640
DISCOVERY TRAVEL – D646
A-PAC – D648
BBC WORLD NEWS – D649
BLOOMBERG – D650
AL JAZEERA – D651 (AUSTAR)
CNBC – D652
NICK – D701
NICK JR – D703
CBEEBIES – D705
DISNEY – D707
PLAYHOUSE – D709
CARTOON – D713
BOOMERANG – D715
KIDSCO – D718
ABC 3 – D723
V – D801
V HITS – D803
MAX – D805
VH1 – D810
CMC – D815
Nine, Seven, TEN: Syd, Mel, Bris.
50 Responses
Foxtel also needs to launch three new channels MTV Hits, TMF and Movies 24. Since MTV has been dropped as a music channel, MTV Hits should fill the 808 channel slot in the epg, while TMF can fill the 812 slot. Movies 24 can have the 424 channel slot. Now everyone wins! Glad that the Style Network is on channel 122.
You think BBC World News and A-PAC up the back is something? Wait until you find out that they’re both next to Al Jazeera, on D651 !! (Austar only though).
I am pretty sure Nine is on 100 because putting it on 109 would add a 3rd FTA channel right in the middle of Foxtel’s entertainment channels sparking greater competition?
And Channel Seven has been Snubbed for Satellite Viewers again.
I am very disappointed with the moving of BBC World News and A-PAC. As a news junkie I often find myself scrolling through the news channels. This change is unnecessarily inconvenient.
It is good, however, to see Nat Geo Adventure removed from the sports section.
Nick says: Don’t know why they have Nine D100, should be D109???
Nope. 100. Always has been and it causes some consternation amongst Seven and Ten too.
Yep. My November Austar magazine arrived today and whats been posted seems to be correct.
I can’t see ONE HD on that list
You have chanel Ten as D111, should be D110
Also Seven is D107
Don’t know why they have Nine D100, should be D109???
SKY RACING 1 – D519
SKY RACING 2 – D520
SKY RACING WORLD – D521
Wow so Sky Racing is going to be 3 channels now and TVN moves to 522. So what does this mean? Will 1 have Metro? 2 have provincial?
Also moving some of the channel numbers around will get a bit confusing. HD is good too. I cant wait to get my hands on a box. I need 2 actually. One for my room and one for the living room.
hopefully this means sbs2 will be removed form the news category in the epg as it is no longer a news channel.
My views on the Channel Changes..
13th Street/113 *clever idea*
MTV/124 *good idea, there is Hardly any music on it any more*
Sky Active/600 *good move, auto triggers it*
APAC/648 *bad move, should have been left alone*
BBC/649 *bad move, should have been left alone*
ABC3/723 *good move, cause its strictly a kids channel*
*No mention of: GO!* what channel is that gonna be??
With so many channels maybe Foxtel need voice activation on there remotes to just say the channels name to find it?
I didn’t realize so many channels were moving, is this the same for Austar subscribers?
I think ABC 3 could have been say, 127 instead of 723
wow – Fox really does hate the BBC, demoting it to 649… (a la Media Watch this week)
I’m buggered with some of the changes…
I would have done:
FOX 8 – 108, FOX8+2 208, FOX8 HD 308
etc
Looks like there’s some channel changes too then for existing channels. SciFi is currently on 132…probably others too but I’ve never paid too much attention to channel numbers…that’s what the ‘favourites’ button is for.
What’s with the move of BBC News from 606 to 649???? If this is correct, another Foxtel Epic Fail!!!
David, you should go back and have another look at the website, the list has been updated now with several channels that were missing (e.g. BBC Knowledge, E!, ABC2 etc.)
Surprising to see MTV go into the 100s category as well.
MTV – D124 ? I would have thought this would have stayed at D808. Probably because it has very little music on it these days, it was time to move?
Few more than when I had Foxtel back when it started! But going by the selection of channels I saw when staying with a friend last week, it’ll just mean more b-grade rubbish with a few crowd-pleasers thrown in – and more ads than FTA!
where’s MTV and E!????
ABC2 should be on 126…
I don’t understand why they don’t take the chance to get All the channel numbers “fixed”, and make the association between normal channels, and their +2 partners logical.
ie:
FOX8 = 108, FOX8+2 = 158, FOX8 HD = 208
Having FOX8 +2 as 150 gives no respect to the “8” brand that they have built up since the day Foxtel started.
THis seems mostly accurate, given 111 HITS have started advertising its +2 channel will be on 161. I’m not sure about moving around some of the channels 112-120 (might confuse people), U forgot E! on 121.