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In 1981, United Video Satellite Group launched the first EPG service in North America, a cable channel known simply as The Electronic Program Guide.It allowed cable systems in the United States and Canada to provide on-screen listings to their subscribers 24 hours a day (displaying programming information up to 90 minutes in advance) on a dedicated cable channel.
Sales of TV Guide began to reverse course with the 4–10 September 1953, "Fall Preview" issue, which had an average circulation of 1,746,327 copies; by the mid-1960s, TV Guide had become the most widely circulated magazine in the United States. [9] Print TV listings were a common feature of newspapers from the late-1950s to the mid-2000s.
28 February – Sky 3 is rebranded as Pick TV. 6 July – Sky Anytime is merged with Sky Mobile and is rebranded as Sky Go. [66] Key changes include the ability to watch live channels in line with your Sky TV subscription at no additional cost, limited to two simultaneous devices. 5 September – Sky Living Loves begins broadcasting 24 hours a day.
TV Guide magazine journalists also no longer appeared on TV Guide Network. The top-line "plug" for the network did, however, remain intact on the websites of internet-based listings providers using TV Guide's EPG listings. TV Guide Network's program listings returned to TV Guide magazine in June 2010, with its logo prominently placed within the ...
The critically acclaimed TV adaptation of the video game, The Last of Us, makes its UK television debut on Sky Atlantic, airing at 2.00am. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The BBC have partnered with the European Broadcasting Union and Warner Bros. Discovery to provide coverage of the Olympic Games , with every Games up to and including 2032 free-to-air across ...
As a result, BBC Four broadcasts from 19:00 to around 04:00 each night, with an hour's down-time and promotions for CBeebies before the start of that channel's schedule. On 12 May 2011, BBC Four was added to the Sky EPG in the Republic of Ireland on channel 230. It later moved to EPG 211 to free up space for new channels. [6]
Timeline of EPG Changes Date Change made 2010-07-05: Moved to 403 on Sky 2012-09-19: Moved from 402 to 401 on Sky 2013-03-19: Showcase 2 launches on Sky 402 2014-10-06: Showcase becomes Irish TV 2015-08-29: Appears on Freeview on ch254 as iptv stream 2016-01-21: Removed from Freesat 2016-01-21
JML Direct TV originally launched on Sky channel 664, on 1 October 2002 as JML Direct. Due to various Sky EPG reshuffles, this original channel is located on channel 661 as of 2018. It is on Sky in the UK, but not in Ireland since the summer of 2020. The channel closed on 28 March 2024.