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On 21/06/2024 07:15, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> What's with this prepending "U&" to the name of several TV channels?
> Seems totally silly; people won't say it when talking about the channels
> so it seems just some corporate nonsense that reduces what little
> respect there might have been for the channels in question (or the
> company behind them).

Sorry - don't understand this. I've just been through the list of
Freeview channels on my TV and none of them start with "U&". Also, I
can't see any of the channels listed at
<https://www.terrestrialtv.uk/dtt.php> beginning with "U&".

--
Jeff

In article <v5383o$31td8$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman
<Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes
>Sorry - don't understand this. I've just been through the list of Freeview
>channels on my TV and none of them start with "U&". Also, I can't see any
>of the channels listed at <https://www.terrestrialtv.uk/dtt.php> beginning
>with "U&".

I think Yesterday is to change to this in the near future.

Mike

--
Michael Swift      We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
Kirkheaton          We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
Yorkshire             Halvard Lange

In message <UewwCJAeTVdmFw4n@ntlworld.com> at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:24:30,
Mike Swift <mike.swift@yeton.co.uk> writes
>In article <v5383o$31td8$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman
><Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes
>>Sorry - don't understand this. I've just been through the list of Freeview
>>channels on my TV and none of them start with "U&". Also, I can't see any
>>of the channels listed at <https://www.terrestrialtv.uk/dtt.php> beginning
>>with "U&".
>
>I think Yesterday is to change to this in the near future.
>
>Mike
>
Yes, they've been warning us for a few days now (in odd moments between
prog.s, or in ad. breaks, I can't remember), that Yesterday is going to
change to U&Yesterday, and I think about four or five others (presumably
from the same stable) are changing similarly.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

I admire you British: when things get tough, you reach for humour. Not
firearms. - Sigourney (Susan) Weaver, RT 2017/11/4-10

In message <x5vPxMubzZdmFw+x@255soft.uk> at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:31:39,
J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> writes
>In message <UewwCJAeTVdmFw4n@ntlworld.com> at Fri, 21 Jun 2024
>11:24:30, Mike Swift <mike.swift@yeton.co.uk> writes
>>In article <v5383o$31td8$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman
>><Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes
>>>Sorry - don't understand this. I've just been through the list of Freeview
>>>channels on my TV and none of them start with "U&". Also, I can't see any
>>>of the channels listed at <https://www.terrestrialtv.uk/dtt.php> beginning
>>>with "U&".
>>
>>I think Yesterday is to change to this in the near future.
>>
>>Mike
>>
>Yes, they've been warning us for a few days now (in odd moments between
>prog.s, or in ad. breaks, I can't remember), that Yesterday is going to
>change to U&Yesterday, and I think about four or five others
>(presumably from the same stable) are changing similarly.

I've just found a prog. about it - 2024-6-18 - on AMTV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?ví3anP1mkkc .  Although IMO not _quite_
up to his usual standard (which means it's still very good), it
certainly has a lot of information.

It's the channels under the UKTV brand. I either had forgotten or didn't
know that that was - and is - wholly owned by BBC commercial.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

A good pun is its own reword.