Keep it Country - Temporary interruption
 

Keep It Country TV is in the process of changing provider.
All their programme feeds (including online) are currently off the air.

The following message is posted on the Phil Mack website:

"To all viewers of Keep It Country TV
There are major changes taking place over the coming days , we are moving to a new service provider on 1st February , so there will be a break in transmission on all mediums for a short period
Sky 389 - Freesat 516 - Freeview 87
Freeview 516 , will be back on your screens first within the next 36 hours ,with Sky 389 & Freeview 87 following soon after .
We are looking forward to this new step forward and a press release will be released on Wednesday February 1st 2017 , the viewing figures have been phenomenal over the last few months hence the negotiations to take Keep It Country into this new relationship which will give us access to further afield including the USA
Thanks again to all our viewers
Phil Mack
CEO
KIC TV"

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Seems very odd for a channel to disappear from all platforms for days...

I take what KIC say with a pinch of salt since they started bulling their alleged viewing figures up to being more than Sky Sports!

Still, I hope that this isn't an excuse to cover up funding problems and that the channel does indeed return.

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I think what they are saying is more than likely the case. They have been in regular service for exactly a year, so the deal with their initial provider has probably lapsed. Looking at their Facebook page there is talk of them having to load several hundred hours of programme material onto new servers in preparation for next week.

PS. There is an error in what is quoted above in that the Freeview feed will be the first to return, followed by satellite.

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KIC have now fired up their new online player & it looks like they are testing the playout system:

http://web.keepitcountry.tv/

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Excellent news

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Freeview 87 should now be live.

Sky 389 & Freesat 516 should return in the next 24 to 48 hours.

Normal programming is scheduled to resume on Monday 6th February.

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A blessed relief I'd should think. Maybe fans of 'keep it country' can find a life in the meantime...

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Actually the opposite is the case. I didn't bother with music channels until KIC came along. The channel has been a phenomenal success, so much so that a lot of the Irish & Scottish artists (not to mention some of the Americans) that used to keep to their own soil are now selling out at places like the London Palladium. Local theatres around me are hosting country music once a month or more now where last year there wasn't any.

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I am so glad we are getting it back, I have been a country music fan for 60 years, that it the Traditional kind not the modern country,

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Sky 389 & Freesat 516 are now up & running.

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Glad to say I was able to watch Freesat 516 last night, Fantastic

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I wonder if VM will ever pick this channel up?

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I hope they will Richard, it's a shame for country fans to miss thus channel

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When you think that back in the early 90's cable was the ONLY way of watching country music TV in the UK, the whole thing has now come full circle & cable is the only media that doesn't have it.

As a PS. The channel has again temprarily dissapeared from Freesat (it can still be manually tuned (11082 H at 22000) on Freesat equipment). KIC are assuring people via social media that this will be fixed by Monday.

Just tuned my box in manually & came across a channel called Showbiz TV on the same transponder running a non-stop country music show (CM&T)

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Knowing my luck if I tried to tune anything in manually I would lose everything.

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Just heard KIC have now opened up on a new transponder on Astra 2E (the current output is on Astra 2G).

The new transponder is on 11426 V 27500. Looks like a transponder switch may be the reason its not on Freesat yet.

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The re-launch date has now been put back a week to Monday 13th February. Got the feeling they want to make sure they can launch to all three platforms at the same time.

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I was beginning we were not receiving it at all on Freesat , Thanks

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Latest info

Launch still planned for Monday 6th.

KIC are apparently waiting for a new EPG number. Why they cant use their old one I dont know.

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Thanks ;)

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Any update?

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Latest I read was to be Monday 13th,

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There appears to be a stalemate at the moment. KIC say everything is in place to go back on Freesat & are blaming them for the delays. Freesat are saying its a problem at KIC that is preventing the channel returning.

Suppose we will just have to wait. As above you can tune manually to KIC for now (although you cant record).

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Beginning to be a pain in the neck, How do you tune in manually?

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That depends on your Freesat box Nash. You will have to go into your settings and look for a manual tune option. If you can find it, the tuning details you need are in post 16 above.

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Good news.

Freesat & KIC seem to have resolved their issues. Channel detials will be available on Wed 22nd Feb. Hopefully things will be up & running soon after.

https://www.facebook.com/82493565094...type=3&theater

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So Happy about this news

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From what I can gather, KIC moved to the old capacity of truTV +1.

truTV +1 had been kicked off the Sky EPG for non compliance of Sky EPG rules.

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KIC re-launches on Freesat channel 516 on 28th February.

https://www.facebook.com/freesat/pho...type=3&theater

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Every time I look for the new date is changes again to a later date,

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All the info so far has come from KIC until todays announcement that was directly from Freesat themselves. So I think we can treat todays info as correct.

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Looking forward to watching it again

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Digital Spy is reporting that KIC has returned to channel 516 on Freesat. Can't check as I am not at home.

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discus...-changelog/p54

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Just looked to see if I was ok on 516 Excellent so glad to having this station back , Thanks

Keep it Country Temporary interruption
 

Hi all. Keep It Country TV is now scheduled to start on Monday 25th Jan 2016 at 1300 GMT but not 24/7 yet. It will be on SKY Channel 261 but the Freesat Channel has not yet been allocated. They hope to cover all tastes. Lets see how well they do. At least someone is trying.

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???:erm:???

This thread is over 9 months old. The channel did launch in 2016 & was given Freesat channel 516 just after launch. It has also since moved to Sky channel 389. This thread was started due to KIC changing providers AFTER A YEAR OF OPERATION on both Sky & Freesat.

If you are going to post please check your facts first.