I was thinking exactly the same thing.
Wiki has updated the information on 7 HD and the new channel. It says the new channel is unlikely to arrive before March. The AFL season doesnât start until 24 march.
I have also read sources that channel 76 is more likely to be a lifestyle channel. If the sources are right Iâm prepared to put a name on the new channel
7HOME
thatâs if it becomes a lifestyle channel.
Wikipedia isnât the pinnacle of accuracy.
If itâs a lifestyle channel, I will be extremely disappointed.
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Or what about
7YOU
or
7CHIC
(since a Lifestyle channel would be aimed at females, and be a âsisterâ channel to 7mate⌠??).
This is what seven has in mind. Seven nearly always try to compete with Nine.
If this is true I wonât be surprised to see another lifestyle channel.
With regards to how you say the channel name though, you donât say Iâm going to change over to âBritish Broadcasting Corporationâ now - you say âBBCâ so I think it works ok.
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Makes sense. Itâs a cool name. No reason 7 could not use it too. There are a million channels out there with News, Sports, Movies, Music, World, Life, etc tagged on the end. BBC does not own the word âBritâ - especially for a UK themed channel.
7 - flagship
7TWO - younger, sport, US drama, comedy
7Brit - older 55+
7mate - younger male
Is a joke that Australia is pretty much the only country in the world where the Australian Open canât be seen in HD.
Obviously things are set up a bit differently there and legislation has held things back but what I also donât get is how the broadcasters havenât been able to improve the efficiencies of their allocated multiplexes on Freeview over the last decade. Here even without changing to MPEG4/DVB-T2 weâve gone from 4 channels per mux about 14 years ago to at least 8 per mux (think the maximum is 13). The HD DVB-T2 muxes which broadcast in MPEG4 can air 5-6 HD channels and the same again in SD.
As for channels it would seem that what is missing from channel 7âs portfolio is a channel targetting younger and especially female viewers.with 7Two clearly trending older and 7mate supposedly male.
I do think though rather than launching a new channel for the sake of it theyâd be better off playing the HD card and biting the bullet and switching 7, 7Two and 7Mate to HD (MPEG4), with an SD simulcast in MPEG2 of 7. A few might lose out but I think the benefits outweigh the cons - and theyâd love being able to advertise that all their main channels are in âcrystal clear HDâ. Canât see Seven doing that though, but wouldnât be surprised if Ten did.
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yep bingo - hence why I really want them to focus on a family channel - they have so much inventory that would fit that style of channel.
Great post.
I do agree with the idea of converting 7, 7Two and 7mate to HD, except that we would see an even bigger âoutrageâ of when Nine went HD, despite the fact that no one lost any channels then.
In this scenario, those same people who complained last time would lose 2 channels.
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Ok. My first guess was way offâŚso my second guess is that the new channel will launch on Feb 7, but will be heavily promoted from Feb 1 particularly through MKR. Letâs hopeâŚ
No news on Prime picking this up yet.
Thereâs no news on even what this channel is going to be yet!
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I know but I live in hope. Sick of that âcoming soonâ sign. Lol
You donât have to sit there and watch it for endless hours. Use your remote. 
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They really should change it to âComing a bit sooner nowâ (or something like that)⌠to give us all a bit of hope!
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Bahaha. 
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Or add a date at least like
New Channel coming Feb 8th .
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or âha ha got ya you Media Spy twerpsâ 
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New datacasting channel ? Imagine if it was just a datacasting channel lol.
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