Licences/UpLate

The following states the licence information for the Six Sports Network service.

Licence information
Name: Network Six East Scotland & Channel Islands Broadcast area: East Scotland & Channel Islands Licence type: Overnight syndication service

Licence automatically given in compliance with Network rules and regulations

Licencee information
Contracted to: AHL (Operations) Limited

Contract period: 1 March 2008 - 28 February 2009

Regional quotas: n/a

Parent company: Aquidia Holdings Limited

Broadcasting as: scoTV Up Late / CTV Up Late

Brief: UpLate is the name of the late night programming block on CTV and scoTV. It usually screens library programs, otherwise it will be used for technical tests, or will show Taff Media News Channel, scoTEXT or repeats of the Newshour. At 00:00 (midnight), a quarter of the way through the repeat of Andy Wilkins Live, franchise Engineering staff pick up the UpLate feed from AHL Playout 2 in Manchester (from satellite fourtsnsat1). They will then return from the next commercial break to the feed from AHL Playout 2, which is up to the same point in the program as the franchise is. Then, at 00:45, the transmitters switch from the fibre uplink from the franchise to the satellite feed from AHL, as all equipment is shut down for the night at the franchise. Sattelite and Cable viewers have the uplink location changed to the AHL office. UpLate hands over to the early news at 5:30AM, however scoTV breaks away early for their early news at 5:00.

Satellite & Cable Sky Digital (Astra), Virgin Media (ex-NTL and ex-Telewest)

Digital Terrestrial Coverage: DTT: Multiplex 3 (Operated by Network Six); Eastern Scotland & Channel Islands franchises