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I also wonder if, once the stream is turned off, there might be a message on 101 generated by Sky boxes explaining BBC One’s absence, rather like the old ‘Press TV then 3 for ITV’ message in the early days of Sky Digital.

I believe that ITV one was hard coded into the software. I can't imagine they have the means or the appetite to make any updates to those boxes now.

I suppose they could either keep the transponder DVB-S for while longer (with the capacity loss) and maintain a static video stream with that message, or see if Sky would be willing to do it on one of theirs (after all, it might trigger some people to finally upgrade to Q...)