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All these +1 channels can disappear quickly and without any to plan the service being wound down.

Why ITV continues to squat on rubbish Freeview EPG numbers when the heat in that market has clearly fizzled out I'm not sure, but on the flipside - if this is capacity they already have committed to and they can't sell or release it, then what's to be lost from continuing with that?

Rubbish LCNs at the moment, but thinking forward to Everyone TVs next gen platform, bouquets of channels are likely to be grouped together, so by having all these +1s now would likely mean ITVs channels get high positions after PSB channels as has been hinted at in previous consultations.