[Orry Verducci]

How long will Ideal Extra last? It was still on the looping promo at 6am when IW relaunched, but checking now it's started simulcasting with Ideal World, with the message still on-screen.

I'm not running playout any later than Monday. If Arqiva haven't removed the channel from the transponder by then I'm switching it to bars.

For anyone who does look at the simulcast on Ideal Extra, I apologise for the ropy picture. I'm picking up Ideal World off satellite, upscaling it to HD (playout is in HD), and downscaling it again for the DSAT feed. Complete with two sets of encoding artifacts.