"United Media informs viewers that our channels, due to a change in the ownership structure of the company SBB, moved to new positions on the cable network. By the decision of the new owners of e&PPF Telecom Group, New TV is now in position 8, while N1 available at position 10," said a statement that appeared on April 3 on portals owned by the United Media company.
The SBB channel list looks colorful since Thursday - Nova in position 8, N1 in number 10. TV Kurir is inserted between them, and immediately after N1 follows TV Informer.
While on SBB N1 and Nova changed their positions only by a few places, from Thursday on Total TV these televisions can be found in positions 278 and 289 - between the Romanian television Digi 24 and the film channel Cinemania.
Due to such a drastic change, many Total TV users woke up with the belief that these channels are no longer available within their subscription, which they complained about on social networks.
United Media has enabled viewers from abroad to follow the programs via a link.
"What happened was that we and Nova changed places on our basic SBB - so Nova is on 8 and we are on 10, and it happened that we are no longer on NetTV plus - a platform for people who live abroad. Since SBB came into the hands of Telekom through the sale contract, they canceled our channels on the very first day, so the diaspora was deprived of finding us in the place where we used to be," said N1 program director Igor Božić Božić.
On Total TV, according to Božić, viewers can see N1 for now, but that channel and Nova have been moved to distant positions - 278 and 279 and they have to be persistent to find them.
Božić expresses his fear that they could be removed from that platform as well, given that, as he states, Telekom is the owner.
N1 and Nova unavailable in the diaspora
Although it turns out that Total TV users N1 and Nova are still available, the same cannot be said for those who pay for the services of the NetTV plus platform, which broadcasts programming for the diaspora market.
N1 is still available to the diaspora through the Adria Telekom platform, United Media announced.
The company informed users that it "expects" that N1 and Nova channels will also be offered by the Yettel network in the coming days.