GCap to sell two Sky EPG slots

GCap Media is inviting bids for two slots that it currently has on Sky's electronic programme guide. One of those slots is presumably that vacated by theJazz, the digital station that the radio firm closed down earlier this year. It is not known which of its other radio station slots on the Sky network it is planning to sell - ie which station will come off the EPG - though it may be Planet Rock, the other digital station that GCap said it would close down but which is still operational pending a review by the firm's new owners Global (assuming, of course, Global's takeover is completed). Doing his bit to flog the EPG positions, GCap Digital Radio Exec Ash Elford told reporters: "The available slots are ideal for existing broadcasters wishing to take up a more prominent position in the EPG, or for new broadcasters unable to gain access to the EPG due to the current high demand for EPG slots".