Discovery Channel gone on analogue?

Guys I'm not very au fait with the tech terms these days and don't post here much so please bear with me. The parents still have analogue with UPC (old people not liking change and all that). My Dad informs me that since yesterday afternoon his favourite channel, Discovery, has been just a black screen.

I rang UPC and didn't really get a satisfactory response. They're not aware of a fault and the rep said the channel may either be gone for good on analogue or that I should try a re-tune.

I was wondering would anybody have any information and save me a trip to my parent's house and about thirty minutes doing a scan for the channel?

SPDUB

Well it is on here in Dublin so there doesn't seem to be a policy of pulling it off air .

mackersdublin

All 17 Channels working for me too in Dublin

Correct as of today 13/06/2013

CH 05 / 176 MHz - RTE Two
CH 06 / 184 MHz - TV3
CH 07 / 192 MHz - RTE One
CH 09 / 200 MHz - UTV
CH 10 / 208 MHz - TG4
CH 11 / 216 MHz - BBC One NI
CH 12 / 224 MHz - BBC Two NI
CC 11 / 232 MHz - Sky1
CC 13 / 248 MHz - Setanta Ireland
CC 15 / 256 MHz - 3e
CC 16 / 264 MHz - Nickelodeon/Comedy Central
CC 17 / 272 MHz - MTV
CC 18 / 280 MHz - Sky News
CC 34 / 408 MHz - Sky Living
CH 21 / 471 MHz - E4
CH 30 / 543 MHz - Channel 4
CH 34 / 575 MHz - Discovery Channel

NICAM sound available on all channels except 3e and Sky Living

zg3409

When they internet enable an area Discovery moves from the first channel to, as shown, the last channel during a scan. They normally send a note when areas are changed from non-internet able to internet, to rescan.

Have they lost channel 4 and E4 too? If so then a re-scan may bring back both. However I would get confirmation from UPC, as if it is temporaily not working, a re-scan will remove it from their lineup.

Channel Frequency notes
The Discovery Channel 48 MHz phased out, moved to UHF
Channel 4 56 MHz phased out, moved to UHF
E4 64 MHz phased out, moved to UHF
RTE2 176 MHz
TV3 184 MHz
RTE 1 192 MHz
UTV 200 MHz
TG4 208 MHz
BBC 1 216 MHz
BBC 2 224 MHz
Sky One 232 MHz
Setanta Sports 248 MHz
Channel 6 256 MHz I assume now 3e
Nickelodeon/Paramount 264 MHz
MTV 272 MHz
Sky News 280 MHz
LivingTV 408 MHz
E4 471 MHz (UHF Ch21)
Channel 4 543 MHz (UHF Ch30)
The Discovery Channel 575 MHz (UHF Ch34)

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=81946628&postcount=32

By the way basic digital (called digital value) with a grey non recording box, actually works out cheaper, than analogue only. You cannot order it through the website. If you don't want to use the digital box then just don't use it and still keep the savings as the analogue will contine to work. It saves a couple of euro per month. You can only order "digital value" over the phone and not through the website (not listed there). An idea of digital value channels are here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=57607006&postcount=9
When you visit it might be handy to access the extra channels too.