GO television said today that as a result of international broadcasting developments, it will have to stop the retransmission of two tv channels – Living TV and Comedy Channel as from Thursday as the territorial rights for these channels cannot be cleared for Malta and are therefore not available for redistribution by any tv operator.

However, it said it had made improvements to its Silver and Gold packages.

GO’s Silver package will now include Zone Reality, Fine Living Network (FLN) and Animal Planet, the latter being a new channel to GO’s tv line-up.

The Gold package will be further enhanced with the Food Network and Animal Planet. In addition, GO’s movies and series channel – GO stars – will be offered free of charge to all Gold tv customers until June 2011.

Food Network is a unique lifestyle channel that strives to be way more than cooking. The network is committed to exploring new and different ways to approach food - through pop culture, competition, adventure, and travel - while also expanding its repertoire of technique-based information.

GO said the popular Animal Planet channel is the world’s only entertainment brand that immerses viewers in the full range of life in the animal kingdom with rich, deep content on multiple platforms. Programming highlights on Animal Planet include Whale Wars, River Monsters, I'm Alive, Monsters Inside Me, Pit Bulls, Parolees and Dogs 101.

During December GO stars will not only premiere top comedy series such as The Big Bang Theory and The Middle however also showcase a number of first run movies including The Hangover, Sherlock Holmes, The Informant, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in addition to other premiering titles such as Zodiac, The Brave One, The Prestige, Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, The Invasion, A Serious Man, and Lucky You.

The changes in the tv line-up will be implemented on Thursday. Furthermore GO will be shortly announcing further channels in its tv line-up.

GO apologised for any inconvenience caused.