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The Best of 2017.

01) The Biggest poster of the year on Cable Forum (NOT Media Boy HQ):
Winner is - theone2k10 with 441 posts

02) New Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):
Winner is - Sky Sports Football

03) Best poster on Cable Forum with Information (Nominate by YOU):
Winner is - Media Boy HQ

04) Best poster on Cable Forum with information:
Winner is - JJ20X

05) Best new SD Channel launch of the year:
Winner is - Talking Pictures TV

06) Best +1 Channel of the year:
Winner is - Dave Ja Vu

07) Best new HD Channel launch of the year:
Winners is - Sky Sports Arena HD

08) Best UK Channel of the year:
Winner is - 5Spike

09) Best Internatiional Channel of the year:
Winner is - Brit Asia TV

10) Best LOCAL Channel of the year:
Winner is - STV2

11) Best Radio Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):
Winner is - Heart 80s

12) Best new brand of the year:
Winner is - Sky Sports Main Event (Was Sky Sports 1 until July 18th)

Well done to all the winners.

So merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone who viewed this thread.

Virgin Media UK year in review:

Channels we said Hello to:
-Sep. 28th: Rishtey Cineplex
-Sep. 28th: MTV Beats
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Football HD
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Arena HD
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Football
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Arena
-Jul. 10th: KMTV (In Kent areas only)
-Jun. 29th: Brit Asia TV
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button HD
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 2
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 3
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 4
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 5
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 6
-Jun. 15th: Blaze
-Jun. 6th: Islam Channel English
-Jun. 6th: Islam Channel Urdu
-Jun. 1st: Talking Pictures TV
-Apr. 18th: Made in Teesside (In Middlesbrough areas only)
-Mar. 15th: Quest Red

Channels on the move:
-Oct. 9th: E4 - from Virgin UK Channel 144 to Virgin UK Channel 106.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Cricket HD - from Virgin UK Channel 502 to Virgin UK Channel 504.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Action HD - from Virgin UK Channel 503 to Virgin UK Channel 507.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Golf HD - from Virgin UK Channel 504 to Virgin UK Channel 505.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Premier League HD - from Virgin UK Channel 505 to Virgin UK Channel 502.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports News HD - from Virgin UK Channel 506 to Virgin UK Channel 509.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports F1 HD - from Virgin UK Channel 508 to Virgin UK Channel 506.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Cricket - from Virgin UK Channel 512 to Virgin UK Channel 514.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Action - from Virgin UK Channel 513 to Virgin UK Channel 517.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Golf - from Virgin UK Channel 514 to Virgin UK Channel 515.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Premier League - from Virgin UK Channel 515 to Virgin UK Channel 512.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports News - from Virgin UK Channel 516 to Virgin UK Channel 519.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports F1 - from Virgin UK Channel 518 to Virgin UK Channel 516.
-Jan. 10th: Box Upfront - from Virgin UK Channel 338 to Virgin UK Channel 330.
-Jan. 10th: Box Hits - from Virgin UK Channel 337 to Virgin UK Channel 336.
-Jan. 10th: 4Music - from Virgin UK Channel 330 to Virgin UK Channel 337.
-Jan. 10th: Kiss - from Virgin UK Channel 336 to Virgin UK Channel 338.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Premiere HD - from Virgin UK Channel 431 to Virgin UK Channel 401.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Hits HD - from Virgin UK Channel 433 to Virgin UK Channel 403.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Greats HD - from Virgin UK Channel 434 to Virgin UK Channel 404.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Disney HD - from Virgin UK Channel 435 to Virgin UK Channel 405.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Family HD - from Virgin UK Channel 436 to Virgin UK Channel 406.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Action & Adventure HD - from Virgin UK Channel 437 to Virgin UK Channel 407.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Comedy HD - from Virgin UK Channel 438 to Virgin UK Channel 408.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller HD - from Virgin UK Channel 439 to Virgin UK Channel 409.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Drama & Romance HD - from Virgin UK Channel 440 to Virgin UK Channel 410.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror HD - from Virgin UK Channel 441 to Virgin UK Channel 411.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Select HD - from Virgin UK Channel 442 to Virgin UK Channel 412.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Premiere - from Virgin UK Channel 401 to Virgin UK Channel 431.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Hits - from Virgin UK Channel 403 to Virgin UK Channel 433.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Greats - from Virgin UK Channel 404 to Virgin UK Channel 434.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Disney - from Virgin UK Channel 405 to Virgin UK Channel 435.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Family - from Virgin UK Channel 406 to Virgin UK Channel 436.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Action & Adventure - from Virgin UK Channel 407 to Virgin UK Channel 437.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Comedy - from Virgin UK Channel 408 to Virgin UK Channel 438.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller - from Virgin UK Channel 409 to Virgin UK Channel 439.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Drama & Romance - from Virgin UK Channel 410 to Virgin UK Channel 440.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror - from Virgin UK Channel 411 to Virgin UK Channel 441.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Select - from Virgin UK Channel 412 to Virgin UK Channel 442.

Channels rebrand (For Good):
-Oct. 31st: Viacom has rebrand Spike as 5Spike.
-Oct. 9th: Sky UK has rebrand Sky1 HD as Sky One HD.
-Oct. 9th: Sky UK has rebrand Sky1 as Sky One.
-Oct. 9th: Sky UK has rebrand Sky2 as Sky Two.
-Sep. 30th: That's TV has rebrand Mustard TV as That's Norfolk (Norwich areas only).
-Aug. 28th: Star India has rebrand Star Life OK as Star Bharat.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 1 HD as Sky Sports Main Event HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 2 HD as Sky Sports Cricket HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 3 HD as Sky Sports Action HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 4 HD as Sky Sports Golf HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 5 HD as Sky Sports Premier League HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports News HQ HD as Sky Sports News HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 1 as Sky Sports Main Event.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 2 as Sky Sports Cricket.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 3 as Sky Sports Action.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 4 as Sky Sports Golf.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 5 as Sky Sports Premier League.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports News HQ as Sky Sports News.
-Apr. 24th: STV has rebrand both STV Edinburgh and STV Glasgow as STV2.
-Apr. 8th: Virgin Media UK has rebrand Tiddlers TV as Virgin TV Kids.
-Apr. 8th: Global Radio has rebrand Heart Extra as Heart 80s.
-Mar. 18th: Fox has rebrand Fox+ as Fox + 1.
-Mar. 1st: Motorsport has rebrand Motors TV as Motorsport.TV UK.
-Jan. 10th: Sony has rebrand Movie Mix as Sony Movie Channel.

Channels we said Goodbye to:
-Dec. 1st: Playboy TV.
-Oct. 18th: Kix Power.
-Sep. 13th: Bike TV.
-Aug. 17th: BBC Three app - from Virgin UK Channel 106.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button HD.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 2.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 3.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 4.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 5.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 6.
-Feb. 1st: ARY Digital.
-Feb. 1st: ARY News UK.

Final total of posters on 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2017)' Thread this year:

As of December 18th at 4pm

TOP 20:
Name - number of posts
01) theone2k10 - 441
02) OLD BOY - 429
03) denphone - 422
04) RichardCoulter - 341
05) jj20x - 289
06) Media Boy - 278
07) muppetman11 - 132
08) Mad Max - 110
09) Ddonald2016 - 107
10) 1andrew1 - 97
11) Dave42 - 86
12) Ultimate.Conj - 81
13) vincerooney - 55
14) BenMcr - 47
14) nodrogd - 47
16) telegramsam - 46
16) Chad - 46
16) SonicMaster - 46
16) Gavin-D - 46
20) ozsat - 34

The others:
Name - number of posts
21) Inactive Digital - 33
22) Raider999 - 31
23) Mr K - 27
24) passingbat - 26
24) alwaysabear - 26
26) spiderplant - 23
27) Aguero9320 - 19
28) Horizon - 18
29) Arthurgray50@blu - 16
30) johnathome - 15
31) cheekyangus - 14
31) nialli - 14
33) jfman - 11
34) Bananaman_007 - 10
34) Tricky Trevor - 10
34) buckeye - 10
34) RobboEdin - 10
38) Richc1977 - 9
39) Red_dog77 - 8
40) Mobes - 7
40) The Yank - 7
40) mhatter67 - 7
40) heavyside - 7
40) Derekb108 - 7
45) DaMac - 6
45) heero_yuy - 6
45) spankysmagicpian - 6
45) mike_gain - 6
45) nicknewark - 6
50) japitts - 5
50) dodgem22 - 5
50) ottoni - 5
50) oliver1948uk - 5
54) gba93 - 4
54) johnasimmons - 4
54) Bofrok - 4
54) Mr Banana - 4
54) busboy125 - 4
54) MyBraiNz - 4
60) figgyburn - 3
60) DreamRJ - 3
60) trickytree - 3
60) Henkesghost - 3
60) Lozenge - 3
60) DJ-SWITCH - 3
60) toady - 3
60) Itshim - 3
60) blackthorn - 3
60) buba3d - 3
60) devilincarnate - 3
60) TMLeafs - 3
72) 1701-e - 2
72) jodash - 2
72) MichaelScofield - 2
72) Gunslinger - 2
72) Joedm45 - 2
72) Barriescott - 2
72) bluecandylover - 2
72) Rob King - 2
72) Phil-ntl - 2
72) pjj365 - 2
72) Frazz - 2
72) bennyhill - 2
72) love Virgin2013 - 2
85) tpick - 1
85) cupcakes aka dd - 1
85) iadom - 1
85) fedupreggin - 1
85) Martin_D - 1
85) Kev Greenhalgh - 1
85) Bob - 1
85) Jacquesb - 1
85) nfs6600 - 1
85) DVD Cinema - 1
85) i am not scouse - 1
85) TheTruthReigns - 1
85) Horsegirlbusmad - 1
85) huxleypiguk - 1
85) greeninferno - 1
85) Pster72 - 1
85) dilli-theclaw - 1
85) batchain - 1
85) Parkinjw - 1
85) LoneWolf - 1
85) Cable Forum - 1
85) AndyCambs - 1
85) neilo - 1
85) cje85 - 1
85) daz100 - 1
85) jcm193 - 1
85) ongman - 1
85) braysoj1 - 1
85) gunner45 - 1
85) paultrademark - 1
85) Wicked_and_Crazy - 1
85) andrewbrown - 1
85) dazed&confused - 1
85) richard s - 1

ALL POSTERS MUST HAVE POSTED IN 'COMING SOON TO VIRGIN TV (2017)'.

Top posters of 2017 (Total took at 18th December at 16.00):

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