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A Froch Groves trailer is available from the front menu of Tivo.

No sign of it being available in HD though :(

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looks like a sky exclusive in HD this might help virgin help board.
http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...hd/m-p/2317601

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It would be silly of ITV to leave their new channel exclusive to sky for too long because advertisers and potential advertisers will want to reach as many people as possible. I`m not really bothered about not getting it just now as it will only carry repeats which are a plenty already from other ITV channels. When they start showing new and exclusive drama I might feel a little different.

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I quite like the Eurosport app. Lovely UI.

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I aren't too bothered about having this channel from launch either.

As others have said, it will initially show repeats. Even if it is still in it's exclusivity period when new content starts to be shown, my understanding is that it will premier on Encore first and then be shown on ITV shortly afterwards. I can wait, especially as I often tend to record a complete series before watching it anyway :)

As for the asian channnels, VM obviously believe that there are enough of them in this country (that will take Pay TV) to make it a worthwhile business venture.

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And what's so bad about ITV ? Like most TV networks they've had failures but they've also had a lot of hits for instance they did ok at this years BAFTAS and in 2013 won channel of the year. I welcome all channels who invest in homegrown UK content rather than buying masses and masses of American imports we have quite enough of that already.

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also
BBC1 Scotland
BBC1 Wales
BBC Scotland
BBC Wales
BBC Cymru
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal

(and a few more if you are actually in Scotland or Wales)

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I always remember Horizon, that was on Cable. VM took if off saying it was not a good channel.

It was a very good channel - similar to History today.

As for Encore, l will tget that on Freesat from Sky.

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You won't as it'll be part of their entertainment pack.

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VM did not "take it off saying it was not a good channel". It closed, and was replaced by UKTV Documentary and UKTV People. In fact that was in 2004, so VM didn't even exist at that point.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Horizons

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I'm sorry to be harsh but you're entitled to your opinions but not to your facts. VM did not remove the UK Horizons channel as a) VM was not around then b) UK Horizons closed on all platforms and new channels were launched by UKTV instead. Secondly, as stated earlier, ITV Encore is a subscription channel so cannot be viewed on Freesat from Sky. I strongly recommend you take the time to read the links that people have posted in response to your earlier statement especially this one: http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/itv-encore?DCMP=knc

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Don't know if this has already been posted, but there is an article in the Financial pullout section of the Sunday Express, claiming that Virgin have already done a deal with Sky for all the sports channels to be broadcast in HD, anyone know about this? I've just had a look at Sky sports channels 3 and 4 and they are still in SD.

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you can read the press release here http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...tion-agreement

it is true we are getting the the missing HD sport and news channels in HD but no date was given

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Cheers mate.....:tu:

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hopefully we get the sport channels soon and don't have to wait to many months for the news HD ��

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Just a pity that they couldn't get Atlantic with this deal, now that would have been a real coup!

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Atlantic and sky 3D and pretty much have all you want, you don't have to go to sky but probably why sky said no

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They won't pay what sky want bud,sadly long way off.Has said in previous post our new owners seem to be acquiring channels at the min that we pay extra for not channels that would be included in xl pack ie universal hd,Atlantic.
So really anyone who doesn't subscribe to sports ain't seeing anything anytime soon

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Sky 3d channel ain't nothing special think I've watched it once since I got sky,prefer bluray 3d

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Wwe network coming to uk in time for summerslam,how this will go down with sky exclusive deal I don't know but if what I have been told today we are looking at £10 per month still a bargain in my eyes as ppv charges thru sky are a joke and will be in hd.
Chance of seeing app thru TiVo slim due to sky deal but you never know,wwe need the subscribers and they see uk as there biggest fan base outside the USA.

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I know what you mean sky 3D is a part time channel but the channel left that virgin don't have is Atlanic and sky 3D is most people want them for better or worse has you say Howard you got it and don't watch it

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Don't think we get the ppv over here with the sky deal, think that they will black out the option to watch the ppv and put it up a few weeks later. its what happen with raw in the USA.gutted too would like to watch them

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Wwe network will include ppv bud,the only things not on it will be raw and smackdown like USA.it will be the same feed.there starting to test the feed soon for over here

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well lets hope so cos i would pay the 10 pounds happily

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Defo bud I subscribe to it in the us and it's well worth it works out a £6.20 per month

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Howard & Blue666666, you guys have too much money!!!! :D:D

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Especially when there paying to watch grown men toy fight.:D

They'd have to pay me to subscribe.

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Watched it for years bud think its hilarious ;)

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You love it really :D

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They watch it for the Divas really :p: oops i just gave my little secret away :D

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It not just the ppv you get a huge back catalog of shows on the network.also we now can watch raw in HD when sky put it on sky sport 3 (when virgin launch it that is)

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I've Sussed me lol;)

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Not long to wait bud,be on before start of new footy season

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Its the biggest load of rubbish in the world.:td:

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Who will pay £10 a month in the UK when the equivalent of paying the $10 a month equates to no more than £7 or £8 a month. Don't think many will take the subscription up. I certainly won't be switching to UK subscription.

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I could not agree more, however, my Dad loved it, he used to watch Mick Mcmanus and Jackie Pallow.;)

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Saw this yesterday:

http://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-netwo...ky-tv-deal.php

Will be interesting to see how things develop in the coming months

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If it worked like Netflix does on Tivo then it might be not so bad.

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Wwe went downhill after the attitude era, it's spends too much time trying to attract a younger viewership.

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Yes but as least that was free veiwing

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Thanks for link.

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No news.

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mediboy do you think virgin will change the sport number tonight or just launch the channels tonight.

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I know when Virgin will move some channels - not before June but by August.

Rumours say Notts TV will launch tomorrow on Virgin Media.

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Months away from sport HD then. Then again virgin keep telling my broadband will go up to 152 next year, thanks mediaboy.

Is it just notts tv launching tonight or are there other local tv as well

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Just Notts TV coming tonight.
With STV Glasgow set to launch on June 2nd.
Local TV Broadcasters Made in Bristol, Made in Leeds and Bay TV Liverpool say they will also launch on Virgin Media sometime in 2014.

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Media Boy, A very good question for you. Notts Tv, STV Glasgow and all the other tv channels that are coming to VM. Will these be available for London viewers, and if not why not.

My wife is Scottish and would love to watch some Scottish news.

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Local TV means just that.

STV Glasgow is only available in Glasgow areas*. You local TV Channel is London Live

It the same for Freeview viewers.

For your wife.

Reporting Scotland is broadcast on Virgin Channel 862.
With BBC Radio Scotland on Virgin Channel 930.

*If you have STV West (Glasgow, Motherwell) you will also get STV Glasgow.

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Presumably Freesat and Sky viewers can just change their post code in to order to receive the local TV service linked to that post code. Obviously this can't be done on VM.

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Hmm are VM able to broadcast to just specific areas?? I didnt know they could. I thought thats why we had BBC one wales, BBC one scotland, BBC one london all lumped together at the back of the EPG.

It would have been amusing to watch Notts TV for about 20 minutes...

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:omg::hyper:

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Rumour: New channel testing on Virgin Media.

Is Virgin Media testing Notts TV, Sky1 +1, MTV Classic or Clubland TV?

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=1272

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If it was Sony or Disney testing 'Channel E' and 'Channel F' would also be testing.

Just going on info from: http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...l-list-of.html

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More info on some channels moving.

Base on information I have seen I have an date and confirmed new channel numbers but that date may still change but they will move by August.

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It's likely, as with the BBC & ITV english local regions, these will be line fed to the local headends, & not on VM's core network.

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Not sure if this is available to VM from July

MUTV goes HD

Manchester United's new beginning will coincide with a new era for MUTV this summer as it becomes the first club channel in the UK to broadcast in HD.

This exciting upgrade, effective from July, means fans will be able to watch the Reds' live pre-season games in stunning high definition for the very first time, as new manager Louis van Gaal takes the team to the United States on Tour 2014, presented by Aon.

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Fe...4-DDE46411CA76

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Thanks for info.

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Doesn't VM broadcast to specific areas such as BBC ONE West Midlands which has Midlands Today?

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Aye yeah proabably i just always thought VM lump regional versions at the back of the epg so everyone gets the different versions. i suppose theyve been told not to do it with regional tv tho

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Wonder what they will show whilst champions leg games are on lol what a crock :D

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Monday, 26 May 2014
More info on some channels moving.
Base on information I have seen I have an date and confirmed new channel numbers but that date may still change but they will move by August.

mediaboy are going to tell us the new channels numbers.you say on your blog confirmed new channel number.��

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Yes,they have said that they launch tomorrow at 4pm on Virgin Media and that they will announce a deal with Sky later in the year.

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Great, I'll look out for it tomorrow!.

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Yes, they have to restrict local TV as the rights are not UK-wide. London Live for example shows a host of TV reruns from mainstream networks that it could not show nationally (eg The Fast Show, Black Books, Coupling, Misfits, London's Burning).

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Andrew, I can't help but get a feeling of deja vu here. It reminds me of the bright new world of local FM radio unleashed in the 80s. Lots of bold, new ventures that pretty soon found they couldn't make it pay and so were either hoovered up by the big media players or gave the authorities an ultimatum that either they were allowed to merge with a neighbouring channel or they would close. The Authorities reluctantly agreed, and then they were hoovered up by the big media players anyway.

And in those days there was a lot of interest in those channels because there was limited choice, that isn't the case these days. I fear they are the wet dream of politicians who wish to re-engage us with politics and see local issues as the way to do so. However I also fear that repeats of 'The Fast Show' or similar will swamp the viewing figures for 'Dog Mess Hunters' (I'm being satirical, but trying to make a serious point) leading to 'Dog Mess Hunters' being cancelled.

Great news for content owners though. When G.O.L.D. has repeated something to death and back, there's always local TV, they'll show it. :D

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Why is sky+1 not virgin, We have sky one and sky one HD seems odd not have +1.

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Probably a lot more than when Champions League games have been on for the last 18 Years... champions league football can only be broadcast live in the UK currently by Sky and ITV. When the champions league is on don't bet against UTD plating highly lucrative friendlies in places such as Dubai and Qatar against AC Milan and other High profile absentees, these will be on MUTV HD.

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Actually Local TV distribution is done centrally. The video on this page explains how and why: http://comux.co.uk/about-us/

The channels are fed by landline from Comux to VM, and then carried on the VM core network. The local headends pick up only the channels they need in their region.

With the odd exception, VM abandoned all local channel insertion when NGTV was implemented.

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I have seen the list but cant post due to an DNP order.

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boooooooooo to DNP order fair enough bud

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Sky1 +1 is broadcasting on Virgin Media right now - but only in Smallworld areas.

Maybe for all we know 'Channel D' may stand for 'Sky Channel D'.

Virgin are testing Sky Sports 3 HD, Sky Sports 4 HD and Sky Sports F1 HD right now (Info from DS Forum.)

Plus before 1989 Sky1 was called Sky Channel.

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Really gone quiet in here recently! Anyone know the date when we will be getting the remaining Sky sports channels in HD?

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mediboys says before august but we are hope full of a sooner launch

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I just don't get that! Why all this pishing about with dates when they've already agreed to let Virgin have the channels in HD? Really Mod Edit. Please do not use asterisks to bypass the swear filter:me off all this crap, surely the proverbial "flick of the switch" is all that's required!

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Obviously more than just a flick of a switch or indeed it would have happened. Part of it may be due to some channels moving.

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Totally agree mate has made no sense but people who been with virgin a long time say this has happened before.

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Why would they need to move channels? Can't we keep them as they are?

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If it's the occasional channel they will. But there is only space on the EPG for two Sky Sports channels in HD after Sky Sports 1HD and Sky Sports 2 HD and there are three channels to fit in now and possibly a fourth later, Sky Sports News HD. It's unlikely that VM would want to split them up and less likely that Sky would allow them. Bit more chat on the subject here. http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...l-numbers.html

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I wonder why SKY is suddenly giving VM all their sports channels in HD, I remember the adverts proclaiming only on SKY could you get all these Channels in HD just to rub it in?

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A source has said a dynamic EPG could be coming to Tivo users soon.

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About bleedin time,considering we have to pay for it it's a joke compered to skys

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hope it happens sure need it

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Does the current US TiVo have one?

If no then that would suggest it would be unlikely to happen any time soon here in the UK.

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Skys EPG is great agreed i personally find tvguide.com epg much better but that's because i'm using a pc and online tv lol, but out of the big 4 talktatalk, sky,virgin and bt skys EPG certainly is the best.

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I think the US does i'm trying to find info on that Google is as much use as a bucket with holes in these days lol, i've emailed my friend in the states she should know as i think she has Tivo.

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You would be best off asking Sky. I am no expert but I agree a flick of the switch is all that is probably required, but sky have every right to withhold the channels for as long as they want. Sky may well think that the content they are showing on SS F1, 3 and/or 4 HD is worth keeping exclusive for the next few weeks. Annoying as it is for many people on here, Sky are (rightly or wrongly) just showing good business sense.

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Rumour: Two local TV Channels may launch on Virgin Media.

Rumour poster says that Birmingham local TV Channel 'City8' may launch by November on Virgin Media.

Wikipedia says Edinburgh Local TV channel 'STV Edinburgh' is set to launch on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media by 2015.

Confirmed: YourTV Channels set to launch on Virgin Media.

YourTV Manchester says that YourTV Manchester will launch on Sky, Virgin Media and Freeview. http://yourtvmanchester.co.uk/coverage/

YourTV Blackpool & Preston also set to launch on same networks as Manchester. http://yourtvblackpoolpreston.co.uk/coverage/

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Long overdue. With the exception of launching a certain withheld Sky channel this is the best thing that Virgin Media could do to enhance viewers' experience IMO.

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Sheffield Live will also be available from September:

http://www.thestar.co.uk/what-s-on/o...ield-1-6621851

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There we're rumours that Notts TV was due to launch today on VM, it does launch on Freeview. Nothing Yet!.

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Someone said a few pages back it should launch at 4pm

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Possibly. Maybe the slot will appear on the EPG later on?

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Sorry to be a complete tool monkey but what's a dynamic EPG? It sounds very grand.

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In that case, it will be the licencing restrictions, & not technical issues that prevent "out of area" local channels being recieved.

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Indeed - 4pm https://twitter.com/timbrynsmith/sta...100224/photo/1

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Any news on of Keighley local tv

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I think that to earn the title 'dynamic' the EPG must be able to change to reflect what's actually on TV at any one time rather than what was scheduled to be on when the compilers of the EPG last updated it. This would mean that if, for instance, a football match overran a recording you set immediately after it would be shifted to accommodate this. At least, this is my understanding. Perhaps a more tech-savy contributor can expand on this.

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Oh cool, thanks. That sounds like a great idea and yeah, surely something that the whizz bang box of tricks that is TIVO should easily be abe able to do?!

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Thanks for info.

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Confirmed: No Sky Basic Channels set to close on Virgin Media on June 9th.

My TiVo sources has confirmed that all Sky Basic Channels (Sky1, Sky2, Pick, Challenge, Sky Arts, Sky News and Sky Sports News) will still be broadcasting on June 9th on Virgin Media.

My Sky sources has also confirmed that Sky Livingit +1 will move to an higher channel number on Sky from June 9th so that ITV Encore can launch on Sky Channel 123.

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Well it should have from the beginning, considering freeview has had a dynamic epg for many years.

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In other news:

Three channels was removed from 'Total Channels' last night.

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I didn't think there was any suggestion that the Sky Basic channels you mention wouldn't be available after June 9th, MB. Where did this come from?

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Rumour around Media Boy HQ was Sky Arts 2 or Sky Livingit was set to close*.

*No update on this rumour in months.

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Rumour: ESPN HD set to move to Channel 542?

TV Anywhere web site says that ESPN HD is broadcasting on Channel 542 right now.

http://anywhere.virginmedia.com/tv-listings/

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Notts TV Nott launched on Virgin Media yet as 159 is not on the epg. Notts TV are telling viewers on Twitter to 'bare with us' while it's sorted out.

Numerous staff tweeting that they are working on it

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Why would virgin move espn hd but not espn sd (on tv anywhere)

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Do you know what channels they were?

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Personally I think virgin should just Shake up the epg a little bit and replace the sd channels number with the hd channels like sky have done!

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Anything happening tonight?

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Their getting ready for Champions League Football.........:D:D

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Latest from Notts tv

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UPDATE: After conversations with Virgin, we can confirm that Notts TV will be available on Virgin 159 from 4pm this Thursday 29th May.
We apologise for the delay!