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Liberty Global sign new deal with Discovery for Virgin Media.

Liberty Global has confirmed that they have sign an new broadcasting deal with Discovery and the new multiplatform agreement spans 12 markets in Europe and entire portfolio of Discovery and Eurosport Networks, including first-time ever full and unique coverage of Olympic Games beginning in 2018.

But no new channels is set to launch on Virgin Media UK we have all of them.

Maybe Eurosport News will relaunch in the UK on Virgin Media?

http://www.libertyglobal.com/pdf/pre...artnership.pdf

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Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 35852176)

I'll believe it when I see it..........:sleep:

l gathered it would take a lot more to please MM.:)

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Tuesday News.

Ofcom is reporting that ITV may soon launch "ITV Box Office".

http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-bro...updates/020816

Radio Times is reporting the following things will happen next week on Virgin Media UK:

Tuesday - Channel 5 + 24 will close on Virgin UK Channel 152 at 1am (Late night Tuesday).
Wednesday - My5 will launch on Virgin UK Channel 152.
Friday - Sky Cinema Greats will be back on both Virgin Media UK and Virgin Media Ireland.

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And what are they going to have on ITV Box Office?.

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35852191)

And what are they going to have on ITV Box Office?.

No idea.

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Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 35852176)

I'll believe it when I see it..........:sleep:

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35852178)

TLC +2 is on sky Channel 200 (+2) virgin ant got that one yet :p:

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Originally Posted by DJ-SWITCH (Post 35852194)

TLC +2 is on sky Channel 200 (+2) virgin ant got that one yet :p:

That's probably a placeholder to obtain/keep a valuable SD slot on Sky.

S4C HD has now been removed by VM both on and off the EPG, so it looks like we aren't going to get it full time after all.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...ve-s4c-hd.html

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35852178)

Great news , love Eurosports coverage of the cycling!

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Originally Posted by DJ-SWITCH (Post 35852194)

TLC +2 is on sky Channel 200 (+2) virgin ant got that one yet :p:

We can hear MadMax right now if we did reveal that TLC + 2 was testing on Virgin Media UK.

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Its going to take a lot to please the forums Mr Grumpy.:waving:

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Maybe the news that ITV are going to start a new channel called ITV Box Office will cheer everybody up:

http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-bro...updates/020816

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We have look that the Virgin Media Ireland channel lineup and found that this new Discovery deal is maybe more good for Virgin Media Ireland viewers as they are missing the following Discovery own channels:

-TLC HD
-TLC +1
-DMAX +1
-Quest +1
-I.D. +1
-Animal Planet HD
-Animal Planet +1
-Discovery Science +1
-Discovery Turbo
-Discovery History +1
-Discovery Home & Health +1
-Discovery Shed

All Virgin Media UK viewers may see is some Discovery own channels moving to new channel numbers in the coming months*.

*Base on UKTV deal.

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35852191)

And what are they going to have on ITV Box Office?.

Boxing I believe. Back in February the Daily Mail published an article stating:

"The channel is considering a new project which will see as many as 20 fight nights a year broadcast across their platforms. It is understood the dates will be split between ITV1 and ITV4 with additional plans for a separate pay-per-view channel also in the pipeline."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/box...-new-deal.html

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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35852166)

“This is a great opportunity with Liberty Global and Virgin Media to develop new dramas that are designed to appeal to a global audience, to be watched on multiple platforms and to become long running returning series,” added Jane Turton, Chief Executive of All3Media. “For us, this initiative fits squarely with our core strategy – to grow our scripted output, creating world class dramas that return series after series. To be able to do that with Liberty Global and Virgin Media as partners is exciting.”

“Earlier in the year I said that this would be a big year for TV at Virgin Media and I wasn’t kidding,” declared Virgin Media’s David Bouchier. “Through leveraging Liberty Global’s financial muscle and its investment in world-leading production talent, we’re not only innovating but we’ve taken the exciting leap into commissioning all-important original premium drama, which we know our customers will love.”

Thanks for the article. Looking forward to see what they have up their sleeves

I suspect that this new content will be shown 'on demand' only. This being the case, I think that VM should create a new channel on there to group all their exclusive programmes together. Otherwise, I suspect that most viewers will not watch these programmes, which would be a waste.

For example, how many people have watched 'Kingdom'? If VM advertised it as 'only available on Virgin Premier Television HD on demand' or 'exclusive to Virgin Premier Television HD on demand', this would give all these exclusives in one place and customers would be accustomed to hearing it. This would encourage viewers to seek it out. They should also advertise this generally, not just to Virgin customers, to conjure up new subscribers.

This does seem like a good development and it looks as if there is much more to come. An exciting time to be a VM customer, particularly with a new Tivo just around the corner.

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35852191)

And what are they going to have on ITV Box Office?.

ITV Encore exclusives not on Virgin Media I expect. :mad:

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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35852220)

Can't be good news for Box Nation.
Makes sense. With so many connected devices around, establishing a PPV service is a lot easier now than ever before.