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I hope Stuart McCall stay off the top of cars if Bradford wins.

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An Virgin Source has confirmed that Virgin Media are testing BT Sport 1 Free right now.

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I'm sure Soccer AM will keep showing it :)

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Stuart McCall is not their manager anymore MB.:)

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Any more news on the following channels

DISNEY CHANNEL HD
DISNEY XD HD
DISNEY JUINOR HD
DISNEY JUNIOR + 1
NAT GEO WILD HD
HISTORY HD
C I HD
LIFETIME HD
LIFETIME + 1
UNIVERSAL HD
NICK JR + 1
HORSE AND COUNTRY
POP GIRL
KIX!
MTV CLASSIC
E! HD
E!+ 1
SKY 1 + 1
PICK + 1
TRUE DRAMA
TRUE MOVIES 2
TRUE ENT + 1
5* +1
SONY MOVIES
SONY MOVIES + 1
MOVIES 4 MEN
MOVIES 4 MEN + 1
MORE MOVIES
MORE MOVIES + 1
TINY POP + 1
COMDEY CENTRAL EXTRA + 1
POP

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Nothing at the moment dodo.

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what on earth is arabic hafla???

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A load of nonsense probably mate...but "HAFLA" in arabic means - a party or celebration...so I have no idea what would be on there :)

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As well as the speculation that this may be in preparation for adding new channels; it's been shown that timeshift channels do much better ratings wise when placed next to their parent channel. This attracts better advertising revenue.

What's happened to the plans for BBC1 +1? :confused:

Is this a simulcast of an encrypted BT Sport channel, or something extra?

Well, VM and it's predecessors are known for poor communication towards their customers.

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Long time, no see folks! I simply hope Virgin have pulled their fingers out of their backsides and managed to sign up some new channels for us.

It could most likely take channels a week or two to start testing on satellite or cable.

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Didn't you hear??

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It could be a reality for Microsoft phones with their windows 10 update as they are working with cyanogenmod to get APK's working on their new operating system...

As for 4G Virgin needs to this sorted as Virgin business customers can able to use 4G at no extra costs.

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Correct thread lol.

DNP has been lifted.

Universal may launch a movie channel exclusively on vm no further information yet and this is still at rumour stage. My belief is with picturebox being dropped we may see that go to a linar channel.

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So another case like red bull going from VOD to linear channel (*cough* old boy..... :))

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Do you think any new Universal deal is likely to bring Universal HD closer to VM too?

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:D

There is no immediate threat to linear channels, but my view is that over the next few years, as more people watch TV by other means, there will be less advertising money available, and this will force consolidation, and so the process will continue.

I'm sorry for those who want the status quo, but I truly believe that this is the way we are heading, so make the most of it now, I say.

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I can't 100% say i have been told universal hd is expected this year but nothing is concrete yet.

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Thanks for the info, cheers mate.

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Why would you have a dnp on a rumour of something that may happen?

I can now reveal a dnp that Sky Atlantic may come to VM at some stage in the future, but it is only a very, very feint whisper of a very, very unlikely rumour at the moment.:p:

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If people give me rumours and ask me not to disclose it at the time i respect their wishes.
I class all information these days as rumours too tbh as in my eyes nothing is confirmed until it actually shows up on the virgin epg which i rely on you guys for that info for these days lol as i just use on demand and online services now.

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Well, here is one potential scenario:

His source may work in an area where any leakage can be attributed to him only, so they put on a DNP.

Once his source hears the rumour from a different organisation, then he can release the DNP, because if asked, he can point to the other organisation as the probable source.

This is just one of, I imagine, several scenarios that could warrant a DNP on a rumour.

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Subscription channel then? Interesting. Cheers for info pal

I wonder what will happen then we lose bt sport in a years time (which so will happen surely) spare money left over. Bill reduction or some sort of premium channel for free?

Obviously won't be a bill drop but surely must be something to replace it. If they just announce bt sport is moving to subscription and don't acknowledge that they're saving money and just send a "we have all the sports yay call us it's 30 notes for sky sports and 15 for bt sports- we got you covered!" Then I'll cancel out of anger. I'll then a month later regret it and subscribe again but the refusal to admit they'd be saving money would legitimately anger me

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If the universal movie channel launches i think it will be part of XL as vm need to do something to make XL worth while as at the moment the XL tv pack is becoming the equivelent to Skys hd pack but with bt sports for now.

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It seems (to me) the XL pack is acting a sly HD Charge at the moment. Most of the channels in the XL pack are just the HD variants, with a few other decent channels and BT Sport chucked in for good measure.

They do need to do something to beef it up.....just what they need to do, is the question :-)

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Remember BT Sport on Sky is £15 extra UC so to have it in the XL pack saves customers a fair amount of money each month as it stands.

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I agree, but not all of VM's customers want to watch BT Sport, but...To be fair to VM, the increase from TV L to TV XL without phone and broadband is only £4.50 a month.

The inclusion of BT Sport is amazing and maybe this is their WOW FACTOR which brings the XL pack to life?? I dunno...for me yes as a football and sports fan...but those that aren't..maybe it isnt..It is tough I give you that.

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This baffles me as plusnet customers can get bt sport on the sky platform for £5.99p/m or £7.49p/m in hd.
Then again that could be because bt own plusnet lol.

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Exactly. People who are kind enough to give us the heads up sometimes need to protect themselves and don't expect to be criticised for it.

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I'm seeing reports of HBO's new streaming service "HBO Now" is go to live next month in time for the new Game of Thrones premier.

The cost is reporting to be around $15 a month, but I can't see whether this will be available to those outside of the US.

Would VM consider an App for this on TiVo, or does Sky's agreement with HBO, limit the new content available to the UK to those without a Sky subcription? I'm not sure.

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Apparently Apple and HBO are close to agreeing a streaming partnership.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...s-cord-cutters

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I'm sure that VM would consider this, but given Sky's exclusivity deal, we would only be able to access content via PPV at present. It may be that HBO Go won't launch over here until 2020.

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Sky has all the good stuff tied up once again!

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Exactly but as l say "There is more then one way to skin a cat".

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If the content is coming directly from HBO, which is what is being suggested, is this a way around Sky's exclusivity deal?

So anyone could pay the monthly fee a la Netflix, its just getting the App away from the laptop and onto the TV. There was a suggestion the App could be available via PS4/Xbox One which would also be good.

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I guess people will take the available steps to obtain a workaround to access the HBO content from the UK if they are prevented from legitimately doing so.

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But don't forget this part:

All of which is currently irrelevant to the UK, unless, Sky and HBO can work out some kind of deal to bring a full blown HBO Now service to the UK. If that happens, we wouldn't have to wait until after 2020.

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I think consumers in the UK should be able to have the choice:

Pay Sky for their services and HBO content on Atantic for X amount per month
or
Pay HBO Now for $15/£10 a month for HBO content.

The Sky deal should only limit what other broadcasters (VM, BT, Talk Talk) can show, but I bet Sky will have some sort of say...

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No it's not a way around Sky's exclusive deal. The only way for HBO Now to happen in the UK within the next five years is for Sky and HBO to do a deal. Personally, I can't see why this isn't possible.

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Anything's possible, PB, but I can't see Sky wanting to drop the exclusivity deal with HBO, can you?

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HBO do some great shows but I certainly wouldn't pay any extra for it , that's why I like the fact its included in my package.

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Agreed i get HBOGO included in the xfinity account sub i have, however HBO does also show some movies too ones which i've watched so far on HBOGO are edge of tomorrow, divergant, lego movie, enders game and some others which i can't remember lol.

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I also read that too. It wouldn't just be limited to TV shows, but also movies would be there.

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you could have argued the same about the wwe network in the uk. wwe and sky signed a new contract to provide wwe programming to sky sports. they've managed to get around it by and still releasing a full version of wwe network to the united kingdom (finally)

new shows are delayed (ie raw/smackdown weekly shows by 4 weeks) maybe HBO can get around the exclusive sky deal by doing something like that??

Sky still get the exclusive programming but the HBO go app can show shows after a certain period??

I have no idea but its just a theory ill throw out there!

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I'm not going to pretend I know anything legally about these types of deals, but I kind of thought that HBO content in the UK could only be shown via Sky...but if the content is coming from HBO itself, wouldn't this mean something else?

Ahh I don't know...most of these questions are rhetorical, so if you think I'm being an idiot, I don't mind if everyone ignores me instead of slating me lol

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That's not the way it would be done; Sky have paid for that exclusivity and it is a done deal.

What I think could be done in the UK, is HBO Now launching as an added subscription option on Now TV. Those who want full blown 'all access' could take that option. Those who are happy with limited catchup time frames could stick with the Entertainment pack. Similar situations occur with Hulu, which only has the last five episodes and Hulu Plus, which has back seasons. It's the same with CBS catchup and CBS All Access.

There are several permutations as to how this could work; even removing HBO content from the Entertainment pack? I'm sure that cleverer people than I could work something out.

The difficulty would be how Sky and HBO would sort out the financial side. But without Sky's cooperation, HBO Now is a non runner in the UK until after 2020.

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HBO Nordic has , beside HBO content, Cinemax films (part of HBO) and content from Starz, Showtime, Sundance etc.

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Media Boy HQ's DNP orders has now been cut to 2.

We seen rumours about Universal Movie Channel months ago.

No Virgin Sources can confirmed if UMC is coming or not.

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But when we did hear about it we was thinking about Universal Movie Channel just being an rebrand of Movies 24.

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With Picturebox closing in April - this was also owned by Universal, I just found this out. "Virgin Media and Universal Pictures today announce the launch of PictureBox, the leading movies-on-demand TV subscription service, on Virgin Medias TV platform."

Will the Universal Movie Channel be a non-subcription linear channel?
It wouldn't make sense to have another subcription based movie selection when Picturebox hasn't done too well.

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Nothing has been confirmed by Virgin Sources I only know what is on Cable Forum right now.

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So Picturebox what shows old movies and is owned by Universal is closing and Universal is opening a new service ? What exactly are they going to be showing on that ?

Can't see it personally.

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Sky has all the subscription tv rights to Universal's new films, so any new/rebranded Universal film channel would only be able to show older films.

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Exactly so what would be the point ? It would just be similar to the current Picturebox offering.

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As reported by me on Feb. 23rd:

Maybe Universal think they can get more money if they go £x per viewer and not £5 per month.

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No News.

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This was not a dig at you theone. As with MB, I appreciate you making the effort to let us know. I also undertsand the need to respect your sources wishes, I have never belittled any other dnp's from anyone before. This one just baffles me.

Even taking into account the only "one person knowing the rumour" argument (seems unlikely only a couple of people in two major businesses would hear this rumour) why would they be sworn to secrecy if they freely admit something may happen on the back of a rumour? Unless your source is the second-in-command to a head honcho at either Universal or VM, he must have been given the rumour from someone else who already knows said rumour - thus making it unlikely that your source will be suspected.

Still, I do not know the full ins and outs of the process, so it was wrong of me to question it (even if it does baffle me).

Apologies if I offended you with my post, I will try and be clearer with my thought process in future, or even better not post anything about it:).

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Which is a waste of time and channel slot, cause it's absolute pish!

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No apology needed no offence was caused. :)

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They can't monetise their back catalogue through a subscription service but might be able to blag enough in carriage fees and advertising revenue to make it worthwhile?

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Anything is possible but personally can't see it.

Is Picturebox still available on Talk Talk TV and connected devices ?

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Yes. http://www.pictureboxfilms.com/how-to-get-it

Maybe VM will launch Amazon Prime instead?

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It's also available online with a free month trial too.

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MB HQ still to see what Virgin Media are making room for.

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The DNP order from Feb. 23rd is just an rumour from an Virgin Source.

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If your DNP orders have been reduced, can you not reveal the information you were given on the one that is no longer in place? Or has this been subject to a SIKAT Order?

By the way, that's a 'Self Imposed Kiss and Tell' Order. :D

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l would not pay tuppence for that rubbish.

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The other DNP from late December I have been given no update in months.

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Yes, but the one that is no longer on DNP - what was it?

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Indeed that is the question? .

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Same here lol it is a awful service.

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I have 3 DNP one has been removed.

1) From late December.
2) From Feb. 23rd.
3) Universal Movie Channel may launch on Virgin Media - been lifted.

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Seems a sensible conclusion to me.

It was that bad that I couldn't find anything that I wanted to watch during their free promotions!

I noticed yesterday that BT SPORT 1 FREE had been added to the V+ EPG. To answer my own question, it is indeed a simulcast of the normal BT Sport 1 for the duration of the 'channel'.

I'd have thought that it would have been easier to simply unencrypt BT Sport 1 for the match; but from what i've been told it's more complicated to turn the encryption on and off for cable than it is for satellite- hence the decision to create what is probably the shortest channel life in the history of cable television in the UK!!!

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After clicking on that link, Picturebox are still advertising availability on VM. However, upon clicking on their link to VM, all references to Picturebox seem to have been removed. They only mention the films and boxsets available on Netflix and Sky.

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I've just seen this on the VM website

þSky Movies On Demand: Over 1000 movies on demand are available to Virgin Media customers from the 6th March 2015.

This is today....Does anyone know if the Sky Movies On-demand section has had a sudden increase or do we have to sign into the Sky Movies app?

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Update: http://www.rapidtvnews.com/201503063...#axzz3TW3MyQgB

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Tada..knew it was about OTA and that little bit of tech inside the boxes

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Ah, right, thank you MB.

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Rumour: Sky Movies to be axe from EPG?

An Sky Sources has told me:

©copyright 2015 Media Boy 2006 - 2015. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

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If that is the way that SKY are going, surely that would mean big rise in either DVD/Blu Ray sales or pirate downloads.

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Can someone on TV M please check if they can receive BT Sport 1 on channel 555; i'm curious as to if M TV customers get this.

Apparently, this is also available on satellite, but is free to view as opposed to free to air- meaning that a Sky card of some sort is required.

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I think it is free to all customers without BT, not sure though.

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Are BT guilty of false advertising? All week they`ve been saying the Bradford v Reading match is free to EVERYONE but my mother who only has freeview can`t watch it so how is it free to everyone?

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That's an interesting move from Sky, i think the movies are only available on demand for NowTV on Youview?

More people would probably thing £10-£12 is doable rather than the nearly £20 currently, although i don't think they'll remove the linear channels if people are happy to pay it.
Interesting times ahead and it seems Sky may be leading the way by testing the water.

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I am on VM TV M. I can confirm that at this moment BT Sport 1 Live is broadcasting on channel 555

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aye surely this is good news? people will be able to watch movies much cheaper than with the linear channels?

Im pretty sure people will get the option to keep the linear channels too if they pay more. just seems more options for people?

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Thanks :)

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Media Boy HQ seen Channel 555 broadcasting for about 2mins last night (Sunday night) at about midnight.

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morning all. hope this week provides much joy to us all...

did anymore of those world box channels launch?

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Not sure if this has already happened but been told today that uktv channels watch, gold, dave, alibi, really, goodfood etc have on demand sections on vm now too.

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Yeah this has been on a while. It's on the On-Demand section, By Channel, UKTV Player??

I know that Watch was on there, maybe they have added the others recently.

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Yes, this is a good move, Vince. View the linear channels for £20 or On Demand for £12.

All part of the drift towards linear channels withering on the vine over time, I'm afraid.

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My Virgin TiVo source says that no new channels has launched on WorldBox.

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Thanks media boy

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If it did happen I think Virgin will just put an "Press Red" on all 11 (Taking away that +1 channel) of the Sky Movies SD Channels with the HD channels being reuse for some UPC Ireland Channels or other channels that are not on Virgin Media right now.

TCM may move to Sky Channel 301.

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I think that's what they was on about yeah, i don't have any vm services now as had a huge bust up with them over blocking sites lol.

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That's not good mate...although it depends what sites you were looking at ;):angel:

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Can someone tell me if there is any news on True Channels having all there channels on VM

We have True Movies One etc, but no TM2

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No news yet.

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If you are trying to work out what is missing from the Virgin EPG Today:

It just BT Sport 1 Free has been removed from Virgin Channel 555.

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Yup, people have three months from last Saturday to watch their recording.

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*a handsome man enters*

I don't know what I've walked into you beautiful people but if anyone misses not watching Conan obrien on trutv it's coming on turner classic movie from next week apparently. I think very old episodes? No idea why it's on TCM...

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I watched Conan in Cuba the other day :)

Is TruTV STILL not on VM?

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When it started, xl customers that didn't have sky movies were able watch some on demand hd sky movies mostly kids animation films such as brave etc.

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Nope and doesn't appear to be coming anytime soon

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The next development I am waiting for from Virgin is Amazon Prime. Does anyone have any information about this? If I have to wait much longer, I am definitely going to get a Fire TV box because there is stuff on there I really want to see.

However, if it's coming to Virgin in the fairly near future, I'll hold off for the time being.