Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Interesting as can you divulge any more info.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Not really much more to say, took the usual household demographic questions, asked what package I was on then then described a “new TV box” would I be interested and how much would I be willing to pay.

It had a couple of sample pictures of the guide and it looked like Horizon. They also specifically mentioned seamlessly continuing a recording on another box or on an app which is a Horizon 4 feature.

It asked if I’d pay a one off fee, how much then suggested £49.95 and £54.95.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Thanks.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Sorry my follow up didn’t have much more info but I’m not being secretive there just wasn’t much in it!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

l think its pretty obvious that there is plenty blowing in the wind for the rest of this year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

That's not surprising, as the Horizon UI is supposed to be downloaded to our V6s later this year according to rumours.

Thanks for the information, jfman.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Is this the same rumour from Twitter which was posted about 3 hours ago per chance?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The channel has been removed from Sony's site:

https://www.sonypicturestelevision.com/brand.php?id=19

And looks like it's in the process of getting removed from the True Channels site too:

https://www.truechannels.tv/

So, looks like the channel is getting axed by Sony. Perhaps they might axe the whole "True" brand??

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

At the end of June True Crime will be closing on Sky and Virgin and will be temporarily suspended for an indefinite period on Freeview.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Doubt they'd axe the whole True brand. True Crime may have woeful ratings (0.03 last month) but True Entertainment and True Movies are much more popular, 0.25 and 0.26 respectively last month.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

You're probably right, but considering Sony is a heavyweight in tv shows, its tv channels underperform, not helped by all their different brands. Also, most Sony shows aren't on Sony's channels - yet.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

After I wrote what I did earlier I found this about the other two True channels with regards to Freeview and other platforms.

Source: www.truechannels.tv/about

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Today that HD stream that had the Sky Cinema logo on the screengrab now has a ITV screen for Beecham House. The other HD stream still is showing a Virgin Media Preview.

Tsid104/C059 has a lone HD channel on it, ITV Wales HD in the region DigitalBitRate covers, has done for a wee while. I think it's possible this is just going to be moving multiplexes.

If that assumption is correct that just leaves the one seemingly showing a HD version of the Virgin Media Preview channel. I can't see VM using space on their network for an HD version, so all I can assume is it's a temporary placeholder. Maybe someone else has an idea.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

That website is hopelessly out of date. it's just a coincidence that True Crime isn't listed. It still lists the music channels that were sold last year, and TruTV.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Tom Mockeridge confirmed a couple of years ago that the Horizon platform would be coming to Virgin Media and I am sure I read somewhere that this would be sometime in 2019 or 2020, but I have been unable to find that link yet. I'll keep looking!

https://www.multichannel.com/blog/vi...-report-418549

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

l have looked too and that link is probably the best you can get OB.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Yes, I can't find it anywhere. Ah, well, we'd better just wait and see.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Its pretty obvious that there are things blowing in the wind in the coming months..

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Horizon 4 has just launched in Belgium and to get a idea of the software take a look at their web app which is in English:

https://www.telenettv.be/en/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

That looks familiar https://virgintvgo.virginmedia.com/en.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Indeed it looks very familiar from my untrained eye..

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

We just saw your post four hours after we posted.

Only info I have on that new Horizon 4 is online.

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The new HD Channels maybe mean Virgin Media has sign an new deal with any of the following broadcasters?

A) Own by NBCUniversal International Networks?
CNBC HD
E! HD

B) Own by Sky plc?
Sky Atlantic HD
Sky Sports Racing HD

C) Own by Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited (WarnerMedia)?
Boomerang HD
CNN International HD

Or any of the following?

Jazeera English HD
MUTV HD
Nick Jr. HD
Television X HD
Colours HD

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

They are indeed - 2019 looks like being a fairly good year for VM viewers. The position now in relation to #3 of this thread is as follows:

Launched already

- Starzplay
- Sky Sports Racing

Definite launches confirmed by Virgin Media

- Amazon Prime (summer 2019)

Possible launches rumoured or likely but not yet confirmed

- Sky Atlantic (expected summer 2019)
- Sky UHD content (expected summer 2019)
- Disney + (expected early 2020 now)
- New Horizon UI (possibly late 2019 or 2020)

Predicted but no positive rumours or announcements to date

- Insight
- Universe 4K

Not likely this year

- AMC (although this material will be available on PPV when Prime launches).

And who knows if there are some more surprises awaiting!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Sky Sports Racing sadly still in SD.

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Likely to be around the end bit of July l reckon.

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Sky Atlantic unlikely this year.
Sky UHD maybe this year.
Disney + well lets see as l have heard nothing.
New Horizon UI well if its like the one that was posted earlier on the link its very very similar.

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l doubt it as nothing has been said at all about these two.

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AMC certainly not as a standalone channel.

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Well only time will tell OB.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/asse...rgin-media.pdf

About the Horizon platform

Product launch timeline

This is a partial response to an Ofcom Initiative which includes Sky, Freeview, BT etc to make the user experience for disabled customers simpler.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Oops.:) Never even seen VM's go service. I'll try again.

This is Liberty's crappy Horizon 4 promo:

https://vimeo.com/290256441

But to get a real feel for how the interface works, espcially the voice control, then try this, but unfortunately not in English:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_0wKkLJGww

More foreign links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLlputs2qSw (Dutch Ziggo service comparison between Horizon 3 and 4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL-2YDra2l8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWFkC9UR7Qw

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Haven't had a chance to watch the two you added later at the bottom, and it's a shame I don't understand what is being said. I had seen photos before but I thought they had distorted the box...but it is a thinner and wider version of the V6 design.

The interface looked slick in the video I have had a chance to watch, but I can't say I was particularly impressed. Seemed slickness for slickness sake rather than intuitive/logical.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Yep, it's pretty much the V6 box but with the hard drive removed. Somebody yesterday said there would be a new box, but I'm sure the V6 will be Horizon 4 compatible. And yes the interface looks slick.

On one of the links is a Dutch comparison between the old Horizon 3 box and interface and the new one, it's worth watching too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Look unlikey Media Boy HQ think Virgin did sign an new deal with Sony last year when True Entertainment +1 launched on July 21st 2018.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Found this video with a guy separating the 2 halves of the V6 box (which I am not condoning).
Essentially its is 2 boxes in one!, the top half appears to be very similar to Liberty's Horizon 4 box which would connect to the cloud for recorded content and the bottom connected half only contains the hard drive for use by current UK V6 customers.
Watch from 2min 10 secs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6isteKO4zxI

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Thank you, newapollo; I was not too far out then!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Given some people just want cable TV and not broadband, I wonder whether VM will create a version with a modem so that they can eventually phase out their original Tivos, which are only being kept around for that purpose.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Good find fox35.

So the V6 is exactly the same as Liberty's other Horizon 4 boxes, just they've added the hard drive as a extra while VM use tivo. Clever.

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It doesn't look like as all the equipment has been standardised with the Connect box (superhub3) being the router/modem box.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

That would be more likely if Sony launched a new channel. That deal would have included True Crime which is no longer going to be provided, so a replacement, especially an existing channel could be slotted in to hold up Sony's end of the deal e.g. if it was for X number of channels.

I can see True Entertainment+1 moving up to 212 in place of True Crime if nothing else. Given VM has had the pop-up channel Pop Power in the past I can see Pop Max filling the gap (though obviously not the EPG position).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

And very good find, new apollo.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Media Boy Investigation: Up to SEVEN new HD Channels set to launch????

Media Boy HQ has just seen on DBR and one of your reported HD Channel is using SID 1302. But the other one of your reported HD Channel is using SID 1308.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It’s been known for a while the V6 and Horizon share the same hardware.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Interesting MB.;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Wimbledon is almost here, perhaps that's the HD channels??

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

More BBC Red Button Channels are testing right now for that.

One HD Channel and Five SD Channels will appear from Channel 990 to 996 later this week.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The BBC Red Button channels are already there and labelled on DBR, inc the HD one.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Thanks MB.

Perhaps its some of the missing channels we were meant to get a few years ago, like CNN USA etc??

Thanks angus.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

At 7:37 it says 'this is the fan'. Spiderplant has previously said that our boxes don't use a fan (and not to let my cat sleep on it) :D

Can't say i've ever heard it using a fan, perhaps it's simply not utilised, but there to start using if boxes started overheating if the vents proved to be insufficient??

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The V6 does have a very quiet fan. In my experience, you have to put your ear very close to hear it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The older Tivos don't contain a fan. The V6 does, as I mentioned here
https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...&postcount=354

Still don't let you cat sleep on it though. The fur clogs the fan.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

If it's in a bedroom, it's noticeable/ irritating imo. However the box can be hidden away in a drawer /cupboard as the RC does not need line of sight, which works for me.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

l don't hear it in the bedroom Mr K so your earing must hear even the slightest noise.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Personally the noise I hear from the box is the hard drive spinning up etc, rather than the fan. So once it's running I tend to tune it out as it's a (mostly) constant noise.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I always thought it was the hard drive too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The new Channel Guide PDFs for June are now available, updated to reflect the Mixit and Maxit packages, and the Personal Picks, in addition to the existing Player, Mix, Fun and Full House packages... there a lot of columns!

Desktop: https://www.virginmedia.com/content/...e_June2019.pdf
Mobile: https://www.virginmedia.com/content/..._June12019.pdf

There is also a helpful PDF showing which channels are included in each of the Personal Picks add-ons:

https://www.virginmedia.com/content/...Picks_2019.pdf

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The Personal Picks one again makes interesting omissions. The Comcast owned channels all only have their SD versions included. I've said it before, but this suggests (to me, it's just my interpretation) that negotiations between VM and Comcast companies are going to include HD swaps.

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Having said that, I just looked at the Channel Guides and the use (or not) of the + in columns suggests I may be wrong, and the Comcast companies are just doing things differently.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Interesting, I'm not sure if it states the reason for taking it apart (I was hoping it was to insert a larger disk), if it did I must have missed it.

The disk appears to be a laptop sized one rather than the standard pc type.

Prime Video
 

Virgin TV Edit are now advertising Prime Video as launching soon on Virgin TV

There’s now another reason to stay in-in with Virgin TV – Prime Video is coming to your all-singing, all-dancing V6 box! That means if you have an Amazon Prime subscription you’ll be able to enjoy fantastic Amazon Original shows like Good Omens and The Grand Tour, brilliant movies, incredible sport, and – for the first time this season – live Premier League football.


It’s available to all Virgin TV customers with a V6 box, powered by TiVo®. Simply sign up to Amazon Prime Video via their website, and you can log in on the box once the service has launched. And because Prime Video will be fully integrated into TiVo®, you can search without even going into the app. Just select Search & Discover from the Home menu and type in the name of the show or movie you’re after. Simples!

Stay tuned to Virgin TV Edit for more updates on Prime Video.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Or if it's just Good Omens you're interested in, it was originally a BBC production that Amazon joined, so wait until later in the year and watch it on BBC2.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Red button 990 and 992 to 996 added this morning.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

*Drumroll*

I can now reveal the mystery 2 HD channels to be....Virgin TV Highlights...twice!
:D
Well that was worthwhile... :dunce: :p:

They've actually labelled them this, I'm not just going by screengrabs.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Home is to be replaced by a UK version of Home and Garden TV (HGTV). No further details available as yet.

This is the first change since the UKTV split.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

This already launched in Germany a few weeks ago, so Discovery is clearly rolling this channel out across its other markets.

And talking of Home and Garden, Britbox is launching its own version too:

https://www.c21media.net/britbox-pre...toral-channel/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Yes it's currently the latter, all of Comcast's HD variants (Sky One HD, Sky Witness HD, Sky Arts HD, Sky News HD, Sky Sports News HD, Sky Sports Mix HD, Universal HD and SYFY HD) are included in the Maxit package not the Personal Picks, but that might change in the future.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Sony Crime channel is dropping it's drama content from it's schedule from 1/7/19:

https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/06/sony...s-channel.html

Viewing figures for Sony Crime channel have been very low since launch, maybe Sony are gearing up for another channel closure??

Channel 5 have reached agreement with Pluto TV to stream three of their channels on it's my5 online service:

https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/06/my5-...-channels.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Given Sony had several very similar crime channels it's basically a consolidation and almost could be argued it is basically True Crime with Sony branding once the drama is gone. Sony should never have change Sony Entertainment Television into Sony Crime. It was a much better channel when they had sitcoms, dramas and films a few years back.

Pluto was bought by Channel 5's parent company recently so it seems fairly logical.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I used to watch several programmes on Sony Channel, but I've never watched anything on Sony Crime Channel, I said it was a mistake at the time and now they realise it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

That's quite interesting. I'm guessing if cloud recording never happens, this would be a quick fix for Virgin to upgrade the storage in the V6 without totally taking it to bits. If the HD prices drop even more, book an appointment, engineer turns up with larger HD already fitted in the bottom half and job done in 10 mins.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Sony is a interesting one. They are a major producer of content, including many British shows, yet their streaming service Crackle failed to take off in the UK when they launched and it was closed five years ago.

If and when each media company keeps its own content for its own streaming services and channels, I expect we'll hear a lot more from Sony again in the future, especially when, as I expect, they merge with some other media company.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Sony had a UK Animé on-demand service that closed a year or two ago. I don't recall Crackle launching over here.

Maybe Sony will end up being a major supplier to the likes of Netflix when all the other suppliers launch their own services and withdraw their content to fill them. There will be a content gap to fill once the others remove shows. The likes of Netflix will want more content from those that aren't big enough to have their own service, they can't produce it all themselves.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Hi all long time since I have posted or kept up to date. Just wondering if there is any new information about any impact that the disney purchase of Fox has on the Sky Channel deals? From what I have read Comcast are the new owners of Sky? Sorry if it has been discussed before or elsewhere in this thread

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The immediate impact looking at now tv film channel is that Disney cartoon films are only available to watch till September this year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I received a value statement in the post from for Virgin yesterday it's mentions sport in July and BT Sport 4K UHD being on channel 555

EPG change coming next month?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

BT Sport 4K did launch on Channel 555 before being moved to Channel 532 on December 4th 2018.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

No, just out of date information. It used to be on 555

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

http://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.ph...ng=en&mux=C047

Base on the link Virgin Media Highlights has been given SID 1302 & 1308

So that make room for Virgin Media UK to launch 5 unknown HD Channels*

*CO47 is an HD Stream.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It looks as though Amazon Prime is about to launch!

https://www.virginmedia.com/virgin-t...e-on-virgin-tv

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Be a very good addition to the V6 box i thinK.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

They had this same article published last week with the exact wording OB. No idea why they’ve republished it if they’re still keeping the launch date secret!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Summer apparantly so in VMs timescale that will be December then lol.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Exactly Vince.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

its almost like we've been seeing this for 12 years on this place! Now where's sky atlantic haha...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Now that is a question that only a certain forum member can answer.;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Once Game of Thrones finished was the last prediction I read here.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It Sunday and Virgin Media UK has removed True Crime from Virgin UK Channel 212.

---------- Post added at 15:54 ---------- Previous post was at 15:51 ----------

Together on Twitter is reporting that Together will "release some exciting news!" On Monday (July 8th).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I renewed my contract yesterday, got a good deal, the chap I spoke to was from Wales and was very helpful, at the end of our conversation I asked him if we were likely to get Atlantic, he said it wasn't likely, also said there was a lot of rumours going around about it coming to Virgin, but he was pretty adamant that it wasn't coming.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

He wouldn't know one way or the other, Max. He will be one of the last to know!

However, I do not blame him for the conclusion he came to! :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I would have thought, OB, that a UK based Virgin employee would have more knowledge of what was and what wasn't coming to Virgin, than the constant rumours that we have been getting about Atlantic, after all these rumours have been going on for years now, but I still hope that we do eventually get this channel.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

My my your predictions seem to be going way off course again OB.:D

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Ask OB as he is the expert Nostradamus on here.:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Until I see any Sky own channels testing on DBR (Digital Bit Rate) I will say the same thing - it an rumour.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The next suggested deadline I read here for Atlantic launching on VM is when Now TV launches on BT. To be fair, Now TV has not launched on BT yet.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The Together news is probably Freeview-only, that it has got a slot on a main multiplex.

However if they were clever they might have done something that will be beneficial to them on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media. Basically they might have bought True Crime from Sony. This would mean they would get a better channel number on those 3 platforms.

Freeview 89 | Sky 194 | Virgin 269 would become
Freeview 68 | Sky 180 | Virgin 212

You'll be saying "but True Crime closed..."

On the Freeview Service Status page though True Crime and its +1 are listed under "Channels going off air temporarily".

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

An employee in a call centre isn’t going to have sensitive data about a future launch more than a few hours before it actually happens.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

But the broadcaster cant sell their EPG Channel number on Virgin Media.

Only Virgin can give them out.

So True Entertainment +1 may move to Channel 212 if Sony want it to.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

True but they would be selling the channel and the channel license, which is how they'd get the move on Freeview too within Freeview's rules, as you can't sell channel numbers on Freeview either. Freesports got its Freeview channel number by buying a shopping channel.

I'm actually expecting TE+1 to move up to 212, I just mentioned the other option as a possibility. There are plenty of gaps in the early 200s in the VM EPG though, so I wouldn't be surprised if they get a better VM number.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Virgin Media may work on their EPG by 2023 when their axe all SD Channels (If the broadcaster have an SD Channel).

Virgin Media's Entertainment channels may look like this:
100. Virgin TV Highlights
101. BBC ONE (England only)
101. BBC ONE Scotland HD (Scotland only)
101. BBC ONE Northern Ireland HD (Northern Ireland only)
101. BBC ONE Wales HD (Wales only)
102. BBC TWO England HD (England and Scotland only)
102. BBC TWO Northern Ireland HD (Northern Ireland only)
102. BBC TWO Wales HD (Wales only)
103. ITV (England and Wales only)
103. STV HD (Scotland only)
103. UTV (Northern Ireland only)
104. Channel 4 HD
105. Channel 5 HD
106. E4 HD
107. BBC FOUR HD
108. BBC ONE London HD (England only)
108. BBC Scotland HD (Scotland only)
109. Sky One HD
110. Sky One +1?
111. Sky Witness HD
112. Sky Witness +1?
113. ITV HD (England and Wales only)
113. UTV HD (Northern Ireland only)
114. ITV +1 (England and Wales only)
114. UTV +1 (Northern Ireland only)
115. ITV2 HD
116. ITV2 +1
117. ITV3 HD
118. ITV4 HD
119. ITVBe HD
120. ITVBe +1
121. Sky Two
122. Sky Arts HD
123. Pick
124. GOLD HD
125. W HD
126. Alibi HD
127. Dave HD
128. Really
129. YESTERDAY
130. Drama
131. Dave ja vu
132. Comedy Central HD
133. Comedy Central +1
134. MTV HD
135. SYFY HD
136. SYFY +1
137. Universal TV HD
138. Universal TV +1
139. Challenge
140. Pick +1?
141. Channel 4 +1
142. 4Seven HD
143. E4 +1
144. More4 HD
145. More4 +1?
146. CBS Drama?
147. CBS Reality
148. CBS Justice
149. horror channel
150. Channel 5 +1
151. 5STAR
152. 5SELECT
153. 5 USA
154. 5Spike
155. Paramount Network HD
156. E!
157. FOX HD
158. FOX+1
159. For full list of Local channels on Virgin Media see - Local TV:
160. Real Lives
161. BBC ALBA (Red Button for English audio on Live Sports)
162. BBC TWO England HD (Scotland only)
162. BBC Scotland HD (Outside Scotland)
163. S4C HD
164. TLC HD
165. TLC+1
166. I.D.
167. I.D.+1
168. Quest HD
169. Quest +1
170. Quest Red
171. Quest Red +1?
172. DMAX
173. DMAX +1
174. ITV3 +1
175. ITV4 +1
176. Challenge +1
177. Comedy Central Extra
178. MTV +1?
179. BET
180. 5 USA +1
181. 5STAR +1
182. True Entertainment
183. W +1
184. Alibi +1
185. Sony Crime Channel
187. GOLD +1
188. YouTube
189. YESTERDAY +1
190. CBS Reality +1
191. horror channel +1
192. Netfilx
193. Virgin TV Ultra HD (Only on V6 Boxes).
194. Real Lives +1
195. Lifetime HD
196. hayu (Only on TiVo boxes.)
197. Blaze
198. Your TV
199. Vice
200. True Entertainment +1
201. Crime + Investigation +1

List last updated July 1st 2019.

©copyright 2019 Media Boy 2006 - 2019. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

You would have thought that, wouldn't you, but time and again it has become apparent that Virgin are very slow to update their customer services staff.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Virgin media staff that answer the phones will be the last people to find out no doubt. That's not having a go at the staff, it's just usually the case, with a few when it eventually does come (if ever) still denying that Virgin had it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It won't be arriving on Virgin Media. Info i've seen suggests that it is a exclusive deal with BT that's been done for Atlantic via Nowtv no other platforms are on that document as of to date.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I doubt very much that VM will get Now TV. If we get Atlantic at all, it will be as a live channel. VM will have a separate deal with Sky.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Could we see Universal Channel eventually close down ?

https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2019/07/sky...nbcs-manifest/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Possible, but other channels in the combined portfolio are likely to be closed before Universal in my opinion. Sky2 and Real Lives for instance.

I do find that procedurals comment in the article odd. Universal shows just as many procedurals. I'd say it was more the subject matter of Chicago Med that is relevant, Sky Witness shows a wider array of subjects, and in particular is home to fellow medical show Grey's Anatomy. Universal is pretty much all police crime dramas these days, most of its schedule is the various Law & Order franchises.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Possibly yes or they might evolve it into a Universal movies channel?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I haven't looked myself but others are commenting that Sky Boxsets has other Universal shows listed as Sky Witness.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The only other one is Law and Order SVU , Sky Witness are airing Dick Wolf FBI next month which is apparently going to crossover with Law and Order SVU sometime next season.