Cable Forum - General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2

And finally...

Extreme Sports*on channel 525 will be unavailable from*31st*December 2015 at 6am. This is a decision taken by the channel provider to remove the channel and cease broadcasting in the UK. Any recordings will be available for playback for 3 months.

denphone

15-12-2015 22:22

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Never watched it so l certainly won't miss it...

theone2k10

15-12-2015 23:34

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Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35813010)

Where was this confirmed? Have checked the Extreme TV facebook, Twitter and website and there is no mention it is closing.

Some of extreme sports content will be moving to BIKE, BIKE is a free to air sports channel on SKY and sattelite, don't know if it's on vm but with vms track record it most likely isn't.

Mad Max

16-12-2015 00:47

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does anyone actually watch that crap?

RichardCoulter

16-12-2015 04:12

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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35813029)

Some of extreme sports content will be moving to BIKE, BIKE is a free to air sports channel on SKY and sattelite, don't know if it's on vm but with vms track record it most likely isn't.

Is Bike owned by the same owners as Extreme Sports?

If it isn't on VM, you can watch it on Roku channel 085.

theone2k10

16-12-2015 11:19

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35813041)

Is Bike owned by the same owners as Extreme Sports?

If it isn't on VM, you can watch it on Roku channel 085.

I'm not sure mate tbh who owns it, my sammy tv picked it up via the sattelite tuner, cheers for heads up about roku will add it later.

Bananaman_007

16-12-2015 18:31

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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35813072)

I'm not sure mate tbh who owns it, my sammy tv picked it up via the sattelite tuner, cheers for heads up about roku will add it later.

It is owned by Bike Media Ltd. The channel is already running in some European countries such as Germany and Italy. Extreme was owned by Chellomedia (Zone) but appears to now be owned by AMC with the branding rights with Extreme Limited.

I wonder if the closure of this could lead to the launch of JimJam AMC seem to be expanding the channel across Europe and Asia quite quickly

theone2k10

16-12-2015 18:44

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Originally Posted by Bananaman_007 (Post 35813118)

It is owned by Bike Media Ltd. The channel is already running in some European countries such as Germany and Italy. Extreme was owned by Chellomedia (Zone) but appears to now be owned by AMC with the branding rights with Extreme Limited.

I wonder if the closure of this could lead to the launch of JimJam AMC seem to be expanding the channel across Europe and Asia quite quickly

Good call.

Media Boy UK

16-12-2015 21:01

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Virgin Media UK Sources has tonight confirm to Media Boy HQ that "Bike channel" is set to launch in the new year on Virgin Media UK.

muppetman11

16-12-2015 21:34

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35813134)

Virgin Media UK Sources has tonight confirm to Media Boy HQ that "Bike channel" is set to launch in the new year on Virgin Media UK.

Already on Sky it looks like more garbage and only available in SD.:td:

RichardCoulter

16-12-2015 21:40

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35813134)

Virgin Media UK Sources has tonight confirm to Media Boy HQ that "Bike channel" is set to launch in the new year on Virgin Media UK.

Looks like Bike will be replacing Extreme Sports then.

Mad Max

16-12-2015 23:16

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35813134)

Virgin Media UK Sources has tonight confirm to Media Boy HQ that "Bike channel" is set to launch in the new year on Virgin Media UK.

Jesus H, more friggin dross to clog up the airwaves.....:banghead:

denphone

17-12-2015 05:34

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Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 35813146)

Jesus H, more friggin dross to clog up the airwaves.....:banghead:

For once old boy l agree with you.:)

Ultimate.Conj

17-12-2015 18:16

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35813138)

Already on Sky it looks like more garbage and only available in SD.:td:

If they can't be bothered to use the bandwidth on broadcasting it in HD (I'm sure the programmes would have been filmed in HD), there is no point in having such channel.

I only watch/record in HD now, I'm sure I'm not alone in this. When will VM make HD the new SD? ;)

heero_yuy

17-12-2015 19:54

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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35813267)

With the newer boxes from VM being able to output scaled down SD from HD channels it must only be a matter of time before all output is in HD?

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