Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

It's the price freeze isn't it? :p:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Only thing we will say is the info was given to us months ago!!!

But tests have still to start.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

They've got it in Ireland. There were rumours that VM were holding off from a deal because it made them less attractive to a tie-up with Vodafone, then there were rumours of a deal with Three (whom VM uses in Ireland), then there were rumours that the EE deal had another year to run and VM didn't want to renew with EE because EE was promoting BT Sport.
Who knows the real situation? I think 4G is VM's biggest weakness. But saying that, Sky has still not launched its mobile service, so credit where it's due.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

VM will get 4G when 5G launches.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

No EE has 4G which is the network VM use, VM uk doesn't use 4G yet but i believe VM Ireland does. ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

I know this is probably a long shot but is anybody aware of any timescales for the missing channels that are currently broadcasting on VM Ireland being launched on VM UK?

TIA. :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

If l was to hazard a guess then l would say several months rather then years before the rest of the channels appear on VM UK TG.

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Thanks for that. Just hoping MTV Classic comes back. It always was a favourite of mine.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

.... was mine too.

It seems we may only get new channels when Liberty signs deals with channel providers that cover all/most of Liberty's other cablecos in Europe as well as VM.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

It isn't.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Yes, I think Media Boy mentioned this in connection with the Channel 5-Viacom set-up. He suggested that Channel 5's offerings including Spike were negotiated by VM whilst the Viacom channels were negotiated by LGI. That makes sense so I guess there's still some pan-European deals to be conducted with A+E and Viacom to mop up the remaining channels.

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Unless Den know more (@Den PM Us if you cant post online) we have no timescales - it took Virgin Media UK to SIX years to get the same channel lineup in all areas of Virgin Media UK.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...-channels.html

And Virgin Media only rebrand UPC Ireland as Virgin Media Ireland in October 2015 - so we may not get the missing channels until 2021.

Since October 2015 RT (Russia Today) has been added to Virgin Media Ireland.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...v-ireland.html

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I recon Den is a VM secret agent :p:

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Well, I have heard that he likes his martini cocktails, shaken, not stirred! ;)