Cable Forum - General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.

Well, there's the answer - thanks :)

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Found this on Digital Spy from 2010...

Virgin Saying Bye To MTV Shows , MTV +1 and MTV Classic from 24th August...
I dont understand what is going on here. There is a message screen on channel 321 where MTV Classic used to be saying that a few popular music chanels will be saying goodbye... Mtv shows and MTV Classic were part of a new line up only a few months back, and now they are getting rid of them ? I loved VH1 classic and when it was taken off and replaced by MTV classic I thought maybe it was a setp forward in the right direction... I am aware that it is now the 30th of August, but they kept there words, these channels have now vanished from Virgin.

Now I see there wont be any classic music channel other than Magic, and MTV shows is going to along wth MTV+1. I hope Virgin have struck a good deal with Sky to replace these channels as this is a big blow to lose these music channels. If it wasn't bad enough already, Virgin have already lost a good number of popular radio channels as well.. Are they any plans to replace all these channels and radio stations we are losing on Virgin, or is this standard across both the Sky and Virgin platforms ?

huxleypiguk

09-06-2013 15:50

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And Vintage TV:- "Now Thats What I Call Classic"

Tricky Trevor

09-06-2013 20:00

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Originally Posted by DaMac (Post 35580948)

Like what m8, if anything is any good or if any channel has any British ambitions they usually end up on sky very quickly.

Well, these for starters

http://www.landscapehd.com/

http://www.hightv.tv/

Media Boy UK

10-06-2013 12:14

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Originally Posted by johnasimmons (Post 35581672)

Now the Liberty Global deal is signed sealed and delivered we might see these channels very soon:
The Active Channel
BET: Black Entertainment TV
BET: Black Entertainment TV +1
CI HD
CI +1
Comedy Central Extra +1
HISTORY HD
MTV CLASSIC
MTV HD
MTV LIVE
MTV +1
Nat Geo HD
Nickelodeon HD
Nick Jr. +1
Food Network (Virgin Channel 287)
Travel Channel (Virgin Channel 288)

The one in Blue I think may launch sometime by Friday (Starting on Tuesday).

johnasimmons

10-06-2013 12:35

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35582158)

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The one in Blue I think may launch sometime by Friday (Starting on Tuesday).

Comedy Central Extra +1
MTV CLASSIC
MTV LIVE
MTV +1
Nick Jr. +1
Food Network (Virgin Channel 287)
Travel Channel (Virgin Channel 288

that sounds good to me! :)

ocav	10-06-2013 12:37

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But not the HD ones :(

denphone

10-06-2013 12:38

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Originally Posted by johnasimmons (Post 35582159)

Comedy Central Extra +1
MTV CLASSIC
MTV LIVE
MTV +1
Nick Jr. +1
Food Network (Virgin Channel 287)
Travel Channel (Virgin Channel 288

that sounds good to me! :)

And me too but alas thy doomsayers might not be that happy as l am sure they will still have something to moan about.:)

Media Boy UK

10-06-2013 12:39

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Originally Posted by ocav (Post 35582162)

But not the HD ones :(

Well Animal Planet HD was launch the few weeks after Animal Planet +1.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/p...2012-last.html

All post made today by me is just my own view. Still not confirmed by any insiders.

Aguero9320

10-06-2013 13:55

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35582158)

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The one in Blue I think may launch sometime by Friday (Starting on Tuesday).

Sounds right up my street!

RichardCoulter

10-06-2013 15:13

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35582158)

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The one in Blue I think may launch sometime by Friday (Starting on Tuesday).

Is this the same Travel Channel that was cable exclusive years ago that eventually left cable and went FTA onto satellite?

Is it still on the Sky EPG as a FTA channel?

Media Boy UK

10-06-2013 15:26

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Originally Posted by huxleypiguk (Post 35581248)

We used to have the Weather Channel on back in Cabletel days. Too many repeats...

We still got it - look out your Window.:D

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35582217)

Is this the same Travel Channel that was cable exclusive years ago that eventually left cable and went FTA onto satellite?

No it now until new owners - Who own it in the US.

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Is it still on the Sky EPG as a FTA channel?

As far as I know - Yes.

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Originally Posted by jobbie8 (Post 35581068)

With todays take over finalised, does anyone know if LG has a unified offering in all the countries it operates? Buy channels in bulk? Or does each brand keep to its own region channels? Say, would VM and Irelands UPC offer the same channels?

Unconfirmed but I think LG will start doing deals with Broadcasters for both Virgin Media and UPC Ireland.

Maybe that why Food Network and Travel Channel are both set to launch on Virgin???

devilincarnate

10-06-2013 15:50

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35582158)

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The one in Blue I think may launch sometime by Friday (Starting on Tuesday).

Spoiler:

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Originally Posted by ocav (Post 35582162)

But not the HD ones :(

You may need the Red one:D

jtaylor06