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

only locked in till next price rise.

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

You'll need a usa friend/family for a start.
If enough show interest i'll post a simple get started guide in the netflix/streaming thread but it will be upto you to get your own US tv login.

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

VM should pull there finger out, and give us the channels we deserve. And the price that we are paying. We should have more

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

Which channels do you think are missing?

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

.... these are the main ones still missing, I've left out the more obscure ones:

Sky1 +1
PickTV+1
MTV +1
4Seven HD
E! +1
TLC+2
BET +1
E! Entertainment HD
Channel 4 +1 HD
Sony Ch +1
Lifetime +1
TruTV +1
Comedy Cent xtra +1
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic +1
Sky Atlantic HD
ITV Encore
ITV Encore HD
ITV Encore+1
AMC
AMC HD
True Drama
True Crime
True Crime +1
HISTORY HD
Crime & Invest HD
Crime & Investi Ch+1
Travel Channel +1
Food Network +1
Home & Leisure TV
Property TV
Wellbeing Network
Horse & Country
Holiday & Cruise
Fashion One
MTV MUSIC +1
MTV LIVE
MTV CLASSIC
Starz TV
CS Summer
Flava (prev B4)
Scuzz
Heart Summer
CAPITAL TV
Keep It Country
Chart Show TV
The Vault
Chart Show Dance
Sony Movie Channel
Sony Movie Channel +1
True Movies 2
Movies4Men +1
Talking Pictures TV
MUTV HD
At The Races HD
Racing UK HD
Liverpool FC TV HD
Box Nation HD
Premier Sports HD
Front Runner TV
Chelsea TV
Chelsea TV HD
BT Sport 4K
Shorts TV
CNN International HD
Fox News
Al Jazeera Eng HD
Russia Today
Russia Today HD
CCTV News
Disney XD HD
Nick Junior +1
Nick Jr HD
Tiny Pop +1
Pop +1
Disney Channel HD
Disney Junior +1
Disney Jnr HD
Boomerang HD
POP Max
Kix!
Kix! +1
BabyFirst

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

II think the following channels will launched before the end of 2017

Sky 1+1
Pick +1
Tru TV +1
Sony channel+1
Lifetime +1
Disney channel HD
Disney XD HD
Disney Jr HD
Disney Jr +1
Nick Jr +1
Nick Jr HD
Tiny pop +1
PoP +1
Fox News
CNN HD
Boomerang HD
History HD
C.I. HD
C.I.+1
E! HD
E! +1
Horse and Country
Sony movies and +1
Movies 4 men +1
Your TV and your TV +1
MTV Classic
Keep of Country
True Drama
True movies 2
True crime and true crime +1
AMC HD and AMC
ITV Encore,ITV Encore +1 and HD
Not quite sure about Sky Atlantic, Sky Atlantic HD and +1 we might not see these appearing infill 2018
As for the others not quite sure if the will launch this year, next year. Apart from the ones I mention above.

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

On what basis do you think that, dodo?

Sounds like wishful thinking to me.

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

Yes it wshful think on my mind
With the relaunched of5Star +1 andPOP
And new channels like Spike,Tru TV,Movies 4 Men,Movie Mix.
what do you think about plus 1 channels

I think broadcasting companies like Sky,Sony,Vicaom ,Etc.should include the Plus one as a bonus channel if you get the main channel.example We get Sky 1 but not Sky 1 + 1 for no charge

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

Add that lot, & all the V+HD boxes will end up with a 3 day EPG instead of 5. No way will VM add that amount of channels until all the legacy boxes (of which there are still around 1/2 million out there) are replaced.

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

All I want is a better on demand/catch up service! One that has all programs in hd and adds programs within hours of the live channel broadcast. At the moment there's little hd and you often have to wait days and sometimes weeks before programs are added.

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

Thanks for the warning.

Apparently, they are waiving the 30 day notice period if downgrading is due to the price rise. I wonder if this also applies to contract renewal?

---------- Post added at 14:23 ---------- Previous post was at 14:01 ----------

Confirmation now received that H2 is definitely not closing in the UK to make way for Viceland (as was the case in the USA).

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

Indeed and thus it won't happen and besides, with 4K (including HDR) channels set to hit the mainstream next year, VM need to have a careful think about where they see their platform heading and what they want to put on it.

I think it would be fair, certainly for new channels, that only HD channels were added from here on. Then consider about what to do about existing and missing channels, ie on my list, VM has a sd version of Boomerang but missing the HD version.

I think VM should consider replacing the more obscure SD channels with their HD versions, while keeping all versions of the main BBC, ITV, Sky etc channels on the platform for those that still don't have HD tellies.

But at some point VM need to stop "sweating their assets" and replace all old boxes.

Of course for those that have read the Netflix/streaming thread, you may already know my thoughts on where pay tv (and all its multitude of channels) are going in the next few years...

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

Malone is well known for "sweating his assets", I think he may well have used that actual term in the past!

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

Some of those are pretty obscure to be honest, some such as BET +1 and MTV Live (SD) are no longer operating. If VM added all of the rest as broadcast streams, they'd need more transport streams and that would mean more investment, largely for dross.

I would think that quite a few of those e.g. the music channels, CCTV News and the Kremlin's misinformation channel could be added as IPTV streams and accessed from a TiVo app. Having to wait an eternity for TiVo to load the apps would certainly show whether any viewers were actually interested in the content.

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This is why I was so surprised to read that the hayu app had been such a success.

I would imagine that young people will have even less patience than older people with the speed of the TiVo app loading.

They are used to commands being carried out instantly; at least older people remember the days of having to wait for the telly to warm up :D