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OB might know as he is our resident font of knowledge and wisdom.;)

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Summer 2017 is timeline we have but... this is vm.

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VM are opening their store just as the BBC are closing theirs down!

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longing like a very quiet year for VM sadly

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Yeah not much on channel news here, just apps and testing more than anything.
Then again there really isn't much more channel wise for vm to add either, sources say UHD is in testing mode on vm on a on demand basis and 2 channels we suspect these channels to be Eurosport and Discovery.
We can confirm Nowtv is not in vms plans in the near future and Amazon has gone quiet for some reason.

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I think apps is the way of the future, theone. I'm sure we will get Amazon before too long now.

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I have no inside information, but I thought we would be getting the Virgin Store this summer. I hope it will prove worth the wait.

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Funny usually politicians come out with that message OB.:)

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Well June arrives next week and summer is usually the quietest time for the TV providers.

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Good to know that TPTV have confirmed the Facebook confirmation with a confirmation on Twitter. After all, you can't have too many confirmations.

Here's the confirmation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-h6zB4EdYU

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The link on YouTube says...

"Talking Pictures TV on Virgin Media Channel 455 - We are proud to announce that on June 1st 2017, Talking Pictures TV will be launching on the Virgin platform, Channel 445."

Does nobody proof-read anymore?

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Only in the title, the video and the description show channel 445.

Clearly not.

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V6 users with 4K TV's are being provided with a link in the Discovery Bar to watch the Champions League final in UHD (via BT Sport on Youtube).

Info. courtesy of ozsat.

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Why they keep relying on YouTube when they have bt sport lazy I think so

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VM don't have BT Sport UHD!?

The only people that have access to BT Sport UHD are some of BT's tv customers - and not even all of them can receive it

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Amazon TV App got a whole lot better in the past couple of weeks with their Feature TV add-ons.

But still a shame that they (nearly) all need an extra subscription on top of the current subcription.

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But they have in the launched temporary channels, like they could put it on channel 0

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No they can't - it is NOT a broadcast channel. It is a streamed feed.

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Ok well it will be interesting to see something on v6 for uhd that is tv

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Aye they don't provide the 4K channel to customers with a speed lower than either 50mbps or 45mbps can't remember which it is now

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Here I get 52.5MB downloads on a BT line - which is too slow they say.

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An Russian Channel called "Sovershenno Sekretno" has joined WorldBox.

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About time too. Can't see why people object to more choice, or because something is in BW or not in UHD it must be crap. Quite the opposite imo. Its a great channel and a fantastic addition :)

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Crikey this post will go down in history as the first time that you are actually happy for once.;)

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Dear me Den, sarcastic when I'm happy, whinging on when I'm not ;)

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My objection is that there are channels that are more in demand out there that we are not getting, and the additions that we do get from time to time are a let down.

I'm glad you are pleased that Talking Pictures is launching. However, it's not for me, I'm afraid.

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Fair enough OB; the point about TP is that it's a freeview channel, there's not really much excuse for paying VM subscribers not to get these.
I know some want Sky Atlantic, but that isn't on freeview, and Sky are protecting it for commercial reasons. Personally can't see anything on it worth watching, but each to their own.

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So what is for you OB as one often gets a picture of confusement..

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Sky Atlantic, Amazon......

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Well OB the wait could go on for a fair while yet.

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Two new channels added to Virgin Media Ireland (Just confirmed today).

Netfilx has appeared on Virgin Ireland Channels 300 and 999 (Viewers press Red to watch channel)

Also "PPV Channel 2" has appeared on Virgin Ireland Channel 862.

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PPV channel 2 itv box office?

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:shrug: You know as much as me.

Update PPV Channel 2 is on Virgin Ireland Channel 863 not the number listed before.

Information was found by MB HQ using Virgin Media Ireland web site and playing about with their TV Anywhere page.

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It always makes me laugh that members are complaining about problems with VM and any new channels coming.

I know that Talking Pictures is coming in June. Its about time customers with VM spoke with there wallets. And stopped paying subs to VM.

VM is a second rate company whjo don't care aboiut brining channels for customers. And take customers for a ride.

I am always being stopped by sales reps in Hounslow and asking about joining VM. When saying we are with VM. They then asked if they could REDUCE our account. After checking, they stated that we could have a discount as we already had a cheap discount.. When we said we could go over to Sky, they said 'go on then' that's what l call good salesmanship.

Its about time that VM put customers first, and got rid of customers services abroad. Keep CS in the UK.

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The interesting thing about Worldbox is that it dumps the entire favourites list each time some trivial new stream is added. Very flawed.

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They should probably all be based in Hounslow with a beefed up sales team.

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Er, if you stopped paying the subs, you'd stop receiving the channels. Seems to be a bit of a flaw in your argument, Arthur.

If Virgin was that bad, you'd be with Sky for all your pay tv by now, wouldn't you?

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Agree with BIB as you know i had issues with VM rather than bleat on about it i voted with my feet and actually went ahead and cancelled everything and switched, if more people did this to companies instead of moaning on forums vm,sky etc probably do not read then companies will probably sit up and take notice.

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You have a Roku stick; why on earth do you need those on Tivo :confused:


Talking pictures is a new channel; celebrate it's arrival. The Big ones you want probably aint gonna happen in the near future. We have all the main channels except the currently unavailable few.


And it wasn't rocket science to realise 4K would be a good while down the line before it arrived on VM

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still dreaming I see don't hold ya breathe OB

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You know OB as dreaming is his stock and trade when it comes to hoping for the impossible.;)

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Two reasons why I want Amazon and either Sky Atlantic or Now TV Entertainment Pass on Virgin. One is so that all the programmes I want to see are available through the V6 and the other is that the more the V6 is regarded as a comprehensive streaming box, the more attractive this will be to potential subscribers.

More subscribers = more money coming in = more money for new content = very satisfied OLD BOY.

Sorry, but I thought I had already explained this. Virgin will eventually sink if it doesn't keep ahead of (or at least keep up with) the game.

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Den, old chap, no matter how old we get, it is always better to look forward rather than back! Hope is what keeps us all going.

Hope for the future, as Paul McCarney says, and he's about 10 years older than me! Play the video on You Tube! Well worth pondering! 😂

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and want can VM do if sky wont let anyone have it OB please tell us nothing at all that's what SA will never ever come

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Dave, you are so incredibly negative for such a young chap! Nothing is impossible.

Sky have already admitted that things have moved on. The outcome of contractual negotiations between VM and Sky may yet surprise you.

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l gather you saw that imaginary image from your crystal ball OB.;)

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realist sky will not let anyone have SA or the ultra HD sports

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Be careful what you say on here, Dave. It'll soon be pants eating season!

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Or eating straw hats which you seem quite expert at doing.:)

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Lack of apps, freely available on many popular devices, will not determine whether Virgin sinks. it is a pay TV provider and that will determine it's future. Sky has neither Netflix or Amazon and survives quite well, aided by the fact that they also provide a streaming service. VM are not in a position to do that. Adding freely available streaming services to VM is nice, but by no means essential

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I agree!

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I don't agree with that assessment, PB. Having everything on one device and being able to search out all content, whether it's on live TV or on demand from Virgin's own system or any of the additional OTT services would make a neat package.

If what you think was true, why would the Roku be such a success? This offers you loads of streaming services with limited pay TV channels and a rubbish EPG. If VM had all these apps, plus a greater range of TV channels and on demand content provided by Virgin, this would be a better service than Roku currently offers.

Don't be surprised if this is precisely the kind of service that Sky will be offering a couple of years down the line via its new IPTV service. This will leave Virgin way behind, unless the company goes for it now.

Isn't one of Virgin's straplines 'Keep up'? VM needs to follow its own mantra.

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Sky Cinema is set to rebrand Sky Cinema Greats as Sky Cinema Tom Cruise from Saturday.

We have no idea how long Sky Cinema Tom Cruise will be sitting in port for.

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Is there really anything coming to virgin TV, or a TV anywhere is that is more than just TV wifi, price rises. I wanted to watch something suggested from sky box sets on a friends sky go,he downloaded it outside but with virgin I'm away from home network how on earth is it TV anywhere

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Also I feel the additional of Netflix to virgin media Ireland ain't a channel it's a virgin, they only seem to want to add world box

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:D:D:D

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I mean app

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Why distinguish between apps and channels? Surely it's the content that's important, and Netflix has plenty of that.

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Yeah but to be fair that is an additional cost to the virgin media customers but channels are included in the package

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Two months ago 7 months after sky launched uhd

Virgin Media is in no hurry to make ultra-high-definition TV available on its network, according to owner Liberty Global.

But Mike Fries, Liberty Global’s chief executive, insists that the cable networks owned by his company, which include Virgin Media in the UK, are more than up to the challenge, if and when customers demand it.

“We’ve got the spectrum if we need it – as do most cable operators – but I think it’s too soon to tell. People are just now getting used to their big screens. They’ve just spent hundreds, thousands of dollars on these big screens,” Fries told an audience at Cable Congress in Amsterdam.

At present, he said, consumers are not demanding it and content providers are not providing it, “But we’re prepared. Our networks are the most robust in the marketplace. So if 4K becomes something that consumers have to have, we’ll certainly be able to do it. We’ll be in a wait-and-see mode,” he added.

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AKA catch-up mode... sounds familiar

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That article is dated 26/03/2014 but the date is oddly not shown in full on all pages so I can understand the confusion! This shows the full date http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/

The positive news today is that LGI in Germany known as Unitymedia is launching a UHD channel in the Autmn! But don't think Unitymedia is leaps ahead of VM; it's only just started shutting down its analogue service!
http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2017/...ue-switch-off/

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The price of the package reflects the cost of the channels in it. Hence, prices do rise when new channels are added. VM is not a charity.

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Neither are their customers OB, what we pay to VM for their top package is a complete rip off imo, and I include Sky in this too, ok, we all have the choice whether to pay or not, but I believe these top companies are operating a cartel, they won't tell you this for obvious reasons, but when you look at what they charge, they're packages ain't that far off in similarity, cost wise.
If it wasn't for the football i'd have dumped VM ages ago, and used the likes of Netflix and Amazon for my viewing, because quite honestly the amount of dross on VM just isn't worth the money imo.

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The football is the reason your paying so much.

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Unfortunately, there's not much Virgin can do. They have to pay to carry these channels, and there is not a huge profit margin in it for them. It wasn't long ago when Virgin were not making any profit at all out of Sky Movies, for example, although this has now been rectified.

When I think back to my BT days back in the 1990s, our telephone bill alone cost me the same as I'm paying now for landline, TV and broadband, so I am not complaining.

I do accept that a lot of the channels we get are dross, and I understand the frustration of those who say they have to pay for loads of channels they never watch in order to view the few good ones.

However, paid for individually, each channel does cost quite a lot, as you can now see quite starkly with those Amazon channels.

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I see Talking Pictures (TPTV) has launched on channel 445

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And that will still be the case going forward.

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Think Mr K , then think Mr K needs to sit down as he is actually happy for once the grumpy git.:)

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Someone has posted elsewhere that to receive Talking Pictures on VM, one has to subscribe to Sky Cinema (even though TP themselves stated that they would be available FTA on VM).

Surely this can't be correct?

Which pack is it in, imo it should be in the M/Player packs as it's available on Freeview.

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Talking Pictures is in Mix TV and above

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Thanks Ben, good to know we don't have to subscribe to Sky Cinema to receive it!

Is Mix TV the equivalent to M+ and do those customers get it too?

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I believe Mix is classed as 'above' M+ and More.

So Talking Pictures is Mix, Fun and Full House.

Player, M+ and More TV won't get it.

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Thanks.

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Shock horror VM put a FREE channel in one of their chargeable packs and ppl accuse SKY of dirty tactics.

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I'm obviously going to have to lay on a party tonight to get my excitement. :sulk:

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I've got M+ and it isn't greyed out.

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I stand corrected about M+.

I've just looked the June's channel guide PDF and it's just Player and More that don't get it

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Ooh you've made me grumpy saying that Den,;)

See my wishlists have already picked up several films on Talking Pictures. Who needs poxy Sky? British films are best, the older and crapper the better :)

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VM do for sky1 etc :p:

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It is also in Sky's interest to wholesale the channel as well.

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It is indeed sir.
No doubt someone will say "never happen" even though we're not talking about that certain channel :p:

I'm just in a daft mood tonight.

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Well according to that great paragon of wisdom OB its going to arrive sooner rather then later.;):D

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Whatever happened to the Weather Channel? Used to give local weather, always wrong, but the music was nice. I'd take that over anything Sky have to offer.

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The service on Sky analogue closed down as it wasn't profitable, not sure about cable as I didn't have it in the nineties.

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Yes, l do have disagreements on this forum concerning VM. And my disappointment with VM.

I was with cablke since Cable Corporation days. I was told a pack a lies by the sales rep, and went in for the service. We got rid of a extremely poor service after two weeks.

We went over to Sky for the next few years, and didn't have ANY problems- apart from the weather. My wife went over to Telewest, and stayed with BOTH services for the next couple of years. I then got made redundant. VM agreed to give us SIX months FREE. Sky would not, so Sky went.

VM came along, and we we stayed with them. But my god the service was terrible, fault after fault, lie after lie from there customer services.

So l persuaded my wife to go over the Sky, this was twelve months ago. We kept VM for the basic channels, and BT Sports. as we got a deal from VM.

Sky deal is up in July. So we compared the past TWELVE months. My family and l have had problems with VM. My mother in law has had terrible problems with VM. Three engineers, and an a letter to CEO and problems we had. With Sky, NO PROBLEMS

There are not enough channels on VM and there is still arguments with VM about SA - who have offered deals to VM, but they wont accept these deals - at the end of the day, we will end up paying anyway.

So what is my deal. We will stay with Sky, but keep VM as it is.

I will pay with my feet, And until VM buck up there ideas, l feel that VM will lose customers. As they are just second rate business company. Yes, they have to make there profits. But at the end of the day. Its WE the customer that ends up paying the bill.

And the reason why Talking Pictures is on VM. Is because its a FREE CHANNEL. This is the only channels will get onto vm.

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I watch the US version of this channel i find it quite interesting especially during tornado season.

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Meanwhile.. back on the subject of "coming soon"

Blaze is currently operating off the EPG on Virgin Media with video / audio streams present across the national network. NIT tables indicate that active tests are taking place on 6 internal networks used to test new services. Indications are that Blaze was added at some point during May 30th. (Transport Stream 7 - SID 702.)

Zee Punjabi is on the move again - this time from Transport Stream 15 (SID 1519) to Transport Stream 20 (SID 2015).

Eagle eyed readers may possibly remember that Transport Stream 20 (SID 2015) was previously used for Fox News Channel "tests". All traces of Fox News Channel have now been removed. Sorry Vince, it just wasn't meant to be. :sorry:

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some good news at last no fox news ;)

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Further news:

Islam Channel Urdu (Transport Stream 9 - SID 904) and
Islam Channel English (Transport Stream 19 - SID 1907)
are currently operating off the EPG on Virgin Media with video / audio streams present across the national network. NIT tables indicate that active tests for are taking place on 4 internal networks for each service. Indications are that these services were added on May 26th.

Possibly not the channels most people on this thread were waiting for but it is what it is...

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That's a shame, I certainly remember the Weather Channel on cable, it must have been the nineties.
I sense a gap in the market. All I need is some seaweed, a pair of binoculars, barometer, OB camera and a satellite dish to upload my channel.... If I could get the local wine merchant to sponsor it would be the perfect channel, for me anyway ;)

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Oh dear that is not going to please one of our grumpiest members on here.;)

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Could be preparations to add &pictures and/or Zee Tamil??

https://www.bizasialive.com/zee-netw...-new-channels/

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😂😂😂

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More like they are playing musical chairs. They wouldn't need to do this sort of thing to add the extra channels, and there is no guarantee that VM will actually be adding Zee's new channels in the near future. If they had been moving all of the Zee channels onto one transport stream, I could see the logic behind your suggestion, but they seem to be spreading them around.

It's probably just internal housekeeping to balance the load across the transport streams.

At some point, they will have to make room for the BBC's Summer Red Button streams, assuming that the BBC repeat the trend seen in recent years.

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Quick reminder the Champions League final tonight is available in 4K (UHD) on BT Sports Youtube channel customers with the V6 box can watch it on tv via either the Youtube app or following the link in the discovery bar

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They will as Red Button 2-6 and HD:) are now testing off the EPG on satellite (currently showing the BBC Red Button red screens and music).

See: http://www.a516digital.com/2017/05/b...anded-red.html for more info.

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Indeed, I was already aware of the satellite tests. The BBC don't appear to have made any announcements about the service yet, which they had done in previous years. So there isn't a clear indication of which other platforms will carry the extra streams. As the BBC is moving away from broadcast Red Button streams in favour of "Connected Red Button" IPTV streams, it will be interesting to see how this develops. (Which was my point about assuming the BBC repeats the trend seen in recent years.)

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Sadly my mum internet didn't work for two days and suddenly came back on last night thank goodness

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Thanks for info.

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Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Sky Cinema Tom Cruise to close on June 19th.

Media Boy Blog has found that Sky Cinema will close Sky Cinema Tom Cruise on June 19th.

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GOLD HD apparantly launching in near future on SKY,BT and VM.

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It's took them long enough but most content will need to be upscaled

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Mr K when he hears that will need to sit down again as the grumpy git won't be able to cope with all this good news.;):D

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Islam Channel UK & Islam Urdu started today on channels 838 and 839 respectively.

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I still yearn for fox news. Its an ongoing saga for the last few years for me. I want COMEDY. fox news would give me this. I have no idea why it tested and then didnt launch.

In other news i re-read the thread from when BT Sport launched with no warning. So much joy! Makes me feel happy we have this forum. All the same people still here!

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Fox news won't be available from 5am on Thursday anyway Vince until the polling stations close.

In the past they have fallen foul of OFCOM rules which forbid certain activities that may influence how constituents vote; I guess they simply can't trust themselves and are playing it safe :D

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ha! classic murdoch!

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Now then Den, don't be naughty ;)
Can't see the point of Gold in HD personally. Very few of the programmes they show (if any?) were made in HD. I like my 70/80's sitcoms in PAL 625 lines, they wouldn't look right any other way.