Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

There are plenty of channels that Virgin have not got at the present time quite a long list according to media boys weekly thread.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Do believe Sky will be asking way to high a price for Atlantic to be honest , however this doesn't explain the many other missing HD channels.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

'Money bags' Sky have spent a fotune on the HBO stuff to lock other providers from showing the content. They've got low viewing figures and other providers aren't prepared to pay OTT caridge rights.

Maybe their policy has come back to bite them in the a**?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Sky have 21 more I believe.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

The 4th quarter results (and overall performance of VM in 2010) would clearly disagree with you.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Even more than that in my last count, what happened to the hd channels that were supposed to be coming.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I am talking about at present with regards to your question over package names.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I am talking about the present and the future, no doubt we will be getting our price rises soon enough.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Yes, Neil should just pay what ever Sky say and charge VM customers more... good point. I'll pass it on. :rolleyes:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

We will get what channels they think we want when they think they have got the best deal for us customers ( as they are not like SKY and just throw money at the providers ). We are unable to blame VM for the channels that have been removed recently ( they have been from the provider on all platforms.
Can we all just get along as we all want the same thing and all this bickering is getting people down who come here to try and find things out.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Then you'd moan about prices going up... "typical Virgin " etc, etc...

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Everything has to be accounted for... expect more channels this new financial year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I do not mind prices going up but we should be getting more for our money, Virgin have done nothing for quite a while, when Sky took those channels off in dec and jan Virgin should have added some more channels to replace them. instead they sat on their jack jones giving out vague press releases.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

So new channels definitely coming before the 6th April???

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Is that this year or next year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

April is the new financial year.

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Before? not likely.

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There is a lot going on. Adding just any channels as a knee jerk reaction to some complaints of "lost channels", which by the way the content will be found on other Sky channels, would be bad business practice.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

The award winning shows you mention are a fraction of that channels programming. The rest of it is just second rate shows that have been shown many many times before.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Are there any that you particulary want?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Could you please explain as a insider what is going on in the future for us customers.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

That would be breaking my contract of employment. Anything i'm privvy to, I wouldn't be able to post on here.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Yes

ESPNA HD
Nat Geo Wild HD
Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD
Universal HD
Sky News HD

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Yes there are:

new ones:D:D:D:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I'd like Nat Geo Wild HD too... I like my Documentaries :)

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so long as they are new then :D :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Espn america hd, History hd, Nat geo wild hd,Cbs channels, Sky sports news hd, Sky news hd,Sky atlantic,Sky classic, Sky sports hd 3 and 4, Itv hd 2, 3 and 4,Eden hd, Disney cinemagic hd, Universal hd and many more.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Do not want a lot do you:erm:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Surely you can tell us little snippets

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Wow! you watch a lot of telly! :)

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You trying to get me sacked? :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

But that's true of all the digital channels, outside of the digital versions of the terestrial channels.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

No l would not think of getting you the sack, l watch a lot of tv because of my ongoing medical condition which so far has entailed 7 operations, enough said l think.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Sorry to hear that, denphone. I don't like to hear about anyone suffering.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

HD will arrive that's a certainty ,don't forget Berkett said total would be around 80 in two to three years , over 3 years that's 17 a year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

New HD channels would be great but the channel I really want is Premier Sports. I'm not even looking for it to be included in the XL package either! I'll pay £6.99 p/m for this niche channel.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

That's the only way I can see that being added.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Or maybe we will be able to say..............







There an ap for that :D



;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

So I see the vast majority of new channels wanted are HD versions of those available on VM in SD. With the certain exception of Sky Sports 3 and 4 where the basics deal meant they will not be made available, I would not be too surprised to see most of the rest on VM in 12 months time.

New content though is much rarer to secure, Sky Atlantic is one right now with exclusive HBO content (e.g. Broadwalk Empire - not my sort of viewing but no doubt some people will like) and Premier Sports is another, I'll wait an see what VM do on those eventually.

With more HD channels this year, I will be well happy with the VM M/L/XL TV packing plus optional extras if you want them.

If you do want everything, that will always be Sky but I feel the gap will be closing and with greater OD demand content via Tivo Internet access say, VM should achieve a strategy of channel choice being less important and content choice being more relevant for the future.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Had Sky Knock On My Door Told Them Where To go Basically To Shuv It. Im Happy with Virginmedia ever since Virgin Media Brought back The Sky basics and Improved on There on demand service such as BBC iplayer, Demand 5, 4 On Demand and ITV Net Player aswell as Warner TV etc plus Cheaper broadband and phoneline and Loads of HD Channels Such as Sky 1 HD, ITV 1 HD, BBC One HD, Sky Living HD, Channel 4 HD, Channel 5 HD, ESPN HD, Sky Movies HD and Sky Sports HD 1 & 2 etc.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

They seem to be doing the rounds at the moment.. I had to laugh at the one who called at my door yesterday... she was still trying to get me to change over, even when I said I was Virgin staff! lol

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Did you ask her if you would get a staff rate if you swapped :p:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

There is a lot of people where i live in harlow in essex in my area have got virginmedia.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

ha ha.. I should have asked.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Also lots in my area of Harlow too do not forget the covenent banning people from putting aerials up Virgin run the councils piped tv system for them my area though does have its own communal aerial for residents to get freeview though without using the councils piped system.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Actually I make that around 26 a year (80 / 3 = 26.6666666) - which is even better ;) - esp as I don't think there are 80 HD channels available at the moment (though I could be wrong)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

He meant the HD channel count would be around 80 there are 29 now leaving 51 to come in 3 years which equates to 17 a year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Virgin aren't a mile behind the are they?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Ah - thanks :) I stand corrected. Was never good at Math anyway LOL

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

That's what I'll end up doing if it's not on Virgin in the next month. I have a Sky box and dish, willl subscribe to just that channel. Would prefer it on VM as it saves me plugging the sky box in every weekend (not got enough space to leave it on all the time)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I'd like to see Paint Dry and Paint Dry+1 on VM. Seriously I don't know what (SD) channels we haven't got that would improve the service that much. Of course a few HD channel launches would be nice but I personally don't have much of an issue with just watching the SD variants, it's still the same programme after all

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

About a year ago VM were well behind Sky and in serious danger of being made to look as if they were standing still, but over the last year VM have certainly had their foot on the accelerator with 28 HD channels being added, Tivo on the way and more HD channels to come.
Even Sky have had to admit that VM have raised their game recently, as regards missing channels on VM apart from Atlantic, which we will get sooner or later what are we really missing? Apart from a few HD variants I can't think of any...I mean how many channels can a person honestly watch, or maybe the question should be how many channels does any of us watch now on a regular basis? If I'm honest its a whole lot less than the 140 we already have.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Any news on GinxTV? Thought it was suppossed to be launching last nov! What are the chances of getting SSN HD anytime soon aswell? :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

What is GinxTV? never heard of it.:confused:

SSN HD i doubt will be arriving anytime soon would sports news in HD really make a lot of difference sports news is sports news HD or not.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

GinxTV is a gaming channel, I think they announced that they would be launching on all platforms in november.

Any channel that is text heavy is greatly boosted with HD imo not to mention the actual sport.. & presenters :p:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Keep up-to-date on the latest news on upcoming channel launches and other important events across all platforms of Virgin TV network.

NOTE: I do not work for Virgin Media so all the information on this list is subject to change.

BOLD = New

Colours on my list are as followed:

Media Boy = New Info just added.
Media Boy = Virgin Media News.
Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: = It an Media Boy EXCLUSIVE and you can only see it on my Blog or on this thread.
Media Boy = Other Media news.

=== Coming up on Virgin's Digital TV ===
=== 1st Quarter 2011 ===
Ginx TV may launch on Virgin Media.

=== February ===
Jan. 11th. Virgin Media to work on their ''On Demand'' network overnight from 00.01 to 09.00 on Tuesdays to Thursdays until February 18th.
1st. Nat Geo Wild is free to all L Package viewers until the 1st of March at 6am on Virgin Channel 228.
28th. Sky3 to be rebranded as Pick TV on Virgin Channel 180.

=== Spring ===
The BBC will rebrand BBC Radio 7 as BBC Radio 4 Extra on Virgin Channel 910.

=== March ===
7th. Fiver will be rebranded as 5* on Virgin Channel 151.
7th. Fiver +1 will be rebranded as 5* +1 on Virgin Channel 152.
7th. Five USA will be rebranded as 5 USA on Virgin Channel 153.
7th. Five USA +1 will be rebranded as 5 USA +1 on Virgin Channel 154.
Virgin Media will introduce TiVo co-branded set-top boxes (In all areas).

=== By April ===
Sky Sports red button interactive service will launch on Virgin Media.

=== April ===
[B]1st. Virgin Media to put up some prices on their TV Packages.[B]

=== May ===
7th. Disney/ABC Television Group is to rebrand Playhouse Disney as Disney Junior on Virgin Channel 727.

=== June ===
No News...

=== July ===
No News...

=== August ===
No News...

=== September ===
No News...

=== October ===
No News...

=== November ===
No News...

=== December ===
No News...

=== Before 2012 ===
-The BBC may close BBC Asian Network.

=== Unknown dates ===
-BBC iPlayer will offer subtitled content.
-Channel 4's ''4oD'' will offer HD content.
-Diva TV will be rebranded as Diva Universal on Virgin Channel 164.
-Ginx TV
-Sky Arts 1 HD and Sky Arts 2 HD will become available on Virgin Media.
-UKTV on demand will launch.
-Virgin Media will cease all analogue television transmissions.
-Virgin Media will introduce an enhanced TV interface

=== The following channels are rumoured to be launching or in talks with Virgin Media (But still not confirm by Insiders) ===

-Al Jazeera
-Comedy Central Extra +1
-ITV2 HD
-ITV3 HD
-ITV4 HD
-Luxury Life HD
-Premier Sports (Rumoured on their Facebook page as coming before April)
-Quest +1
-Rush HD
-Russia Today
-NDTV
-Sky3 +1 (Soon to be rebranded as Pick TV +1.)
-Sky Arts 1 HD
-Sky Arts 2 HD
-Sky News HD
-Sky Sports News HD
-CBS Action
-CBS Drama
-CBS Reality +1
-Horror Channel +1
-BET
-BET +1
-Bio HD
-Colors
-Crime & Investigation Network HD
-Disney Cinemagic HD
-Disney XD HD
-Eden HD
-Eden +1
-ESPN2 (May launch in 2011)
-ESPN America HD
-ESPN News (May launch in 2011)
-Good Food HD
-HISTORY HD
-KidsCo
-MGM HD
-Nat Geo Wild HD
-NickToons Replay
-Pop Girl
-Sky Atlantic
-Sky Atlantic HD
-Squirt FM
-Universal Channel HD
-Vintage TV
-Yesterday +1

=== Channels THAT still to appear in all areas ===
List was last updated on December 1st 2010.

NO. Channel Name
917. Radio: RTE Radio
920. Radio: WRN Europe

NOTE: Channels are only broadcasting in Ex-Telewest areas right now.

====== Media Boy Information =====
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=== Media Boy Blogs & Extra TV info: ===
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See Virgin Media on ''twitter'' here - http://twitter.com/virginmedia
See latest news about Virgin on Demand via ''twitter'' here - http://twitter.com/vmondemand
See Nialli's blog on Virgin Media High Definition & TiVo Services here - http://vmhd.blogspot.com/
See the Latest news on the soon to launch Channel 6 here - http://channel6uk.blogspot.com/


=== Ask Media Boy ===
Q: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT VIRGIN MEDIA FROM?
A: I get all my info from Virgin Media workers (NOTE: I called them ''An Insider''), Virgin Media viewers, my blogs and Web Sites (NOTE: When I used web sites I will post an link to that web site).

Q: I HAVE GOT NEWS BUT I WORK FOR VIRGIN MEDIA AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO SEE MY USER NAME?
A: All you need to do is pm me right now and tell me and I will post your news on ''Coming soon to Virgin TV'' for you.

Q: WHY AM I NOT GETTING ''RTE RADIO'' OR ''WRN RADIO'' FOR?
A: RTE Radio and WRN Radio do not broadcast in Ex-ntl and Ex-Cable & Wireless areas - yet.

Q: NOW THAT BSKYB HAS TOOK OVER VIRGIN MEDIA TELEVISION WILL ANY CHANNELS CLOSE ON VIRGIN TV?
A: Yes Sky has closed Bravo, Channel One and Challenge Jackpot down. But us Virgin Media viewers will see some channels moving about as we have now got Sky1 HD and maybe getting Sky Arts 1 HD and Sky Arts 2 HD soon.

==== Deals with broadcasters ===
When deals with broadcasters run out Virgin Media need to sign new one to keep that Channel on Virgin TV.

Here is an list of channel that Virgin may get when they old deal runs out with that broadcaster:

NOTE: To start broadcasting soon = That channel has still to start broadcasting on Sky, Freesat or Freeview.

=== TV and Radio Channels: ===
=== Own by AETN UK ===
Bio HD
Crime & Investigation Network HD
Crime & Investigation Network +1
HISTORY HD
HISTORY +1

=== Own by ABC Television Group ===
Disney Cinemagic HD
Disney Cinemagic +1
Disney Junior + (Soon to start broadcasting).
Disney XD HD
Playhouse Disney + (Soon to be rebranded as Disney Junior +)

=== Own by ARY Group ===
ARY News
QTV ARY

=== Own by BSkyB ===
Pick TV +1 (Soon to start broadcasting.)
Sky 3D
Sky 3 +1 (Soon to be rebranded as Pick TV +1.)
Sky Arts 1 HD
Sky Arts 2 HD
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic HD
Sky Livingit HD
Sky Movies Classic HD
Sky News HD
Sky Sports HD3
Sky Sports HD4
Sky Sports News HD

=== Own by CBS International and Chello Zone ===
CBS Action
CBS Drama
CBS Reality +1
Horror Channel +1

=== Own by Channel 4 Television Corporation ===
More 4 +1

=== Own by CSC Media Group ===
Bliss
Chart Show TV
Dance Nation TV
Flava
Kix!
NME TV
Pop Girl
Pop Girl +1
Scuzz
The Vault
Tiny Pop +1
True Enterainment
True Movies 2

=== Own by Discovery Networks Europe ===
Animal Planet +1
Discovery Home & Health +1
Discovery Knowledge +1
Discovery Science +1
DMAX +1
DMAX +2
Investigation Discovery
TLC (To start broadcast in the UK in 2011.)
Quest +1

=== Own by ESPN Inc. (The Walt Disney Company/Hearst Corporation) ===
ESPN2 (May launch in 2011)
ESPN America HD
ESPN News (May launch in 2011)

=== Own by GMG Radio ===
Real Radio

=== Own by Independent Media Corporation ===
AAG
GEO News
GEO UK

=== Own by ITV Digital Channels Ltd ===
ITV2 HD
ITV3 HD
ITV4 HD

=== Own by MGM Channel (UK) Limited (BSkyB and MGM) ===
MGM HD

=== Own by NBC Universal Global Networks ===
Diva TV +1
Universal Channel HD

=== Own by NBC Universal, Corus Entertainment, Cookie Jar Group ===
Kids Co (Soon to start broadcasting.)

=== Own by NGC Europe Limited ===
FX +1
Nat Wild HD

=== Own by Rainbow Media ===
Rush HD
Sundance Channel HD

=== Own by Scripps Networks Interactive (Run by Chello Zone) ===
Food Network
Food Network HD (Soon to start broadcasting).
Food Network +1

=== Own by Sony ===
NOTE: The following channels will become part of the ''ViewAsia'' package if Sony can sign an new deal Virgin Media:
ARY Digital^
B4U Movies^
Colors
MAX^
SAB
Sahara One
SET Asia^

^ = On Virgin Media right now.

=== Own by STAR TV ===
STAR Gold
STAR One

=== Own by The Times Group ===
Zoom TV

=== Own by TIML Radio Limited ===
Absolute 90s

=== Own by Turner Broadcasting System Europe ===
Adult Swim Channel (Soon to start broadcasting).
TCM 2

=== Own by Twenty Four 7 Ltd. ===
Luxury Life
Luxury Life HD

=== Own by UKTV ===
Eden HD
Eden +1
Good Food HD
YeSTERDAY +1

=== Own by Viacom ===
BET
BET +1
Comedy Central Extra +1
MTV CLASSIC
MTV MUSIC
MTV +1
Nickelodeon HD
NickToons Replay

=== Own by Zee Entertainment Enterprises ===
ZEE Cafe

©copyright 2011 Media Boy 2006 - 2011. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I thought Media Boy had gone missing LOL .

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Been busy in real life.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Hopefully mustering some more HD content up for us LOL :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Still no sign of ESPN America HD for the start of the Baseball Season.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I know mate gutted I'm thinking of re-activating my SkyHD box and keeping my XL sub so was hoping it would be free on VM.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

The latest I have is ''Talks are onging'' with ESPN and Virgin Media.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

ESPN America is on right now on channel 430 college basket ball native HD not Baseball right now though. Oh silly me I forgot I'm back on sky, you havent got it on VM have you.

I always do think ESPNA in HD looks a lot better than ESPN-HD.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

You are being an erse, Marcus - it's not an attractive trait.

btw - "collage basket ball"; is that a piece of sports equipment made out of bits of paper all stuck together?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

You do a great job Media Boy but i have to say this thread hasnt exactly had much to report so far this year ... VM are certainly preoccupied with Tivo and upgrades to BB rather than improving the existing channel line up

hopefully once Tivo is official in April other things will follow on the TV side of things though my gut feeling is tivo will be the area of concentration and the apps rather than the actual channels

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Maybe Virgin will do this soon (Like last year)?

http://virgintvmediaboy.blogspot.com...-move-and.html

To be fair Virgin Media has just on Friday ended updating their on Demand network.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Ok.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

This is what your post can (and should) be shortened to apart from the first post of each new topic.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Colors confirmed for launch in April/May.

http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsar...s_favourit.php

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

How come on Sunday 27th Feb on Universal channel at 22.00 Rookie Blue has no series link option.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I noticed that. Hoping someone from VM reads this and can correct..

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Thanks for that. All done

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Your post just beat mine LOL :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Great show matey,Hope u enjoy pity not in HD (Are you Listening vm):D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I don't think they've done anything in the Hemel area - still 9132 every time I try to view HD VOD in the evening.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Saw a trailer for it and it looked ok.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Come on Virgin give us the CBS channels and some more HD preferably in the nature channels and the rest of the movies,we've lost a few and are paying more so give us a break and cough them up:mad: we've had sod all of interest since the HD movies and Sport launched. Channel 5 has a new logo disnae cut it as coming soon news

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Frogstamper saidThis how I look at it Better being content and anything else coming along will be a bonus especially if I'm one of the happy 1,000 who get their Tivo box. I think virgin media a doing a good job.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I'd say Virgin have done a great job in the last 6 months. Since SKY Sports HD and SKY Movies HD launched on the 02nd August 2010 we've had the launch of:

Comedy Central HD
SKY One HD
NBC Universal On Demand
Catch-up with Demand Five
Cinémoi
ESPN Classic On Demand
Plus Five HD launched on the same day Virgin announced the sale of VMTV, which confirmed SKY Sports & Movies HD would be coming in August.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

2 channels??:rolleyes:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Which 2 channels out of the 4 he listed are you counting?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

DS Forums says link now added for Rookie Blue on Sundays at 10pm and late, plus Mondays at 7pm.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

No series link option here yet.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

It seems to take a while for the V+ to receive new series links. It'll probably be available tomorrow.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Ok thanks for that.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

That is definitely not true of all digital channels. Plenty of channels fill their day time off peak with much higher quality repeats than the garbage Atlantic is pushing out. Some of the shows on that channel are pathetic for a pay tv channel as IMO Virgin 1 had better day time shows than Atlantic and that channel was Freeview.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Virgin need a big push this year , for TIVO to be a success VM need to add many more HD channels , more on demand , Sky sports red button , don't forget Sky won't stop at 50.

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HD channels top of the list to acquire should be

ESPNA HD to strengthen sport genre.
Nat Geo Wild HD at the moment to few Documentary HD channels
Universal HD good entertainment HD channel.
Nick HD and Disney XD HD currently no kids HD channels.
Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD needed at some point.
History HD another factual channel.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I have just seen this thread over on the community forum and what the mods are saying ( so as what the other people on here have been saying it looks promising )

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...HD/td-p/347279

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Seems reasonable but not at any price. I think a concentration on the non Sky HD channels and missing SD channels as the contracts come up. Do we know when the viacom deal is up as would be nice to have the missing MTV Channels. Also I am a bit of a fan of +1 channels so any more of them I'd welcome. I'm fairly happy overall though as we don't pay extra for HD unlike that other operator I can't bring myself to mention.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Technically you pay £50 for HD in the form of the HD Activation charge and if you have the sky premium HD channels thats another £7 a month.

So for one yea of the full HD line up with VM is £49.99 activation plus 12*£7 so £134 in total for 12 months. Sky is £10.25*12 months=£123 for a lot more HD channels.

Sky whoops VM for tv content but VM whoops sky for Broadband. I imagine it will be a lot cheaper for VM to bring its tv to be equal with sky than it will for sky to lay fibre to million of homes? Although i guess they will just resell bt fibre.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Loved the way you slanted the most expensive comparison....

I have the XL TV package, and don't pay anything (including activation) for HD channels I have - there is always more than one option.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

You are forgetting the subsequent years:

SKY- £10.25X12=£123

VIRGIN ( After 1 year ) £7x12=£84

So a nice difference of £39 and that makes a lot of difference. So the activation charge is payed for in roughley 15 months from when you first paid it eg £50 / 15 months = £10 every 3 months.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

You're quite correct a difference of £3.25 a month but you do get 1 or 2 more HD channels. I wonder if VM get the missing HD content will they be able to keep giving hd free. Lets not forget VM also give ESPN free which is £12 a month on sky or £9 is you have Sky sports.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Nobody has mentioned VM give you ESPN free , it's 9.00 on Sky and that's only if you have Sky Sports if not it's 12.00.

Edit sorry Marcus125 hadn't read your post above LOL :-)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I don'thave Sky sports or movies. All my HD channels are free. I'd be paying an extra 20 pounds per month with Sky as I have 2 HD boxes.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Yes but what you are forgetting is that SKY jumped in with both feet as they thought that we will be able to show all the PL games one here. They seem to do the same for all the new channels.

VM held back and got the best deal for all of there top tier TV customers. VM may have looked at what ESPN had to offer at the time and said we will do this for you as you are a new provider in the UK.:confused:

Also lets not forget all the other HD channels that you have to pay for on SKY that are available for no extra monthly fee.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

If we look back at the past 12 months instead of the last 6 you can add the following to the list too:

Eurosport HD
Discovery HD
Film4 HD
ITV HD
Sci Fi HD

The loss of Bravo, Virgin 1 etc was a bit of a bummer however what's been added in the past 12 months more than makes up for it. Things have went a little quiet recently however Virgin are rolling out Tivo and 100Mb broadband.

Virgin have promised more channels soon, and staff have confirmed this also. We just need to wait until the new financial year. Virgin will find it hard to top what they delivered in 2010, but I'm sure they'll give it a good try.

Now I'm sounding like a Virgin fan boy, which isn't the case, however people seem to forget what we've received in just 12 months and tend to focus on what we've lost or what we haven't got yet. Lets give them a chance, and see what treats they have in store. Alternatively send your channel suggestions too them directly via this link:

https://help2.virginmedia.com/assets...ackformCZ.html

and share their replies with the rest of us. Media Boy does a great job with this thread however it's more filler than "Coming Soon" information these days. Maybe if we all pester Virgin for the channels we want, we can all add great coming soon news instead of relying on Media Boy all the time.

I can confirmed that Virgin have failed to reply to my recent e-mails and feedback asking if Premier Sports will be coming soon. Either they are ignoring me, or a deal is close and they can't reveal. Previously Virgin simply replied to me stating there was no plans to add the channel. Maybe I'm blacklisted for being a pest.:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

What you have said is absolutely correct.

You also mentioned to pester Virgin to carry the channels we want; as far as I know, that does help as Virgin will provide a channel if there is demand for it (as the deal will be more effective)

:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Take your head out the sand matey! Five launched on the same day as HD movies so as I said in my post not since their launch!

Cinemoi?? You're havin a laugh so by process of elimination it would be the other two.

Two channels in months while losing how many? Adding on demand is not a new channel dontcha know

Blind loyalty my friend;)

Enjoy Cinemoi, I'm off to Sky:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Here is the list of of channels that launch on Virgin TV since the year ago today. (New Channels only)

Channel name - Launch date
BBC One HD - 3rd Nov.
ITV HD (ITV1 HD, STV HD or UTV HD depending on regional station) - 2nd Apr.
ITV +1 (ITV1 +1, STV +1 or UTV +1 depending on regional station) 11th Jan.
ITV2 +1 - 25th Mar.
Sky1 HD - 1st Oct.
Comedy Central HD - 1st Sep.
E4 HD - 1st Apr.
Channel 5 HD - 13th Jul.
Fiver +1 - 13th Jul.
Five USA +1 - 13th Jul.
Syfy HD - 1st Apr.
Syfy +1 - 1st Apr.
ITV3 +1 - 25th Mar.
ITV4 +1 - 25th Mar.
Quest - 25th Mar.
Discovery HD - 1st Apr.
Military History - 25th Mar.
Film4 HD - 20th Jul.
Sky Movies Premiere HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Showcase HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Comedy HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Action & Adventure HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Family HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Crime & Thriller HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Drama & Romance HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Modern Greats HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Indie HD - 2nd Aug.
Cinémoi - 1st Dec.
Sky Sports HD1 - 2nd Aug.
Sky Sports HD2 - 2nd Aug.
Eurosport HD - 1st Apr.
Cartoonito - 25th Mar.
Jewellery Maker - 8th Sep.
LBC News 1152 - 15th Nov.

We have says goodbye to: (But still broadcasting on other networks)

Animal Planet +1 - Removed in favour of Quest.
History +1 Ex-NTL only - Removed in favour of Military History.
Diva TV +1 - Removed in favour of Sci Fi +1.
NME Radio
MTV Shows (Now called MTV Music)
MTV +1
MTV Classic
Gems TV 2 (Now called Gems TV Extra) - Removed in favour of Jewellery Maker.
Red Hot 40+ Nightly - Removed in favour of UK Swingers Nightly.
Phoenix CNE Ex-NTL only.

All the rest (Channel One, Bravo and some more) has closedown on all networks.

Thanks to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...s_on_Virgin_TV

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Much better than my list Media Boy, BRAVO!

Totally forgot about BBC One HD and E4 HD. Have the past 12 months been the best in Virgins history in terms of new channels?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Why aren't you counting Cinemoi?