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Spotify is the only app that I know of that will shortly stop being available on the TiVo (for some it has been removed already).

Not heard anything about the Netflix app being removed, I would be very surprised if VM scrapped the Netflix app or blocked them on broadband after what Mike Fries the CEO said recently:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/10...es-vm-ceo.html

Edit: Just checked with somebody. Netflix is not coming off VM and is still available via TiVo and broadband.

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Netflix is still on the Tivo, I don't know how you picked up any message that this was not so.

You don't pay the subscription for it through VM, you pay Netflix directly. Maybe that's what has caused you to be confused.

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I can't see anything that says BT is getting Sky 1 and Atlantic though I would welcome the development. That post says"Any plans for Sky 1 and Atlantic to come to Plusnet TV. Like BT?" Where is the evidence to say they're coming to BT?
In fact, BT has lost the Sky-distributed Fox channel so things are going in the other direction!

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BBC Olympics channels now available on the EPG:

HD channels 1-8 from 561 to 568.
SD channels 1-8 from 571 to 578.

Universal HD now live on 164.

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Or maybe Universal HD is being added anytime now and FOX News is still to be sorted out. ;)

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Good grief so Universal HD has finally arrived.:shocked::omg:

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Launched on a Monday! How surprising I usually thought they did things on Tuesday and Thursday's. The mythical universal Hd has arrived!

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The doubters have been proved wrong. More evidence that this is a golden year for content additions. I suspect Arthur will be treating the VM staff in his local shop to celebratory donuts. :)

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Well they have obviously been listening to your posts Vince as your influence goes far and wide my dear chap.:)

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exactly more chance of snow in hell forever than BT getting SA

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Who are these doubters old boy?.;)

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Told you it was coming this Summer.

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Sky Atlantic has launched today on BT TV channel 306.





Just kidding :p:


i think that post i saw was most likely refering to the Sky store on youview thinking about it. As BT use youview it makes sense.

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..and looking at the schedule I'm wondering why everyone was so eager to get it lol.

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And "Summer 2014", "Winter 2014", "2014", "2015" and "Autumn". Are you Mystic Meg?

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...but as someone who has multiple 4K devices and access to a vpn provider and smart dns I can confirm after lots of my own testing VM is throttling Netflix servers, I have tried a few and they have really squeezed it, Amazon and others seem fine...
(152 mb)

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I think we now have all the HD variants of the existing SD services, apart from History HD. Are there any more?

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No septic Peg ;)
But with staff that have attitudes like yours no wonder VM get so many complaints ;)

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Posted in here:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...-page-194.html

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We have seen new photos of Fox News Channel testing (And the NDTV Channels).

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No information.

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Just been chatting to somebody, we now have all HD channels apart from Channel 4+1 HD,
4Seven HD, S4C HD full time, CNN HD, Boomerang HD Nick Jr HD, Disney HD, Disney Junior HD, Disney XD HD, Premier Sports HD, MUTV HD, LFC HD, Box Nation HD.

Are there any other channels on VM without their HD variant?

Channel 4+1 HD and 4Seven HD are currently Freeview exclusives.

They were created to help to drive up takeup of Freeview HD devices and will be extended to other platforms at some unknown point.

We get S4C HD, but for some reason it's only part time :confused:

Of the HD channels that we don't get, it seems that apart from History HD and CNN HD (which is expected to join) there's now only childrens channels and standalone premium channels left :)

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Try this:

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/p...adcasters.html

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The first of the month, a good day for a new contract.

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I guess you can expect to see lots of rolling predictions for the arrival of these channels on this thread now that Universal HD has landed.

Interesting that E! HD and E! +1 weren't added with Universal HD but no great loss.

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Virgin also did not launch Boomerang HD, CNN HD or TruTV +1 when TruTV was launched last month.

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Thanks.

I wonder if this means that the new owners of VM have abandoned the strategy of waiting until the contract is up for renewal before obtaining extra channels?

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There must be some incentive for VM to be now promoting the Sky premium channels, or they wouldn't be sending emails out to promote this:

https://keepup.virginmedia.com/sky-s...16:288871583:0

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No big loss but we do not have QVC HD either

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August List update - August 2nd update.

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

NOTE: I DO NOT WORK FOR VIRGIN MEDIA UK OR VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND SO ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS LIST IS STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Colours on my list are as followed:

Media Boy = New Info just added.
Media Boy = Virgin Media UK/Ireland News and links.
Media Boy = Local TV news, other Media news/Things.

=== Coming up on Virgin's Digital TV ===
=== Freeviews on Virgin Media UK OR Ireland ===
(Put start date here). (Put channel name here) is having an freeview to all TBC Customers on Virgin UK/Ireland Channel TBC right now until (Put end date here.)

=== Soon ===
-Virgin Media UK will launch Arabic Hafla soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media UK will launch Fox News Channel soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media UK will launch NDTV India soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media UK will launch NDTV Spice soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media Ireland will launch W soon on Virgin Ireland Channel TBC.

=== August ===
4th. BT will rebrand BT Sport Europe HD as BT Sport 3 HD on Virgin UK Channel 529.
4th. BT will rebrand BT Sport Europe as BT Sport 3 on Virgin UK Channel 533.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will rebrand BBC Olympics 1 as BBC Red Button 1.
23rd. Virgin Media UK may move BBC Red Button 1 from Virgin UK Channel 571 to Virgin UK Channel 991 today.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 1 HD today on Virgin UK Channel 561.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 2 today on Virgin UK Channel 572.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 2 HD today on Virgin UK Channel 562.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 3 today on Virgin UK Channel 573.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 3 HD today on Virgin UK Channel 563.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 4 today on Virgin UK Channel 574.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 4 HD today on Virgin UK Channel 564.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 5 today on Virgin UK Channel 575.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 5 HD today on Virgin UK Channel 565.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 6 today on Virgin UK Channel 576.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 6 HD today on Virgin UK Channel 566.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 7 today on Virgin UK Channel 577.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 7 HD today on Virgin UK Channel 567.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 8 today on Virgin UK Channel 578.
23rd. Virgin Media UK will close BBC Olympics 8 HD today on Virgin UK Channel 568.
24th. Sky Sports will launch Sky Sports Mix today on Virgin UK Channel TBC and Virgin Ireland Channel TBC.
24th. Sky Sports will launch Sky Sports Mix HD today on Virgin UK Channel TBC and Virgin Ireland Channel TBC.
-Sky Cinema will rebrand Sky Cinema Spies as Sky Cinema Greats on Virgin UK Channel 404 and Virgin Ireland Channel 307.
-Sky Cinema will rebrand Sky Cinema Spies HD as Sky Cinema Greats HD on Virgin UK Channel 434 and Virgin Ireland Channel 337.

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

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

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

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

=== Before 2017 ====
-ITV will launch an HD Channel for ITV Anglia (East) region on Virgin UK Channel 113 soon.
-ITV will launch an HD Channel for ITV Tyne Tees region on Virgin UK Channel 113 soon.
-ITV will launch an HD Channel for ITV Yorkshire (West) region on Virgin UK Channel 113 soon.

=== January 2017 ===
No News...

=== February 2017 ===
No News...

=== March 2017 ===
No News...

=== April 2017 ===
No News...

=== May 2017 ===
No News...

=== June 2017 ===
No News...

=== July 2017 ===
No News...

=== August 2017 ===
No News...

=== September 2017 ===
No News...

=== October 2017 ===
No News...

=== November 2017 ===
No News...

=== December 2017 ===
No News...

=== Local TV on Virgin Media ===
-All the following Local TV broadcasters may launch by 2017 on Virgin UK Channel 159:

-Bay TV Swansea
-YourTV Manchester
-YourTV Blackpool & Preston
-That’s Basingstoke
-That’s Surrey
-That's Solent - CHANNEL TESTING ON VIRGIN MEDIA UK.
-That’s Reading
-That’s Salisbury
-That's Oxford

=== Unknown dates ===
-The BBC hope to launch English regional variants of its existing BBC One HD service as well as Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland editions of BBC Two HD - but still need to be approved by the BBC Trust.

=== Channels ONLY in Virgin Media Ireland areas ===
List last updated on February 8th 2016.

ONLY TV CHANNELS THAT ONLY BROADCAST IN THE UK ON OTHER NETWORKS WILL APPEAR ON THIS PART OF THE LIST.

ALSO THE FOLLOWING LIST OF CHANNELS IS CURRENTLY BROADCASTING ON VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND BUT NOT ON VIRGIN MEDIA UK:

Documentaries/News:
-History HD
-Crime + Investigation HD
-RT

Lifestyle:
-Fashion TV

Music:
-MTV Classic

Kids:
-Disney Channel HD

Specialist:
-EWTN

Radio:
-UCB Ireland

Channels only in Virgin Media Ireland areas.

©copyright 2016 Media Boy 2006 - 2016. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

==== Virgin Media's Deals with broadcasters ===
Full list now at: http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/p...adcasters.html

This part of list has now moved to my blog - follow link.

=== What is Media Boy on about??? ===
Here is what I mean when I post the following on Cable Forum:

Virgin Sources - means just that.
'Do Not Post' order - means an Virgin insider has given me some info on things that set to happen but has told me not to reveal it right now.

=== Media Boy Extra info: ===
Liberty Global - http://www.lgi.com/
Media Boy Blog - For all things Virgin UK and Ireland - http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/
Follow Virgin Media UK on ''twitter'' here - http://twitter.com/virginmedia
Follow Virgin Media Ireland on ''twitter'' here - https://twitter.com/VirginMediaIE
See Nialli's blog on Virgin Media High Definition & TiVo Services here - http://vmhd.blogspot.com/

=== Ask Media Boy ===
Last updated January 4th 2016.

Q: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT VIRGIN MEDIA FROM?
A: Media Boy HQ gets all info from Virgin Media viewers, some Virgin Media workers (I called them Virgin Sources) and Web Sites (NOTE: When I used web sites I will post an link to that web site).

Q: WHY HAVE YOU ADDED 'ONLY IN VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND AREAS' AND INFORMATION ON VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND ON THIS THREAD IS FOR VIRGIN MEDIA UK?
A: Virgin Media Ireland is now part of Virgin Media and are both owned by Liberty Global. And you voted for Media Boy HQ to join both Virgin Media UK and Virgin Media Ireland threads up for 2016.

Q: WHY AM I NOT GETTING ''DISNEY CHANNEL HD'' FOR?
A: Disney Channel HD is only broadcasting in Virgin Media Ireland areas right now.

==== See you later ===
List last updated on August 2nd 2016.

Next update: TBC.

A) If Virgin Media UK/Ireland are set to launch more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) in Virgin Media UK/Ireland areas.
B) If Virgin Media UK/Ireland are set to move more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) about in Virgin Media UK/Ireland areas.
C) If Virgin Media UK/Ireland are set to close or repackage more then TWO channels (TV or Radio) in Virgin Media UK/Ireland areas.

©copyright 2016 Media Boy 2006 - 2016. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

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Woo Hoo, great news. Well done VM :D

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Liberty Global and independent television, film and digital production and distribution company All3Media have agreed a major multi-territorial original programming partnership.

The deal, for four major original drama series over the next two years, marks the first time that Liberty Global has agreed to a multi-territorial deal with a production company to create exclusive programming for its customers. The shows will be made available on demand for customers of Liberty Global companies across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.

The deal has been spearheaded within Liberty Global by Virgin Media.


http://advanced-television.com/2016/...gramming-deal/

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“This is a great opportunity with Liberty Global and Virgin Media to develop new dramas that are designed to appeal to a global audience, to be watched on multiple platforms and to become long running returning series,” added Jane Turton, Chief Executive of All3Media. “For us, this initiative fits squarely with our core strategy – to grow our scripted output, creating world class dramas that return series after series. To be able to do that with Liberty Global and Virgin Media as partners is exciting.”

“Earlier in the year I said that this would be a big year for TV at Virgin Media and I wasn’t kidding,” declared Virgin Media’s David Bouchier. “Through leveraging Liberty Global’s financial muscle and its investment in world-leading production talent, we’re not only innovating but we’ve taken the exciting leap into commissioning all-important original premium drama, which we know our customers will love.”


Thanks for the article. Looking forward to see what they have up their sleeves

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Its a start so lets see what transpires from it.

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I'll believe it when I see it..........:sleep:

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Liberty Global sign new deal with Discovery for Virgin Media.

Liberty Global has confirmed that they have sign an new broadcasting deal with Discovery and the new multiplatform agreement spans 12 markets in Europe and entire portfolio of Discovery and Eurosport Networks, including first-time ever full and unique coverage of Olympic Games beginning in 2018.

But no new channels is set to launch on Virgin Media UK we have all of them.

Maybe Eurosport News will relaunch in the UK on Virgin Media?

http://www.libertyglobal.com/pdf/pre...artnership.pdf

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l gathered it would take a lot more to please MM.:)

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Tuesday News.

Ofcom is reporting that ITV may soon launch "ITV Box Office".

http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-bro...updates/020816

Radio Times is reporting the following things will happen next week on Virgin Media UK:

Tuesday - Channel 5 + 24 will close on Virgin UK Channel 152 at 1am (Late night Tuesday).
Wednesday - My5 will launch on Virgin UK Channel 152.
Friday - Sky Cinema Greats will be back on both Virgin Media UK and Virgin Media Ireland.

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And what are they going to have on ITV Box Office?.

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No idea.

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+2

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TLC +2 is on sky Channel 200 (+2) virgin ant got that one yet :p:

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That's probably a placeholder to obtain/keep a valuable SD slot on Sky.

S4C HD has now been removed by VM both on and off the EPG, so it looks like we aren't going to get it full time after all.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...ve-s4c-hd.html

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Great news , love Eurosports coverage of the cycling!

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We can hear MadMax right now if we did reveal that TLC + 2 was testing on Virgin Media UK.

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Its going to take a lot to please the forums Mr Grumpy.:waving:

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Maybe the news that ITV are going to start a new channel called ITV Box Office will cheer everybody up:

http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-bro...updates/020816

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We have look that the Virgin Media Ireland channel lineup and found that this new Discovery deal is maybe more good for Virgin Media Ireland viewers as they are missing the following Discovery own channels:

-TLC HD
-TLC +1
-DMAX +1
-Quest +1
-I.D. +1
-Animal Planet HD
-Animal Planet +1
-Discovery Science +1
-Discovery Turbo
-Discovery History +1
-Discovery Home & Health +1
-Discovery Shed

All Virgin Media UK viewers may see is some Discovery own channels moving to new channel numbers in the coming months*.

*Base on UKTV deal.

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Boxing I believe. Back in February the Daily Mail published an article stating:

"The channel is considering a new project which will see as many as 20 fight nights a year broadcast across their platforms. It is understood the dates will be split between ITV1 and ITV4 with additional plans for a separate pay-per-view channel also in the pipeline."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/box...-new-deal.html

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I suspect that this new content will be shown 'on demand' only. This being the case, I think that VM should create a new channel on there to group all their exclusive programmes together. Otherwise, I suspect that most viewers will not watch these programmes, which would be a waste.

For example, how many people have watched 'Kingdom'? If VM advertised it as 'only available on Virgin Premier Television HD on demand' or 'exclusive to Virgin Premier Television HD on demand', this would give all these exclusives in one place and customers would be accustomed to hearing it. This would encourage viewers to seek it out. They should also advertise this generally, not just to Virgin customers, to conjure up new subscribers.

This does seem like a good development and it looks as if there is much more to come. An exciting time to be a VM customer, particularly with a new Tivo just around the corner.

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ITV Encore exclusives not on Virgin Media I expect. :mad:

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Can't be good news for Box Nation.
Makes sense. With so many connected devices around, establishing a PPV service is a lot easier now than ever before.

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I think he'll be delighted :D

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An new app is still testing as well.

On the "Virgin Premier Television on Demand" idea.

Why not relaunch Virgin1 and launch Virgin1 HD.

And use the All3Media back catalogue to full up the channel from launch.

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On Demand's the future Old Boy, none of this linear TV nonsense. ;) And Kingdom is advertised on billboards as exclusive to VM.

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Odd, as I thought ITV Encore was being lined up as a premium channel unless ITV plan to have a bouquet of pay/premium channels along with their free-to-air ones?? I don't see how a ITV PPV channel fits into ITV's current model.

On a different note, I noticed on that Ofcom page that Vodafone now have a few channels licensed. Everyone it seems is jumping onto the tv bandwagon at the moment...

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Hard to disagree with you on this point.

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We've not yet seen Malone's plans fully realized yet, I don't think. But if VM were to launch their own channels again, you could add Lionsgate content into that for a start.

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Very interesting as it would be great if a lot of boxing was FTA as l believe a lot more people would watch it then.

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DS Poster "Andyland" is reporting that he just noticed that Film4 and E4 are now available to stream on the TV Anywhere mobile app.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=1972

Info from Andyland/Digital Spy Forum.

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Andy is wondering if this could mean all the Discovery channels coming to TV Anywhere.

Didn't know that they weren't all on there as last time I looked it wasn't available to Android users.

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Wow that came in quite, I read it was testing but when did Universal Channel become available in HD to VM viewers? I am so pleased not to see some of my favourite programmes in poor PQ anymore :)

I suppose none of these will be coming soon in HD
Boxnation
History
SKY Box Office for live ppv events

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As a HD snob I might even watch universal now

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Not that l know of but MB might be able to update you on that.

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Well, all the VM exclusives are on demand right now. The advantage of having a named channel on which on demand programmes appear is that people start identifying with it. Virgin should also have a link to it by channel number to make it easier for people unfamiliar with on demand.

I certainly have no objection at all if Virgin want to create a linear channel, but I don't know if this would profit them to do so if some of the programming was to be exclusive to VM. They would need a decent sized audience to make a linear channel pay.

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Hopefully, the Olympic Channel will be making its way to Virgin's on demand system on 21 August.

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/...-on-august-21/

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At last universal hd.That is me a happy camper now.No more "when is it coming" from me again.

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[QUOTE=OLD BOY;35852221]I suspect that this new content will be shown 'on demand' only. QUOTE]

From the article that was posted yesterday, it did suggest that the new programmes they have lined up would be on-demand only.

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The BBC have the UK rights for the Olympics so any On Demand content will come from them.

Can't really see Virgin Media also adding a separate source to TiVo for the same content.

EDIT: Have re-read the article and have realised it's talking about post Olympic content. So it could be a possibility, but it sounds like the rights negotiations could take a while so doubt it'll be August:

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I think this is going to be very significant when it comes to Virgin Media moving into 4K content.

The potential Discovery content speaks for itself.

I can see Eurosport investing in 4K coverage of the big tickets events they have such as the Olympics, Tennis Grand Slams, Tour De France etc. perhaps go back to having secondary coverage of the World Cup and Euros etc..

Would be nice to think Virgin Media could be front of the queue for this.

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Everyone will get it all in 2017 VM will get it in 2027 :p:

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Oh dear such pessimism seems to be spreading.;)

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It would be great if they could negotiate some 4K content that was exclusive to VM. I will hold off looking for a 4K tv until we have something more to go on.

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Seen no news yet on any of them listed coming any time soon.

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Well Eurosport did have an Eurosport 3D Channel on Virgin Media for the Tennis in France for two years some years ago.

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Yes that crossed my mind and tie are closer now due to Liberty Global and Discovery.

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Thus speaketh an envious man who wishes he was back in the promised land of ever-growing content, channels and apps. ;)

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Maybe in future i will return to VM they are certainly improving but right now i'm happy with access to hundreds of apps via android tv box that doesn't grind to a half, hundreds of channels via my us sub and vpn, countless on demand content from Showtime, hbo (vm don't have this but may once new talks with SKY happen), content from netflix amongst other networks, live sport including 3pm kickoffs, ufc, wwe, cricket, rugby etc, 1080p quality movies from Netflix and other providers such as HBO,Showtime, Starz,Cinemax, HBO nordic and still paying less than half of what i used to pay VM, did i mention too 78mbs bb unlimited with 20mbs upload (like vm though SSE do throttle but nothing too bad). Paying around £45p/m all in.
Envious indeed :p:

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Now, why on earth would you do that after listing everything that you get for £45??????

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Probably because he knows that his overseas-based services won't work forever but for now he's onto a good thing even if he has to navigate between a plethora of apps.

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Broadband young grasshopper broadband vm are one of fastest providrrs and are going to get even faster soon with 1gbs being tested, i wouldn't subscribe to anyone for tv now i don't think as far too expensive.

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Indeed there's always alternative ways though to get tv which for obvious reasons i won't discuss here, but you are correct Netflix already have found a way to stop vpns and smart dns on their services, cactus vpn have already admitted defeat but i'm quite happy with uk netflix tbh.

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I'm still getting US Netflix on my setup, the average person couldn't manage it though.

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I can get most regions requires a bit of work though but i've done it no problem.

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You're obviously "Smarter than the average bear", theone :-)

Keep up the good work

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Sky Sports Mix in both SD and HD starts 24/8/16 on VM:

https://www.virginmedia.ie/finalwhistle

BT Sport Europe now renamed BT Sport 3.

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Any more news when we are getting the following channels?

C.I. HD & C.I. +1
E! HD & E! +1
Lifetime+1
Disney Jr Hd & disney Jr +1
Disney channel Hd
Disney Xd Hd
Nick Jr Hd & nick Jr+1
Spike
History channel Hd
AMC & Amc Hd
Tiny pop + 1
True movies 2
True drama
Horse and country
Sony movies & sony movies +1
Movie 4 men and movies 4 men +1
MTV classic
Your TV &Your TV+1
Tru TV+
Sky 1 +1
Pick +1

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C.I. HD & C.I. +1 - no
E! HD & E! +1 - no
Lifetime+1 - no
Disney Jr Hd & disney Jr +1 - watch this space
Disney channel Hd - watch this space
Disney Xd Hd - watch this space
Nick Jr Hd & nick Jr+1 - no
Spike - by end of year
History channel Hd - coming soon
AMC & Amc Hd - no chance
Tiny pop + 1 - no
True movies 2 - no
True drama - no
Horse and country - no
Sony movies & sony movies +1 - no
Movie 4 men and movies 4 men +1 - no
MTV classic - no
Your TV &Your TV+1 - no
Tru TV+ - no
Sky 1 +1 - no
Pick +1 - no

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Hey in Glasgow the new series link + plus has landed, how do you add Netflix stuff to my shows reminder

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Jesus H, you actually want this trash??

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

Dome of those channels are not trash

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There is no stopping you lately is there MM.;)

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Any more news on the new tvio box reales date?
Any more news on the following channels

ITV Encore, Itv Encore + 1 & Itv Encore HD
Sky Atlantic, Sky Atlantic +1 & Sky Atlantic HD
Pop & Pop+1
Kix & Kix + 1
Chart show TV & Chart show TV Dance
Fox News
CNN HD

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

I'll take MTV Classic back it was a sad day when they removed it

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

Ok, so assuming you meant to say that some of those channels are not trash (which I agree with, actually), why do you want the ones that are?

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If you have been following this thread, you will know the answer to the top two channels you have listed.

ITV Encore is exclusive to Sky for the initial 4 years of broadcasting and Sky Atlantic is currently only available on Sky. The Sky Atlantic situation may change and there has been some speculation about this, but no hard news as yet.

As for the new Tivo, around Christmas/early new year.

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

Can anybody give a breakdown of the features for this update

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I posted that to the dedicated thread http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35852377-post299.html

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Say I put a series of a show in from on demand the issue is it starts with most recent backwards, but say like series 6 of greys anatomy starts from episode 23 not episode 1

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

You can press the yellow button when in a folder and sort it by series. This then puts the sort order to start from Series 1, Episode 1 (if available)

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Thanks what next do you think from virgin media

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Price rises.

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

Oh dear you seem rather a pessimist at heart my dear chap.

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One or two new channels are possible, more exclusive content for on demand, an expanded on demand library of UKTV Play content (confirmed) and of course, the new, super duper Tivo box!

The Amazon app is something else to look out for but no formal announcement has been made yet.

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Well the new update is a step in the correct direction it's getting better

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What you meant to say was a rise in customers. ;) http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/...bscriber-loss/

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But yet another loss in total TV customers:

http://www.csimagazine.com/csi/IPTV-...rty-Global.php

"In the UK, Virgin Media now has 3.713 million video subs versus 3.737m at end-June 2015, after losing 7,200 television customers in the quarter (an improvement on the 12,200 lost at the same time last year)."

Their smashing broadband but TV still on the slide

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

In broadband yes but their tv customer numbers are falling, most are probably just cutting the cord.

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With the likes of hyperoptic launching 1gbs and testing 3gbs service VMs broadband numbers may start to decline in time.
Personally i don't see the point in moving to get more speed if you don't need it, 78mbs does me perfectly with plenty left over just a pity about the clowns who run my isp daisy communications lol.

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Good point.

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That's your next commission payment taken care of old boy.;)

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good answer ;)