Cable Forum - General Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2

Most new Freeview channels now have restricted coverage, due to there only being capacity available on the COM 7 or COM 8 Freeview muxes. These channels are more & more seeing Freesat as a "gap filler" to try & cover the remaining areas.

RichardCoulter

09-10-2016 22:17

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Originally Posted by Aguero9320 (Post 35862710)

Front Runner launched on Tuesday on Freeview HD channel 91.

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Originally Posted by nodrogd (Post 35862715)

Thanks.

Apparently, there is some limited capacity on other muxes with more coverage, but it will be expensive.

I think that you're right, new channels do seem to be using the cheaper Com 7/8 muxes and filling in the gaps with Freesat.

It's a shame some way can't be found to get them onto VM.

1andrew1

09-10-2016 22:46

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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35862580)

Well they're starting to show movies from next week it seems starting with Battle Royale..

Great film by the way. :)

Media Boy UK

10-10-2016 14:29

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Originally Posted by jj20x (Post 35861814)

Sony seem to be going for really cheap carriage deals, e.g. using the local TV multiplexes on Freeview rather than the national ones.

With True Drama morphing into True Entertainment +1 and True Movies 2 morphing into True Movies/Christmas +1, they now have less to offer VM. Perhaps they also have planned changes for the Sony Movies channel, maybe merging it with Movie Mix?

We just found this information confirming the axe of True Movies 2.

* means that Overnights posted on September 30th, ** means that Overnights posted on September 24th.

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-True Entertainment +1 to launch - we know that.*
-True Drama will cease - we know that.*
-True Movies 2 will cease on 1st October.*
-True Movies +1 will launch from 30th September, 2016.*
-True Movies 1 will be rebranded to True Movies on 30th September, 2016.*
-Chartshow Dance will be rebranded to Chartshow Hits on 22nd September, 2016.**

source: Kantar Media and Overnights.tv

http://overnights.tv/public/content/News.aspx

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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35862615)

Is frontrunner on vm yet?
Nothing special but another channel that's cropped up on freeview and freesat.

We saw Live Boxing being shown on Saturday night.

We also see that the Freeview Channel 90 is still free...

RichardCoulter

10-10-2016 14:54

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35862808)

We just found this information confirming the axe of True Movies 2.

* means that Overnights posted on September 30th, ** means that Overnights posted on September 24th.

http://overnights.tv/public/content/News.aspx

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We saw Live Boxing being shown on Saturday night.

We also see that the Freeview Channel 90 is still free...

Now we know why VM never picked these up during their recent acquisitions.

After this, are we missing any movie channels?

I wonder if the UKTV channel Drama going FTA has led to True Drama losing viewers?

theone2k10

10-10-2016 16:31

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35862819)

Now we know why VM never picked these up during their recent acquisitions.

After this, are we missing any movie channels?

I wonder if the UKTV channel Drama going FTA has led to True Drama losing viewers?

Talking pictures?

OLD BOY

10-10-2016 16:36

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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35862823)

Talking pictures?

Sony Movies.

jj20x

10-10-2016 17:49

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35862808)

Indeed, the termination of the listings feeds was a strong indication that they wouldn't be returning.

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We also see that the Freeview Channel 90 is still free...

A few channels are still rumoured to be joining Freeview, including Rishtey Cineplex. One of those may have reserved LCN 90 with Digital UK before Information TV added their Frontrunner channel. No doubt the Manchester Entertainment Network will shortly be adding something to replace True Movies/Christmas now that the channel has migrated to the Comux local multilplex.

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35862819)

I wonder if the UKTV channel Drama going FTA has led to True Drama losing viewers?

It wasn't very well defined as channel, sharing content with True Entertainment / True Movies. Sony has always spread the same content thinly across multiple channel brands. There will be a cost saving from doing this with timeshifts, avoiding the additional production/continuity required for the extra brands.

Sony and the legacy companies it acquired have previously killed off brands, only to bring them back at a later date, so True Drama could possibly return someday.

Media Boy UK

10-10-2016 23:50

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Sky to report first-quarter figures amid rumours that Murdoch's 21st Century Fox may put in a bid for the company.

Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/m...#ixzz4Mj09KK8S

jj20x

11-10-2016 01:54

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Originally Posted by nodrogd (Post 35862059)

Don't know whats going on this morning.
After being removed yesterday, the BBC3 placeholder has returned to 106

The legacy BBC Three SD and HD services were removed from VM's SI tables. Presumably someone at VM was a little too keen to remove all traces of the channel and accidentally removed the link to the Tivo app on channel 106.

vincerooney

11-10-2016 17:22

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Afternoon all friends. Still off work after my operation yesterday (two in growing toe nails- delightful). Any more word on fox news launching tomorrow or still unknown?

Those US presidential elections are building up to be an utter mess so i'm excited to see it daily!

denphone

11-10-2016 17:26

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No word at all old boy.

vincerooney

11-10-2016 18:33

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35863037)

No word at all old boy.

well lets hope we wake up to a surprise den....

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