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For once MM l totally agree with you.:)

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Boardwalk Empire was a cracking series i thought.

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Sorry lads I disagree with you. Based on no knowledge or facts but based on me having drank wine. Lovely wine

god bless us all

I like John Oliver I have no idea what else Atlantic shows

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Ray Donovan is another cracking show on Sky Atlantic.

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I like Banshee thats a good show to watch that airs on sky atlantic.

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Indeed its very good in my opinion.

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Media Boy Sources say Virgin Media UK are now testing Sky Sports Mix, Sky Sports Mix HD, Spike TV, POP, Movie Mix and Movies 4 Men.

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:D;):D:);)

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Andrew's crystal ball obviously has some truth in it then.;)

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Fox News?! Don't break my heart sir. I'm out of wine

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That's Sony who own the last ones and its many of Sony's channels still missing from cable. I wonder if more will follow??

I think Sony has overtaken Sky as the biggest provider of multichannels on satellite, so if Liberty has done a European wide deal with Sony, there could be lots more to come, in effect pretty much bringing channel parity between cable and satellite for the first time.

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But this years season is also the series finale. Banshee has now ended.

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Its still a good series to watch even if the tv show ended for good.

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Indeed Eddie..

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Finally catching up with Freeview?

The funny thing is, with so much talk of Fox News "coming soon", it seems a little odd that Fox would be considering adding Fox News but not YourTV. I would have thought that, as an FTA channel, Fox would want to get that channel onto every platform, if only to maximise advertising revenue.

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Likewise, I wasn't saying that it is definitely coming. Just that creating 2 channel blocks for Sky Sports, each with an unoccupied channel slot appears to indicate that the gap has been left for a reason. It could be a coincidence, perhaps the powers that be just wanted a gap. ;)

Time will tell...

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Movie Mix and Movies 4 Men have some good films on them ;)


Pop 736 was removed from Virgin Media on 28 February 2011 so that True Entertainment could launch


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_(UK_and_Ireland)

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Isn't Fox News a FTA channel too?? I too am surprised that YourTV isn't in the list.

Looks like Sky Sports Mix is definitely coming.

The following channels now have placeholders off the EPG:

Sky Sports Mix

Sky Sports Mix HD

Spike

5 Star+1

Pop

Movie Mix

Movies 4 Men

Only Movies 4 Men is currently carrying a video stream.

There is also a duplicate MTV Live HD (with no video stream), perhaps this is a test for MTV Classics or a new HD version of an existing SD channel (exclusive?). What other Viacom channels are we missing?

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Excellent. Hopefully a sign of things to come between now and the end of 2016.

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Fox News is in the Variety bundle on Sky. VM are currently missing the following Viacom channels:

Spike and 5STAR +1 (already testing)
Comedy Central Extra +1
MTV +1
MTV Classic
Nick Junior +1
Nick Junior HD

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Not really, that channel's there for the pay-TV refuseniks. VM customers already get the content on other channels so no point Fox paying VM more money for minimal viewers.

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If the proof of the pudding's in the eating as you have suggested previously, many customers will being feeling pretty full after all the new content arrivals these last few months. :)

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It appears that this was the first sighting of the new box! I was actually joking at the time! Little did I know. ;)
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1384...to-rival-sky-q

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....well, the only positive thing you can say about the new box based on its looks, is that, if it looks like a tank, lets hope it performs like one too!

I'm guessing the "sleek and slender" box Liberty were referring to in their results the other day was the non-4k version.

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No, it isn't on Freesat and is encrypted on Astra 28, so only available to Sky subscribers at the moment.

It's certainly there for the FTA market and some of the content is available on other channels. However that content is usually available on other FTA channels, so FTA viewers can also get the content elsewhere. That's just how tv is these days, multiple repeats over multiple channels.

The fact that Fox cross promotes YourTV on their main pay-tv channel would suggest that it isn't just intended for pay-tv refuseniks, they appear to be actively trying to build the audience for the channel.

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It looks rather ugly, very retro.

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....of course, Liberty/VM could just be stirring things and put a VM logo on a old stb just to trick us all. It does look like something from twenty years ago. But it looks real to me.:td:

Guess we'll know in a few hours.

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Well they said before the new box would be something to be proud of. If that was a real picture there would be nothing to reveal today

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I do think it's to get customers and investors talking before they reveal it today. I don't think that is the Eos box

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Mediaboy can you confirm if this is or isn't the box

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It isn't the box.

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Indeed it is not....

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Thank god because I was like omg ewwww

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Did they put a time on the new box reveal?

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No just sometime today but pricing will be late in month like sky

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Fox News Channel is still testing.

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That list was posted on DS Forum on Monday night - we just seen it.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=1985

But base on information given to us yesterday 5Star +1 is NOT testing on Virgin Media UK.

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Our sources did reconfirm that Movies 4 Men is currently carrying a video stream.

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MB Views: Virgin Media UK set to move Film4 and Sky Movies HD Channels?

With Movie Mix and Movies 4 Men set to launch Media Boy HQ feels Virgin Media UK may move Sky Movies HD channels back by ten numbers and starting from Virgin UK Channels 441.

Film4 Channels may also move to make way for the two new confirmed Sony Movies Channels.

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There is already a thread for the new STB here

http://cableforum.co.uk/board/11/337...t-page-10.html

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Sky Cinema Fairy to launch on Monday - no Joke.

From Monday

-Sky Cinema Spies will be rebrand as Sky Cinema Greats on Virgin UK Channel 404.
-Sky Cinema Family will be rebrand as Sky Cinema Fairy Tales on Virgin UK Channel 406.

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Update -

5 Star +1 IS testing on Virgin Media - our sources missed it yesterday.

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Great, thanks

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MTV Live HD switched transport streams, so there is a "Channel moved" entry for the old location and another entry the new one.

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Still just a placeholder on the SDT from the latest information I received. With no active video / audio streams.

Richard is correct, an SDT placeholder has been added for 5Star +1 on TSid 8.

That is the only service currently testing with a video stream, the rest are SDT entries / placeholders on the NIT.

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See my last post.

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Rather like your sources, I missed that. :p: Yeah, I had to go out in a hurry and didn't have time to finish reading the thread.

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We sent them off to bed with no tea.:D

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We are starting do think we are getting 5Star +1 and Spike due an new deal with Channel 5.

We think Virgin Media UK deals with Channel 5 - they only broadcasts in the UK.

And Liberty Global will now deal with Viacom - Like they did with Discovery and A+E Networks.

So we not see any more Viacom own channels coming with 5Star +1 and Spike.

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It's actually a really good thread, thanks for the link.

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WWE Network will come to VM during 2017, now we've been told 2 things regarding this the first info we have is it will be a app only and you will need to subscribe via wwe network website.
The second info we have (this will excite Vince) is VM will provide a live WWE Network stream on their EPG so you won't need to access the app to watch WWE Network live (ppvs etc), there will still be a app but you can either subscribe via WWE Network direct or you can subscribe via VM and just have the £9.99p/m added to your bill.
We will keep a eye on this one and any further developments/info we will let you guys know.

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Any more news on the new channels testing when they will show up on the EPG?

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....only a guess from me, but I assume once the Olympics is finished, VM will then launch the channels as they'll be several HD and SD slots available.

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hope so

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Can't see how these slots are always kept for live events

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Which is the next major live event after the Rio Paralympics? Probably Wimbledon 2017 as I don't think Glastonbury has many feeds. By then, VM could have migrated everyone onto MHEG 4 boxes ensuring sufficient capacity for many more channels But the fact that we're starting to get more channel additions suggests that technology may not be the constraint that some feel it might be.

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They won't need the spare capacity anymore for olympics because bbc won't be hosting them anymore as of 2018 winter olympic's Eurosport has the rights...

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If only the BBC could lose the rights to Wimbledon as well and I'd be a happy man.

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But the channels are already there. They are just hidden.

The launch date is entirely down to contractual agreements.

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I didn't realise the channels were already there. I thought I read that there was a video stream for one or two channels, but that the rest were just listed in the channels table list.

But thanks for confirming that these channels do exist!:)

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2016, 2018 and 2020 Games rights were acquired by BBC and it has sub-licensed them to Discovery.
BBC has subsequently sub-licensed the 2022 Winter Games and 2024 Summer Games from Discovery. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/35473371

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Transport streams 22 & 23 are the ones generally used for these pop-up channels. The new channel placeholders are pointing at transport streams 2, 7, 8, 9 and 11, so won't have to wait for the BBC Olympics channels to end.

The Sky Sports Mix HD placeholder points at TSid 23 which is currently carrying BBC Olympics HD 4 to 8. I would think that 5 MPEG2 HD services on a single transport stream would be too many, so you probably right about that one.

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That confirmation from SP was quite a surprise. :shocked:

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The BBC's stated aim is to wind down broadcast red button channels over time and replace them with connected red button IPTV streams. So demand for temporary spare capacity should reduce over time.

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And the Henry Wood promenade concerts.

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I was informed this morning that NDTV India and NDTV Spice now have Video / Audio streams off the EPG on TSid 10.

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Hayu tv will be free for a month apparantly in December for vm customers.
First i've heard of this tv channel tbh.

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It's another bloody on demand channel

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And what is wrong with that?.

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Well nothing unless you want to set reminders or record episodes

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With on demand channels though you don't need to record the content as they're already there.

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If you have the new software, you can add On Demand content to My Shows to remind yourself to watch it later

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Thanks for info.

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Just spotted Universal HD on channel 164. That can only have happened after BBC4 HD moved from 164(26th July).

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What Universal HD is now on Virgin?

Awesome!

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Not convinced the EPG has been tagged correctly. Would CSI: Miami from 2004 be in HD? Although Radio Times website says it's in HD.

With a HD channel the programme itself will(or should) only be tagged as HD, if it is HD. It might be an old programme only available in SD.

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Am sure it was in HD. The USA was filming HD before us in the UK really were broadcasting it.

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The programme not the EPG will have been tagged as "HD". VM and the Radio Times will then both read the tag and advise viewers accordingly. Whether the flag is correct or not is a different matter.

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Universal HD has been on VM since August 1st (nearly two weeks).

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This channel app is normally only available at no extra cost to XL customers, or at a cost of £3.99 a month.

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I am in the process of sizing up my alternative package from Sky so comparing channels and am really surprised that I had no idea about most of the channels VM have added even a year ago. ok most are a waste of time but 1 or 2 I might have used if I had known. I wonder why VM don't communicate these things to their customers? (clearly I didn't read this thread enough!)

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I'm sure this happens to lots of people.

They could easily send a message to TiVo customers, in fact I remember Carl saying that he had put this to the office of the CEO and they appeared very keen on the idea.

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Yes they could. There is a message system on the Tivo already. I think I've only ever had one message on it!

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Generally, when channels are moved around, VM put a icon at the top of the discovery bar on the tivos but I don't know whether they have ever done it with new channels. Perhaps they should and make it "stick" there as well so it gets noticed.

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Virgin are dreadful at telling customers news. They`d rather keep you in the dark for some reason. I only knew about Universal hd through this forum1

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I used to keep an eye on this thread to keep track of what was "Coming Soon". I gave up when it became too cluttered with chit-chat and you had to wade through it all to find anything of note.

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Give my blog an try then.

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Look like Virgin Media UK are making room for more "after 10pm" channels to launch as they have moved one of the PIN Channels from Virgin UK Channel 981 to Virgin UK Channel 985.

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We have seen raw photos of them testing.

But as we do not own the copyright we cant post them.

When Virgin Media UK do launch MB HQ think they will be on the following channels numbers:

All channels numbers are To Be Confirmed as time of posting. (???) = We think Virgin will put them on that channel number.

(213). 5STAR +1
(214). Spike
(428 or 445). Movie Mix
(430 or 446). Movies 4 Men
(507). Sky Sports Mix HD [Set to launch on August 24th]
(517). Sky Sports Mix [Set to launch on August 24th]
(626). Fox News Channel
(736). POP
(836). NDTV India
(837). NDTV Spice

NOTE: Movie Mix and Movies 4 Men will only appear before Sky Cinema HD if Virgin Media UK moved Film4 channels and also put Sky Cinema HD Channels but by 10.

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After 10pm channels? Ooh, does this mean I get to see some of my favourites without needing to watch on the laptop?

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The coming soon thread is to talk and discuss what could potentially come soon

If you want a definite what has newly launched use the "Virgin media change log" on this forum.

If you want an idea of what's coming up soon use media boys blog. Everything which is known to happen is there.

And then we can continue to chit chat in here without bothering you :)

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Look at the list maybe Virgin Media UK is set to launch some "After 10pm" Phone in channels (We are not talking about Football) maybe an well known channel may launch (I hear joke about them on Mock the Week.)

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Hahaha babe station ?! Ding dong.

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Max will be over the moon with these channels :D

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:clap::clap::clap::nworthy::clap::clap::clap:

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I doubt that anyone would want you to post them. You are still being very vague about what these "photos" show, most of the channels which actually have video/audio streams are encrypted so any "photo" wouldn't show very much. If someone is showing you photos of unencrypted feeds taken at the central headend, that is very nice but meaningless until the feeds hit the national network.

Have you seen Movie Mix? It's called Movie Mix for a reason, it has movies and other content. It doesn't really belong in the Movie EPG genre.

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More friggin dross............:mad:

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Victor in his usual form.;)

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Why would they agree a deal for Pop Movies4Men and Movie Mix but none of the other missing Sony channels?

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Doesn't make sense does it.

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Oh yeah finally about time we get babestation, it's more funny than anything

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This is the one that I'm talking about, but it's not being used properly by the looks of it.

I used to get a message every day when I got my TiVo last March; they were automated messages advertising the various help videos.

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Many of the new channel placeholders are for FTA channels already available on Freeview. Remember that VM are now extending their network into new areas, and probably want to sell TV services to new customers. It makes sense to match the lower TV packages to what is available on Freeview. I imagine that it would be difficult to sell the packages to new customers when they discover that their favourite Freeview channels are missing.

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It wouldn't make that much sense to VM, there's not much money to be made from adding FTA channels promoting premium rate "chatlines". Although adding addition adult subscription channels would bring in subscription revenue. It's all just speculation at the moment.

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I think sky gets a percentage of all calls for having the channels I heard

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Yes - you can now get Freeview on your TV Set.;)

But Movie Mix will be on some may call "an Virgin Media UK only channel" - it only on Freeview right now.

Movie Mix aka More than Movies was axe from Sky early this year.

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How can Movie Mix be a VM-only channel if it is on Freeview too? Is it leaving Freeview then?

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As of late July Fox News Channel was showing the now and network info. All the rest have "Channel Coming Soon."

Been told today that the NDTV Channels are encrypted.

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Some may say that due to the channel not being on Sky. (I am not saying that).

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So Fox News may definitely be coming?

Fox News and babe station. Which has the more tits on it?

What a carnival!

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You are maybe right it just speculation at the moment.

Are Virgin Media UK missing any "adult subscription channels"?

Don't the Phone in Adult channels goes under Tellyshopping?

If so the say channel will need to pay Virgin Media UK to get on network.

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Still no Video testing.

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It used to be on sky and freesat under more>movies name.

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I'm not sure where you get that from, jj. It is, in fact, all films and film news. There's nothing else in the schedules for this channel.

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I doubt that as they are FTA. Sky will get the standard fee for including the channels on their EPG.

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I think m>m was replaced on Sky by True Crime, which is also on Freeview local multiplexes together with Kix. Interesting that those channels weren't included in the last batch of placeholders on VM.

As far as Movie Mix is concerned, I was saying that it is more mix than movies.

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Yes, the NDTV streams are encrypted.

There's probably more need to verify the EPG details for a channel such as Fox News than additional channels from existing providers such as Sony & C5.

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There's quite a few additional adult subscription channels, largely of the pay per night variety. It used to be easy to check these when the Wildsat website was active. Since Wildsat closed it's not so easy to get a complete list, trawling through Sky listings on Lyngsat should provide the details but these channels tend to rebrand more often than Sky Movies, so not so easy to search without the current channel names.

Update: Check the encrypted channels in the 900's on Lyngsat's listing of Sky channels by channel number: http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/Sky-UK_chno.html

Babestation and its clones are funded from premium rate calls but wouldn't be appropriate for the shopping genre.

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A mix of low budget movies, made for tv movies and the likes of Highway To Heaven, which certainly isn't a movie. Not really the sort of content I'd expect to find on the movie genre. General entertainment? ...perhaps.

(It was included in the Entertainment genre when it was carried on Sky.)

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I did some research about three years ago when I briefly considered becoming involved in the business of telephone call charge funded channels (not soft porn).

The business model is that the girl, clairvoyant etc are effectively self employed and only earn a cut of the phone calls, so it's in their interest to take as many calls as possible and keep them on the line for as long as possible.

Many pay a fee to the company too in return for being given the chance to earn some money, so they have to cover this before they start to earn a profit.

Sometimes a cut is taken by their telephone service provider too in return for the facilities that they provide, unless the equipment is leased or bought outright.

The usual costs of insurance, premises, EPG fees, uplink costs, electricity, Ofcom licenses, business rates, PPL & PRS fees for the music played etc etc all have to be met from this income stream as well (I think some will show adverts too to raise a little additional revenue).

jj20x is correct in that Sky only receive the normal EPG fee and any Platform Contribution Charge payable.

These types of channels would also have to pay VM for the privilege of going onto a private closed system, so you can see why, with all the associated costs having to be already met, there is less of them on cable.