Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

If things hadn't gone well in 1945 you'd be speaking German and practising your English in secret! :(

As a fellow former oppressed Celtic nation ;), Ireland has largely lost its native tongue and I am ashamed to say that my knowledge of French and other European languages far exceeds my abilities in Gaelic.

In Ireland, there has been an increase in efforts to keep the Irish language alive in recent years. We have always had daily radio and TV news bulletins in Gaelic and have had an Irish language radio station (http://www.rte.ie/rnag/) since 1972. More recently, a television station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TG4), broadcasting a significant proportion of its programming in Irish as well as French, Polish and English, was launched in 1996 with transmissions in Northern Ireland beginning in 2005.

On a trip to the Czech Republic in about 1998, before the big influx of Eastern Europeans into the UK and Ireland, I was surprised to be told, by a red-headed Czech tour guide, that many Czechs were travelling to Ireland to study the Irish language. Apart from the Irish pubs etc., there was a lot of Irish business investment going on it Bohemia at that time.

I think it is important to keep the Irish Gaelic, Scots Gallic and Welsh Cymraeg languages alive and it is only right that there should be national language radio and TV channels, funded by the licence fee or other public funding in the relevant country and available to all.

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I'll have the box for a token fee and postage for my in-laws who are in a fringe area between the Oxford and Sandy Heath transmitters and have fuzzy Channel four, have never had Five and now have limited digital coverage. The previous owner of their house left a Sky mini-dish behind so they're ready to go, they just need a box.

Having said that, you might like to get a FreeSat-from-Sky card for £20 and continue to use it for the free-to-air and free-to-view channels either in another room or for recording while you watch something else on VM.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

You can add Cornish to your list of Celtic Languages to be encouraged!
I don't think we've got any TV shows in Cornish yet though...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Looks like were getting a bit off topic again!

Media Boy - What's the news this week?...You think we'll ever see Sky 1 HD come to my belovid HD box?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

An update will be on post one later.

I only thing I have seen the Sky1 HD coming to Virgin TV is all the rumour that have been on the best Cable TV Forum in the world - Cable Forum over the last week or two.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

In summary, I think that BBC Alba should be 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV' as should the Kernewek language channel, when there is one. Petition the Prince of Wales as he owns Cornwall.

So not exactly off topic - just unnecessarily detailed.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

This weeks list update is now online - see post one (Next update is May 10th)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Hello, I understand Sky 1 HD is comming to virgin and anynews on sky sports HD on virgin comming start august football season 2010? :dozey:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

As far as I know the Virgin Media deal to carry the Sky HD Channels is just rumour I also hear that it may just be some Sky Basic Channels in HD.

Virgin may tell us more on Wednesday.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Sky's court appeal against the Ofcom decision started last Friday and might go on for several months. Then again, a change of government could accelerate things altogether.

Until this is sorted out, I doubt Sky's HD channels will be "coming soon" to VM.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Thanks Media Boy just need know what happening that all. ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

He could market the channel as a Duchy Original.:)

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Bravo to launch an HD Channel???

Digital Spy Forums is reporting that Bravo are to launch an HD Channel in May.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...7&postcount=76

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Hmm! Organic television. Fueled by the methane from decomposing manure. Smellyvision! :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

YAY TNA IN HD lol:D