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That and the fact that they are only likely to be profitable during the watershed hours. VM tends not to have multiple part time channels available to time share with these services, so effectively they would take up any capacity 24/7. A quick check indicates that most of the Adult channels currently on VM don't time share with other channels.

Quite expensive for VM to allocate a 24/7 slot to a FTA overnight service with no subscription income and expensive for the provider if VM passes on the full cost.

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Didn`t know SAMANTHA FOX had her own tv channel:D

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Media Boy sources has just confirmed that Babenation has started to test today on Virgin Media UK.

More info soon.

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:nono::nono:

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Den will be delighted :p:

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Coming soon for those who are interested ;)

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Virgin Media orders comedy shorts and buys US drama Magic City.

http://www.digitaltveurope.net/58504...ys-magic-city/

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Babe station or babe nation? Never heard of babe nation? I hope they include storylines and poor acting

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Adult swim looking into launching a uk channel possibly on VM, yes FOX currently show some Adult swim stuff but there is still tonnes available.
More info as/when i get it.

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August List update - August 16th 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 5STAR +1 soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media UK will launch Arabic Hafla soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media UK will launch Babenation 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 Movie Mix soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media UK will launch Movies 4 Men 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 UK will launch POP soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media UK will launch Spike soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media Ireland will launch W soon on Virgin Ireland Channel TBC.

=== August ===
22nd. Sky Cinema will rebrand Sky Cinema Greats as Sky Cinema Star Wars on Virgin UK Channel 404 and Virgin Ireland Channel 307.
22nd. Sky Cinema will rebrand Sky Cinema Fairy Tales as Sky Cinema Family on Virgin UK Channel 406 and Virgin Ireland Channel 303.
22nd. Sky Cinema will rebrand Sky Cinema Greats HD as Sky Cinema Star Wars HD on Virgin UK Channel 434 and Virgin Ireland Channel 337.
22nd. Sky Cinema will rebrand Sky Cinema Fairy Tales HD as Sky Cinema Family HD on Virgin UK Channel 436 and Virgin Ireland Channel 333.
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 Star Wars as Sky Cinema Greats on Virgin UK Channel 404 and Virgin Ireland Channel 307.
-Sky Cinema will rebrand Sky Cinema Star Wars 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 16th 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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The longest pipeline of channels I've seen for a very long time. :)

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You can add Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports Mix HD to that list - confirmed as launching on August 24th (vincerooney birthday;))

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Lots of FTA channels but, no doubt, VM will claim to be bringing you so much more of "the TV you love" as justification for yet another above inflation price rise.

They claimed that the removal of the Weather Channel app was being done to make it easier to find "the tv you love". Odd then that I haven't found it any easier to find the "tv I love" since the app was removed, just more difficult to find the weather forecast...

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Magic City was on Netflix a while back, though doesn't appear to be so now. Starz abandoned it after two seasons.

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it you haven't watched it yet, i recommend Stranger Things on Netflix, great 80's theme, and generally one of the best things i've watched in a while.

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I think the days of going to your TV for the weather are long gone, just look at the app on your phone wherever you are.
Regarding price rises, unfortunately the slump in the £ v $ since the Brexit vote will impact pay TV costs adversely and inflation has now reached a two-year high.
But we are getting more channels including many from Sony which was a gap in VM's portfolio. And new Starz VOD and Edinburgh VOD. And a new box. And new locations are getting access to VM services, increasing price competition in those locations even if people are not with VM. So plenty of good things to cheer about.

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OOH. Intriguing!

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+1

It's brilliant. Can't wait for Season 2 :D

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Clearly not as I noticed its removal. ;)

The CPI has increased from 0.5% to 0.6% but don't worry, still a fairly wide safety margin before we hit the Venezuelan level of inflation. :D

True, I'll soon be able to ignore them on VM as well as Freeview. I can't say I've ever been impressed with the content available on Sony's budget portfolio of channels.

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Good point we feel since Sony took over CSC Media they need to have an better content available on Sony channels then sell EPG off on Sky to get in some money.

Here our views from 2014: http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...edia.html#more

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Very true.

You'd think that these text n tits channels would timeshare to cut costs, a children's channel would be ideal.

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Well Babenation do timeshares with Tiny Pop - on Freeview.

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You know a lot about these after dark channels old chap.:p:

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DS Forum and A516Digital can give you all the info.

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Rumour: Sky Sports Mix channel numbers on Virgin Media UK reveal?

A516 Digital is reporting that Sky Sports Mix will be on Virgin UK Channel 517 with the HD Channel being on Virgin UK Channel 507.

Still no word on the Virgin Media Ireland channel numbers.

http://www.a516digital.com/2016/08/s...gust-2016.html

No listing for Sky Sports Mix in Radio Times.

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You can be observant and notice the app's removal but use your mobile phone for weather; the two are not opposites. ;) I am surprised anyone used such a service but appreciate that not everyone has a smart phone and everyone's different.

Many things are priced in $ from microchips to film rights. With a weaker Pound, this will unfortunately feed through into pay-TV costs over time.

Agreed. :) Bearing in mind Sony's high-quality positioning of its electronics division, I've always been surprised at the way its TV channels are pitched at the other end of the market.

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Yes. His blog is proudly claiming the Babestation news as a Media Boy exclusive. If he tries to fob you off saying that he read it on another forum...well, we know that's not entirely true. :p:
http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...-tests-on.html

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We was given info on Babenation by Media Boy Sources.

We also posted the same info on Cable Forum.

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I prefer to focus on one screen at a time. An app is an app whether it is on a phone or a tv.

True of course but there is the added factor of the belief that Brexit will inevitably bring increased prices. A factor that has held petrol prices higher than necessary for the past several weeks until the supermarkets finally lead the way with price cuts. This expectation of higher prices is something suppliers will undoubtedly use to their advantage.

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Brexit will bring higher costs to industry and higher prices to consumers...but we haven't left the EU yet so are not feeling the full ramifications.
I think it will be tougher times for pay-tv companies who face higher sports rights costs and will now face higher entertainment content and equipment costs. I wonder if this could encourage BT and Sky to wholesale their 4K UHD content to VM or if they will strive to keep it exclusive?

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What about that well known Sky Basic Channel?

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In a ideal world SKY,BT and VM would work together to bring their customers top packages at reasonable prices.

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If ever there was a fairy tale not coming true then that would be it.

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Sadly i agree with you young chap.

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It would be a nice thought. :) I reckon if Now TV doesn't make a success of it in Spain then there will be more pressure on Sky to get money in from sources like Atlantic. But of course Atlantic's content suppliers would also want a cut of the extra subscriptions too so less profitable than Sky's own sports content.

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Do any companies do that?

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Did they call in to give you the information :D

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It was no charge.

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You forgot the plague of frogs! ;):D

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I wonder how you voted! You don't know what will happen, it's early days and no one knows if costs will be higher etc etc.....:rolleyes:

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They do know that costs will be higher, import costs will rise, these things are not matters of opinion but matters of fact. That's the current situation.

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Yes, but it's not all bad news. More expensive imports but cheaper exports.

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Well I haven't seen any impact of these higher costs, can you show me where they are? bet you can't! As OB says, even if there are some higher import costs these will be offset by cheaper exports, the doomsday scenario will not happen, keep the faith......:D

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I've been talking about this in the context of likely price increases for pay-TV services, not as a general debate about the future of the UK economy.
If you holiday overseas, you will have been affected by the poorer exchange rate, that's there for everyone to see and is an import Cheaper exports don't mean that Korean PVRs or the costs of US content reduce in price. They do mean that our companies are cheaper for overseas companies to snap up. We've already lost control of our main tech company, Arm, which the Japanese have recently acquired.

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I guess you are a glass half empty man, Andrew.

Personally, I think that the higher cost of buying imported content is balanced by the lower cost of exported content, thus encouraging home made productions for us to enjoy and export overseas.

One door closes and another opens, basically. It's all bulls and bears ;)

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An other MTV Live HD channel to launch?

Last week other posters reported an duplicate of MTV LIVE HD did appeared on VM network, and one was showing "CHANNEL MOVED"

Media Boy Sources has confirmed today that MTV LIVE HD (One not on the EPG) has started to broadcast again as of today the channel is encrypted and it EPG now and next info is working.

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And other deals will be done with other nations, anyway this isn't the place to discuss brexit or politics.

Back on topic :p:

We have recieved info 5 new channels are on the way, no idea what they are maybe MB will know more?

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All the channels we know of is testing right now.

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Update We just been told the EPG is testing with "V FESTIVAL 2016 IS COMMING"

Maybe an new channel just for the V Festival on Virgin Media?

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Could be yes.

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Channel 81 has appeared in TV Anywhere and says MTV LiveHD but the schedule for tomorrow reads as follows

02:00 Previews
06:00 Hot Right Now!
09:00 V Festival - 2016 is Coming
11:00 21 Years of V Festival - 1996
11:30 21 Years of V Festival - 1997
12:00 21 Years of V Festival - 1998
12:30 21 Years of V Festival - 1999
13:00 V Festival 2014 - Pixie Lott
13:30 V Festival 2014 - John Newman
14:00 V Festival 2014 - Rizzle Kicks Live
14:30 V Festival 2014 - Aloe Blacc Live
15:00 V Festival 2014 - Kaiser Chiefs
15:30 V Festival 2014 - Bastille Live
16:00 V Festival 2014 - Chic Live
16:30 V Festival 2014 - Elbow Live
17:00 V Festival - 2016 is Coming
19:00 21 Years of V Festival - 2000
19:30 21 Years of V Festival - 2001
20:00 21 Years of V Festival - 2002
20:30 21 Years of V Festival - 2003
21:00 V Festival 2014 - Sam Smith Live
21:30 V Festival 2014 - Ed Sheeran Live
22:00 V Festival 2014 - Rudimental Live
22:30 V Festival - Live: Tinie Tempah
23:00 V Festival 2014 - Best of the Weekend

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Bit more info on the V Festival broadcasting arrangements.
http://www.musicweek.com/live/read/c...estival/064991

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Most of the time I'm accused on this forum of being over optimistic. :) What I'm saying is even if home-produced content becomes cheaper, it doesn't make content and hardware costs for us Brits any cheaper. That's not politics it's economics. So we need to understand the squeeze that pay-TV companies will face alongside the increased sports rights costs etc.

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Now did l say you was over optimistic my dear chap.;)

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All these new channels coming just shows what they can do when they pull their finger out.

Will it now be enough to counter the growing competition though?

Saw an advertisement last night for free broadband, Now TV @ £9.99 and Phone @£17.99

http://www.nowtv.com/broadband-and-t...OWTV-NC-Google

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Virgin media now offering either a £50 high street voucher or some wireless speakers worth £99 with new orders according to a source.

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I don't think that's very good value.

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Not looked into it in any great detail, but VM charge the same for line rental and charge for their broadband.

But if you don't need a landline and as you pointed out, you can get Now TV vouchers a lot cheaper off eBay etc, then it probably is poor value

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I assumed that this was the schedule for a V Festival pop up channel, but, apparently, it's the normal schedule for MTV Live HD tomorrow.

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I could tell you what is happening there but unfortunately it is subject to a DNP order. :D

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Must admit I was a bit disappointed with the new NOW TV box and their new line up of packages. It was getting a big build up but didn't live up to the hype.

The reason I'm not impressed with the deal on their website is because you can get the same equivalent package from other sources for cheaper. I'm about to go into price comparison again! :D

The offer on their website is £9.99 per month plus £17.99 line rental for the new NOW TV smart box, entertainment pass, line rental and uo to 17mb broadband. Keep that for a year and it'll cost you £335.76.

Argos are selling the new NOW TV smart box for £39.99 which includes a 5 month entertainment pass. Argos also sell a 5 month entertainment pass separately for £25.00. I'm sure in store they sell a 2 month entertainment pass for £10.00. I know you can get the passes cheaper elsewhere however from Argos the new box and 12 months entertainment comes to £74.99. There's a whole host of companies offering free 17mb broadband for 12 months with line rental at around £17.99. SKY's line rental is only £17.40 per month which is cheaper than the NOW TV line rental. The cost of taking 17mb broadband and line rental from SKY for 12 months, plus everything else from Argos, comes to £283.79 for the first year. Almost £52.00 cheaper than getting it directly from NOW TV.

Okay so the total outlay to Argos of £74.99 is pretty steep, especially if you pay it all up front. Here's where the really good news kicks in. SKY are giving you a £75.00 pre-paid Mastercard to take their free 17mb broadband and line rental for 12 months. Bingo that's the new NOW TV smart box and 12 months entertainment covered courtesy of SKY. This reduces your total first year outlay to £210.00. We're now looking at £126.00 cheaper than the NOW TV website offer.

Crazy!!!

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/5449570.htm

http://www.sky.com/shop/offers/12mon...affiliate=true

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Anybody notice since update when you select a show on catch up tv, it doesn't take you to the show just to a menu of channels then you need to find show yourself

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Told someone about this and they said that there is no such channel number as 81 on TV Anywhere :confused:

Never used it myself.

Thanks- it isn't very good value after all.

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You're better off asking about the TiVo update in the dedicated thread:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...e-page-27.html

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The Previews channel (100) has become MTV LiveHD, and is showing the V Festival schedule shown above, with the Previews now showing on Channel 998.

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Any more news when the channels that r testing launch?

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Apparently, what's happened is that MTV Live HD has been made available on channel 100 for the benefit of all VM TV subscribers, whereas MTV Live HD remains on channel 311 for customers in the XL package only.

It's not available on TV Anywhere.

You'd think that they would simply have temporarily downgraded the subscription required for channel 311 or put the reduced subscription version in the 900's like they do with pop up channels :confused:

Do we know what channel number Spike will go onto?

A+E Networks will launch a FTA channel called 'Blaze' on the 20th September according to Broadband TV.

I wonder if we'll get this as the new FTA channels that pay TV providers are creating to rinse the last bit of revenue out of their content are now appearing on VM (apart from YourTV).

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The new channel by A+E networks BLAZE which launches 20th September will not be launching on VM at launch to start with it will be online,freeview and sky/freesat.
It is hoped it will come to VM before the end of the year.

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Well l don't think will surprise us in that Sky get it first.

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I think tvplayer are getting it too i will keep my eyes peeled and update if it does appear on tvplayer.

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Wish I was wrong :(
As always - haggle with VM and shop around.

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Can I use this to get out of my TiVo contract??

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yes ;)

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Well, with the highlighted programmes being Pawn Stars and American Restoration, it's not like we are missing much. So many of these programmes can be seen on other channels anyway, so Blaze looks like being a waste of space.

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Exactly it's new content you want new channels are worthless if they show endless repeats off channels you already receive.

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Yes but keep in mind sometimes the grass is not greener on the otherside.
Contact VM retentions and see what they can do for you in my past experience retentions have always been pretty good to give a decent deal.

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Think it's really aimed at the Freeview/Freesat market so only has second or third run rights. Pay TV subscribers will have had the chance to see the shows before.

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Sky Sports Mix

http://virginmediapresents.com/#all/...uilder_issue34

I might be wrong but from what I read we'll get probably Sky Sports Mix SD on most packages but only those who subscribe to Sky Sports in SD will get Sky Sports Mix HD.

Well guessed there would be a catch.

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I expect it will actually be for those whose subscribe to XL otherwise that would be ridiculous

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Small print says you need Sky Sports SD to get it in HD.

So looks like all non Sky Sports subscribers will get get Mix in SD only. Silly really as you'll look at the quality of SD and think it's not worth getting Sky Sports as picture so bad, lol

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The small print usually says this - it means you can't subscribe to Sky Sports HD unless you already subscribe in SD. Basically, you can't just pay £7pm for Sky Sports 1-5!

Given Sky Sports Mix content will already be available in HD to all Sky Sports subscribers, there is little point in Mix HD unless it's going to be made available to non Sports subscribers.

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I really do hope you are right. Given history of channel launches on VM I'm automatically pessimistic.

I was thinking that the only reason they might do this is try and get SD subscribers to upgrade to HD.

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Sky Sports Mix has now been added to the EPG.

If the HD variant is there as well, could someone with and someone without XL possibly check for us?

Edit: Apparently, on Sky, Sky Sports Mix SD is available to SD & HD subscribers, with SSM HD only being available to HD subscribers.

On this basis, I expect the SD version to be on the 'More TV' pack upwards, with HD being only available to XL customers.

Be useful to know for sure though.

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its not showing up on my tv even the HD version is missing too

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Sorry, I got this information from Chad another thread- I forgot he's now with Sky :blush:

It has been added to the VM system, but it's not yet on the EPG.

As subscription requirement levels often vary during 'testing' periods, so it's probably not worth checking this yet.

When it does appear on the EPG, i'll check myself unless nobody else does so first :)

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As stated previously, Sky Sports Mix HD shows as being allocated to TSID 23 which is currently carrying 4 Olympics HD channels. A low bitrate information video slate could probably be added to get this onto the EPG but it would make more sense to wait and add Sky Sports Mix HD when the Olympics video streams are removed.

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I agree. Only then can we test my theory that the SD version will be available in More TV upwards and that the HD version will be available only to XL customers.

The off EPG Sky Sports Mix SD channel is now carrying an encrypted video stream.

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There's now a promo for Sky Sports Mix in the Discovery Bar.

I guess the launch of this channel sees the end of temporary free periods on the main Sky Sports channels.

Nothing on the EPG yet, do we know where these channels will go?

Sky have it on 106 in another country, but due to the EPG regulations, it will probably have to go in the sports section in the UK.

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Cheers :)

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507 hd & 517 sd

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Any more news on the other channels that r testing launch?

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Ta :)

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As well as VM Ireland falling out with BT resulting in the removal of BT Sport, VM UK have now had an almighty row over BT Sport in the UK:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...-ee-gives-cha/

Could this mean the removal of BT Sport in the UK too?

I know that VM customers were keen to get the channel; but the new VM management really are squaring up to BT.

Interesting to find out that during the negotiations VM agreed/offered to pay the carriage costs upfront (cable companies normally pay monthly- just like us!). Perhaps this was the leverage that finally got us the channel all that time ago.

The carriage costs are currently £120m per year.

Are there any current figures available that show how many TV customers VM have in the XL pack (or even the total number of TV customers), so that we can try to work out how much the hidden cost is within the XL pack?

I know that some on here resent paying for it, but it might only equal pennies!

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BT Sport is going nowhere l can assure you Richard.

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Your opinion or an informed source? ;)

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VM did not fall out with BT Ireland as they did not have a relationship with them. VM's contractual relationship was with Setanta Sports which was acquired by Eir. VM felt it should get a reduction for the loss of the 3:30pm EPL matches; Eir disagreed.
There are about 1.8m XL customers. I doubt VM paying upfront would make much difference to BT.

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Do you have a source for that number been looking this morning.

120M/1.8M/12 = £5.56 per XL sub per month

BT sport pay close to 1 Billion pounds per year for all their sport. That fixed money from virgin per year definitely helps them out otherwise all other ways of subbing BT sport will increase in cost.

To get it on sky without BT Broadband it's already £21.99 SD £26.99 HD when it started it was around 15 pounds.

If XL lost BT sport and lets say they start charging 20 pounds per month they would need at least 500,000 subs to get the same amount of money. With Sky Sports take up is low on virgin media, though it has been along time since we have seen any figures it's definitely the best option for BT.

Anyone know how many subbed setanta before it was added to the XL package?

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It was in the original BT Sport threads in Digital Spy when BT Sport first came to VM. Posts by mlt11 are particularly authoritative. The price per XL subscriber then was stated as £3.50pm and there was an increase when VM renewed to add BT Sport Europe last year and I think your figures look fine. I think some of this data came from press reports particularly the FT and Daily Telegraph though websites may have reported on the press reports. The XL subscriber numbers came from a VM annual report and I don't believe this level of information is now reported by VM since its acquisition by LGI but that would be my first port of call, say look at the 2012 report. The trouble with forums is that they can contain some great information but retrieving it from historical posts is notoriously difficult.
It's not that BT Sport accounts for a high proportion of the content in the XL pack. It just accounts for the most expensive content per hour in the pack.

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I'm usually pessimistic about most things VM but just for a change I'll try some optimistic speculation.

Perhaps if BT want to keep Virgin happy after the EE complaint they might agree to give Virgin access to BT Sport 4K later this year.

:erm:
:rolleyes:

Actually that's a silly idea, I'll go back to be being a pessimist. Normal service resumed :(

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was going to say the same thing, it would give a huge boost to the launch of the new 4K box if they did.

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I think the EE-VM - BT Sport issue just shows we're in the silly season for news! ;) I think both VM and BT need one another but they're competitors so their frustrations will boil over from time to time. I'm surprised this came out in the press though as it only publicises EE's offer.

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Anyone think LGI may try and pick up this channel for the launch of its 4K box in Europe including the UK? http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/...t-in-ultra-hd/

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Want to put your hat on it?

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Or if VM want to keep BT happy they could offer a deal for BT ultrahd and possibly AMC.

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VM have something in the pipeline regarding 4k channel ;) that's all i can say for now.

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After the consumption of clothing items for AMC, Universal HD and Sky Sports Mix, I can appreciate your need to keep this prediction somewhat vaguer. :)

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No. And the Telegraph's hyping it up with playground rhetoric for a sensationalist clickbait headline.
BT and Virgin Media UK need each other. Contracts are in place. They'll sort this out. Nothing to see here. Move along now...

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The clothing aint too bad with a dash of chilli sauce although the socks were rather chewy :p:

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Whatever way we dress it up Andrew the Sports rights are killing pay tv and aren't sustainable long term in my opinion.

Sky and VM are having to give out huge discounts to keep people and are both actively discounting Sky Sports just to get more interested.

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Obviously, Sky and BT feel differently or they wouldn't have invested those massive sums. This season sees the start of the new Premier League TV rights contracts so it will be interesting to see how things develop.

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And they will keep doing that until eventually fans say 'enough is enough' and refuse to pay any more. But at the moment, they know that the fans will grudgingly stump up that little bit extra each time. Look for the people with huge grins on their faces and driving very expensive cars. Here's a clue; it aint the regular fans.