Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Thank you

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Welcome Del411. How the hell did BT get history HD netgeo HD and CI HD.we didn't not happy :(

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Lets just take a moment of silence to think of those Sky viewers who may lose their television service tonight in the storms.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

vm have been happy over the years to let us think channels are exclusive if we havent got them,Now bt are showing thats not the case :(

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Bless thy master and his servants as l will say my prayers for ye olde faithful tonight.:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

been losing it allday bud,but tivo working fineeeeeeeeeeeeeeee;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Any new channels coming week this?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

You can't beat reliable technology can you Howard.;):D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

This is why we have a back up plan :p:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Indeed we do ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Afternoon all. Happy storm day to you all.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

I just went online a few days ago and it let me sign up for another 3 months free, I did post it in here at the time :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Thanks for your consideration. My heart went out to all those Virgin viewers a few days back who had a total cable outage. It's good that we think about each other in difficult times.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Maybe they'll go the other way as suggested by others and use it in their other cable franchises?

Information provided in this thread is drawn from a wide variety of sources, some official, some not. It is, therefore, no surprise that you found some of the contributions made by members elsewhere.

The whole point of this thread is to collate all of this information in one place for both convenience and to try to work out what's going on behind the scenes.

By the very nature of some of the sources, the affirmation that you seek will simply not be available, furthermore, sometimes people will be trusted with information that cannot be divulged or has an embargo placed upon it.

It is worth noting that you didn't supply a named source for the information that you supplied (of course, there may be valid reasons for this).

The people who kindly give their time and trouble to contribute to this thread (and sometimes take risks to do so) do not expect praise, but neither do they expect to be met with negativity designed to diminish their credibility.

You are free to take anything or everything with a pinch of salt at any time, after all some of the information will turn out to be incorrect, eg correct plans are reported, but subsequently changed by VM. After all, why shouldn't they, nothing had ever been officially announced!

I had hoped that the distraction of these interjections had been put to bed several pages ago, let this be the end of it.

I hope your broken leg heals swiftly.

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Indeed, having both satellite and cable can be useful. When/where was this outage Chad?

I kept my ex sub box and dish, partly in case of problems with the VM service. If I ever stopped subscribing to VM, I would plug a box into their service for the FTA channels if there were ever Freesat or Freeview problems.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Do you have a source for this? None of BTs Youview IPTV channels are HD apart from BT Sports, unless something changed very recently?

Edit: I see they have changed the packages very recently - that looks quite promising, the only thing putting me off Youview was the lack of HD and the seemingly absent recording functionality. Good job BT.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Here's some information for you.

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/products/tv/hd-tv

http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...extra-channels

go to hd extra and there is a list


not a big list

HD Extra
TV from BT – HD Extra
A selection of TV channels in high definition for stunning picture quality and glorious detail. If you add HD Extra with BT Sport you'll also get BT Sport in HD at no extra cost.

HD Extra includes the following channels:

FOX HD
National Geographic HD
Nat Geo WILD HD
SyFy HD
History HD
Crime and Investigation HD

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Evening all, hope you're having a nice weekend. Any news over the past few days? :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Yep there pushing into the TV channel provider market,big time:(

---------- Post added at 17:51 ---------- Previous post was at 17:49 ----------

Not a big list yet,but had a call from them a few nights ago trying to get me to change(no chance) started going on about hd channels and started to tell me they are talking to all channel owners to bring more hd to there lineup

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

True howardmicks no reason to change yet,but all ready have two HD channels virgin don't

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

I don't think this bad weather will affect Sky, in all the years l had Sky, weather didn't affect the signal.

The weather effects Cable far greater, my picture is cracking up at the moment, and we have big winds outside.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Would never change to bt worst supplier ever :mad:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

How is the wind affecting underground cables?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

If power gets taken out it's bye bye VM , SKY or whatever. Just as a precaution i've put a pile of movies on my tablet which is fully charged and i have a solar charger for it too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Never had BT tv. Getting a Tivo box soon so will be with virgin for some time yet.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

u will love yer tivo ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!:cry:

Well done BT. Certainly shows these channels are now available. It is still very plausible (in my eyes) that they may have been in exclusivity deals with Sky, but that deal may have now passed.

I certainly am not going to criticize VM considering what they have given us this year so far, but I really hope they follow suit quickly. Even if they don't, I will still be a VM customer as they offer the best deal for me and TIVO still rocks my televisual world. :)

Given the fact BT have launched these channels, I wonder if MB'S other DNP (I think there is/was still one outstanding) concerns these channels?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

cant wait to hear the answer to that :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Indeed, but lets also help the strong winds do not cause any serious damage to their dishes.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Or VMS dishes which they get the signal from to broadcast through their cable network :p:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Don't think I have come across rumors for History HD C&I HD Nat Geo Wild HD launching on virgin if the people in know,know anything please say

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Yes, they do seem to be moving fast. I recently saw The Gadget Show compare Freeview, Freesat and Youview HD PVR's. Youview came out on top for picture quality, ease of use etc.

An extra £3 a month for just those channels seems poor value to me.

When I used satellite as my primary TV source, I had problems with bad weather. The main problem seemed to be caused by snow settling on the LNB and dish.

Your cable service should not be affected by bad weather, it may be worth getting an engineer out to check the installation if bad weather impacts on the quality of your picture.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

How about the wind is shaking the trees so much, the vibrations from the tree roots are shaking the cables?!? ;):):p:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

The wind might not, but the water can cause issues.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Eh???

Substance abuse?.......lol

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

I can not wait either , new one on me though that sky dishes would be effect more as the wind and rain is , in the sky . (sorry my little joke could no resits it)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Nat GEO WildHD is launching on VM but don't have a estimated date yet.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Indeed. :erm::)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

You make a good point. I've often wondered why VM doesn't suffer from the affects of bad weather for those channels that they source from satellite.

Perhaps the professional satellite receiving equipment that they use negates the affects of wind, rain etc??

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Cheers bud for the quick answer.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Could be yes but if say a storm is in Manchester but VMs headquarters is in Breily Hill and it's just light rain there then the signal wouldn't be affected.
Today where i am we've had a right good hiding with the wind and rain and my Sky hasn't lost signal or broken up , this may be because it's a communal dish and the housing association fitted a booster to it too.
Maybe VM use similar technology.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Yep, that could be a reason why.

I like the thought of a communal dish. Aren't these normally used for flats?

I think that they should use them more often to stop the proliferation of ugly satellite dishes, is there any technical reason why all the residents of one street couldn't use one for Sky or Freesat? The same thing could be said about aerials too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Probably down to the fact that Sky dishes are 45cm (?) and VM head-end dishes are several metres. The roof at Baguley has a huge dish farm....whether they are still used or not, I don't know.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

I think you will find that Belgium and Holland show programming in the original language with subtitles, or did a few years ago.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Yeah i live in flat on 20th floor so will be rocking literually tonight in storm lol.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

the picture only cracks up in bad weather.

You cannot tell me that VM cannot be touch by the weather.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Pretty quiet here in liverpool. Picture is delightful. Outside is still. I think we're missing most of it tonight so me and my tivo will just be relaxing in peace in preparation for dreadful monday.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

A hurricane in the cable ducting?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

I forgot to ask , like my mess of a avatar? lol

---------- Post added at 20:08 ---------- Previous post was at 20:07 ----------

Freeview , Sky , Virgin , BT can all be affected by the weather even analogue tv could be affected.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: arghhhhhh.
maybe he has being doing this

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Some customers are restricted on what they can do with their Sky boxes if fitted on communal properties.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

I thought they'd have something better than a standard Sky box and dish :D

VM should not be affected by the weather, I advise you to contact the VM faults team and explain what's happening.

Do you mean things like multiroom?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

That, and also the fact that some flats only have a single feed into the premises which means they can't record a program while watching another channel as they are only using one tuner.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

My place was battered with wind and rain during the early hours of this morning, woke me up and was worried at the roof tile rattling noise. Managed to drown the noise out with the tv though and the Sky picture was as perfect as it always is.

Beginning to think these sky weather problems some alude to are nothing but fairy tales, as have had every type of nasty weather without issue ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

This should put your mind at rest :)
http://diagnostics.sky.com/no-satellite-signal

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Been through all of those with no issues. Not sure how much new hardware/software makes but one would expect those with not such a good signal to begin with to be the ones that may have issues, rather than all customers as this is clearly not the case.

Someone with a tree which partially obstructs their dish anyway are likely candidates to have these weathers affect them, Nothing a tree fairy with a chainsaw can't solve ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

New week. Hopefully some new week surprises. Let the games commence...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Just keep calm my dear chap as good things come to those who wait.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

I guess it also depends on the way the weather is getting to your dish. If it's raining or blowing the dish or LNB about I'm sure that would affect it most.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Yes that is what I meant, a lot of older properties only have a single feed.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Could be due to moisture ingress in your cabling somewhere. Get VM to check it out.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

i hope so den. the morning after a heavy storm i look out the window and its full of fresh opportunities.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

no media boy to-day

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

I really hope everyone from England and Wales are safe and well.

No news updates so far on channel launches.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Fine here in the northwest of England.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Aye it just rained a lot this morning. Quite quiet really.

MB- first day back in work if you can cheer me up with some exciting news today i'll be most grateful haha :p:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Of course weather can cause issues with satellite reception , on the whole though if your setup has been installed correctly by a competent installer the downtime over a year should be minimal unless you live in an area renowned for extreme conditions , if the issue was half as bad as this forum dramatises it to be I'd expect Sky to receive the highest percentage of complaints from its subscriber base among pay TV operators.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

all fine in north east England :):)

hope you can have some news for us soon MB

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

No major issues with mine,had a bit of break up during day but night no probs

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

It's a good job you are in Scotland! I trust Media Boy HQ has adequate weather protection?

---------- Post added at 12:32 ---------- Previous post was at 12:29 ----------

AMC NETWORKS ACQUIRES CHELLOMEDIA FROM LIBERTY GLOBAL

In a deal worth €750 million. The deal is expected to be completed by Q1 2014.

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/...y-chellomedia/

At a guess we may see the CBS channels renamed?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

We had a right good hiding from the weather last night and not once did i have signal issues whilst watching Hell in a cell.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Calm down dear as a bit of banter never hurt anyone.:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

What are you inside for? ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Has anyone seen the Premier sports Virgin media advert,

http://my.virginmedia.com/customer-n...er-sports.html

"We've got some fantastic news for all you sports fans. We've signed the brilliant new sports channel Premier Sports. And to mark the occasion, we're giving it to all our customers for one month, at no extra cost."


Two paragraphs later......................

Tune in to Premier Sports (CH 551) from Friday 25th October to catch all the action. And, remember, it's free for all our customers until the end of the year.
:dunce::dunce::dunce::dunce::dunce::dunce::dunce:: dunce::dunce::dunce::dunce::dunce:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

October 2013 update - October 28th updates.

Keep up-to-date on what broadcasters own and do not own.

NOTE: The post will be updated every time Virgin Media signs no deal with broadcasters or when an new channels is set to launch from that broadcaster.

=== What is Media Boy on about??? ===

Here is what I mean when I post the following on Cable Forum:

New Rumour - means information is from an 'Rumour poster' and as not been confirmed so may not happen.
Virgin Insiders - 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.

==== Virgin Media's Deals with broadcasters ===
List last updated on October 28th 2013.

Welcome to the all new look of this part of the list.

When deals with broadcasters run out Virgin Media need to sign new one to keep that Channel on Virgin TV.
Here is an list of channel that Virgin may get when they old deal runs out with that broadcaster:
Also Radio channels are broadcasting on Digital Radio via Freesat, Freeview, Freesat from Sky, Sky or UPC Ireland.

NOTE: Shopping Channels NOW ADDED to this list and only Broadcasts who has got some Channels broadcasting on Virgin Media right now appeared on this list. To start broadcasting soon = That channel has still to start broadcasting on UPC Ireland, Sky, Freesat or Freeview.

=== TV and Radio Channels: ===
=== Own by A+E Networks UK (A+E Networks/British Sky Broadcasting) ===
-CI HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-CI +1
-HISTORY HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-Lifetime (Set to launch in November 4th.)
-Lifetime HD (Channel to launch on Sky on November 4th).

=== Own by Active Channel Limited ===
-The Active Channel

=== Own by ARY Group ===
-ARY Qtv
-ARY Oneworld

=== Own by The BBC ===
-BBC Four HD (Channel soon to launch).
-BBC News HD (Channel soon to launch).
-BBC Three HD (Channel soon to launch).
-CBBC HD (Channel soon to launch).
-CBeebies HD (Channel soon to launch).

=== Own by British Sky Broadcasting ===
-Pick TV +1
-Sky1 +1
-Sky 3D
-Sky Atlantic (Rumour as set to launch on Virgin Media)
-Sky Atlantic +1
-Sky Atlantic HD (Rumour as set to launch on Virgin Media)
-Sky Bravo (Channel rumour to launch when Sky signed new broadcasting deal with Virgin Media - May replace Sky Livingit or Sky Arts 2).
-Sky News HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-SkyPoker.com
-Sky Sports F1 HD
-Sky Sports 3 HD
-Sky Sports 4 HD
-Sky Sports News HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

=== Own by British Sky Broadcasting/Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation ===
-Sky News Arabia

=== Own by CBS Studios International/Chellomedia (Liberty Global) ===
-Reality TV

=== Own by Channel Four Television Corporation ===
-Channel 4 +1 HD (Soon to start broadcasting)

=== Own by CSC Media Group ===
-Bliss
-BuzMuzik
-Chart Show TV
-Chart Show TV Dance
-Flava
-Kix
-Kix +1
-POP
-Pop Girl
-Scuzz
-The Vault
-Tiny Pop +1

=== Own by Discovery Networks Western Europe ===
-TLC +2

=== Own by Disney-ABC Television Group ===
-Disney Channel HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-Disney Junior +
-Disney Junior HD
-Disney XD HD

=== Own by Eternal Word Television Network ===
-EWTN TV (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-EWTN Radio Europe

=== Own by Fox International Channels (21st Century Fox) ===
-FOX + (Channel set to launch on Virgin Channel 199 soon)
-Fox News Channel

=== Own by Global Music Television (Global Radio) ===
-Capital FM TV
-Heart FM TV

=== Own by Ideal Shopping Direct plc ===
-Create & Craft Extra
-Ideal Extra

=== Own by ITV Digital Channels Ltd (ITV plc) and JML Direct Ltd ===
-The Store

=== Own by MGM Channel (UK) Ltd (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/British Sky Broadcasting) ===
-MGM HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

=== Own by Michel Adam Lisowski ===
-Fashion TV (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

=== Own by Moving Movies Ltd. (CSC Media Group) ===
-True Drama
-True Movies 2

=== Own by NGC-UK Partnership (National Geographic Society/Fox International Channels [21st Century Fox]) ===
-Nat Wild HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

=== Own by Nickelodeon UK (Viacom International Media Networks Europe/BSkyB) ===
-Nick Jr. +1

=== Own by Northern & Shell ===
-5Later (Soon to launch on Freeview).

=== Own by Paramount UK Partnership (Paramount British Pictures/British Sky Broadcasting) ===
-Comedy Central Extra +1

=== Own by Phoenix Television ===
-Phoenix CNE

=== Own by QVC (Liberty Interactive Corporation - Liberty Media) ===
-QVC Beauty
-QVC Extra
-QVC Style

=== Own by Raidió Teilifís Éireann ===
-RTÉ 2fm (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-RTÉ Ireland (Channel soon to launch for viewers in England, Scotland and Wales).
-RTÉ lyric fm (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

=== Own by Real & Smooth Ltd (Global Radio) ===
-Real Radio Wales

=== Own by Scripps Networks Interactive ===
-Food Network +1

=== Own by Sony Pictures Television ===
-More>Movies
-More>Movies +1
-Movies 4 Men
-Movies 4 Men +1
-Sony Entertainment Television +1
-Sony Movie Channel
-Sony Movie Channel +1

=== Own by STAR TV (21st Century Fox) ===
-STAR Jalsha
-STAR Plus HD

=== Own by TIML Radio Limited ===
-Absolute 90s

=== Own by Travel Channel International Ltd. (Scripps Networks Interactive) ===
-Travel Channel + 1

=== Own by Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner) ===
-Test line

=== Own by United Christian Broadcasters ===
-UCB TV
-UCB Bible
-UCB Gospel
-UCB Inspiration
-UCB Ireland (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

=== Own by Universal Networks International ===
-E! HD
-Universal Channel HD

=== Own by Viacom ===
-BET: Black Ent Tv +1

=== Own by Viacom International Media Networks (Europe) ===
-MTV CLASSIC (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-MTV LIVE
-MTV +1

=== Own by Zee Entertainment Enterprises ===
-ZEE News

NOTE TO ALL: Virgin Media and UPC Ireland are now both own by Liberty Global.

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

=== Ask Media Boy ===
Last updated September 6th 2013.

Q: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT VIRGIN MEDIA FROM?
A: I get all my info from Virgin Media viewers, some Virgin Media workers (I called them Virgin Insiders) 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 UPC IRELAND AREAS' WHEN THIS THREAD IS FOR VIRGIN MEDIA?
A: Virgin Media and UPC Ireland are now both own by Liberty Global.

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

Q: WHAT HAPPENS TO RECORDINGS I'VE MADE FROM THE ESPN CHANNELS AFTER JULY 31ST?
A: Anything you’ve recorded from ESPN, ESPN HD (Before August 1st), ESPN America and ESPN Classic will be there to enjoy until 1 November 2013. After that, they’ll disappear.

==== See you later ===
List last updated on October 28th 2013.

Next update: TBC.

Did I miss anything??? If I did tell me and it will appear on the next update.

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Giving mr Murdoch money :p:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

October List update - October 28th update.

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

NOTE: I DO NOT WORK FOR VIRGIN MEDIA 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 News and links.
Media Boy = Other Media news/Things.

=== Coming up on Virgin's Digital TV ===
=== Still to confirmed launch date ===
-FOX + (Coming to Virgin Channel 199).

=== Freeviews on Virgin Media ===
Sep. 3rd. CBS Reality, Horror Channel, CBS Action, CBS Drama, CBS Reality +1 and Horror Channel +1 is having an freeview to all M+ and L packages on Virgin Channels 148, 149, 192, 197, 201 and 202 right now until December 31st 2013.
Oct. 25th. Premier Sports is having an freeview to all M, M+, L and XL packages on Virgin Channel 551 right now until (End date still to be confirmed).

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

=== November ===
3rd. Bio to close on Virgin Channel 242 today.
3rd. Movies 24 and Movies 24 + will be rebranded as Christmas 24 and Christmas 24 + on Virgin Channels 419 and 420.
4th. Lifetime to launch on Virgin Channel 242 today.
26th. Local TV channel 'Seven' will be rebranded as Estuary TV on Virgin Channel 879 (Grimsby & Scunthorpe only).
Media Boy HQ has seen info that Virgin Media hope to launch Netflix in all areas on TiVo sometime this month.

=== December ===
10th. BBC News HD set to launch today on Virgin Media.
10th. BBC Three HD set to launch today on Virgin Media.
10th. BBC Four HD set to launch today on Virgin Media.
10th. CBeebies HD set to launch today on Virgin Media.
10th. CBBC HD set to launch today on Virgin Media.

=== January 2014 ===
4th. Christmas 24 and Christmas 24 + will be rebranded as Movies 24 and Movies 24 + on Virgin Channels 419 and 420.

=== February 2014 ===
No News...

=== March 2014 ===
6th. Local TV broadcaster London Live hope to launch on Virgin Channel 159 today.

=== April 2014 ===
No News...

=== May 2014 ===
No News...

=== June 2014 ===
No News...

=== July 2014 ===
No News...

=== August 2014 ===
No News...

=== September 2014 ===
No News...

=== October 2014 ===
No News...

=== November 2014 ===
No News...

=== December 2014 ===
No News...

=== Not Confirmed as coming ===
-(UPDATED September 13th) Broadcastnow is reporting that Virgin Media are in new talks with Sky to carry 'Sky Atlantic SD' plus more.
-Made in Leeds will launch on Virgin Media.

=== Unknown dates ===
-The BBC will launch an BBC One +1 Channel.
-FOX+ will launch soon on Virgin Channel 199.
-News 18 will also launch soon on Virgin Media.
-Local TV may launch on Virgin TV in some areas on Virgin Channel 159 (Starting in Late 2013).
-The BBC to axe BBC Radio 4 LW on Virgin Channel 911 ''in the long term''.
-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.
-Smooth fm (Smooth Radio) may get close or rebranded on Virgin Channel 916.

=== Channels ONLY in UPC Ireland areas ===
List last updated on October 1st 2013.

ONLY TV CHANNELS THAT ONLY BROADCAST IN THE UK WILL APPEAR ON THIS PART OF THE LIST OF MISSING CHANNELS NOT BROADCASTING IN VIRGIN MEDIA AREAS RIGHT NOW BUT IS BROADCASTING ON UPC IRELAND:

Documentaries:
-History HD
-Nat Geo Wild HD
-CI HD

News:
-Sky News HD

Movies:
-MGM HD

Sports:
-Sky Sports News HD

Lifestyle:
-Fashion TV

Kids:
-Disney Channel HD

Music:
-MTV Classic

Specialist:
-EWTN

Radio:
-UCB Ireland

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

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

==== Virgin Media's Deals with broadcasters ===
This part has now move to link called 'Own by'.

==== See you later ===
List last updated on October 28th 2013.

Next update: November 1st - unless:

A) If Virgin are set to launch more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) on Virgin TV.
B) If Virgin are set to move more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) about on Virgin TV.
C) If Virgin are set to close or repackage more then TWO channels (TV or Radio ) on Virgin TV.

Did I miss anything??? If I did tell me and it will appear on the next update.

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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

self inflicted then :D:D

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Are no channel launches to-night boooo :cry: maybe Thursday

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These channels keep being bought and renamed every few years! I wonder if this impending sale had anything to do with the CBS channels being placed into M TV until at least 31 December 2013?

It's not fictional drama if these are real experiences by real people. I do expect Satellite reception to be hit by bad weather first and I'm sure they will have the highest number of complaints regarding this.

Typical VM, for a communications comany their attempts to communicate with customers are either non existent or laughable.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

No news is good news.

Yesterday when I was buying an copy of Mail on Sunday it was:

Raining, Sunny, Winds (breezy) and I also saw an Rainbow.

Here we go again - oh will someone other than Sky got it.

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At time of posting no channels are set to launch this week - MB HQ has not been updated since last Thursday.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Media boy when does the DNP you have ended so we can know.

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Will reveal more when I can.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

If Premier Sports is free to the end of the year, l won't pay for it after that as l think most of the football now is on BT Sports.

I don't think there is any football on PS. I may be wrong.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Some preseason Celtic games.
South America football.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

There is Brazilian and Argentinian football on PS Arthur.

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Oh goody goody.;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Confirmed: Lifetime to launch at 8pm on November 4th.

TV Anywhere has confirm that Lifetime will launch at 8pm on Virgin Channel 242 from next Monday (November 4th).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Not coming soon but out now Smartcall on googleplay and itunes people enjoy but registering not yet enabled tut

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

excellent :)

i always get excited monday and wednesday nights as i never know what i could wake up to the next day. its a bit like christmas eve. i usually admittedly end up disappointed but still...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

That wouldn't really make sense for the joint venture with CBS.

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Except on this thread. :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Thanks for the heads up - downloaded and installed. Will come in handy !

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Edit ... you need to register for this, and when you get to the page it's ...... coming soon !!!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

I did say reging not yet enabled.....website needs to reflect that.

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Think you edited the post after downloading. That'll teach me !

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

This smartcall service is this to use your virgin media landline "minutes" on a mobile instead via the use of an app???

I never use my minutes on my mobile anyway so i doubt i'll ever need this. suppose it would come in very handy for people without any minutes on pay as you go???

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

or for people like me who are abroad a lot

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ooh i hadnt thought of that. so you could use your virgin media minutes abroad via wifi? that'd make a huge change to your phone bill!

thats actually very good to know for holidays!

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Yes, my understanding is that so long as you can get wi-fi (which is pretty widespread now), then calls are for the making !

An excellent idea that will save me a fortune calling the missus !

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

haha yes absolutely. well done you've made me change my mind on this and now strongly approve!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

Say someone on landline and you want to ring a 0800 number you use the smartcall app and wont be charged.

Or say landline in use by family and want to ring a number u can use smartcall to do so and comes out of ur landline allowances not.mobile specially abroad its like taking ur landline abroad.

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This explains smartcall http://vimeo.com/m/67218929

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: :banghead:

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Lost TV phone and broadband this morning
Back up and running mid-morning