Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

They should just have a Sky Reality channel and put all the crap on there.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I've had V6 boxes for 2 1/2 years and have been asking that question from day 1.

When sold Virgin, I was told by the rep that a bigger disk (2Tb or 4Tb) would be 'coming soon' - still waiting!

If you think HD fills the disk try recording programs in UHD.

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How do you do that?

Have used the current channel re-wind several times - very useful.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

TV and sattelite weekly is a much better guide imo.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Bollywood music channel MTV Beats (channel 841) closes next Monday at 6am

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

You press Info (i) button when the screen shows nothing but the channel. On the left side of the info box that appears there are 5 option icons. Each time you press down arrow it changes the selected option and the contents in the main part of the box. The bottom option is the tuners, the icon looks like 3 stacked dishes.

Press down arrow button until you highlight the bottom option for the tuners. It will then display the channels and current programme name for the the 5 tuners you aren't watching. Press right arrow to highlight top tuner, press down from there to select the other 4 tuners. Once you have decided when tuner you want to change press OK button. The screen will now show that channel.

Change channel as per normal by typing channel number. Then repeat this process for every tuner you want to set. You then go on watching whatever one of the 6 tuners you feel like, knowing that you can go to any of the 6 channels and rewind them if you want to.

Unless a recording kicks in. If the recording isn't from one of channels the tuner is on the box will select one of the 5 you aren't watching to use for the recording, and you can be sure which one. And if you put the box into standby it loses the buffer, though it will awake in the same channels unless the box has been rebooted for any reason, in which case it shows VM previews on them. So this isn't foolproof, but it can be handy.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Brilliant, keep them coming!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Never have l seen someone so happy at channels closing..:D:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Is this just on VM, or on Sky as well?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I have just checked and it includes Sky as well

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Virgin Media statement from the Community Forum News Release
https://community.virginmedia.com/t5...r/ba-p/4070894

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

TV & Satellite Week has confirm that from October 1st: E! HD moves to 139. E! moves to 140 and Sky Two moves to 160. We can confirm that SKY ONE/HD AND SKY WITNESS/HD will NOT move as reported by MB HQ yesterday.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Well they are a bit slow with their messaging on the screen as there has been nothing shown on our screens.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I've recorded the whole season of The Rook in UHD and it didn't seem to take up too much space. I'm hovering around the 40-50% mark with that included.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

DBR is reporting that Home & Health +1 will soon move to Channel 284

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http://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.ph...&sec=0&lang=en

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What Discovery channels are Virgin Media missing out on?

Discovery Turbo +1 - to launch on Channel 286?
Food Network +1 - to launch on Channel 296?
HGTV (Channel coming soon)
HGTV +1 (Channel coming soon)
Quest Red +1 - to launch on Channel 232?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Good spot re: Home And Health+1. I rarely notice that part on DBR. That's the number the main H&H channel is on, so that must be moving up. I'd imagine they are finally filling in that gap between Discovery and Animal Planet. Maybe they are demoting the +1s and promoting the main channels they own which are further down?

Is there a Turbo+1? If it doesn't exist I wouldn't be surprised if they axed Shed to create it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Right now:

281. Home
282. Home +1
284. Home & Health
285. Home & Health +1
286. Discovery Shed
287. God Channel
291. Food Network
292. Travel Channel

Soon?
281. Home
282. Home +1
283. Home & Health
284. Home & Health +1
285. Discovery Shed
286. Discovery Turbo (Moves from Channel 261)
287. Discovery Turbo +1
288. Food Network
289. Food Network +1
290. Travel Channel
292. God Channel

"Soon?" mean that may happen - that what Media Boy HQ is working with.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I'd see Food Network moving higher, similar to what happened to Sky.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Maybe it will but it only been confirmed that Home and Health +1 is set to move. Outwith the HD Channels being moved.

Discovery has got the following brands in the Factual & Lifestyle:

-Discovery HD
-Animal Planet
-Discovery Science
-Discovery Turbo
-Discovery History
-Home
-Home & Health
-Discovery Shed
-Food Network
-Travel Channel

But on Sky the Discovery brands are as followed:
-Discovery Channel
-Food Network
-Home
-Discovery Turbo
-Animal Planet
-Discovery Science
-Discovery Home & Health
-Travel Channel
-Discovery Shed

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Given 253, 254 and 255 have been empty for a while and there will be even more gaps in 250s when the HD switches/SD closures occur, as I was suggesting earlier I'd say there is a decent chance main versions of Discovery-owned channels Home, Food Network, Home & Health, Shed and the like further down would jump much further up, leaving the +1s all moved to fill the 280s.

The Sky/Comcast number changes coming up have demoted the +1s, so it's more likely now that this could happen than before these Sky/Comcast changes were known.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Media Boy HQ has been thinking about your view @Aguero9320 we now think you are maybe on to something:

If Discovery want Virgin Media to copy the way their brand is on Sky their CAN ask Virgin Media do to the following:

250 - Discovery Channel HD
251 - Discovery +1
252 - Food Network
253 - Food Network +1
254 - Home
255 - Home +1
256 - Discovery Turbo
257 - Discovery Turbo +1
258 - Animal Planet HD
259 - Animal Planet +1
260 - Discovery Science
261 - Discovery Science +1
281 - Discovery History
282 - Discovery History +1
283 - Discovery Home & Health
284 - Discovery Home & Health +1
285 - Travel Channel
291 - Discovery Shed

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Look like an late night at Media Boy HQ tonight.....

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We did not see your post before posted our new one.

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Virgin Media may move Discovery channels over so many weeks:

Tonight:
167 - TLC SD Channel closes on Virgin Media.*
168 - TLC HD Channel moves to Channel 167.*
172 - Quest SD Channel closes on Virgin Media.
217 - Quest HD Channel moves to Channel 172.
250 - Discovery SD Channel closes on Virgin Media.
251 - Discovery HD Channel moves to Channel 250.
256 - Animal Planet SD Channel closes on Virgin Media.
257 - Animal Planet HD Channel moves to Channel 256.
283 - Discovery Home & Health
284 - Discovery Home & Health +1
523 - Eurosport 1 SD Channel closes on Virgin Media.
524 - Eurosport 2 SD Channel closes on Virgin Media.

Next Week?
251 - Discovery +1
252 - Food Network
253 - Food Network +1
254 - Home
255 - Home +1
256 - Discovery Turbo
257 - Discovery Turbo +1
258 - Animal Planet HD
259 - Animal Planet +1
260 - Discovery Science
261 - Discovery Science +1

October 9th?
281 - Discovery History
282 - Discovery History +1
285 - Travel Channel
291 - Discovery Shed

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

JJ20X on ForumBox has found the information screens for the channel number changes. https://www.forumbox.co.uk/forum/thr...ork/?pageNo=12

Though they've clearly made a mistake, as there's a Good Food logo instead of a Food Network one, and Animal Planet HD is mentioned twice on two different numbers, so I've corrected channel name below, and I assumed the lower Animal Planet HD was the correct one.

Food Network 278
Home 279
Home & Health 280
Discovery Shed 281
Travel Channel 282
Home +1 283
Home & Health +1 284

Discovery HD 250
Animal Planet HD 251
Discovery Science 252
Discovery Turbo 256
Discovery History 257
Discovery +1 258
Animal Planet +1 259
Discovery History +1 261

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Sorry I kept having to edit that, I kept seeing typos.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Discovery Science +1 is not listed. Maybe Virgin will use Channel 260 for it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

One little side show that's not been mentioned, is the slight devaluation in Full-House/XL with HD channels being dropped down to lower packages.

But I guess the new TV strategy is for genre-based bundles containing all the channels, than the "bit of everything" as in the past.

There are times it's good to have the choice of an SD channel (being away from home for weeks at a time etc), but on the whole this is an extremely welcome move.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

MB, it's already on 260. I only listed changes.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

We just seen that on TiVo.

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We see that new look has left room for more Discovery Channels to launch so maybe Discovery Turbo +1 and Food Network +1 will appear at an later date with Quest Red +1.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

LIVE UPDATES:

1.50AM: It started TLC SD, Quest SD, Discovery Channel SD and Eurosport 1 SD has been removed from EPG.

2.07AM: This time - TLC HD, Quest HD, Discovery Channel HD, Animal Planet HD has all moved to their new homes plus Eurosport 2 SD has been removed from EPG.

2.20AM: Media Boy HQ feels that it for tonight all of the rest of rumoured Discovery channels being moved will happen next Tuesday (October 1st).

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More Discovery Channels set to move on Tuesday (October 1st)

-Quest Red moves to Channel 170.
-Discovery History moves to Channel 257.
-Discovery History +1 moves to Channel 261.

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Media Boy HQ thinks the following may happen as well on Tuesday:

Virgin Media UK may move ID from Virgin UK Channel 170 to Virgin UK Channel 168.
-Virgin Media UK may move Quest HD from Virgin UK Channel 172 to Virgin UK Channel 169.
-Virgin Media UK may move DMAX from Virgin UK Channel 213 to Virgin UK Channel 171.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Eurosport 1 now on 523
Eurosport 2 now on 524

Channel IDs error


Surely that should read 521 and 522

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

​I just looked, and all the HD moves have been made on the EPG successfully. It makes sense they didn't do all the other moves as they would be confusing doing all at once, plus some would have been former HD postions where they need to put a channel move slate.

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The logic of the moves seems to be, once finished, that in each of the categories, Entertainment, Factual, Lifestyle the order is HD channels top, then the channels in that category ordered by their main channels ratings, then repeat that order for any +1s available.

I compared the order with the August TV ratings (on BARB website) and it's pretty much going to reflect them within each category.

The channel moves have obviously been within the channel numbers that the broadcaster is already allocated, presumably so they don't offend the other broadcasters.

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I looked closer and all the HD channels that swapped are running on both their new numbers and their old numbers.

I'd bet that's because they were alerted to the errors on the channel information slates that were spotted last night, but it was too late to fix them in time.

Only the Eurosport changes have went completely successfully, probably partially because the HD versions were in the better EPG positions already.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The Sky & NBC channel number info slates have appeared listing the changes from October 1st

Others have been previously mentioned by Media Boy and others on this thread.

Sky News & Sky News HD will swap from 602-603 and vice versa

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I also wonder if we will maybe finally see
Sky Sports Racing HD

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The other obvious missing Sky/Comcast one is CNBC HD. If that happens it's likely to be a straight swap out. News/business channels tend to close their SD versions e.g. Bloomberg, NHK, France24 (both French & English versions).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Outwith the Sky & NBC channel number info slates appearing.

More channels from Discovery has been confirmed by slates as also moving on Tuesday:

ID moves to Channel 168.
Quest HD moves to Channel 169.
Quest Red moves to Channel 170.
DMAX moves to Channel 171.
Animal Planet HD moves to Channel 251.
Discovery Science moves to Channel 252.
Discovery Turbo moves to Channel 256.
Discovery History moves to Channel 257.
Discovery History +1 moves to Channel 261.
Food Network moves to Channel 278.
Home moves to Channel 279.
Discovery Home & Health moves to Channel 280.
Discovery Shed moves to Channel 281.
Travel Channel moves to Channel 282.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

MB, I've not seen the info slates for Sky/Comcast changes, are they on DBR? Or has someone posted them on another forum?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

No info slates yet, but the changes are in next week's tv mags as already mentioned here and elsewhere.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I'd already seen the posts regarding the info obtained by TV Listings magazines, I was wondering if someone had found the information slates and posted elsewhere.

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I've found what I think is that answer. It's the differing usage of certain terminology.

The term in this case beign "information slate".

To me an "information slate", in digital cable TV context, is a full screen static image that replaces the broadcast channel.

However others are using it for the on-screen information that you press Clear to remove.

I would call those latter things pop-up overlays.

I came to the conclusion of the differing usage as I went to 602 and saw a pop-up overlay telling me Sky News (SD) would be moving to 603, and concluded this was what others were seeing but calling a different name.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

All these changes,I can hardly contain myself

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

JJ20X on Forumbox is reporting Sky Crime is showing up on Tsid:33.

I looked at DigitalBitRate just now and can confirm this.
http://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.ph...&sec=0&lang=en

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Blimey. Didn't even see that myself. I must pay more attention...;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Thanks for the detailed explanation - could be very useful in the future.

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UHD broadcasts of football on BT take between 4 and 5 times the disk space compared to the equivalent HD version.

Maybe sport in UHD takes more space or maybe BT UHD is a better quality.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

YourTV (channel 218) to cease broadcasting from tomorrow.

https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/09/your...adcasting.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

So where exactly is Sky Crime going to be? What about the other channel changes?
Link

The channel guide included in the link is going to be out of date in a few days time.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Thanks for that nomadking.

Virgin Media must have come to a new agreement with Viacom if they are moving so many of their channels.

Mix and Fun are slowly turning into XL/oldFullHouse (and I mean XL, not Maxit, because of they have Pay kids channels).

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I've noticed that Fun already had 3 of those 5 MTV channels mentioned, so VM worded that poorly.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I don't tend to record the football as I always manage to stumble across the score lol, but I do record the F1. Be interesting to see if Sky UHD takes up more/less space than BT UHD.

The picture quality on BT UHD is very good though, lovely and clear.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It will not appear on the EPG until 1 October.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Following YourTV’s disappearance and Disney’s acquisition of Fox, does anyone think a new carriage deal with Disney could be on the cards?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I wasn't expecting the name to, given the circumstances. The schedule is available though, just scroll through the Real Lives one.

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Not unless either the old Disney or old Fox deal was due to expire soon. The closure was one all platforms, it won't come into it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Ah, well spotted!

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It will be interesting to see how Disney + impacts on carriage deals as they expire.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

My TV hasn't disappeared it's still in the living room😂

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It's all fake news - ask Donald :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Just come up on the V6 section at the top of the menus.
As of Oct 1st

Universal moves channel 122
Sky Arts moves to 123
SYFY moves to 138
E! moves to 140
Discovery HD moves to 250(already there)
with more changes to be announced on the day
Eg What's happening to Pick on 123, Sky Witness+1 on 140, SYFY+1 on 136?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Media Boy found the answers in TV Listings magazines and posted it earlier in this thread. The post is here https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...postcount=1893

The Sky1/Sky Witness numbers will remain the same though.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Why so much movement?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Is Magic Radio (Channel 928) and Kiss FM (Channel 963) both set to close on Virgin Media UK on October 1st?

TiVo EPG Listings for both channels are saying on 'To Be Announced' from that date.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Channels are NOT closing after all - EPG has been updated until next weekend.

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More Discovery new homes from Tomorrow confirmed:

Virgin Media UK to move TLC +1 from Virgin UK Channel 169 to Virgin UK Channel 172.
Virgin Media UK to move I.D. +1 from Virgin UK Channel 171 to Virgin UK Channel 173.
Virgin Media UK to move Quest +1 from Virgin UK Channel 173 to Virgin UK Channel 213.

Sources: TiVo.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Crikey do the channel changes never end..

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Both Discovery and Sky are moving their +1s below their main channels from tomorrow, within their existing channel numbers and their respective categories i.e. the Discovery-owned channel moves are to numbers Discovery-owned channels are already on currently, and Sky to Sky allocated numbers.

The trend for having the +1 directly below the main version is clearly at an end.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Move Day Moves full list info NOW on my blog:

https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/20...n-tonight.html

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With some MTV Channels set to move packages tomorrow do anyone think Viacom Channels be next to move to new EPG Channel numbers?

Will we get the missing Discovery channels later this year?

Also Digital Bit Rate is reporting the old SID for Good Food +1 EPG as saying "Channel off air". (New Channel set to launch?)

http://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.ph...&sec=0&lang=en

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I was wondering the same re: MTV channels. Plus MTV Classic is missing from VM I think, so maybe that added, and C5 and Paramount swapping out for their HD versions as there are no advertising regions to deal with, and they are on the same package tiers anyway.

If the Discovery strategy is followed again the HD swaps will happen first.

I think there is at least one Nick channel in HD missing too, so maybe that is a possible arrival too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

All the following Viacom is not broadcasting on Virgin Media UK right now.

Nick Jr. HD
Nick Jr. +1
Comedy Central Extra +1
5Spike +1
MTV CLASSIC (Broadcasts in Virgin Media Ireland areas right now).
MTV MUSIC +1
MTV +1

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I could see them along with remaining Discovery and Sky/Comcast (bar Atlantic) channels launching, along with HD swaps, before the end of January 2020.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

RXTV on Twitter is reporting that AMC is to be removed from Sky later this week.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

If that is the case the channel is obviously either getting very small audiences or there is a carriage dispute.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The real name for channel is AMC from BT so it look like from the outside looking in it will be very small audiences.

Unknown what will happen on BT TV to AMC.

https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/09/furt...on-on-sky.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Virgin have never had the AMC channel and you can see why if its getting minute audiences on Sky.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It really is a poor channel tbf i think it's on it's way out.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Or the imminent death of linear television. It’s gone to telly heaven with BSB, 3D and the ITV Digital monkey. :angel:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

All 3 mutated into other entities. One merged with Sky, 3D is making a bit of return with phone apps and VR headsets, and the ITV Digital monkey became a tea brand mascot. :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It happened:

121. Universal TV HD
122. Universal TV
123. Sky Arts
135. Sky Crime HD (NEW)
136. Sky Crime (NEW)
137. SYFY HD
138. SYFY
139. E! HD
140. E!
156. Sky Arts HD
160. Sky Two
164. Challenge
165. Pick
168. ID
169. Quest HD
170. Quest Red
171. DMAX
172. TLC +1
173. ID +1
180. Sky Witness +1
206. Sky Arts HD
207. Sky Crime (NEW)
213. Quest +1
214. DMAX +1
251. Animal Planet HD
252. Discovery Science
256. Discovery Turbo
257. Discovery History
258. Discovery Channel +1
259. Animal Planet +1
260. Discovery Science +1
261. Discovery History +1
278. Food Network
279. Home
280. Discovery Home and Health
281. Discovery Shed
282. Travel Channel
283. Home +1
284. Discovery Home and Health +1
602. Sky News HD
603. Sky News

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

207 is a +1.

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I've been looking through my house's Favourites, and, as I suspected, the renumbering has make very little difference. Since we moved from Tivo to a V6, a while back now, roughly coincided with us pruning the +1s away so today's changes only made minor difference. Mostly it has grouped genres into logically similar genre groupings a little better, mostly in the Discovery part of the lifestyle category.

So although it looks big and complicated, today did very little. Though it needed done in my opinion.

I think the HD swaps from last week will change our viewing habits more as we didn't watch too much Discovery (250) or Animal Planet and previously waited for Discovery shows to appear on Quest HD. Certain channel's programming benefits more from HD than others. Not that that stops us watching SD, even genres that benefit from it, as likes of LoveNature SD gets regular viewing.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Did you know: Licensee for Really and Home is now called Lifestyle Newco Limited.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

There is a little bit of info on them from Companies House.

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/c...filing-history

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

We see that Virgin Media UK have started to reuse the Good Food +1 old SID it shown as Good Food +1 but the EPG has been saying since 4pm yesterday "Channel Off Air"

http://digitalbitrate.com/dtv.php?br...&sec=0&lang=en

That all we know at post of posting.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Same building as Discovery Networks International Holdings Limited in Chiswick, London with one common company director.

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06299508

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Thanks for that.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

As we reported yesterday Television X has joined MPEG4 now we know why.

Television X HD has been axe on Sky.

Source: RXTV on Twitter.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

That'll excite a few.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Lifetime and Blaze are to be swapped on Sky EPG. Possible this may happen on VM.

Source : RXTVLog on Twitter.

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There's a related story on their website now.
https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/10/blaz...ky-places.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Any updates on the Virgin Media-Viacom debacle yet?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

None..

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Well 5 MTV channels got moved down onto Mix tier and 2 to Fun tier on the 1st October when all the number changes happened.

I don't think that sort of action could have been done without some agreement being made. It's just not been made public.

Most agreements don't get made public unless they can't come to an agreement. It's usually just the Sky renewal that regularly gets announced.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Weird to have the SD and HD versions of Sky Arts so far apart given that they have tried to partner up the SD and HD variants of the other Sky channels. It would of been better to have:

109. Sky One HD
110. Sky One
111. Sky Witness HD
112. Sky Witness

121. Sky Crime HD
122. Sky Crime
123. Pick

135. Universal TV HD
136. Universal TV
137. SYFY HD
138. SYFY
139. E! HD
140. E!

156. Challenge

160. Sky Two

164. Sky Arts HD
165. Sky Arts

180. Sky One +1 (instead of Challenge +1)

206. Sky Witness +1
207. Sky Crime +1

229. Universal TV +1
230. SYFY +1

602. Sky News HD
603. Sky News

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I suspect Arts remains high in the guide is because they want Sky branded channels to remain prominent. And it's a bit of a prestige channel, they want to be seen "Supporting the Arts".

Given Sky Crime is new they won't know for sure how popular it will be so they aren't going to give it too good a slot. Especially as other true crime genre channels have had mixed fortunes.

Sky Two is supposedly the channel that Sky Comedy will be replacing early next year, so they probably decided to have it the lowest of their Pay channels (not including +1s). All their Pay channels got moved above their Free To Air channels despite Challenge and Pick being their 3rd and top rated entertainment channels respectively (Sky1 is 2nd and Witness is 4th). I'm using the August BARB ratings for that, they probably fluctuate positions a bit.

Sky Arts is now much closer to its HD channel than it was, the HD channel moved up about 50 numbers. And those who have the HD version in their package can always use the "Press Blue To Watch In HD".

If Sky Crime is a flop I can see Sky Comedy being switched into that slot. There aren't any Weekly ratings for Sky Crime on the BARB website at the time I type this.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Yet still no MTV Classic on Virgin Media in the UK.

VH1 still hasn't been moved to the Entertainment genre either.

Paramount Network continues in SD on 188 when every customer can view Paramount Network HD on 187.

The relationship between Viacom and Virgin Media is a strange one.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

There was a delay between the Sky deal being announced and any obvious change too. The EPG changes they put on hold until Sky Crime was due to launch.

We don't know when the Discovery changes were agreed. Quest was in a similar position to Paramount regards HD version being available to all.

Only Sky agreements seem to get press releases every time they are agreed/renewed.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Base on Discovery moves this past week we feel if Viacom have ask Virgin Media to move their channels it may move as followed:

105. Channel 5 HD
132. Comedy Central HD
133. Comedy Central Extra
134. MTV HD
150. Channel 5 +1
151. 5 USA
152. 5STAR
153. 5SELECT
154. 5Spike
155. Paramount Network HD
181. VH1
182. BET
183. Comedy Central +1
184. Comedy Central Extra +1
185. MTV +1
186. 5 USA +1
187. 5STAR +1
188. 5Spike +1

310. MTV MUSIC
311. MTV MUSIC +1
312. MTV HITS
313. MTV BASE
314. Club MTV
315. MTV ROCKS
316. MTV Live HD
317. MTV CLASSIC
318. MTV OMG

712. Nickelodeon HD
713. Nick +1
714. Nick Jr. HD
715. Nick Jr. +1
716. Nick Jr Too
717. Nicktoons

855. Channel 5 AD

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Certainly plausible given the recent changes by other broadcasters. I think it will be somewhere between what happened with Sky and what happened with Discovery. Mainly because the talks obviously didn't go particularly well because that Viacom website surfaced.

I think Channel 5 and Paramount will go HD-only, as the HD versions are available on the same packs as the SD ones, but the others will be HD/SD with a demotion of +1s like Sky. Also like Sky, I don't think any of the missing channels will arrive, so no missing +1s or MTV Classic.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Forum Box says an previously flagged as "Movies" has been change to "Lifestyle".

The only Lifestyle Channels we are missing is Discovery Turbo +1 or Food Network +1.

Early signs of new channels launches?

https://www.forumbox.co.uk/forum/thr...ork/?pageNo=15 (See post #428)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I think you misunderstood MB, JJ20X was talking about channel information slates, ones used to say a channel has moved. Quite a few have moved recently. The slates need to appear in the correct EPG categories in the places vacated by the old channels, which is what JJ20X said.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Maybe so - just thinking out loud.

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We still can't work out why Discovery did NOT ask Virgin to move Really to use the slot for TLC HD or Quest HD! Unless UKTV own the Channel number.

Also WWE fans - WWE Hell in the Cell will tonight cost up to £15.95.

SD - £14.95
HD - £15.95.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It probably would’ve happened if the Viacom website hadn’t gone public like cheekyangus said, but only time will tell.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Actually I was suggesting VM would've wanted what MB was suggesting, and Viacom didn't.

I think some broadcasters don't want the HD replacing the SD as they want two fees by being in two packages. This reasoning might be why Sky didn't do it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Or £9.99p/m via wwe network. No brainer really for WWE fans.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Virgin Media and Viacom announce new carriage deal!

https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/10/virg...e-new.html?m=1

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Yes, good news indeed. Quite a bit of extra content as well. Further information on the deal is here:

https://advanced-television.com/2019...t-partnership/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Just as one thought behind closed doors they were always going to come to a amicable agreement sooner rather then later.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Here's the VM press release re: Viacom.
https://www.virginmedia.com/corporat...year-agreement

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Re: The 3rd Party "channels" via My5. Given several of these, and their catch-up content, are already available via VM I'm surprised VM are mentioning these. Surely they come under separate deals for those channels already.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Things are changing, CA. VM is to be the 'super aggregator' of content, so there are bound to be some duplications.

As an example, if you search on Amazon, you will see coming up shows on Netflix as well. This is what people want - everything in one place.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I understand that. I'm just wondering how willing the different broadcasters are to it.

For example, Virgin Media still provides the catch-up for ITV2/3/4/Be/CITV in Scotland.

In theory ITV could make a Scotland specific Hub app for these, and STV could reciprocate and have a rUK version of their Player app so rUK could get their other content e.g. Hopster.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The addition of the My5 app is very welcome with Virgin Media customers gaining access to new content from a selection of providers, as well as the full Catch Up range for the first time.

No mention of MTV Classic, but fingers crossed it will be added.

In terms of major Catch Up apps, now all we need is All4.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

As I said above, Scotland doesn't have ITV Hub, so the ITV spin-off channel's content may not be fully represented. I've no idea if the content VM hosts on their catch-up systems here is exactly the same as the app.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The STV Player would be more appropriate for Scotland.

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It would be good if they could add ITV Hub+ as well.