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Shows how much people care about the mainly pointless non stories posted. It's a heck of a lot to wade through to get the odd nugget:)

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Like rummaging the bargain bin in woolies :)

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It's a laptop. But my point is that as long as you sit close enough (about 2 feet in my case), you can benefit from UHD resolution even on a small screen.

I do like a small font. People often look over my shoulder and ask "How can you read that?" ;)

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It was added to customer networks on Dec 10th with "Full House" subscription codes. It is only a subs tier label so, whatever it turns out to be for, it is good to go.

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It does seem to tie in nicely with the removal of ITV box sets from on demand.

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Thanks for the reminder MB! I've pm'd you now! I do enjoy this yearly awards but it does scare me how quick the years are flying!!

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Apparently subs codes for "Player" and above have now been added, so the Virgin TV Ultra HD channel should now be available to anyone with a V6 or 360 box. Better late than never. :D

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Working on a V6 with Mixit this morning, although obviously nothing on till later.

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Guess you will have the "casting " vote :D

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More than one has voted so far.

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Thanks again to anyone who HAS voted so far.

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YOU have until Christmas Eve at 23:59 to Vote.

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But it could still be :D have you reached double figures yet ?

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Rumour: Is ViacomCBS set to rebrand Paramount Network as 5Action???

A poster over on DS Forum has started a thread called 5Action, is it coming to Freeview? but I have been working to see if I can find anything on the web to back this rumour up with no luck.

A other poster think ViacomCBS are maybe thinking about axing the Paramount Network brand ahead of Paramount + launch in 2022.

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discus...reeview#latest

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Is that really a three question mark question???

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The logic of it being Paramount Network is the most likely, in my opinion The only other remote possibility is that the CBS channels are rebranding (again), CBS Justice used to be CBS Action. But those are a joint-venture, and the Paramount idea makes more sense to me.

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From reliable source for Ch5 info says Paramount Network will be rebranded as 5Action in January.
https://forums.digitalspy.com/discus...ment_100163197

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Thanks for link.

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Guess not

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I thought paramount were going to launch their streaming service over in the UK? Be a bit foolish wouldnt it to change the name of their linear channel unless thats the whole point

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Now confirmed as happening on 19th of January
https://imgur.com/KhQVgUq

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https://imgur.com/KhQVgUq Although imgur isn't most reliable but i'd say it's 90% happening.

Edit Timelord beat me to it lol.

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That's the whole point. They can't have a Paramount TV channel pumping out repeats of Police Interceptors and Traffic Cops, Sewermen and westerns, when they are in the midst of launching Paramount+ as a premium OTT service. 5Spike should never have been rebranded to Paramount Network in the first place.

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If I was working for ViacomCBS I would have pick January 26th to "launch" 5Action as 5Action channel number on Freeview is set to move up by one as part of a January 26th Freeview changes to make room for BBC THREE.:dunce:

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A first qtr change in 2022 for a viacom channel has been in place since May last year we just didn't know which channel.
In honestly a lot of specualation at work thought it was going to being 5STAR that was changing.

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I do not reveal figures on how many voted.

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Why? It's not the most secret thing in the world :D

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Embrassment. :D clearly I feel it has not reached double digits. Come folks have YOU voted. I haven't :angel:

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If they did that they'd likely get inundated (well, more than usual) with complaints wondering where Paramount went because the channel number change occurred simultaneously, no matter how much on-air promotion about the change they did prior. Sometimes doing two changes at the same time is a bad idea, not everyone understands changes and they just lash out and get angry. The 5Select transmission change on Freeview was just one change rather than two and didn't go down well with some, I read a fair few posts along the lines of "my dad loves the channel, what's happened?" in that instance.

Back to topic, well closer, will the HD version survive in the long run?

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Ah the season of good will is present with you isnt it.

I think you've made about 4 posts now trying to attack someone who has done a nice little end of year award competition which has no bearing on you whatsoever if you dont want to get involved. For all the things in life currently you can get worked up and passionate about i dont think this is it. For someone who claims "Do I care what you think" you seem to really care about the end of year media boy awards which others may enjoy (i do)

Why bother typing on your phone or keyboard something which is just a bit nasty? Like what does it accomplish. Short answer nothing. So leave us to the things we like and you can just carry on with what you like :) I like you Itshim but these last few posts have just been rather nasty to be honest and i didnt expect that.

Now i'm going to post my hopes for 2022 for virgin media:

1) Disney plus
2) New software launching on the tivo v6 (blooming heck what happened to that)
3) UHD sky channels for those with UHD tvs (unlike me!)
4) Sky sports getting la liga back (this would involve premier sports liquidating i know...)
5) Fox news to launch a linear channel so i can laugh at them (yes ive been asking this for several years now and due to the fact theyve gone off sky its very unlikely but maybe theyll try and seize it the gap left by CNN
6) Some bizarre messaging app on tivo so you can see what other people are watching and message them (yeah this is an odd one)
7) Discounts and bonuses for virgin mobile customers like you get on virgin media/o2

Merry christmas all btw! I'm working the next two days but i've smashed my work tasks in by staying up late the last couple of nights so i'm just going to coast the next two days...

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1) Disney plus - watch this space (not literally lol)
2) New software launching on the tivo v6 (blooming heck what happened to that) - no idea
3) UHD sky channels for those with UHD tvs (unlike me!) - in progress
4) Sky sports getting la liga back (this would involve premier sports liquidating i know...) - no chance as la liga tv has it
5) Fox news to launch a linear channel so i can laugh at them (yes ive been asking this for several years now and due to the fact theyve gone off sky its very unlikely but maybe theyll try and seize it the gap left by CNN - nope as foxnews is going streaming only
6) Some bizarre messaging app on tivo so you can see what other people are watching and message them (yeah this is an odd one) - nice idea.
7) Discounts and bonuses for virgin mobile customers like you get on virgin media/o2 - this is VM we're talking about

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We seem to have been 'watching this space' for Disney+ all year! We were led to believe it would appear in 2021 but I think that's unlikely now.

Unless, of course, it appears on Christmas Day with Discovery+ as a nice pressie from VM, ha ha.

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Welcome back, OLD BOY.

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We had that for over 2 years - it was called Oomph.

There are still discounts available within Virgin Mobile for having multiple plans - https://www.virginmedia.com/mobile/family-plan-benefits

And Virgin Mobile customers still the included social messaging that O2 customers don't

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2) They never said they were going to automatically update everyone on Tivo V6, updating to TV360 wipes recordings and features, massively bad PR move. You can choose to upgrade though.
3) Sky don't have full-time UHD channels themselves on their own Satellite, just Red Button. That said, VM don't even have that.
4) Premier Sports don't need to go belly up for Sky to get La Liga, sports contracts move broadcasters all the time.
6) There used to be a UK App Service that worked on tablets/mobiles where it would match you with people watching what you were watching so you chat with everyone else. It was for all TV platforms.

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la liga UK rights are up in a summer of 2022 - Source Wikipedia.

Also is Fox News set to launch (in all but name) with a launch of Talk TV in early 2022.

https://rxtvinfo.com/2021/murdochs-n...talktv-channel

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Never say Never - Sky Sports News HD and Sky News HD did launch on New Years day 2015 due to a deal signs in summer of 2014.

https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/20...nels.html#more

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It was a simple question ,that he is unable/ unwilling to state how many vote is a reflection on the validity of the result . I am glad you enjoy it and all the thousands of others that do. Personally I find the whole exercise very sad exercise in self promotion. But enjoy :D nugget found !!!! Fox news possibly coming.

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Discovery+ on Sky is been given away for free again for another 12 months so doesn't look like it's doing well, I wouldn't subscribe but it is available on the Amazon Prime Video channels.

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Sky don't have full time UHD channels on red button or EPG. The red button UHD is around five or so sport events each week. VM have two UHD channels in the EPG which is two more than Sky have in their SkyQ EPG.

Most Sky Sports UHD is in HDR and there is a selection of movies which have HDR too.

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Ha yes talk tv is pretty much going to be fox news. I'd still like fox news mind as its comedy gold how its allowed to air haha

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You should try BBC breakfast if you want joke tv:rolleyes:

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Joke TV - Are you on about Good Morning Britain and win cars and money (ITV Daytime).

Note to ITV stop giving away cars and money and try making some good programmes

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If I could be bothered I'd vote for you, think your critique deserves to win :D

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and my prediction is that nothing at all will launch for TV-only customers who have the Tivo boxes, with everything new heck for customers who have VM's internet service.

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Can any one tell me if your local TV Channel is on Channel 159?

I know Liverpool TV is broadcasting in Liverpool.

159. London Live (In Bromley, Croydon, Haringey, Hayes, Hersham, Lewisham, Seven Kings and Watford areas only.)
159. NOTTS TV (In Nottingham areas only.)
159. Latest TV (In Sussex areas only.)
159. SLTV (In Sheffield and Rotherham areas only.)
159. NVTV (In Belfast areas only).
159. Bristol TV (In Bristol areas only).
159. Cardiff TV (In Cardiff areas only).
159. Leeds TV (In Kirklees and Leeds areas only).
159. Tyne and Wear TV (In Gateshead and Wearside areas only).
159. That's TV Norfolk (In Norwich areas only).
159. Birmingham TV (In Birmingham and Wolverhampton areas only).
159. That's TV Cambridge (In Cambridge areas only).
159. That's TV Swansea Bay (In Swansea areas only).
159. Teesside TV (In Teeside areas only).
159. KMTV (In Ashford, Basildon and Crawley areas only).
159. That's TV Humber (In Grimsby areas only).

Also :xmas: and I hope you have a safe and COVID free new year.

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Notts TV is broadcasting on 159 V6 box in Mansfield, 15 miles north of Nottingham

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Merry Christmas to all the staff and posters.

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NVTV still running on 159 in Belfast

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KMTV in Dover on 159

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Local TV Teesside on159

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Sorry what part of BBC didn't you get ?:confused:

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Still no That's TV in Oxford on VM

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A joke that wears thin pretty quick.

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By the looks of things no more local TV will be added to Virgin.

In Scotland we lose local TV on Channel 159 when STV closedown STV2.

Anyway That's TV is a poor man of Local TV with only 50mins per week of local programmes (News) with a rest being That's TV Gold.

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Try The One Show.:sleeping:

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Local TV is mingin'

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I won’t be losing any sleep over that, MB. Frankly, the EPG would be easier to navigate and subscriptions lowered if VM would just ditch the channels which are not worth having.

We all have different tastes, it’s true, but the viewing figures should give you a clue as to which ones could be ditched with almost no-one noticing.

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Mine are on as favourites + Netflix . Find that they fill all the TV l need. Don't miss what I don't know about :erm:

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Niche interests in all walks of life (not just talking about TV here) would be unviable and extinguished if not for cross-subsidising. And everyone has an interest that barely anyone else has.

Yes, I know there seems to be a lot of mediocre stuff out there, but there's also stuff that one person would call rubbish and another would call worthwhile, or even a gem.

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It's always surprised me that all of the local channels are not on Virgin Media as one would have thought that VM would have been made to carry the official local channel so as to give these channels the widest possible distribution.

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But they are dire, Rillington, and virtually no-one watches them.

Given the tiny amount of local content on these channels, you might be just as informed watching the regional news programmes on BBC and ITV.

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Was really looking forward to it . Such a disappointment. :erm:

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I've seen every season of NCIS up to 18, but Di$ney pulled Fox and has hidden it on their premium subscription service, something I cannot justify the cost.


It will be cheaper to wait to buy it on Blu-Ray.

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I’ve got Disney+ myself and is 100% worth the cost, especially if you take the £80 annual subscription. Like HBO Max in the US, Disney won’t want their originals on DVD. They want you to subscribe to their streamer. This’ll happen on a bigger scale in 2025, when the dust settles on WarnerMedia’s merger with Discovery, Warner’s contract with Sky expires and HBO Max launches.

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It's made by CBS rather than Disney, so it won't necessarily be that'll never surface on a broadcast channel in the UK, especially since ViacomCBS own Channel 5 and 5USA has shown it for a long time. I think the newest season they've shown is S17. You may just need to be patient. Catch-up on VM for 5USA is HD, so long as you use VM-hosted catch-up rather than My5 App, so there's no picture quality loss.

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That show appears to be the exception Fox (Disney) had lifetime first run rights to NCIS so that appears to be why it's going Disney+ despite being owned by ViacomCBS, Sky have acquired Bull and the final season of NCIS:New Orleans from ViacomCBS.

Sky i believe acquired The Rookie in Germany from EOne when Fox over there closed at the end of September.

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Or maybe cancel your TV subscription and put your savings into streamers. That’s the way we’re going, like it or not.

Just sayin’…

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Seems a bit drastic for one programme.

Just sayin’…

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If only that was the only example, Hugh. Look at all the TV channels that have closed in the last year with the associated programmes migrated to streamers.

Added to that, most originals are being shown on the streamers these days. TV channels are still accessible through Freeview and Now TV.

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I wouldn’t be surprised if Virgin and Sky went the route of TalkTalk and BT in 10 years and becoming content aggregators. Freeview/Freesat channels via the Internet, with premium content like sports, movies and general entertainment going streaming-only.

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Precisely. Everything is now clearly pointing to that happening.

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You'll always pay for Premium content, no matter how it's delivered.

The lowest TV packages from VM and Sky are probably just glorified Freeview but with a box that allows recording/add skipping.
Quite expensive over an 18 month contract considering the price of a 3rd party freeview recorder that will do the same.

What would happen if (bloody big if) freeview gained the contract for major sports and 'new' movies . . . it sure wouldn't be free, but would still be sent over 'normal' channels, not streamed.

You could then still pay out for your 'streamed' Netflix, Amazon, Britbox etc on top . .

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Nice idea, unfortunately nobody is going to pay hundreds of millions for sports rights and give them away on Freeview (how would they recover that money?) - if they did I would be forever grateful.

The best we can hope for is that the greedy sports such as EPL gave rights to 1 game a round to terrestrial channels - however again very unlikely to happen.

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I didn't say it would be free on freeview, but that it wouldn't be free (premium channel) yet not streamed :p:

but of course, it won't happen . . just as the greedy football authorities (and SKY) will never relinquish their grasp on anything that says "sod the fans" ;)

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Not sure why you pick on Sky - BT Sports and Amazon Prime both have EPL rights alongside Sky, also i am sure you are well aware that all Premiership and European Cup Rugby Union is on BT along with all Australian based Cricket (Ashes tests and Big Bash League) and N Zealand based cricket (Tests and T20 league).

Sky have less and less overseas sports rights - getting to the stage where if I need to save money I would keep BT Sports and ditch Sky Sports.

Anyway it is the football authorities that are so greedy they won't take a cut in revenue by insisting one of the main EPL packages is on Terrestrial TV.

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There are plans for talks for something like that with SKY.

However live tv viewing was up by 75% over Christmas compared to last Christmas.

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You may be interested to know that series 18 commences on 5USA at 9pm on 3 January, so maybe you can see later series there in due course. It’s in SD only on Virgin Media, unfortunately.

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Last deal I know of was signed in last 2019 (some channels was given new EPG numbers in January 2020 with the launch of MTV Classic).

So I think we may see 5 USA HD and 5 STAR HD within the next 13months. (They are on Sky Glass right now).

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As I said earlier, 5USA Catch-up is HD, so long as you use VM's servers rather than the My5 App.

Also thanks for the heads up for FTA start date.

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Be nice if Virgin got apps for Disney and Apple TV.

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I agree, and Discovery+ too. Disney+ should be showing up imminently, I believe.

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Worth pointing it's the Apple TV+ app on Sky (so no access to your library) and Only PCM in 2.0 Stereo sound not the complete Apple TV app available elsewhere.

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Indeed, and it is such a shame.

There used to be an excellent local channel in Manchester called Channel M which did local television properly but even that didn't survive. I guess people feel they don't need local TV and that regional TV is good enough for them.

That said, if the quality is poor then people aren't going to watch it anyway and I have to be honest and say I've never watched the local channel since it first went on air, and one reason is because it is not on Virgin Media.

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As such, I would have thought they should be streamed not on linear channels - especially given the predicted demise of linear TV;)

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In the US, Paramount+ are using Pluto TV’s infrastructure to showcase the best of its content. Maybe linear TV has found a new lease of life, but within a streaming service.

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The channel is called Paramount+ picks and they also have a Showtime selects channel , there will be Showtime section on Paramount+ in the UK aswell , although I suspect new Showtime dramas will be listed under the Paramount+ exclusives section instead.

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Good find. Would it be in HD on catch up?

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Everything I've watched in the last few years that was originally made in HD and was in the 5 Channel Folders has been HD. So long as it's available on VM's Catch-up servers I'd be extremely confident that this would be too. The My5 App wasn't Full HD last time I used it, so you need to go in via VM's On-Demand system.

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Chicago PD was in HD on Catch Up when 5USA used to air it , so was Justified.

Same goes for anything from 5Star like their 2nd run rights to Departure.

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Best of 2021
Here is the winners and review of 2021.

01) The Biggest poster of the year on Cable Forum (NOT Media Boy HQ):
Winner is - cheekyangus with 197 posts

02) New Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):
Winners are - Sky Documentaries (SD) and Sky Showcase HD

03) Best poster on Cable Forum with Information (Nominate by YOU):
Winners are - Denphone and BenMcr

04) Best new SD Channel launch of the year:
Winner is - Sky Nature (Did launch January 12th)

05) Best +1 Channel of the year:
Winner is - (Virgin Media did not launch an new +1 channel in 2021)

06) Best new HD or UHD Channel launch of the year:
Winners is - GB News HD (Did launch June 13th)

07) Best UK Channel of the year:
Winner is - NOW 80s

08) Best International Channel of the year:
Winner is - B4U Movies

09) Best LOCAL Channel of the year:
Winner is - BBC ALBA

10) Best Radio Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):
Winners are - Radio X and BBC Radio 5 Live

11) Best new brand of the year:
Winner is - Sky Showcase (Was Sky One until September 1st)

Well done to all the winners.

So merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone who viewed this thread.

Virgin Media UK year in review:

Channels we said Hello to:
Sep. 1st: Sky Showcase HD
Sep. 1st: Sky Showcase
Sep. 1st: Sky Max HD
Sep. 1st: Sky Max
Jul. 27th: QVC Extra
Jun. 13th: GB News HD
Jun. 8th: Colors Gujarati
Jan. 12th: Sky Documentaries
Jan. 12th: Sky Nature

Channels on the move:
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Comedy HD from Virgin UK Channel 121 to Virgin UK Channel 123.
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Comedy from Virgin UK Channel 122 to Virgin UK Channel 135.
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Crime HD from Virgin UK Channel 135 to Virgin UK Channel 136.
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Crime from Virgin UK Channel 136 to Virgin UK Channel 137 (TiVo and V6 Boxes only).
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved Syfy HD from Virgin UK Channel 137 to Virgin UK Channel 138.
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved Syfy from Virgin UK Channel 138 to Virgin UK Channel 139 (TiVo and V6 Boxes only).
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Arts HD from Virgin UK Channel 156 to Virgin UK Channel 140.
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved Pick from Virgin UK Channel 165 to Virgin UK Channel 156.
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved Challenge from Virgin UK Channel 164 to Virgin UK Channel 160.
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved E! HD from Virgin UK Channel 139 to Virgin UK Channel 163.
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved E! from Virgin UK Channel 140 to Virgin UK Channel 164.
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Arts from Virgin UK Channel 123 to Virgin UK Channel 165.
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Replay from Virgin UK Channel 160 to Virgin UK Channel 180.
Sep. 1st: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Witness +1 from Virgin UK Channel 180 to Virgin UK Channel 206.
Jun. 9th: Virgin Media UK has moved NOW 70s from Virgin UK Channel 348 to Virgin UK Channel 346.
Jun. 9th: Virgin Media UK has moved NOW 80s from Virgin UK Channel 346 to Virgin UK Channel 347.
Jun. 9th: Virgin Media UK has moved NOW 90s from Virgin UK Channel 347 to Virgin UK Channel 348.
Jan. 4th: Virgin Media UK has moved Channel 4 Wales from Virgin UK Channel 104 to Virgin UK Channel 108 (Wales Only).
Jan. 4th: Virgin Media UK has moved S4C HD from Virgin UK Channel 166 to Virgin UK Channel 104 (Wales Only).
Jan. 4th: Virgin Media UK has moved ITVBe +1 from Virgin UK Channel 120 to Virgin UK Channel 162 (Scotland Only).
Jan. 4th: Virgin Media UK has moved BBC ALBA from Virgin UK Channel 161 to Virgin UK Channel 120 (Scotland Only).

Channels rebrand (For Good):
May. 25th: Sony Channel now rebranded as GREAT! tv on Virgin UK Channel 189.
May. 25th: Sony Movies Classic now rebranded as GREAT! movies classic on Virgin UK Channel 424.
May. 25th: Sony Movies now rebranded as GREAT! movies on Virgin UK Channel 425.
May. 25th: Sony Movies Action now rebranded as GREAT! movies action on Virgin UK Channel 426.
Jan. 22nd: Star Gold HD now rebranded as Utsav Gold HD on Virgin UK Channel 801.
Jan. 22nd: Star Bharat now rebranded as Utsav Bharat on Virgin UK Channel 802.
Jan. 22nd: Star Plus HD now rebranded as Utsav Plus HD on Virgin UK Channel 803.

Channels we say Goodbye to:
Sep. 1st: Sky One HD
Sep. 1st: Sky One
Sep. 1st: CNN International
Jul. 1st: FOX (TiVo and V6 Boxes only).
Jul. 1st: FOX HD
Jul. 1st: FOX +1
Jun. 30th: NDTV Spice
May. 1st: Get Moving HD (TV Channel)
Apr. 8th: BET
Mar. 3rd: YouTube (Red Button EPG Channel)
Mar. 1st: Lifetime HD
Jan. 6th: Discovery Home & Health
Jan. 6th: Discovery Shed
Jan. 6th: Discovery Home & Health +1
Jan. 6th: Sky Cinema 5* Movies HD

Who Posted on Changes to Virgin TV (2021)?

NO: > Poster name > Number of posts (As of 3pm on December 30th 2021).

Top 10:
01) Media Boy - 289
02) cheekyangus - 197
03) epsilon - 160
04) OLD BOY - 159
05) RichardCoulter - 144
06) Legendkiller2k - 131
07) ScottishSteve - 92
08) Itshim - 65
09) 1andrew1 - 60
10) ozsat - 53

The Rest:
11) Hugh - 44
12) jfman - 43
13) vincerooney - 42
14) SonicMaster - 36
15) Raider999 - 30
15) BenMcr - 30
17) TimeLord2018 - 29
18) 1701-e - 25
19) heavyside - 20
20) Aguero9320 - 19
20) Mad Max - 19
22) Phunkenstein - 17
22) spiderplant - 17
24) muppetman11 - 16
24) Dave42 - 16
26) Rob King - 14
27) Tricky Trevor - 13
28) johnasimmons - 12
29) Frazz - 11
29) RobboEdin - 11
31) Inactive Digital - 10
32) Carth - 9
32) fox35 - 9
34) Derekb108 - 8
34) Rillington - 8
36) Ultimate.Conj - 7
37) denphone - 6
38) Chris James - 5
39) nomadking - 4
39) newapollo - 4
39) Horizon - 4
39) nodrogd - 4
39) jobbie8 - 4
39) Richardr - 4
39) japitts - 4
46) johnathome - 3
46) joglynne - 3
46) TMLeafs - 3
46) paul0363 - 3
46) Taf - 3
46) Mythica - 3
52) djmagnifique - 2
52) heero_yuy - 2
52) geordiechris - 2
52) Paul - 2
52) locutus1974 - 2
52) nialli - 2
52) gba93 - 2
52) GrimUpNorth - 2
52) DDDD - 2
52) RV95 - 2
52) Topgun - 2
52) savvychels - 2
52) kgollop - 2
52) TheWatcher - 2
52) Maggy - 2
52) PtolemyIV - 2
52) figgyburn - 2
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69) busboy125 - 1
69) Joedm45 - 1
69) daveoc14 - 1
69) dodgem22 - 1
69) AdamDigital - 1
69) TheDaddy - 1
69) oliver1948uk - 1
69) Hom3r - 1
69) spankysmagicpian - 1
69) crazyronnie - 1
69) Richc1977 - 1
69) Barriescott - 1
69) paul nolan - 1
69) Mobes - 1
69) cupcakes aka dd - 1
69) DECKAS - 1
69) RegularCapital - 1
69) saabmania2 - 1
69) alwaysabear - 1
69) krismestry - 1
69) Mr K - 1
69) railpulley - 1
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69) carravetta - 1
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Note - Next years thread will launch on Cable Forum at some point on New Years Eve (Hogmanay).

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Can we NOW have the number. Of votes cast ? Wonder if it was over 10 :rolleyes:

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Over 12.

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Was it that hard . Clearly a definite cross section of the British viewing public :erm: not going to count number of posters would suggest you must have something better to spend your time on.

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Ah unlucky 13 for me! i'll have to improve next year to crack into the top ten.

haha thanks for this again MB. Have a great new year!

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I definitely did more than 43 posts just replying to OB alone.

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Not in this topic ;)

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:erm::shocked: 197 ! :D

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Speaking of Denphone hope he is ok as not seen him post in here for awhile.

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Same.

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His CP page says he was online at 15:49 today.

Hope he is OK.

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He’s posted in the Hogmanay thread. The more likely reason is he’s recognised that as it’s Virgin there’s nothing coming soon. ;)

Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
 

I dont think any more changes are coming in 2021, so this is now closed.