Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

VM have plenty of bandwidth especially after closing the analogue channels so dont worry about it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

i would have thought there would be a virgin 1hd by now its funny really as in my oppinion virgin 1 has the worst picture of any station would have thought they give there flag ship channel more bandwidth

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

Virgin Media don't own Virgin 1 anymore.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

The test channels are on frequencies that haven't been used for digital TV before - previously they either carried analogue TV or weren't used at all. So we are checking the signal quality throughout the network is good enough for digital, and fixing problems where necessary. Once the tests are complete we'll be confident that channels can be launched on those frequencies without getting freezing pictures or pixellation.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

I agree V1 is not great but CBeebies (702) is truly awful. Even static shots seem to be made up of mosiac tiles. Shame then that it's the most watched channel in this house! :erm:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

Yup.. now owned by Sky. The deal didn't include Sky using the Virgin brand name so Virgin one will shortly become Channel 1.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

My box rebooted for no reason half way through Sherlock. Would this be an update?:confused:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

No idea if this was posted earlier, however Digital Spy there is a mention of Discovery getting 3D licence.

Do you think Virgin will stick with the on-demand 3D, or actually broadcast this as a channel if accepted?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

Rebooted halfway through Sherlock. I haven't got a clue. What was everybody else in your household doing at the time :D

Seriously, I think VM only do updates in the early hours of the morning.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

Going soon from Virgin: UKTV?
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/vir...stry%20News%29

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

I think they have been looking to off load that for quite some time, this one is a bit trickery as the BBC have a veto they can evoke on the new buyer if they don't want to get in bed with them.

From VM point of view this is a no brainer, sell up and get a huge wad of cash and as the BBC is a 50% owner there is unlikely to be a issue with carriage.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

Will VM ever be able to pay off it's debts?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

all this selling off of assets to pay debts makes you wonder how VM keeps going and how long it will be around for in its current form.

it really makes VM look bad for both investors and customers both existing and potential.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 

VM will never fail it is to important to the telecommunication structure of this country, but you could never count out a hostile bid.

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im not saying it will !!!

im just saying from a potential investor or customer point of view it looks pretty bad that VM keep selling off assets to keep debts down. it makes the company look like a sinking ship. one sale to Sky a few weeks ago and now the sale of the UKTV assests it looks bad form the point of view of looking to become a customer or invest.