Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

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Sure but I wasn't suggesting that you did care about it, it's just nice to get a heads up before something new arrives, even if not specific dates.

Specific dates aren't always helpful, as we have seen recently with channel launches delayed for technical reasons.

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I'm quite a computer geek, so I'd like a channel such as .tv back on UK TV, or some further American imports such as G4 (games and technology) or Logo (aimed at the LGBT community), as I am not biased and we do not have a channel of its kind in the UK. Also, I fancy seeing the Weather Channel and Weather Channel HD in the UK, preferably exclusive to Virgin.

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As far as I'm aware they operate on their own - each country has their own regulations and channel market.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

We used to have the Weather Channel on back in Cabletel days. Too many repeats...

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If you watched it for UK weather, you would need not to blink or you would miss the hot weather forecast :)

that said..sunny day here..I think I will go for a walk to the shops now :D

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It does tend to rain a lot...

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I wonder if any of these will launch quite soon now that VirginMedia has been bought by Liberty Global
The Active Channel
BET: Black Entertainment TV
BET: Black Entertainment TV +1
CI HD
CI +1
Comedy Central Extra +1
HISTORY HD
MTV CLASSIC
MTV HD
MTV LIVE
MTV +1
Nat Geo Wild HD
Nickelodeon HD
Nick Jr. +1

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Technix on dspy is suggesting Travel channel and good food network could be launching very soon.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...725169&page=16

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Excellent news as we like the cooking channels.

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:shocked::shocked::shocked:

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Different tastes for different people, I would take Travel over Sky Atlantic any day

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I find the cooking channels half-baked, and wouldn't walk over you for the travel channels :)

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Not bad for someone from Edinburgh!!! ;)

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Well its all in the eye of the beholder as we all have different tastes dear chap.

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The Good Food Network would be a good addition. If you like your food and Americana the likes of Best Sandwich in America, Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, Man v Food Nation and American Street Feasts will really float your boat. Food Truck Revolution is another of my favorites.

Any news on The Sony Movie Channel? I think Virgin are maybe only 2 or 3 SD channels away from having a perfect line-up. If you turn a blind eye to the channel SKY aren't allowing anyone access too, there isn't too many worth while channels missing from Virgins EPG, in my opinion. I think Trace Sports would be a good addition to the Virgin line-up.

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June List update - June 8th 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 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 ===
=== Rumour to be Launching very soon ===
The following channels may launch soon on Virgin Media:
-The Active Channel.
-BET: Black Entertainment TV.
-BET: Black Entertainment TV +1.
-CI HD.
-CI +1.
-Comedy Central Extra +1.
-HISTORY HD.
-MTV CLASSIC.
-MTV HD.
-MTV LIVE.
-MTV +1.
-Nat Geo HD.
-Nickelodeon HD.
-Nick Jr.
Just added:
-Food Network (Rumoured as set to launch on Virgin Channel 287).
-Travel Channel (Rumoured as set to launch on Virgin Channel 288).

=== June ===
10th. Zee Café to be rebranded as Limbe on Virgin Channel 811 today.

=== July ===
1st. Coming Soon to Virgin Media (2013) Vol. 3 launches today only on Cable Forum.
31st. ESPN will close on Virgin Channel 529 today.
31st. ESPN HD will close on Virgin Channel 530 today.
31st. ESPN America will close on Virgin Channel 531 today.
31st. ESPN to close ESPN Classic on Virgin Channel 533 Today.

=== August ===
The following BT Sports channels launches has still to be confirmed by Virgin Media - Talks still ongoing:

1st. BT Sports 1 may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. BT Sports 1 HD may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. BT Sports 2 may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. BT Sports 2 HD may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. ESPN may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. ESPN HD may launch on Virgin Media today.

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

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

=== November ===
-Made in Leeds will launch on Virgin Media sometime this month on Virgin Channel 159.

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

=== By 2015 ===
-London Live may launch on Virgin Media by 2015.
-Local TV broadcaster London Live has confirmed that Virgin Media will broadcast Local TV channels on Virgin Channel 159.
-RTE Radio and WRN Radio will be axe in old Telewest areas or added to all areas of Virgin Media.

=== Unknown dates ===
-'Seven' will be rebranded as Lincolnshire Living on Virgin Channel 879 (Grimsby & Scunthorpe only).
-I have been told that Virgin Media are in talks with Sky to carry 'Sky Atlantic SD', 'Sky News HD' and 'Sky Sports News HD' - no updates since August 2012.
-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''.
-Smooth fm (Smooth Radio) may get close or rebranded on Virgin Channel 916.
-Fashion One 'In talks with Virgin Media' - no updates in months.
-Sony Movies may launch soon on Virgin Media - no updates since August 2012.

=== Channels THAT still to appear in all areas ===
List was last updated on December 1st 2010.

NO. Channel Name
917. Radio: RTE Radio
920. Radio: WRN Europe

NOTE: Channels are only broadcasting in Ex-Telewest areas right now.

=== 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 June 5th 2013.

Next update: On July 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.

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

ALL OF MY LINKS ARE UNDER THE LINE. NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ON JULY 1ST.... MAYBE SOONER...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Hahaha! NICE:D

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YES:D:D:D

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Food and travel wtf were is universal HD !!!!!!!!!:(

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Seriously?!? We already have the Universal content (albeit in SD.) We have very minor amounts of contents from the food and network and travel channel. I would love food network to launch.

howardmicks, I apologize for doing this on your post, but MB has taken a lot of stick for his grammar recently (and I am fully aware mine is nowhere near correct.)
However, I do wonder if the recent uprising of grammar police will pick up on the grammar (and spelling) in this statement, or do you only want to pick on MediaBoy? Personally, I think you just enjoy bashing MB (wrongly in my opinion):shocked:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

No ill feeling bud and defo not bashing mb,he is a god were cable forum is concerned.if it wasn't for him and is posts we would no nothing.more of a bashing at vm and to why a big channel like that is still overlooked,very puzzling.hopefully the new brooms will not overlook it ;)l

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They don't come across as Liberty takers ;)

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Hmmm... CF needs a tumbleweed smiley. ;)

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:D

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What about BSkyB? How much of an assault on its UK dominance will Virgin Media now make? “Assault is the wrong word,” Fries asserts.

“There’s a very strong history of co-operating and working well together. I don’t anticipate any fireworks whatsoever in that relationship.

“Tom’s a great choice to run this business and not just because he worked for News Corp for 20 years. He would have been a great choice either way. There’s been no negative reactions whatsoever from News Corp.”

interview with LG chief

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...ming-down.html

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Liberty seem to be very broadband orientated. SKY are very TV orientated. BT are trying to encroach on both markets. The days of Virgin Vs. SKY may be coming to an end. Both companies have a common competitor. SKY and Virgin may become closer than ever before.

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would be good for both set of customers if that happened I think Chad mate have to see what happens I guess

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I doubt BT will be much of a threat to TV for a good few years considering their current setup means you have to use a discontinued set top box plugged in by ethernet to the only gigabit port on their home hub so you can get access to about 15 channels that are 700 EPG slots away from other normal channels.

No multiroom, pathetic channel line up, you have to be in a fibre optic area, hub has to be near the TV or you have to run a length of cable...

Essentially IPTV ain't ready for the big time yet.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

BT don't exactly have HD channels bursting out their ears either.

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By heck that must have took you a while to think of that one dear chap.:D

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Now the Liberty Global deal is signed sealed and delivered we might see these channels very soon:
The Active Channel
BET: Black Entertainment TV
BET: Black Entertainment TV +1
CI HD
CI +1
Comedy Central Extra +1
HISTORY HD
MTV CLASSIC
MTV HD
MTV LIVE
MTV +1
Nat Geo HD
Nickelodeon HD
Nick Jr. +1
Food Network (Virgin Channel 287)
Travel Channel (Virgin Channel 288)

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Those copious amounts of alcoholic beverages you have consumed lately must have done the trick then John.;)

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Yeah I don't think I'm going to be invited onto Mock The Week or 8 Out Of 10 Cats anytime soon :D

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On the Mtv classic website it says it is on channel 321
http://www.mtv.co.uk/channels/mtv-classic

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Well spotted! :)

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To be honest, at the age of 54 I drink 4 x 1 pint cans of Stella in a day and I am knackered!! :beer:

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I thought we already had Nick Jr. I take it as meaning Nick Jr. +1 ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

I did, thanks! I will correct it right now :)
I also forgot to credit Media Boy as I nicked the channel listing from his blog http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

So is that channel now on VM then or just a site error?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

So why do we think we are suddenly going to get these channels? Can Liberty Global just come in and rip up existing carriage agreements and sign new ones in their place?

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In my opinion I think that most of the new channel deals wre already sorted, they were just awaiting confirmation of the Liberty Global deal to got through last Friday (7th June) before launching them. I also feel that Universal HD and E! HD will appear vey soon as well for the same reason.

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It is not broadcasting yet on channel 321 - it could be a site error but I think only VirginMedia suffer from that? ;)

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Maybe MTV have caught the bug as well :D

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It must be very catching!!
I have posted about this on VM's forum and will see if I get a answer from one of the Mods there - then I will re-post the information here :)

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It happens on most sites going from my own experiences.

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MTV never changed their website when they removed MTV Classic for Comedy Central HD, so its an 18 month old error.

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Well, there's the answer - thanks :)

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Found this on Digital Spy from 2010...

Virgin Saying Bye To MTV Shows , MTV +1 and MTV Classic from 24th August...
I dont understand what is going on here. There is a message screen on channel 321 where MTV Classic used to be saying that a few popular music chanels will be saying goodbye... Mtv shows and MTV Classic were part of a new line up only a few months back, and now they are getting rid of them ? I loved VH1 classic and when it was taken off and replaced by MTV classic I thought maybe it was a setp forward in the right direction... I am aware that it is now the 30th of August, but they kept there words, these channels have now vanished from Virgin.

Now I see there wont be any classic music channel other than Magic, and MTV shows is going to along wth MTV+1. I hope Virgin have struck a good deal with Sky to replace these channels as this is a big blow to lose these music channels. If it wasn't bad enough already, Virgin have already lost a good number of popular radio channels as well.. Are they any plans to replace all these channels and radio stations we are losing on Virgin, or is this standard across both the Sky and Virgin platforms ?

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And Vintage TV:- "Now Thats What I Call Classic"

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Well, these for starters

http://www.landscapehd.com/

http://www.hightv.tv/

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The one in Blue I think may launch sometime by Friday (Starting on Tuesday).

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Comedy Central Extra +1
MTV CLASSIC
MTV LIVE
MTV +1
Nick Jr. +1
Food Network (Virgin Channel 287)
Travel Channel (Virgin Channel 288

that sounds good to me! :)

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But not the HD ones :(

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And me too but alas thy doomsayers might not be that happy as l am sure they will still have something to moan about.:)

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Well Animal Planet HD was launch the few weeks after Animal Planet +1.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/p...2012-last.html

All post made today by me is just my own view. Still not confirmed by any insiders.

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Sounds right up my street!

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Is this the same Travel Channel that was cable exclusive years ago that eventually left cable and went FTA onto satellite?

Is it still on the Sky EPG as a FTA channel?

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We still got it - look out your Window.:D

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No it now until new owners - Who own it in the US.

As far as I know - Yes.

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Unconfirmed but I think LG will start doing deals with Broadcasters for both Virgin Media and UPC Ireland.

Maybe that why Food Network and Travel Channel are both set to launch on Virgin???

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You may need the Red one:D

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Yes!
Hopefully Food Network will be on our screens :-)

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Seconded.

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Seconds?..you are being greedy watching the food channel :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

No Seconds coming.

Food Network +1 is not rumoured as launching on Virgin very soon.

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Yes indeed as l have not had my tea yet but my nose is twitching as l can spell the delicious delights in the kitchen.:drool::drool:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Do you mean like TLC, where it is the same channel, but now with different owners?

Have the new owners changed the output of the channel significantly, like TLC?

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TLC has always been owned by Discovery?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

what about mtv music its not been listed

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Indeed it has, but perhaps he was referring to Discovery which up until 5 years ago was owned and controlled by the person who is now the ultimate boss of Virgin Media aka the billionaire John Malone.

As for the Travel Channel it was owned by Discovery between 1997 to 2007 when it was sold to US cableco Cox. In 2010 Cox sold Travel to its current owner Scripps who now also own half of UKTV.

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There are very few operators who would refuse to allow you add-ons to an existing contract! If you have an 18 month contract with Virgin Media, they will not prevent you from adding Sky Movies!

Incidentally, good to see we are getting the Travel Channel. I used to enjoy watching that and was really annoyed when they took it off cable.

Only Sky Atlantic to go and I will be quite happy with the channels myself.

All I will then want is the access to the six lanes of programmes Mr Fries was talking about!

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Coming soon... additional BBC Red Button streams on 992 and 993.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/abouttheb...-Button-summer

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Excellent news.

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Looking forward to recording a lot of the Glastonbury coverage :)

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Comedy Central Extra +1
MTV CLASSIC
MTV LIVE
MTV +1
Nick Jr. +1
Food Network (Virgin Channel 287)
Travel Channel (Virgin Channel 288)

None of the above happened today; maybe later in the week?

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Perfect timing for Glastonbury and Wimbledon as they have stated.
Hopefully this can be a turning point for the red button on Virgin/Tivo

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

why does virgin media always (when they do) launch new channels on Tuesday or Thursday

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

I think (knowing Virgin) they will surprise us and launch them this weekend (or do same old, same old and launch them all on Thursday).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Never known virgin launch anything on a saturday

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

l certainly cannot remember anything.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Telewest did launch Discovery Real Time +1 and an other Discovery branded channel on an Saturday once some years ago.

Then the next day (An Sunday) removed two GCap Radio Channels - forgot they names.

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That I did say yesterday (I think) for - still unconfirmed as set to launch this week by any insiders.

Food Network and Travel Channel can take up to THREE weeks after that rumour started (On Saturday) to launch.

It still an rumour in my eyes - look what happen to Universal HD and E! HD they are both still to appear on Virgin.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

That's what happens when rumours start, speculation, and then disappointment, when they don't launch.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Why did you even mention it if it is UNCONFIRMED by anyone? Kind of muddies your messaging doesn't it?

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June List update - June 11th 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 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 ===
=== Rumour to be Launching very soon ===
The following channels may launch soon on Virgin Media:
-The Active Channel.
-BET: Black Entertainment TV.
-BET: Black Entertainment TV +1.
-CI HD.
-CI +1.
-Comedy Central Extra +1.
-Food Network (Rumoured as set to launch on Virgin Channel 287).
-HISTORY HD.
-MTV CLASSIC.
-MTV HD.
-MTV LIVE.
-MTV +1.
-Nat Geo HD.
-Nickelodeon HD.
-Nick Jr.
-Travel Channel (Rumoured as set to launch on Virgin Channel 288).

=== June ===
13th. BBC Red Button HD to launch on Virgin Channel 994.
24th. BBC Red Button 2 to launch on Virgin Channel 992.
24th. BBC Red Button 3 to launch on Virgin Channel 993.

=== July ===
1st. Coming Soon to Virgin Media (2013) Vol. 3 launches today only on Cable Forum.
31st. ESPN will close on Virgin Channel 529 today.
31st. ESPN HD will close on Virgin Channel 530 today.
31st. ESPN America will close on Virgin Channel 531 today.
31st. ESPN to close ESPN Classic on Virgin Channel 533 Today.

=== August ===
The following BT Sports channels launches has still to be confirmed by Virgin Media - Talks still ongoing:

1st. BT Sports 1 may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. BT Sports 1 HD may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. BT Sports 2 may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. BT Sports 2 HD may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. ESPN may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. ESPN HD may launch on Virgin Media today.

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

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

=== November ===
-Made in Leeds will launch on Virgin Media sometime this month on Virgin Channel 159.

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

=== By 2015 ===
-London Live may launch on Virgin Media by 2015.
-Local TV broadcaster London Live has confirmed that Virgin Media will broadcast Local TV channels on Virgin Channel 159.
-RTE Radio and WRN Radio will be axe in old Telewest areas or added to all areas of Virgin Media.

=== Unknown dates ===
-'Seven' will be rebranded as Lincolnshire Living on Virgin Channel 879 (Grimsby & Scunthorpe only).
-I have been told that Virgin Media are in talks with Sky to carry 'Sky Atlantic SD', 'Sky News HD' and 'Sky Sports News HD' - no updates since August 2012.
-Rumour: Universal HD and E! HD may 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''.
-Smooth fm (Smooth Radio) may get close or rebranded on Virgin Channel 916.
-Fashion One 'In talks with Virgin Media' - no updates in months.
-Sony Movies may launch soon on Virgin Media - no updates since August 2012.

=== Channels THAT still to appear in all areas ===
List was last updated on December 1st 2010.

NO. Channel Name
917. Radio: RTE Radio
920. Radio: WRN Europe

NOTE: Channels are only broadcasting in Ex-Telewest areas right now.

=== 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 June 11th 2013.

Next update: On July 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.

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

ALL OF MY LINKS ARE UNDER THE LINE. NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ON JULY 1ST.... MAYBE SOONER...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

I agree, this sort of speculation isn't very helpful. For all we know, a new carriage agreement with Viacom might not include any additional channels. The grouping and renumbering of the MTV branded music channels in the EPG would indicate that they haven't left any obvious gaps for adding channels in the short term.

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I was just going on the deals Virgin Media has signed with broadcasters in 2013 - Discovery, ITV, Channel 4, Cartoon Network/TCM and Zee.

Anyway an insider has reveal to me in the past hour that no channels are set to launch this week (As far as my insider knows.)*

*Info may change.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

True but every negotiated deal will be different. Say, for example, VM negotiates carriage for a group of fairly popular channels at a certain rate. If the content provider wants to charge the same rate/channel to add further, less popular, channels, it wouldn't be in VM's interests to agree to that. I'm not saying this is what has happened, just that negotiations are complex and we don't know what goes on behind the scenes.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

That's kinda my point, all this info about channels might be coming, and then, nothing again. it's best to just wait and see.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

And thus the old wheel of speculation will continue to run.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

My wheel has stopped spinning as My hamster is dead :erm:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

If you lived in a peru...you might get a bit for that :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

it's just the same old stuff, being reported as might be coming soon.

Heard it all before.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Media Boy is right more often than not...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

He has a proven record but remember planned channel dates launches can often change due to a good many factors.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Yes, but there's a difference in reporting what his insiders have told him and taking a wild guess without any insider knowledge. Not that there's any harm in taking a wild guess, it's just unlikely that VM will launch channels just because someone has speculated that they could.

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He didn't make any claims that the channel predictions were planned launches.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

I love to read his posts and his lists. Simples.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

You need to get out more Doug............;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

That did sound a bit too keen :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Just trying to defend a hard worker.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Only as keen as someone who is a staunch defender of the faith.;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

I love an reading his posts they an so informative an is always spot on....:rolleyes::D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

I think Media Boy is usually very clear in explaining when his posts are based on his insider info and when they're the result of supposition based on his frankly extraordinary knowledge of carriage deals and history of cable channel launches. If you choose to take a supposition as fact and then get disappointed when it doesn't come off then you're the only one to blame, I reckon.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

post of the day.......:LOL:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Nothing is never perfect in life and anybody who thinks otherwise is sadly deluded.:)