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It's true that we've not got the same number of channels as Sky has but we've caught up on channels like Universal HD, the Sony channels and Spike, the latter which just seemed to pass VM by when it was launched. But we're ahead of Sky in apps :D and equal with them on the frequency of price rises. :(

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Yes, but shame about Sky Atlantic, ITV Encore and Sony Movies.....;)

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Never mind OB as you have your Now app for them now l gather as l cannot see any of them coming anytime soon IMO to Virgin.

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Babenation (featuring Babestation) has launched on channel 981.

Black screen with a banner saying the channel is locked and you need to enter your PIN to watch.

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Sont movies will, but other two won'y well itv encore for awhile and Sky atlantic on the 3rd of never.

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it's been so long since i hid the adult channels i cant remember where in the guide they were, but i dont think they were here?

can this one be hidden as well ?

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As it's an adult channel it should automatically be hidden if you've selected that option.

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ah ok, thanks

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Vince Rooney Reviews- I'll be reviewing new channels as they launch giving an indepth analysis from my mums boxroom as a straight shooting 30 year old.

Tonight i review babenation from 9pm. I'll give you all the details tomorrow.

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Just checked the listings basically just a freeview channel showing A+E's older shows from its pay channels.

Basically on VM and Sky most will have seen the content if they wanted long since.

More Pawn Stars seriously how many channels is that available on ?

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In the case of this channel, best not to "shoot" too long;)

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What will you be comparing the channel against?

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😂😂😂

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Yes, these type of channels are popping up more and more.

If I end up leaving pay TV, they will be useful as i'm not bothered about waiting for the material if it's free.

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i always aim too high but finish too low :(

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Seriously? You need to raise your game, Richard! If you are happy to watch this junk, I really don't know why you are paying a TV subscription!

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There are some channels on Freeview & Freesat that show ex pay material that I would watch.

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Apparently, Blaze will be showing former pay TV material from History, H2 and CI.

Are STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh on VM?

If so, they will be rebranding to STV2 when the other STV local channels launch next year (if not before)..

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off topic posts moved to correct thread

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...703471&page=18

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Which is? Not all of us are as clever as you Stephen

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Well, that review never happened! Are you still tucked away in the box room "reviewing" the channel? :D

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Would like to hear a Vince Rooney review on all channels

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The mind boggles sometimes as l am sure the old boy will give us his weighty authoritative review when he is ready Andrew.;)

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Yes.

The full list of channels on both Virgin Media UK and Virgin Media Ireland are listed on our Blog.

Press on "Blog" to go to Media Boy Blog.

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Bizasia: Rishtey Cineplex to launch on Freeview - but not Virgin Media UK for now.

http://www.media247.co.uk/bizasia/ri...-freeview-2016

We are working on trying to get confirmed news on this channel is coming next week on Virgin Media UK from our sources.

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The one thing that annoys me about VM. Is that this is supposed to be a 'major' company. But is driving customers away by increased pricing.

It should be competing for channels WITHOUT price increasing.

I believe that we as the customer is paying far too much money for Cable/Sky. But there again, if the customers keep paying the monthly bill. Then these companies will keep increasing prices.

You only have to look at the price BT paid for PL league football Its just disgusting. Especially the rate that PL clubs play there players

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Except for BT include bt sport for free to their tv customers whereas vm add a freeview channel and then increase their prices.
All companies have price increases its the way the cookie crumbles which is why it's best to look around at offers and then tell your company what you got offered and see if they will give you a deal, it's no good whinging on here you need to take action.
I got rid of vm tv ages ago moved between various broadband companies and by using a vpn and various online services i find i have more choice for far less money all together i'm paying £48.50p/m this includes 80mbs broadband a vpn and various subs to online content.
Shop around bud the deals are there if you look.

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It is a major company, but they are a business and ARE out to make money like everyone else. They simply couldn't sustain spending more money while not increasing their profits.

So they loose a few existing customers but will take on new customers via the good offers they have, so it all balances out.

If you want more channels and new technology then you have to pay for it. Simple really.

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Movies 24 to become Christmas 24 on November 1st.

Movies 24 will become Christmas 24 from November 1st.

With Movies 24 broadcasting two Christmas movies per day every weekend in October.

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Is it just me or i this getting earlier each year?

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Nope Movies 24 did show Christmas movies every weekend in July.

True Movies always launch True Christmas sometime in October - still trying it confirmed that time of posting.

We feel the following Christmas channels will launch this year.

October? - True Christmas
November 1st - Christmas 24
December 1st? - Christmas Gold (aka GOLD)
December 1st? - Christmas Food (aka Good Food)

All channels outwith Christmas 24 is still to be confirmed.

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When FOX news launches will that probably be it for channel launches this year anybody think the same thing

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Clearly, you don't believe that this is Virgin's year for improving their TV service, then, Paul :mis:

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Well each to their own opinion as l say...

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Just read that rushtey cineplex will not be on Virgin from next week but may be added in the future also when will we get CI HD HISTORY HD AND THE DISNEY HD CHANNELS FREEVIEW CHANNELS WE ARE MISSING ARE YOUR TV TRUE CRIME FROM THE LAST NEW DEALS strange we've not got them

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Also SKY cinema xmas i think too.

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Any more news on new channels coming to virgin media?

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Sky have these channels. Do you have any particular reasons not to be able to subscribe to them?

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Quick question handsomes- the upstairs basic v box has broke (the silver one) do they replace them like for like? Or is there a new box these days

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You'd get a V HD box, rather than TiVo.

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Coincidence? I think not! :D

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My V+ box broke and the sent me out a Tivo to replace it and I had to dispose of the V+

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hahaha i couldnt possibly comment!

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I have a TiVo and a V HD box and I find the latter to be far more reliable regarding loading times and booting speed. My TiVo has suddenly got really sluggish.

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my old windows 98 pc runs faster than vms clunky tivco lol and that pc is dead too.

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My Tivo doesn't do anything suddenly...:eek:

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Mine does. It sometimes suddenly decides I have no favourite apps, despite the fact that they were there yesterday (and each day before that for a long time).

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We forgot about that one.

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We have until the end of November to see any more start testing.

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W now on Virgin Media Ireland.

We have just found out today that Virgin Media Ireland last month drop Home to launch W on Virgin Media Ireland.

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September List update - September 26th update.

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

NOTE: I DO NOT WORK FOR VIRGIN MEDIA UK OR VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND SO ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS LIST IS STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Colours on my list are as followed:

Media Boy = New Info just added.
Media Boy = Virgin Media UK/Ireland News and links.
Media Boy = Local TV news, other Media news/Things.

=== Coming up on Virgin's Digital TV ===
=== Freeviews on Virgin Media UK OR Ireland ===
(Put start date here). (Put channel name here) is having an freeview to all TBC Customers on Virgin UK/Ireland Channel TBC right now until (Put end date here.)

=== Soon ===
-Made TV will rebrand Bay TV Liverpool as Made in Liverpool on Virgin UK Channel 159 (Liverpool areas only).
-Virgin Media UK will launch Arabic Hafla soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media UK will launch Fox News Channel soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.

=== September ===
29th. UMP Movies closes today on Virgin UK Channel 830.

=== October ===
6th. Sky Sports will rebrand Sky Sports Ryder Cup as Sky Sports 4 on Virgin UK Channel 514 and Virgin Ireland Channel 405.
6th. Sky Sports will rebrand Sky Sports Ryder Cup HD as Sky Sports 4 HD on Virgin UK Channel 504 and Virgin Ireland Channel 435.

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

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

=== 2017 ====
-STV will rebrand STV Edinburgh as STV2 [Edinburgh] on Virgin UK Channel 159 (Edinburgh areas only).
-STV will rebrand STV Glasgow as STV2 [Glasgow] on Virgin UK Channel 159 (Glasgow areas only).

=== January 2017 ===
No News...

=== February 2017 ===
No News...

=== March 2017 ===
No News...

=== April 2017 ===
No News...

=== May 2017 ===
No News...

=== June 2017 ===
No News...

=== July 2017 ===
No News...

=== August 2017 ===
No News...

=== September 2017 ===
No News...

=== October 2017 ===
No News...

=== November 2017 ===
No News...

=== December 2017 ===
No News...

=== To Be Confirmed ====
-ITV will launch an HD Channel for ITV Anglia (East) region on Virgin UK Channel 113 soon.
-ITV will launch an HD Channel for ITV Tyne Tees region on Virgin UK Channel 113 soon.
-ITV will launch an HD Channel for ITV Yorkshire (West) region on Virgin UK Channel 113 soon.

=== Local TV on Virgin Media ===
-All the following Local TV broadcasters may launch by 2017 on Virgin UK Channel 159:

-Bay TV Swansea
-YourTV Manchester
-YourTV Blackpool & Preston
-That’s Basingstoke
-That’s Surrey
-That's Solent - CHANNEL TESTING ON VIRGIN MEDIA UK.
-That’s Reading
-That’s Salisbury
-That's Oxford

=== Unknown dates ===
-The BBC hope to launch English regional variants of its existing BBC One HD service as well as Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland editions of BBC Two HD - but still need to be approved by the BBC Trust.

=== Channels ONLY in Virgin Media Ireland areas ===
List last updated on February 8th 2016.

ONLY TV CHANNELS THAT ONLY BROADCAST IN THE UK ON OTHER NETWORKS WILL APPEAR ON THIS PART OF THE LIST.

ALSO THE FOLLOWING LIST OF CHANNELS IS CURRENTLY BROADCASTING ON VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND BUT NOT ON VIRGIN MEDIA UK:

Documentaries/News:
-History HD
-Crime + Investigation HD
-RT

Lifestyle:
-Fashion TV

Music:
-MTV Classic

Kids:
-Disney Channel HD

Specialist:
-EWTN

Radio:
-UCB Ireland

Channels only in Virgin Media Ireland areas.

©copyright 2016 Media Boy 2006 - 2016. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

==== Virgin Media's Deals with broadcasters ===
Full list now at: http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/p...adcasters.html

This part of list has now moved to my blog - follow link.

=== What is Media Boy on about??? ===
Here is what I mean when I post the following on Cable Forum:

Virgin Sources - means just that.
'Do Not Post' order - means an Virgin insider has given me some info on things that set to happen but has told me not to reveal it right now.

=== Media Boy Extra info: ===
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See Nialli's blog on Virgin Media High Definition & TiVo Services here - http://vmhd.blogspot.com/

=== Ask Media Boy ===
Last updated January 4th 2016.

Q: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT VIRGIN MEDIA FROM?
A: Media Boy HQ gets all info from Virgin Media viewers, some Virgin Media workers (I called them Virgin Sources) and Web Sites (NOTE: When I used web sites I will post an link to that web site).

Q: WHY HAVE YOU ADDED 'ONLY IN VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND AREAS' AND INFORMATION ON VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND ON THIS THREAD IS FOR VIRGIN MEDIA UK?
A: Virgin Media Ireland is now part of Virgin Media and are both owned by Liberty Global. And you voted for Media Boy HQ to join both Virgin Media UK and Virgin Media Ireland threads up for 2016.

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

==== See you later ===
List last updated on September 26th 2016.

Next update: TBC.

A) If Virgin Media UK/Ireland are set to launch more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) in Virgin Media UK/Ireland areas.
B) If Virgin Media UK/Ireland are set to move more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) about in Virgin Media UK/Ireland areas.
C) If Virgin Media UK/Ireland are set to close or repackage more then TWO channels (TV or Radio) in Virgin Media UK/Ireland areas.

©copyright 2016 Media Boy 2006 - 2016. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

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Arirang TV has now formally started transmitting on satellite. The South Korean news and culture channel is available on Freesat channel 214 (HD only) and Sky.

It looks to have some interesting programmes, has anyone heard anything about it joining VM?

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No l have not heard a thing Richard.

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Good god Richard, do you really think that most people would be interested in VM adding more brain numbing dross to the already bulging list of rubbish!

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studio66 and xxpanded tv will launch on vm in the near future.

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Never heard of them. Why am I surprised?

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Frankly l have never heard of them and Mad Max's reaction one suspects will be that of.:wtf: if l know the grumpy old bugger.;)

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Looked them up. They are both babe channels.

Typical! Is this the sort of thing we can expect now?

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Doubtless, Vince will feel morally obliged to review them both and subsequently post that his V box has unexpectedly stopped working. :)

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:D:D:D

Looks like VM have reached an agreement with these types of channels to make them feasible on cable.

Has anyone heard anything about Euronews coming off cable?

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i wouldn't call most of the dinosaurs on those channels babe. I did check..... for research purposes ofcourse.

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No news about Euronews at all.

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I heard Euronews was pulled from Freesat earlier in the week. Apart from that, no news relating to VM as yet.

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Anything to do with Brexit, do you think?:p:

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reviewing channels is hard work and puts a strain on all my equipment so possibly the box may break again :p:

But yes is vm going down the sky path of filling up their EPG with mostly filler and p0rn...

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Well, questions have been asked and eyebrows have been raised about the amount of money that this channel receives in grants, particularly as it has a major private shareholder and fairly low viewing figures.

I'm not sure if they are cutting back in general or just in the UK- it may be felt that the referendum result signals to them that we aren't interested in European news.

If this is the case, it's a short sighted move if they are hoping to persuade us to stay in some form or another

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In theory, the new controlling shareholder is meant to be expanding the business so it seems a strange decision to withdraw from Freesat which can't cost very much. Never mind - it's still on VM!

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You have had too much to drink old boy this evening.;)

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You may joke but about 500 channels that broadcast to EU countries from the UK may have to relocate when Britain leaves the EU.
http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/...hore-channels/

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more scaremonging, many channels broadcast across the EU that aren't in the EU African channels mostly.

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They won't have to move. But if it costs more to remain based in the UK, why would they not move?

Do you remember VM's partial relocation to Luxembourg a few years ago, to take advantage of the low VAT rate there?

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Not really scaremongering, just a report from an industry conference.

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DS Forum is reporting that True Movies will become True Christmas from Friday.

True Christmas will be on Virgin Media UK Channel 424 and Virgin Media Ireland Channel 329.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2181298

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News to us - thanks for rumour.

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Yeah to confirm my tv guide (yes i still buy a print one lol) is saying true christmas from it's saturday listings. As tv guides weeks start on a saturdat friday would seem correct for the change.

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Apparently sales of TV guides are bucking the trend and doing well.
Bit worrying about Chrimbo listings appearing imminently; we've not even had Guy Fawkes Night yet!

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Been subscribing to tv and sattelite weekly for years it comes through the post every tuesday.
I think xmas channels shouldn't start until at leasr December.

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Perhaps these :erm: thrilling :erm: free porn channels are having an unexpected effect on the PPN NVOD channels. XXX Mums is no longer available on 977.

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I remember saying a few months ago, when these additional regions were added to Sky, that ITV had no plans to add them to Cable or Freeview for the foreseeable future. At the time though, I thought that VM was carrying all of the ITV +1 regions, this appears not to be the case.

Looking at the NIT from the information I received a few weeks ago, I can see that a single ITV +1 SID 10242 is used in the Yorkshire, North East and Cumbria regions. So presumably the Yorkshire version is used in each region. On Satellite & Freeview, Cumbria carries the Granada version of ITV +1 and the North East has had its own version since early 2012.

Similarly, on VM, the Anglia and Meridian ITV regions share ITV +1 SID 10244. Anglia has had a separate regional feed on Freeview / Satellite since early 2012.

ITV +1 Wales & Westcountry was replaced on Freeview / Satellite with additional versions in the West and South West, with Wales keeping its own version. VM has a single version of ITV +1, SID 10248 across the West and South West.

If VM hasn't caught up with the additional ITV +1 regions, which have been running for over four and a half years, I wouldn't expect the additional HD regions any time soon.

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Some Christmas programmes start in September on the food channels.:(

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I buy this magazine as well. It is better than the EPG for identifying programmes to record. Wading through all the channels on the EPG for the next week's viewing is incredibly boring.

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We set Wishlists as that generally tells us when something we like is coming on.

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Yes, but that won't pick up any programmes you are unaware of.

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I find the EPG set to Live Guide is quite easy to use - you can see the whole of the channel's output for the evening. Press down and it is the whole of the next channel.

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I tend to use GeekTown website - http://www.geektown.co.uk/uk-air-dates/

Keeps me informed when programmes are due to return or when new ones will start.

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Wet set our wishlists to certain genres and other things and its generally picked up what we want quite a lot.

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True kf i remember correctly weren't channel 5 showing christmas stuff during the Summer?

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I use two sites too keep track of premiers, watchlists etc the first is trakt.tv. and the second one is tvshowtime.com

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As i've cut the cord the magazine is ideal to keep tabs on what will be on the tv catch up players etc.

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Don't you find that it also picks up a lot of stuff you are not really interested in as well? That wouldn't be good if your hard drive is 95% full and you've set some recordings in HD!

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Magazine how 1990's :D

On Sky Q I use Top Picks and New Series beats purchasing a magazine.:D

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You can be very unkind sometimes.... :tiptoe:

:D

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Ha ha just joking whatever works for you.:)

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We are very clear about the definitions we set in our Wishlists and up to now its generally picked most things up.

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Christ if you remember the 1990's so vividly old bean you must be getting older then me by now.;):D

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We had had a rumour that bbc store will be launching on vm in 2017. This will be in form of a app.

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I also buy a tv guide as I find it easier to find what's on than the EPG.

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Unlikely l would say.

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i dunno bud the bbc store app is popping up on quite a few devices now i believe it will be on youview soon too it just showed up on my windows 10 pc too and my android tv box.

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Why do you say that, Den? I think we will be getting more apps coming down the line than channels, the way things are going.

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... but realistically, how many apps can be launched that will actually be used?

The main ones are BBC Iplayer, ITV Hub, All4, MyFive, Now TV, Netflix and Amazon and that's really it. There are some others like Talktalk's one, Wuaki, some carrying trailers and others carrying old films. So, perhaps a dozen in total.

Will anyone seriously use more than a dozen apps all of which have to be loaded separately and all with their own separate interfaces/menus? I don't think so.

The whole point of a provider such as VM is that you use all the services through one interface, their menus, rather than separate services. Whatever happened to that....?

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technology moved on unlike vm :p:

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I would have thought it would be unlikely if it had followed the traditional method of purchase and download to keep. BBC Store, however, seems to be more about purchasing content, storing it in a BBC Locker and streaming it to multiple devices on demand. As such it would seem an ideal addition to TiVo.

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VM will always resist rapid updates to new technology, they have to remain compatible with the 1000s of legacy boxes already in use.

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It makes sense to me, I can see this app becoming nearly as popular as iPlayer.

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i've had a browse on it and there some great stuff on it not too badly priced either, as already mention the bbc store keepsu your content in a cloud locker which would suite vms model and vision.

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Hundreds l will imagine will be arriving pretty soon OB if history is a guide.;)

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Of that I have no doubt, Den.

There are hundreds of them on the Roku, mostly American of course, but I think it is only a matter of time before more British material starts to appear.

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To be fair most of them are pointless crap on the roku, the most recent good one on roku (usa) is the cw app.
The network ones such as fox,syfy,hbogo,showtime,foxsport,nbcsport etc are very good then you get pointless ones like worship tv or dogtv lol.

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Yes, Roku strikes me a bit like the web - some good sites out there but plenty of poor quality DIY apps that don't contribute anything.