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Media Boy UK 04-02-2022 13:12

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TimeLord2018 (Post 36112336)
Yes Sky UK run the UK channel but I don't think they run the Germany channel
https://www.syfy.de/ueber-syfy

As you can see it still has proper website unlike the UK.


Oops sorry - I think Syfy is run by Sky UK Limited is due to Brexit.

Phunkenstein 04-02-2022 13:19

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Originally Posted by Media Boy UK (Post 36112338)
Oops sorry - I think Syfy is run by Sky UK Limited is due to Brexit.

Or you could just find the reporting

https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2019...ets-in-europe/

Of note is the decision to fold NBCU’s UK PayTV channels, which include E!, Syfy and Universal TV, in with Sky’s broad-based portfolio of sports, movie and entertainment channels; and base them at Sky’s Osterley HQ. NBCU’s EMEA Networks team will also be located at the same West London site. In a similar move in Germany, Sky will become the parent company of NBCU’s Networks business.

Media Boy UK 04-02-2022 13:34

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NBC News video tests appear on Sky.

https://rxtvinfo.com/2022/nbc-news-n...-for-uk-launch

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Originally Posted by Phunkenstein (Post 36112340)
Or you could just find the reporting

https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2019...ets-in-europe/

Of note is the decision to fold NBCU’s UK PayTV channels, which include E!, Syfy and Universal TV, in with Sky’s broad-based portfolio of sports, movie and entertainment channels; and base them at Sky’s Osterley HQ. NBCU’s EMEA Networks team will also be located at the same West London site. In a similar move in Germany, Sky will become the parent company of NBCU’s Networks business.

I did see that link in 2019 but forgot about it.

Mad Max 04-02-2022 15:10

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 
I was about to watch Escape to the Country on BBC channel 101 at 3 pm, it's showing on the list, but that's not what is on, anyone any idea why.

ozsat 04-02-2022 15:16

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 
Olympics Opening Ceremony over ran - things are 15 minutes late.
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Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 36112352)
I was about to watch Escape to the Country on BBC channel 101 at 3 pm, it's showing on the list, but that's not what is on, anyone any idea why.


Hugh 04-02-2022 15:17

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 
Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony ran a bit late?

It’s on now.

Mad Max 04-02-2022 15:27

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Thanks, guys.

Media Boy UK 04-02-2022 16:05

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Originally Posted by epsilon (Post 36112305)
Also the video & audio streams linked to the BBC RB HD service on TS 23 have been removed.

DBR is reporting that video & audio streams linked to the BBC RB HD service on TS 23 was off last night (time at 1.10am) but is now online.

SonicMaster 04-02-2022 16:23

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 
Does anyone know why Eurosport 3 HD, 4 HD and 5 HD couldn't have been put on VM 523, 524 and 525 next to Eurosport 1 HD and 2 HD on 521 and 522?

Eurosport 4K could have been on the next available VM slot, which I think would have been 532 next to BT Sport 4K on 531.

Media Boy UK 04-02-2022 16:33

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 
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Originally Posted by SonicMaster (Post 36112364)
Does anyone know why Eurosport 3 HD, 4 HD and 5 HD couldn't have been put on VM 523, 524 and 525 next to Eurosport 1 HD and 2 HD on 521 and 522?

Eurosport 4K could have been on the next available VM slot, which I think would have been 532 next to BT Sport 4K on 531.

They are temporary Winter Olympics channels so Virgin has just given them a same Discovery got for temporary Summer Olympics channels last year

But if BT Sport do merge with Discovery I think:

-Eurosport brand will get axe in the UK.
-BT/Discovery will be on Virgin Channels 521 to 525 with MUTV moving back to 526.

epsilon 04-02-2022 16:53

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 
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Originally Posted by Media Boy UK (Post 36112363)
DBR is reporting that video & audio streams linked to the BBC RB HD service on TS 23 was off last night (time at 1.10am) but is now online.

No changes were reported at the 6am refresh, so I guess the streams were still AWOL at that point. I did get a message sometime this morning saying they are back. Strange!

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SonicMaster (Post 36112364)
Does anyone know why Eurosport 3 HD, 4 HD and 5 HD couldn't have been put on VM 523, 524 and 525 next to Eurosport 1 HD and 2 HD on 521 and 522?

Eurosport 4K could have been on the next available VM slot, which I think would have been 532 next to BT Sport 4K on 531.

The old configurations are still in the system, even up to Eurosport 9HD, so probably easier not to change them. As I said previously the placeholder for Eurosport 6 HD was moved along with 3HD-5HD, so they are being kept together.

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Originally Posted by SonicMaster (Post 36112337)
Oh god, not another rumour of a TV channel closing just because listings haven't been updated.

Following that logic, all of the MTV channels should have shut down at the end of 2021 when their listings stopped being updated on their website.

It all sounds vaguely familiar, as if the same conclusion has been drawn previously when the website listings ran out. I wonder if people do the same sort of thing when they notice the train timetables end on a specific date. I've not noticed lots of forum posts about the railways being closed down. :D

Media Boy UK 04-02-2022 16:57

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Originally Posted by epsilon (Post 36112370)
No changes were reported at the 6am refresh, so I guess the streams were still AWOL at that point. I did get a message sometime this morning saying they back. Strange!

DBR is reporting that BBC HD test was back online by 8.52am today.

epsilon 04-02-2022 17:13

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 
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Originally Posted by Media Boy UK (Post 36112375)
DBR is reporting that BBC HD test was back online by 8.52am today.

I think that's just the time when the DBR scanner checked the transport stream, the elementary streams could have been back earlier.

SonicMaster 04-02-2022 17:51

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Media Boy UK (Post 36112366)
They are temporary Winter Olympics channels so Virgin has just given them a same Discovery got for temporary Summer Olympics channels last year

But if BT Sport do merge with Discovery I think:

-Eurosport brand will get axe in the UK.
-BT/Discovery will be on Virgin Channels 521 to 525 with MUTV moving back to 526.

Moving back to 526? MUTV is already on 526, hence the opportunity for Eurosport 3 HD, 4 HD and 5 HD to slot in.

Dingbat 05-02-2022 00:32

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by SonicMaster (Post 36112364)
Does anyone know why Eurosport 3 HD, 4 HD and 5 HD couldn't have been put on VM 523, 524 and 525 next to Eurosport 1 HD and 2 HD on 521 and 522?

Eurosport 4K could have been on the next available VM slot, which I think would have been 532 next to BT Sport 4K on 531.

They must have been listening to you. My V6 is now showing them on 523/4/5 with 4K on 532.


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