Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I suspect Joff simply didn't appreciate the significance of 'Knowsley', 'Langley' and 'Bromley'.

For the uninitiated:

Knowsley = The super-headend serving digital TV to ex-Telewest areas.
Langley = Ditto, for some of the ex-NTL areas
Bromley = Ditto, for ex-NTL areas that previously belonged to Cable & Wireless

All are named after the town or district in which the super-headend is physically located.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I have updated my list for this week - see post one.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Its rolling out over 3 days why you stressing?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Excellent, thanks. Patience is the key then.

What is Knowsley? I was only aware of Langley and Bromley and even then I'm not completely sure of their history end technical differences. If it's not too OT, perhaps someone could explain. I know that there are differences betweeen ex-Telewest, ex-NTL (ex-CW) and ex-NTL (non-ex-CW). Is that it?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Ahem ... post 376. ;)

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Good plan. ;)

---------- Post added at 11:52 ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 ----------

Hey, it took time to compose my posting. How was I to know the question had already been eloquently answered? :blush: Anyway, the summary in my question was pretty much the answer given. :dunce: Thanks. :tu:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

thanks for clearing that up lol
looks like i should get it tomorrow

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

As there are several places in the country with these names, would you care to elaborate on which ones they are and the geographical areas they cover?

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Knowsley is in Merseyside, I don't know about the other two. In any case, where they are is irrelevant - Cable & Wireless, NTL and Telewest each had franchises all over the UK and to this very day these three legacy platforms still do serve homes all over the UK.

What you're really asking is, which regional franchises are attached to which super-headend ... perhaps a VM staffer with a few minutes to spare could list the franchises and where they're served from, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

Back in the NTL days we used to tell subscribers to check whether BBC1 was at channel 101 (Langley) or 1 (Bromley) to find out which platform they were on. Many ex-Telewest subscribers will still have Telewest branded equipment in their homes. We explained it this way because it was quick and easy to check and because a definitive list appeared to be hard to come by.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Its actually quite easy ;)

Knowsley = Bill Area Reference 01-18

Bromley = Bill Area Reference 20-22

Langley = Bill Area Reference 24-31

EDIT: Bill Area Reference 27 is for Milton Keynes & Westmister accounts i.e. Analogue/ex-BT only

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Ooooh result! Thanks Ben. :)

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Thanks. I'm understanding it better all the time.

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I understand what you mean but for some time I thought that these were ( well they are really) just towns!! & I didnt understand what was being refered to.

Perhaps you would like to explain ( I am sure would dio a better job than me)

No offence meant by this post, so please dont take any:angel:

Sorry reply in as I wrote this

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Wow look at you guys your getting excited about ITV on demand....ITV ffs haha.

Times like this makes me glad I don't get any on demand stuff at all.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

You may not like it but other posters may,if we all liked the same things the world wouldn't go around.;)