Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
 

Smooth Christmas returns on November 15th and will end on December 27th

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Yes, on the Digital One DAB MUX, replacing Smooth, but will this be added to Virgin Media?

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I think MB is wearing his rose tinted spectacles. Apparently, when carriage contracts switch from 2 monthly payments to a single payment, 2 plus 2 now equals 3. ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
 

Happy days:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
 

itvbe +1 and HD added here (120/179).... God help us all!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
 

As Virgin pick up the Satellite feed of Smooth Radio's London output & not the dreadful Mono DAB feed, it's unlikely you will see this temporary service on Virgin. In many local DAB areas, Smooth replaced Gold with their 128Kbps stereo service, duplicating the existing output (with the exception of local ads & travel info) on the Digital One MUX.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
 

I really think Global Radio may axe Gold Radio from Digital TV for Smooth Extra to launch in 2015.

Look like Global are running down Gold Radio - Been axe from AM in some parts of England.

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Seen no confirmed launch date yet.

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Where did the missing pay Sky Sports HD Channels come from in July?

An new carriage deal.

So you ever know with Virgin Media.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
 

Thanks for the info, guess they must be starting soon if a slate is up.

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All I was told last month was "November".

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If l am not wrong True Movies 2 is on Smallworld Cable, so is there any idea when this channel will join VM.

I watch the True channels more than anything

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
 

True Movies 2 is not on Smallworld.

Wikipedia says it on WightFibre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Movies_2

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
 

I agree, and that was the largely the point of my comment. It is fairly common knowledge that Smooth Xmas will be returning to DAB, but this is the Coming Soon to Virgin TV thread, not Coming Soon to DAB.

Basically, I was questioning how relevant the information was to this thread.

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Savings may or may not come from a new carriage deal, that would depend on the actual terms of the deal. You didn't actually specify a new deal, just "savings" which is probably why other posters are asking where these savings would come from. As far as Viacom is concerned, there has been a trend for new channels to replace existing channels on VM. At the moment, there is no evidence to suggest that this trend will change. Time will tell.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
 

Viacom buying Channel 5 and Sony buying CSC does not give VM any savings, VM will just continue paying what it did until the next negotiations. In the longer term, it may even result in extra costs for VM as it will be negotiating with two stronger companies as oppose to four less strong companies.

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> Comic Sans MS
> "Comical"
I see what you did there ;)

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Exactly why I suggested that MB was wearing his rose coloured spectacles. There's no indication that contracts will be renegotiated early simply because the ownership of certain broadcasters has changed.

Although considering that much of the content isn't what might generally be considered as "premium". Negotiations may lead to some of the channels not been carried on VM.