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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)

Great! Just what we needed. On a serious note, I think it will take over Challenge +1.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)

Flippant mood (after a nice holiday). With all the name changes (Dave ja vu, Eden, etc) when will Challenge change to Anneka?

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Originally Posted by nn012 (Post 34743313)

Great! Just what we needed. On a serious note, I think it will take over Challenge +1.

i hope not cause i use it a lot, livign +2 is jsut dum

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)

if we have living+1, Dave ja vu, challenge +1, ITV2 +1, then why isn't there a plus 1 for the 2 most popular channels - BBC & ITV1?

I know they both have BBC/ITV Player, but that is not all the programmes, and then not normally until the following day.

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Originally Posted by frogstamper (Post 34740710)

Another let down on the HD front, that's the last straw for me, after eighteen years with VM-TV in its various guises I'll be cancelling in May when my contracts up and reluctantly going to Sky.
The fact nothing has been mentioned since Berketts boast of three or four HD channels in the next three months, made me realise VM would let us down yet again concerning HD.:td::td:

Yes, not good. If people want HD, Sky is the place to go and always will be.

Not only do Sky control all the premium HD stuff (films/sports) but they indirectly control most of the other HD channels too, ie History, National Geographic, FX etc.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 34743292)

New channel to launch on Virgin TV on April fools day.

I am not joking with you but agbnielsen is reporting that Living +2 will launch on Virgin and Sky on the 1st of April.

Looks like positioning to me.

VM are rebranding their channels later in the year and have already launched Living 2+1, This latest launch gives them another slot on the Sky EPG and around Autumn (I think) VM will rebrand all their channels. So it might all be messy now with having Trouble and Living 2+1 next to each other, but it should all make sense later.

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Originally Posted by lemarsh (Post 34743568)

Probably rights issues. The main channels carry programming ie football, that the Beeb and ITV only have the rights to broadcast on their main channels only. It's the same reason why you don't see some programming on VOD.

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Originally Posted by bayards (Post 34743457)

Flippant mood (after a nice holiday). With all the name changes (Dave ja vu, Eden, etc) when will Challenge change to Anneka?

:D

I think someone should make a programme called Challenge Anneka, sounds rather good to me, as do the jumpsuits.....;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)

Where's Media Boys new look list to be launched this Monday? Almost as good as one of Virgins launch dates.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 34743292)

New channel to launch on Virgin TV on April fools day.

I am not joking with you but agbnielsen is reporting that Living +2 will launch on Virgin and Sky on the 1st of April.

www.agbnielsen.co.uk/agb/files/ClientServices/New%20BARB%20Channels/Implementation-Living%20+2.doc

Info from agbnielsen.co.uk.

That is genuinely hilarious. As Virgin are a train wreck in pretty much every other area at least they have a sense of humour when they add a new channel. Personally I'm holding out for Living +4 though. Watching psychic BS and other shovelware with an added 4, not just 2 hour delay will really add that extra magic.

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The new look list will be online within the next 24hours.

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Thanks media boy new you would'nt let us down

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The following is being reported by wikipedia:

1. Discovery RealTime Extra is to be rebrand Discovery Shed from March 20th.

2. When Living +2 launched next month no other Virgin owned channel will closed as an Channel called ''My Channel'' has sold their Sky EPG Channel number to Virgin.

Info from Wikipedia - so they may not happen.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)

I have seen an email from FIVE and its says

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We hope to make Demand Five available on Virgin Media in the near future but (we) do not have a launch date confirmed at the moment.

---------- Post added at 12:47 ---------- Previous post was at 12:07 ----------

The new look list is now online - see post one.

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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 34740203)

Perhaps the VM webcast in half an hour's time may give a clue??

Where would I find the webcast or was it only available 'live'?

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Originally Posted by sprattgraham (Post 34744304)

Details can be found here: http://investors.virginmedia.com/pho...-latestresults

Ta!:tu:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)

Discovery Shed will launch on Virgin TV on March 20th.

Discovery are to Closedown Discovery Real Time Extra to make way for Discovery Shed to launch on Virgin Channel 274.