Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Media Boy UK on X sources say that Sky Atlantic is launching on Virgin TV on 1 April but not on V6 boxes.
http://village.photos/images/user/de...beefe71cd9.jpg

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

The 1st April ? mmmmm ;)

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

I think that is meant to be a joke

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I doubt it, the main reason Sky Max is changing back to Sky One is because HBO Max app launches 30 days later.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

April 1st date is from link i posted.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

The pictured quote is from https://tv24.co.uk/channel/sky-atlantic-2

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

1st April is also a significant date for Sky because it's the day they implement their price rises for TV and broadband customers.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

That's also the date for VM's 2026 price increases as per https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/gu...-customers-do/

Fixed price increase
Contracts starting from 9 January 2025: £3.50 per month price increase on 1 April.
Contracts starting from 2 October 2025: £4 price increase on 1 April.
Inflation price increase
If you signed up to your current contract before 9 January 2025, your 2026 price increase will be 7.7%.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

That would be great news but the start date makes me think it's a April Fool...

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Also shows up on TV 24 app (only if you have Virgin as your TV provider) and search what's on

Guess we will find out next Tuesday on Channel 111

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Prices from 1st April (new customers)

Sky bundle
£44 per month

- 300Mb/s fibre broadband
- Ultimate TV (all Sky entertainment channels)
- Netflix Standard with Ads
- Discovery+ Entertainment
- Disney+ Standard with Ads
- HBO Max Basic with Ads
- Hayu*

Includes Stream puck

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Virgin Media bundle
£32 per month

- 362Mb/s fibre broadband
- Mega TV (all Sky entertainment channels)
- Netflix Standard with Ads

Includes Stream box

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Sky is £12 more per month, but for that you also get:

- Discovery+ Entertainment (worth £3.99)
- Disney+ Standard with Ads (worth £5.99)
- HBO Max Basic with Ads (worth £4.99)

* Plus, from July:
- Hayu (worth £5.99)

So which service is the best value very much depends on how many of these apps you really want, as the majority of people won't need all of these.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Grrrrr. I'm getting sick of VM penalising V6 customers. Not quite p***ed off enough yet to jump to $ky and certainly not willing to accept the downgrade that is 360. I love TiVo on my V6 boxes.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Does look like Discovery content will available on Discovery+ and HBO Max
https://www.fremantle.co.uk/news/ed-...-series-from-a

Would explain why it's only mentioned in the new Sky press release for Sky Essential TV

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

It’s not a downgrade, but yes, there can’t be an excuse for keeping any channel off a device they want to phase out on the basis that the older technology can’t cope with it. Blatantly now, they are trying to create a situation whereby people change over their kit voluntarily as they have less to watch on it.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

From my point of view as a VM customer of 25 years, 360 is a downgrade. Many of the TiVo/V6 features I value are not available on 360. Just because something is new and shiny it is not automatically better than what came before. AI for example.... :D. If I hadn't recently entered into a very long contract with VM I'd be eyeing the $ky offerings with interest.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

The story about Sky Atlantic sounds very suspect, so I wouldnt worry. Even if it was true its not enough for me to downgrade to 360. Nothing on Atlantic I'm interested in.

Wonder what they'll try next? Murder of your first born if you refuse to 'upgrade'? ;)

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Let's speculate on what VM might do to the Unbelievers...

Reduce broadband speeds
Increase On Demand prices
Make BBC ONE show Bargain Hunt continuously (oh, hang on...)

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

It would be a strange and unusual move, even for Virgin, to withhold channels from a device fully capable of handling them. Moving from the carrot to the stick as a motive to migrate customers away from their preferred device could backfire. Customers may prefer to move away from Virgin as they prefer not to be coerced into decisions they don't really want to make. I wonder what else April 1st will bring.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

SKY Atlantic isn't coming to VM.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

TV360 users get Sky Atlantic. On the V6 this channel is replaced by a 24/7 Bargain Hunt FAST channel. Hmmm! that could work.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

:shocked:
:D

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Agreed.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Prior to the upcoming changes, the expiry dates for content in Sky Showcase box sets has been updated.

HBO series will expire on 25 March 2026:

- Band of Brothers
- Big Little Lies
- Boardwalk Empire
- Game Of Thrones
- The Pacific
- The Sopranos
- True Blood
- True Detective
- True Detective: Night Country

HBO Max launches on Virgin Media on 26 March 2026.

Sky Original series will expire on 31 March 2026:

- Atomic
- The Day Of The Jackal
- Gangs Of London
- The Gilded Age
- The Iris Affair
- Mary & George
- Sweetpea
- The Sympathizer
- The Tattooist Of Auschwitz

Sky Atlantic appears to be launching on Virgin Media on 1 April 2026.

The Regime (HBO series) currently still says until 6 April 2028 but I expect that to be updated shortly.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

I think Sky Atlantic still has non exclusive rights True Detective Night Country until 13th January 2028.

It's all based on when it originally premiered, the old HBO output deal gives them a 4 year licence for anything before the end of 2025, same with anything on Sky Documentaries & Sky Comedy

The Gilded Age is the one exception to this which will still be available in Full, it's a HBO Original series and is on HBO Max in Germany & Italy aswell.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

The above dates are taken directly from the Virgin TV 360. With the exception of The Regime all Sky Showcase box sets are now set to expire on 25 March or 31 March.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

That looks like a mistake then by Virgin.

The Sympathizer, is also HBO series and that shows as 31st March on Virgin (Sky still has non exclusive rights until 25th May 2028)

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

You are correct that The Sympathizer is an HBO series, along with The Guilded Age. I only included them in the second list as the later date applies to them and I assumed that they were Sky Originals, but as you say they are HBO series.

This post is purely about the expiry dates that the series now have on Virgin Media, ahead of the future changes, and not about when Sky has the rights to these shows.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

very useful post this sonicmaster!

As for sky atlantic finally coming i'll believe it then i see it! been about a decade of false starts with that one!

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Hello all again, I am 80 years old and could do with a bit of info/help.
I am still using my V6 TV box as I understand the new stream box is not so good.

The wife wants to watch Take That on Netflix but it seems to want us to register/pay for doing that, yet very recently I could just press 204, Red button and screen icon to access the service.

Should I still be able to access Netflix with my old V6 or do I need to geta new stream box?
Any help most welcome. Gus.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

The Netflix App still works on V6 boxes, so if you have a subscription it should allow you to watch things.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

you'd still need to log in with what you used to log in last time but itll still be part of your package

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Thanks for your help, a happy wife means a hppy life. :)
Coming up to 19 years a member of the nthellworld forums.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Disney+ Cinema now testing on Sky as an extra freebie for Sky Cinema customers.

Anyone know if this is coming to Virgin and, if so, will it be free?

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Seems the next tactic, is to bombard you daily with on screen messages on how you desperately need to 'upgrade' to 360.

I've had to give my family a course on how to ignore and delete such messages. The advanced course wil be tomorrow, they can't wait... ;)

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

:D :tu:

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

I think my views on the 360 must have filtered back to them as i've not had this yet :D

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Looks like we joined in the same year! time flies by doesnt it!

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

If it produces a lower cost. Wonder why not. From what I have read ,can't see any advantages for me or for that matter any great disadvantages. Question how many channels stop you fast forwarding recordings :confused: understand channel4 is one.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

On recordings you can FF at your hearts content same as V6

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

So does anyone know if we are getting Sky Atlantic or not on 1st April? :confused:

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

There is no credible source I am aware of that says we are.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

You won't know officially until information upgrade slate shows up on 111..., clearly it wasn't supposed to be leaked.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Interesting…

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

VM have told me via the medium of "X" that it is their "information... that the channel [Sky One] is going to be available to V6 users".

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

It's a renaming of Sky Max, with Sky Showcase channel removed - programming like The Day Of the Jackal , Gangs Of London & The Gilded Age are still available On Demand until 31st March....

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Reportedly Sky Cinema Animation will be getting merged back into Sky Cinema Family soon, so guess it replaces that, Sky Cinema Animation also moves from 412 to 405 on Tuesday.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

so on the epg it looks like sky one is going to 111 and 109 is going to be empty?

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Sky Max moves to 109 on Tuesday and renamed Sky One, Sky Showcase closes and is removed.

Channel numbers are confirmed in TV Guide magazines from Tuesday.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Sure l read that you can't ff on channel 4 or perhaps it was 5! on the 360 on a review site. .

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Nonsense unless they're referring to the apps

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

No, these are the confirmed channel numbers from Tuesday:

109 - Sky One
110 - Sky Witness
111 - TBC
112 - Sky Comedy
121 - Sky Documentaries
122 - Sky Crime
123 - Sky Arts
131 - Sky History
135 - Sky Nature
139 - Challenge
140 - Sky Sci-Fi
156 - Sky Mix
186 - Sky History 2

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

The V6 must be able to cope with it, as the TV360 software can run on the V6.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Some V6 boxes can run 360, others die out of self respect...

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Lol 😆

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

My virgin tv box hasn't updated since fri 20th morning. When I go into the system settings it shows that the info is up to fri 6 march. But terrestrial channels only show up to fri 27th Feb on to guide. Any ideas

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

For it is done…

https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/sky...no-extra-cost/

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

The press release doesn’t mention V6, just TV360 and Stream.

However it does continually mention 1 million TV customers, and I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t be able to deliver to that number unless they included V6.

Withholding it won’t make me move over.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

It took 15 years to get to Virgin Media... but glad it's now here!

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

This dated well. :rolleyes:

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We already knew it wouldn't be available on V6 thanks to TV24.

It seems perfectly possible that 1 million of VM's estimated 3 million TV customers have 360 or Stream by now.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

On the two occasiona mine did this, the box needed replacing.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Finally! Better late than never!

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

It's a known fault and is being worked on

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Thanks for this, really wondered if it was just me. If you find out if it's been fixed, can you let me know so I can check my TV. Thanks again

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

I was negatively assuming they only had around 1 million TV customers these days as TV watching in general is going down, I’ve not seen numbers for a LONG time.

I was waiting for an official source. No idea who TV24 are, never heard of them.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

It’s a listings guide, cheekyangus.

https://tv24.co.uk/

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Ta. I mostly use a mix of EPGs and occasionally newspaper supplements. Rare that I use a website these days.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Withholding it from customers paying the same price for the package is interesting. I wonder how Ofcom and trading standards will view this...

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Those sticking to V6 are refusing the upgrade requests.

It is in T&C (F2 actually) so the customer is choosing NOT to take the channel.

We reserve the right to upgrade and update the system, the equipment and the services from time to time and you agree that we may do so.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

It certainly takes the inducement to another level, and it makes me wonder if there are targets for migrations that are being missed.

Fair enough not developing new apps for what is a legacy platform, but to use broadcast channel availability is something new.

In a choice between TiVo V6 & Sky Atlantic, I'd still take TiVo every time - based on TV360's feature set today. The product should sell itself.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

As I said, it will be interesting to see how Ofcom and trading standards will view this...

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If Virgin are going to force customers to lose their recorded content in order to get access to new channels it's decision time. How many customers are staying with Virgin simply to keep their recordings as they work through the backlog? If they are going to lose them anyway, why stay?

There should be an interesting reaction to this on Virgin's community forum.
Oh wait.. they've taken it down. How convenient.:rolleyes:

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

In which case VM are withholding MUTV and LFCTV from Stream viewers.

Sky Stream is missing aboout 30-40 channels compared to SkyQ.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

My plan worked by saying it wasn't coming it is coming, the things i do for you guys :D
Atlantic and HBOMAX might not be the only goodies coming to vm either.
Atlantic is changing though so keep that in mind.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Wondered why I couldn't reply to or add new discussions on the community forum :rolleyes:

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Virgin may not have streaming rights which is a legitimate reason for not providing these channels on Flex but feel free to raise that with Ofcom and trading standards too.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

If Sky Atlantic is going to be available on Virgin TV Go, which runs on all sorts of devices, why can't it run on a V6?

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

It can, its part of the 'you need to upgrade to 360' blackmail.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

I contacted VM via "X" asking why they would not give me Sky Atlantic on my V6. Their response: "The availability of Sky Atlantic would be determined by our licensing agreement with Sky."

Rubbish.

Why would Sky enter into an agreement* which restricts the audience for one of their channels to those unfortunate enough to have succumbed to VM's 360 blackmail?


EDIT: * - unless that agreement says something like "VM can have Sky Atlantic but only for streaming services and not linear"...?

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Can't be that , it will be on Channel 111.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

But TV360 is linear and can record.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

My V6 box has confrim that 'That's TV 3' will close on Monday.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Oh - hadn't appreciated that. I appear to have been trying to give the benefit of the doubt to VM. :rolleyes: Don't know why!

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

So I could watch on my tablet,and cast to TV or as usual am I missing something

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Unless it's not going to be available on TV Go for V6 Tivo customers. Trying to see what the reasoning might be. Is it technical reasons or is it licencing numbers(ie the more STBs that can receive it, the more VM have to pay).
Link
So is on-demand and TV Go going to be available for V6 Tivo users? Not obvious either way. Does it refer to the TV 360 STB and exclude V6 even with TV 360 update?


Sky Atlantic is being cut down anyway. content is being moved over to HBO Max.
Link

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

A V6 is the box running TiVo-software. TV360 is running Horizon/360 software.

A V6 "with TV360 update" is a TV360, it's not a V6.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

But there is a specific TV 360 STB. None of the articles suggest it will be available on a V6 with TV 360 software.
"Virgin TV Stream box or Virgin TV 360" could imply hardware only.
If on-demand is going to be available on a V6 powered by Tivo, what's the difference, apart from live TV?

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Virgin Don't describe them as V6 with TV 360 software though

The Leaked upgrade information slate said
Which is really just new remote if you have a V6.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

To be clear, as long as your V6 box has been updated to the 360 software and you have the "Sky Entertainment" package, you will get access to Sky Atlantic on 1 April 2026 without needing to take any action.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Still no source to that, other than the single mention on the TV24 website. What defines a "TV 360 customer"?

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

I'm not sure why you're finding it so difficult to understand. 360 and Stream run an OS that will provide access to Sky Atlantic. The old V6 and TiVo will not. It's a very simple carrot to persuade more customers to migrate.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

My Contract says I'm a TV360 customer in the TV section. Shows I have a Stream box too.

https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/sky...no-extra-cost/

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Pretty good article on Virgin Media Edit about the return of Sky One:

https://www.virginmedia.com/the-edit...e-on-virgin-tv

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Entertainment channels

Sky One HD has replaced Sky Showcase HD (which has closed) on CH 109

Sky Crime HD has moved from CH 121 to CH 122

Sky Sci-Fi HD has moved from CH 122 to CH 140

Sky Mix HD has moved from CH 135 to CH 156

Sky Documentaries HD has moved from CH 188 to CH 121

Sky Nature HD has moved from CH 189 to CH 135

Sky Max HD has closed

+1 channels

Sky Crime +1 has moved from CH 321 to CH 322

Movie channels

Sky Cinema Animation HD has moved from CH 412 to CH 405

Sports channels

Sky Sports Cricket HD has moved from CH 504 to CH 505

Sky Sports Golf HD has moved from CH 505 to CH 506

Sky Sports F1® HD has moved from CH 506 to CH 507

Sky Sports Action HD has moved from CH 507 to CH 510

Sky Sports+ HD has moved from CH 508 to CH 504

Sky Sports Mix HD has moved from CH 510 to CH 511

Sky Sports Racing HD has moved from CH 519 to CH 512

Sky Sports Tennis HD has moved from CH 520 to CH 508

Sky Sports Main Event UHD has moved from CH 532 to CH 513

Sky Sports F1® UHD has moved from CH 533 to CH 514

Sky Sports Ultra HD 1 has moved from CH 534 to CH 515

Sky Sports Ultra HD 2 has moved from CH 535 to CH 516

https://www.virginmedia.com/the-edit...hannel-changes

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Virgin Media website updated with more information about Sky Atlantic coming on 1st April for all 360 and Stream customers:

Sky Atlantic is coming soon to Virgin TV

https://www.virginmedia.com/tv/sky-atlantic

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Curiously, it says:

‘this is only available on our latest and greatest TV boxes – the Stream box and Virgin TV 360 box. If you’ve still got a TiVo or V6 box, get in touch and we'll give you an upgrade on us so you can watch Sky Atlantic with the whole gang.’

It doesn’t say you can watch it on a V6 box that has 360 software installed on it. They need to clarify this. Had they simply said it’s not available on TiVo software, it would have been a lot clearer.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

That is not a thing. If it has 360 software, it's a 360.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Exactly. 360 is 360. The hardware that runs 360, and whether it previously ran V6 or not, is totally irrelevant.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

An Intel PC is still an Intel PC, regardless of whether it's running Linux or Windows.
Link
How can a 10 year old V6 be called "... our latest ...". "Upgrading" a V6 to run TV 360 software doesn't require anybody to "get in touch".

Maybe SA will be available on a V6 running TV 360 software, but there's nothing specifically saying that.

I have a NOW TV subscription, so either way, I'm not that bothered, especially as NOW TV will include HBO Max.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Intel is a chip manufacturer, so that's not a fair analogy.

If a V6 has Horizon/360 installed over the top of TiVo, then it's not a V6 anymore. It's a 360.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

I agree, but it's not clear. Virgin is saying it's not on V6 boxes. That is what is confusing to people.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

So what do the contracts of people with a V6 powered by TV 360 say? Mine says "Virgin Media TV V6 box, powered by TiVo". Even if I "updated" to TV 360 software, it would still be a "Virgin Media TV V6 box". There is a distinct and separate "Virgin Media TV 360 box".
So when VM refer to TV 360 box, does that include a V6 box running TV360 software? When VM say "we'll give you an upgrade on us", does that mean TV360 software or a TV360 box? It's still not a properly answered question by VM or anybody else. Just don't go jumping into using TV360 software expecting to get Sky Atlantic. It may happen, it may not.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

I updated two TiVo V6 boxes to TV360 when the Horizon software interface was first introduced in the UK in November 2020. I have since added a VM Stream box to my set up as well. My contract (pictured below) describes the box as a TV360 set top box.

The Horizon boxes were first brought out in Europe in 2012, and the Horizon 4 set-top box was actually introduced as the ‘V6 box’ which ran on the TiVo interface in the UK. The current Stream boxes are running Horizon 5.

https://www.libertyglobal.com/libert...orm-horizon-4/

https://www.libertyglobal.com/blog/c...ment-platform/

Additional Info.

There are actually two hardware versions of the V6 box.
The older boxes were manufactured by Arris and designed to operate on both the TiVO and the Horizon V4+ platforms. There are reports of these older boxes failing on conversion to the 360 (Horizon) format, possibly due to the age and usage of the box being converted.
VM (Liberty Global ) have also produced a Humax box alongside a newer Arris box and these boxes can only operate on the Horizon platform.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Oh for goodness sake. You've had this explained to you multiple times by multiple people, and yet to continue to fabricate a reality that doesn't exist. For someone that says you are "not that bothered" you sure are banging on about it

Rest assured everyone else, if you have a Virgin TV box with 360, or a Stream box, you will receive Sky Atlantic. Don't let this pedant cause you any concern.

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

Simple question I hope. Have seen quite a few posts saying upgraded boxes V6 to 360 are flakey, is it better to try of new box if moving to 360 ?

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 

... provided your subscription includes the Sky entertainment channels.

No. There's no option of a new box anyway, unless you move to Stream.