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I'm struggling to see that link Den but thanks for confirming.

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So what are your thoughts MM as you have far more knowledge then l about the TV broadcasting and streaming game?.

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Sky/Now TV offer something that Netflix don't; a large number of currently airing shows, and HBO/Showtime content. Sure there is overlap on the box set aspect, but there is enough of a difference for people to want both. I use both and I'm sure many other people do the same.

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So you think Sky will have Netflix on their platform then OB?

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I doubt also that Sky will ever get Netflix as they'll want people going for Sky Cinema rather than elsewhere!

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I don't know. I see no conflict, and if Sky reach the same conclusion, then it's possible.

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More knowledge I doubt that , being honest Den I got the whole Netflix on pay tv boxes completely wrong.

If you remember I was of the opinion that adding it would be disruptive when many on here including Old Boy said it would be complementary.

Netflix is now positioning itself as a producer of high quality original content , year on year they are increasing their content spend on original commissions putting themselves in the shop windows of many of the pay TV platforms.

Adding Netflix to Sky isn't as easy as on the likes of VM and BT of that we agree because Sky produces many of its own shows and has a competing movie service that said it doesn't mean it can't be done. Comcast in the USA is the biggest cable TV provider and also own channels/content to and they've recently struck a deal , I believe satellite provider Dish Network also has a deal.

This is an interesting read.

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Netflix show relatively old films (with a few exceptions). Sky cinema gives you access to the most recent released for streaming films.

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Well next year certainly going to be interesting that is for sure.

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Yes thanks for that link as its certainly a interesting read MM and yes the future is certainly going to be interesting that is for sure as we see what plays out.

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Quick question on Sky's films channels, do they still show on-screen logos on them? thanks.

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No they don't.

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An interesting development...

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I don't subscribe to the movies part of Now TV. Thankfully MM knew the answer.

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thanks.

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The last line of the link you posted says "*This deal currently does not include Virgin Media customers" Hopefully a deal will be done by January.

It also said that PPV events will only be available as PPV - and HD subscribers will still get HD.

Thing is PPV events are currently free to BoxNation HD subscribers.

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Yeah it's a complicated deal.

My understanding is that there will be PPV's next year for the likes of Golovkin Vs. Saunders and Mayweather Vs. Pacquaio II. Possibly 4 PPV's per year going forward for the biggest domestic and international cards.

Boxnation subscribers on SKY will get these shows included as part of their subscription at no extra cost on the Boxnation HD / Boxnation Box Office channel. Those who get Boxnation as part of the BT Sports pack, rather than subscribing directly from Boxnation, from January will not get these PPV shows as part of their package and will need to pay the PPV fee to watch.

"The ground-breaking deal will see a further ten events per year, including top tier pay-per-view events and other high-quality domestic shows broadcast, exclusively on BoxNation."

It's messy but clearly something will need to change on the Virgin Media platform to facilitate the PPV shows.

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I suppose it will be a 'wait & see' for us VM customers Chad...

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Well that's nothing unusual given Virgin's track record John.

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I'm sure something will be in the mix.

This is an interesting read:

http://www.totalsportek.com/money/bo...eal-bt-sports/

The deal between BT Sports and Boxnation is reportedly worth £100 million over the next 2 years.

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My fear is BT are looking to increase prices for its Sports channels now that the new contract with the Premier League has kicked in , adding Boxnation as part of BT Sport could soften the blow for some.

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What's the latest on the cock it that was the Amazon app surely there not going to wait for the new TiVo to come out as the original TiVo should have the capacity to carry the app

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There was no commitment by Virgin Media to launch Amazon at this time. This story emanated from contributors to Cable Forum.

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My personal view is that Sky should carry Netflix because this will give Sky satellite subscribers access to a bigger range of content from their box, making the whole service more attractive.

That certainly appears to be John Malone's view in respect of cable services, but I think Sky will be dragged kicking and screaming towards this same conclusion. The reason? Because other operators like VM and BT offer the service. Of course, Sky want to channel all their subscribers into watching Sky broadcasts, but competition will force them into accepting this inevitable step forward. They were latecomers to 'on demand' viewing for the same reasons. So my belief is that Netflix and Amazon will eventually come to Sky - the only question is how long can they hold out?

I don't see any conflict with Now TV, Den. That service is aimed at people who don't subscribe to Sky satellite services.

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There is a fault with this logic. If their customers want Netflix, they will subscribe to it anyway. For example, my eldest daughter has Sky but also subscribes to Netflix and Amazon.

If Sky provided these services on their own box, it would be likely to attract more customers.

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That will only last until existing rights Sky have with all the major film studios expire.

Netflix have a good range of original TV series as well as a back catalogue of films and TV programmes. The films aren't that old!

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Sorry OB but that's your poor understanding of technology , the reason cable had On Demand long before Sky is the fact that cable is two way satellite is not. Satellite providers had more technical challenges to overcome before releasing an On Demand product.

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i fear this too, this is only from sales staff so take it with linch of salt but when the football league bidding comes around again bt are going for that too.

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As we know prices never decrease but always go up and that will sadly be the case going forward.

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Yes, I understand that, but a workaround was available via an internet connection. I believe that Sky chose not to pursue on demand more vigorously as it would impact on their advertising revenues. Eventually, they had to embrace on demand, otherwise they would have been left behind.

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Very true i might tease you lot about vms price rises but the reality is all companies do it.

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Ad revenues for them are miniscule when compared to subscriptions , there's only so much you can do on a slow broadband line. Openreach didn't publicly launch a FTTC product until 2010.

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mm is spot on. Sky could only do VOD once enough of their customers had a suitably-fast internet connection and also Sky HD, which IIRC was their first box to have an ethernet port.

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Well spotted. Hopefully the word "currently" carries some weight.

Maybe this is why Boxnation HD was never added to VM as we won't need it if it's carried on BT Sport?

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so no amazon and no fox news....

its a bleak christmas this year folks!

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If you have the ability to watch transmissions not on the EPG, I believe that Fox News can now be viewed ;)

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Now now Ebenezer less of this misery this coming Christmas.:)

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As I understand it, you'll get one before Christmas and more news on the other at the end of this month.
Plus from 2017 you'll get 20 free BoxNation fights on BT Sport so things ain't so bad mate. :)

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I fully expect something along the line of

From January Virgin Media are proud to announce Box Nation is now free for all XL TV customers.

Roll on 2 weeks Virgin Media regret to announce a £5 price rise for all XL TV customers... Nothing to do with us forcing Box Nation on you, honest!

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ooh you cheeky devil! That gives me some hope ;)

Hahaha yes! "we never want to rise prices but unfortunately...." This year many price increases with sod all to show for it. I got a questionnaire about virgin media the other day. I was quite polite to be honest but also said i hate price rises with nothing to show for it. At least in the past i could kid myself it was going up by a few quid for the sky HD channels or something. They claim the price rises are due to upgrades to their broadband. Since im on 150MB and during peak times I get less than 10MB and have reported it for over 3 years i dont really accept that as a good enough reason!

Just been to the shop for some saturday night wine den and christmas decorations are already up in a few houses. its getting earlier and earlier! Ebenezer is justified until at least the first week in december!

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Maybe that's what the last price rise was actually for, so they can then claim not to have increased prices since it's addition?

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How do you currently view Amazon prime videos?

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We received today and email, to say our bill will go up by £3.95 per month.

That's the second increase we have had

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I wonder if BT are following the path of Setanta (and VM to an extent) and will also be adding Premier Sports & Racing UK to their sports package?

They get to offer standalone channels at a bargain price, whilst the standalone channels benefit by having many small subs to their channels as opposed to a few large ones.

Their extra reach may also benefit their advertising rates too.

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So was the Amazon app meant to appear or was it just forum rumour started with no evidence to be k it up

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i dont have amazon prime as it isnt particularly good. But i meant the whole forum was looking forward to it and i like to be depressing.

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Virgin Media has done a deal with Turner Box Sets.

Info from broadcastnow.co.uk

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Already posted with a link to the info by Den.
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...postcount=2978

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There should be 1 more on demand service srriving before end of year, no info yet as to what it is.

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Is 4Music in the 'free' M/TV Player pack?

If not, watch out for it dropping to this pack as it looks to be going FTA on satellite.

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From what l hear it was certainly not just a forum rumour.

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It is in M and TV Player packs already

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Thanks, so no change as far as VM customers are concerned :)

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We are still waiting on an update.

Note you have until 9PM tonight to vote for your channel launch of 2016.

So far this year Virgin Media UK have says Hello to:

November:
-Made in Birmingham (Birmingham areas only).

October:
-Made in Liverpool (Liverpool areas only).

September:
-Babenation

August:
-Spike
-5STAR +1
-Movie Mix
-Movies 4 Men
-POP
-Sky Sports Mix HD
-Sky Sports Mix
-NDTV India
-NDTV Spice
-My5
-Universal Channel HD

July:
-Tru TV

June:
-QVC Beauty
-QVC Style

April:
-hayu app

February:
-Heart Extra

January:
-Bike TV
-VEVO app
-ClublandAkaChilledNow (Clubland TV, Channel AKA, Chilled TV and Now Music) app

If no one else vote they will be no round 2 this year.

Vote NOW by PM only.

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Sky Sports 3 will become Sky sports Darts from 6am on Monday December 12th till 6am on Thursday January 5th

The William Hill World Darts Championship runs from Thursday December 15th to Monday January 2nd

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http://www.skysports.com/darts/news/...-championships

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Was it signed this past summer? - we only got TruTV in July.

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Best of 2016 round 1 has now ended.

You have pick Sky Sports Mix HD or Universal Channel HD.

Lines for round two is now open.

Vote via http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/ (Lines open until Nov. 28th at 9pm [Maybe sooner]).

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Do we get anything else from the deal? I know we are missing Boomerang and CNN International in HD, plus TruTV +1.

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Yes you get a price rise in April

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What another one price increase:mad:

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Well it wasn't going to be a price decrease

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Does TruTV+1 actually exist as a proper timeshift channel?

Some of the +1's on Freeview are only placeholders until more capacity becomes available and run for something like 1 hour a day in the middle of the night!

Well, i've just had one and it's been backdated too.

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Tbf to vm most companies raise their prices around about April anyway.

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Yes tru tv+1 is on my fta sattelite tv.

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No idea.

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Well it going up in January in Ireland. (Source: Irish Times)

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...nd-prices.html

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Info from another thread:

Eurosport announced today that it is going to show Pro12 rugby.

For those on the M/Player package MB says that some games will be on Eurosport Extra (AKA Quest).

I never knew that Eurosport used Quest as an overflow channel (or to promote their offering), whichever is the case.

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Yes the have shown a fair bit of sport on Quest. They showed some pre season games of football, seem to remember some snooker and Tennis and rallycross. Tends to be weekend afternoons when they show sport on Quest.

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Interesting, thanks.

Isn't Quest usually ex pay TV Discovery material?

According to this tweet, Made in Liverpool will launch on sky on 9th January:

https://twitter.com/MadeLiverpoolTV/...47175725654017

What's the state of play with regards to VM?

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Didn't know sport was on Quest either. Snooker on tomorrow afternoon. Perhaps the aim is to gradually turn the channel into a more mainstream general entertainment channel??

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It isn't anything new - during 2015 they have Superbikes and Rallying. In 2014 they have a live football tournament with Newcastle and West Ham involved.

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When Discovery won the rights to the Olympics there was a commitment to showing 500 hours on Freeview. Everybody assumed this would be achieved using the Quest and Quest +1 slots. However Discovery got a sizable offer from the BBC which they took instead. I think Discovery see Quest as a sort of ITV4 and will only further look to boost Quest with live sport due to its presence on Freeview.

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4Seven HD is coming to VM, no word on Channel 4 +1 HD yet.

These channels were initially Freeview exclusives in order to help fill the two temporary HD muxes and to drive take up of Freeview HD boxes, so this must have now come to an end.

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Please could you define your source. This is something I'd like to see! :D :D

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It's been added off the EPG.

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[QUOTE=RichardCoulter;35869986]Info from another thread:

Eurosport announced today that it is going to show Pro12 rugby.

For those on the M/Player package MB says that some games will be on Eurosport Extra (AKA Quest).

Just in case rugby fans dont know this is extended highlights of Division 2 French games

You can also watch schools rugby on s4c Rygbi Pawb Wednesday @10pm
Commentary is english ( S4c is set to english if available)

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The Pro12 isn't division 2 French games.

It's teams from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France and Italy

[QUOTE=Itshim;35870240]

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[QUOTE=Itshim;35870240]Cheers Itshim.

If you still spend a lot of time abroad, you obviously won't be able to get Freeview, so 4Seven HD will be useful if it's a channel you use.

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Media Boy Sources has confirm that 4Seven HD is now in full testing on Virgin Media UK.

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Motors TV is to close it's SD channel on VM channel 545 (and all other platforms) from March 2017.

Thereafter, it will only be available via VOD in HD.

Is this the start of the shift to On Demand viewing that some have predicted?

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...ors-tv-channel

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It's not encrypted either from what I have heard, presumably encryption will be added shortly.

I've not actually had time to analyse the last scans I received in much detail but I did notice that they show that Kix has been added to the SDT, no video, audio streams etc available at present.

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It will be nice to see how this develops, the report is a bit vague. Maybe the new HD channel will be coming soon to VM. I guess March 2017 is "soon" as far as this thread is concerned. ;)

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Source suggests that E4Hd will become fta in 2017

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Maybe it will stay FTA, especially if FTA E4 HD comes to fruition??

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Well, that is the big question, Richard, although to be fair, the reasoning behind this move appears to be to improve accessibility to their programmes (ie through computers, tablets, etc). But having said that it does point to the thinking that I have set out in another thread that as on demand becomes the norm, there is simply no point in continuing to incur the additional time, effort and expense of running a linear channel unless the revenues from advertising continue to be sufficient to turn a decent profit.

I am not sure how much advertising there is on Motors TV, so I cannot be sure that this logic formed part of the reasoning behind the decision.

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Well, they were in the French form of Administration, so I assume that cost cutting is a factor in this decision.

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/...ard-procedure/

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Anyone know if fox news is still testing or has it stopped?

Im close to giving up!

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The bulk of channels on VM are encrypted, even if they are FTA elsewhere. 4seven is encrypted so it would be strange not to encrypt the HD version.

Although I still haven't had time to check through the last scans I received, I did a count check for "4sevenHD" and it only found 5 occurrences out of 68 networks, so it would appear that this has only been added in a limited number of regions at this stage of testing.

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Only showing as present in the Network Information Table for 4 regional networks. The last time I checked these were:

TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)
NGRHEE Knowsley
NGRHEE Bromley
Code Download Test (Portsmouth)

So not available to the general public and still not "testing" across the national network.

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[QUOTE=Frazz;35870245]The Pro12 isn't division 2 French games.

It's teams from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France and Italy

a) its NOT France
B) These games are shared between BBC wales. BBC alba S4C and Sky

Rugby Pro D2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second division of domestic club rugby union in France. Rugby Pro D2 is directly below the first division, Top 14. Pro D2 was introduced in 2000.

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[QUOTE=RichardCoulter;35870250]Thanks for this The internet is a wonderful thing.

Spend some time still in UK . Still looking at closing down UK businesses.

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If what you're saying is right, jj20x, and Kix is testing on VM, then I am hoping for further Sony/CSC channels yet to launch. I am absolutely dying to see Sony Movies and True Crime and maybe relaunch Scuzz and Chart Show TV. They would be great additions to the VM lineup in my opinion.

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you'll be seeing Sony movies at some point in 2017 no exact date given yet, no heard anything about true crime.

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Any more news on any of the following channels channels coming to virgin?

AMC
Amc HD
History HD
E HD
C.I.HD
Disney HD
Disney Xd HD
Disney junior HD
Boomerang HD
CNN HD
Sony movie channel
Sony movie channel + q
True entaintment + q
Movies 4 men +1
Sony + 1
Pop +1
Kix
Kix + 1
Tiny pop +1
Nick Jr + 1
Nick Jr HD
Disney Junior +1
4seven HD
MTV classic
Sky 1 +1
Pick +1
Lifetime + 1
ITV encore
Itv encore HD
Itv encore + 1
C.I.+ 1
Keep it country
Horse and country

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Nowt dodo.

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Amc is a bt internet exclusive for its customers
History HD sky exclusive partly their company
ITV encore sky exclusive
47hd is testing now

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History HD is not a Sky Exclusive , History HD is available on BT TV.

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Doubt very much AMC will ever arrive on VM after vm threw that tantrum at BT a while back. 4sevenhd is testing was posted further up in the thread, also so was info about sony movies, did you read the thread first before posting as most of this info was answered?
The last page answers 4sevenhd and sony movies alone,

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Re AMC,never say never I say. If viewing figures are poor pressure may be on them to accept what Virgin offer them. On the other hand BT may be happy to keep it to themselves even as a loss leader.

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...and Kix.

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True bud but with AMC also being on the SKY platform, to BT Sport subscribers that will probably boost up numbers too.

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Didn't know it was on sky for BT sport subscribers. The question is though how many people subscribe to BT sports on the sky platform?

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Loads I would have thought - as subscribing to BT Sport via BTtv gives you very few channels.

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Not sure there's loads as from what I believe those who like sport Will opt for sky sports rather than BT sports. I know if I was a sky customer I'd choose sky sports rather than BT sport unless I could afford both.

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I'd call it a placeholder rather than a test until the actual video / audio streams appear across the national network. The Service ID for Kix is 1713 (Transport Stream 17) - it currently shows up in the NIT for:

TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)
NGRHEE Knowsley
Code Download Test (Portsmouth)
TTA Bromley DMC (Bromley RHE)

As we know from the situation with Fox News, placeholder channels can be around for a long time before the channels go live.

4SevenHD (SID 3503 TS ID 35) and Amazon Video (SID 4403 TS ID 44) show in the NIT for:

TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)
NGRHEE Knowsley
NGRHEE Bromley
Code Download Test (Portsmouth)
TTA Bromley DMC (Bromley RHE)

but as we know, video and audio streams have already been added to customer facing networks for 4SevenHD across the national network, NIT data and encryption should follow shortly.

Fox News (SID 2015 TS ID 20) shows up in the Network Information Table for the following regions:

TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)
NGRHEE Knowsley
NGRHEE Bromley
Code Download Test (Portsmouth)

The Worldbox related "Russian Tier" (SID 123 TS ID 1) is in the NIT for:

TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)
TTA Bromley DMC (Bromley RHE)

The French Tier (SID 119) and Polish Tier (SID 120) show up in the NIT for all networks but still no sign of any French / Polish Worldbox apps in the TIVO apps section.

There is still no NIT activity for:

Arabic Hafla
That's Solent

Indicating that test aren't taking place for these placeholders.

Over the last month or so:

TJC moved from TS ID 8 SID 801 to TS ID 19 SID 1916
4Music moved from TS ID 14 SID 1406 to TS ID 43 SID 4310
ClublandAkaChilledNow (the app) closed on TS ID 44 SID 4411 being replaced by Clubland TV TS ID 21 SID 2132 which also links to the IPTV streams app.
XXX Brits took the old XXX Mums space on TS ID 4 SID 415 & 415 (although it took the EPG slot formerly occupied by the My Ex Girlfriends channel)
My Ex Girlfriends was removed from the EPG and from TS ID 19 SID 1911. Although its NVOD service on SID 1907 has not yet been removed from the NIT.

Bay TV Swansea (TS ID 101 SID 10155) has been added. I don't have access to the ex-NTL part of the network so can't see if this has been added to the Swansea / Port Talbot network but it does show up in the NIT for the following "internal" networks (indicating that it may not yet be live):

TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)
NGRHEE Knowsley
NGRHEE Bromley
TTA Bromley DMC (Bromley RHE)

Other changes over the last month:

Minor changes to service names for temporary rebrands, which Media Boy covers in great detail elsewhere.

Bay TV Liverpool (TS ID 101 SID 10152) became Made in Liverpool
Big Centre TV (TS ID 101 SID 10153) became Made in Birmingham.

Frequency changes took place in the Ashford, Croydon, Gateshead, Hayes and TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE) networks, to clear an extended frequency block for DOCSIS 3.1.

This information is for the ex-Telewest, ex-C&W, ex Smallworld parts of the national network, ex-NTL (Langley) NIT data doesn't show up in the scan data.

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It's not that straight forward. For one thing, most football enthusiasts will subscribe to both if they can afford it, and if they can't, BT Sports is attractive as they are cheaper than Sky Sports.

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BT also give discounts to attract customers - and before discount is about half the cost of Sky Sports.

And if you have BT broadband then it is very cheap - and you get BT Sport 1 free.

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You should add Viceland to that list. ;)

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Media Boy Sources has today confirmed that KIX has started to testing on VM.

With no video, no audio OR epg data at the moment.

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In 2013 BT Sport had 2m customers and I think it's more than double that now. So safe to say "loads".