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No, just its own. https://www.hyperoptic.com/

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VMs gigabit will be complete by the end of 2018 http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/7...ss-europe.html

New customers can get VM 50MB broadband for £18p/m today only. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/7...edia-sale.html

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Someone saying on another forum that Premier Sports are lifting the paywall in early December for the BDO Darts ??? Anyone else know about this?


http://tvforum.uk/forums/post1035069#post-1035069

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Looks like Premier sport are doing a free weekend this coming weekend on the SKY platform, no idea if VM are getting the freebie too.

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Confirmation.

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We found that late last week Total Channel did go up by one. Thanks for any help.

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The TiVo EPG listing isn't prefixed by the word 'Freeview', so I presume it's a Sky only thing.

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I asked some satellite enthusiasts about this and they said that Insight HD was FTA on Sky, but is now FTV for some reason, but it's still free.

The UHD test channel (now on Sky EPG number 998 for 4K receivers only) is showing FTA extended promos of UHD programming from various channels, including Insight, Fashion 4K etc.

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The total channels figure in VM diagnostics is the number of services listed in the NIT table of the local network used by the VM device. A complete stab in the dark here but possibly that is an indication that 4SevenHD has now been added to all network NIT tables, the streams were already present.

Unfortunately, as I've been incredibly busy over the last few days I've not been sent any scans so can't confirm that. There should be a month end scan available early in December which should be able to confirm this.

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.... 4sevenhd now live on ch 203.

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As predicted but unfortunately this hasn't cleared up the issue of total services as that has increased by one yet again.

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Maybe that down to "channel moved" being added to I.D. Channels old numbers.

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Checking diagnostics, they are Service IDs 4403 & 4404 - which were already in the NIT, so it won't be those.

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Would be interesting to know if this has appeared on all the VM TV packages or whether its been shoved behind the "Full House" HD paywall.

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True, could someone on the M/Player pack please check to see if channel 203 is available to them?

There are now red button links (on TiVo at least) giving info on the channels due to move. What a good idea.

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.... except that the channels have moved, past tense.

If you know where the channels are and you're watching them, you don't need the red button link to tell you where they are and besides, there is no red button link on ch 203 (old home of more4hd).... Totally useless.

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I'm on Mix, Old M+ package.

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If it is going to be a pay channel, I imagine that it will go into your package and above.

Be interesting to know if M/Player customers get it, as it is available on Freeview.

The Moviemix licence to broadcast is said to have been removed from the Ofcom list.

I do hope that after finally getting it that it's not going to close!

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I expect it will close then! Maybe they got it at a knock down price, and if so, now they know why! :p:

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I've been told that 4SevenHD wasn't added to the NIT until it appeared on the EPG, so that accounts for last nights increase of one in the Total Channels figure.

The previous increase was, indeed, related to the "channel moved" placeholder channels. Dormant SID 4464 "Channel Moved" was removed from the NIT, dormant SIDs 4403 "Channel Moved 3" and 4404 "Channel Moved 4" were added to the NIT, so a net increase of one. Last night, SIDs 4403 and 4404 became active and were both renamed as "Channel Moved". Sometimes, changes to the "Total Channels" figure are relatively meaningless.

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Apparently, this is possibly due to a name change of the licence holder - there are now two different licences under 'SonyMovieChannel'.

I wonder if this ties in with what was said about Sony Movies coming to VM??

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I wouldn't pay too much attention to it, Ofcom have been known to be slow at publishing changes in the past.

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We found today that 16 channels has been axe from Total Channels sometime since Monday Night after 3am (Tuesday AM).

We can only think of the BBC Red Button Channels.

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The new edition of Virgin Media Presents and the Channel Guide confirms that CBS Drama returns to Virgin Media's top tier TV package in December!

http://www.virginmediapresents.com/#tips/channelguide

It's laughable really, the likes of Sky 1, Sky Living, FOX, Universal, Syfy, Comedy Central, MTV, Alibi and W are all considered basic lower tier channels (M+ and above) whilst the crappy CBS Drama with no new or original programming, but full of Judge Judy repeats, gets treated like some premium channel that only the highest paying customers get.

Stunned that they've not moved it down to M+ with all of the other CBS channels on a permanent basis.

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Hmmm, yes that does seem to be the most likely cause of such a large drop in services. There were only 15 dormant BBC Olympics * channels as BBC Red Button 1 is still active, so that leaves 1 other service removed.

Other candidates:

S4C HD - there are 2 services associated with this (SID 2355 S4C HD Slate and SID 2356 S4C HD) and we are only looking for 1. VM may be holding onto these for future one-off events.

Africa Channel (SID 658) - the channel has gone but VM may be holding onto this to avoid customer problems with playing back any recordings.

Hidden 22 (SID 2211), Hidden 23 (SID 2311) and Hidden 103 (SID 10320) - it is safe to exclude Hidden 103, it isn't in the regional NITs, so wouldn't be in the Total Channel count anyway. Hidden 22 is probably still needed as TS ID 22 isn't carrying any services at present. Hidden 23 is probably redundant as TS ID 23 is now carrying permanent services Sky Sports Mix HD, Universal Channel HD & Sky Hits HD.

I can't think of anything else at the moment.

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So another FEEVIEW channel you have to pay for on vm.

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The reduction in Total Channels has now been confirmed as the removal of the dormant BBC Olympics channels and Hidden 23.

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Our Sources says HIDDEN 23 is still present. The other removed channel/app is AMAZON VIDEO not HIDDEN 23.

No update on Fox News Channel or Kix Power

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l can see our old marra Vince throwing another tantrum when he hears of the Fox News channel news or the lack of it.;)

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It's been a rollercoaster year for me den as you know! No news, rumours of it coming, news it's testing and when nothing... dreams, hopes, disappointment. It reminds me of life!

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Our sources suggest Wuaki tv will launch in first quarter of 2017 on VM,
VM also to start rolling out UHD content during first quarter of 2017.

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A little bit of patience goes a long way in my humble opinion.:)

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Can you give us any snippet of what this uhd content can be

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No further info was given but we think it will be Discovery content and possibly ppv movies too.

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AMAZON VIDEO was never added to regional NITs, you can't remove something that isn't added. Your sources are probably referring to the SDT, which has absolutely nothing to do with the Total Channels figure in diagnostics, I was already aware that Hidden 23 hadn't been removed from the SDT. Perhaps your source should spend less time scanning for cable channels on their TV and some time learning how DVB-C actually works. ;)

The Total Channels figure in diagnostics is the number of services on your local cable network (NIT). The channels list obtained by scanning cable on a TV is obtained from the SDT. They are like chalk and cheese, try not to confuse them.

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Probably better not to get your hopes up before "test channels" are rolled out to the regional networks.

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@jj20x (1) We just pass on info given to us by MB sources, (2) To be fair the Total channels did go up one last night (hid 53 reappear?)

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(1) You asked about the Total Channels and gave your own suggestion as to why it had changed.

(2) I confirmed what you had said regarding BBC Olympics channels and had the NIT listing analysed by indexing the NIT entries, extracting the TSID, SID, Service Name fields. Sorting the SID field into numerical order and comparing to a similar extract from the previous scan. There are 68 networks in the scan and the BBC Olympics channels and the Hidden 23 placeholder had been removed from all 68 networks.

(3) Having confirmed what had actually happened for you, it is somewhat impolite for you to reply that the information is wrong and you have better information. Sorry but your information was wrong, feel free to report what your sources tell you but I'm quite sure that your sources didn't analyse the 61356 rows of data in the NIT to get that incorrect information.

(4) Feel free to draw your own conclusions if you prefer fantasy and speculation to the facts.

(5) So, the Total Channels count has changed again, better get your source to fill you in on why. ;)

To be fair, if you rely on the SDT, you will always be dealing with inaccurate information. Many services being listed which are only available in other regions and some services which have actually been removed from the NIT but are left behind in the SDT.

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http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1395...ablet-and-more

about the new V6 box

Virgin TV V6 TiVo box price and release date

The Virgin TV V6 box will be available to existing customers "before the end of the year" and new customers from January 2017.

There are no extra monthly fees, but customers will need to have the Virgin TV Mix bundle or higher to qualify for the box.

There is a £99.95 one-off upfront cost for the Virgin TV V6 box. As part of a promotion though, new and existing customers on a top-tier Full House or VIP bundle can get the box for £49.95 during the launch window.

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Our sources say HP is best on a bacon sarnie.

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Good choice. ;)

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Does the comment below mean If both are connected by wifi then you can record 12 shows are once, without having to say what box and does it show 2tb on either box

" Virgin Media has cleverly designed the new boxes to connect to each other and increase the storage. For example, if you have two Virgin TV V6 boxes, your storage capacity increases to 2TB (1TB per box) and you can record up to 12 shows at once. You can then play them back on either box without knowing, nor caring where the programme is stored"

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You need both boxes connected via coax and then via Wi-Fi to your superhub.

This will then let you record 12 shows at once, but also watch any recording across both boxes.

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There is a TiVo V6 thread. you would be best asking in there.

http://cableforum.co.uk/board/showth...02913&page=119

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Tad rude that chap

We are a lovely bunch here so let's all play nice. Media boy is a legend too.

In other news can I have Fox News please

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Sorry Vince but l don't think Fox News will be forthcoming this year now.

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Not actually rude at all. MB asked a question, got an accurate, well researched answer. He then dismissed the answer as incorrect, preferring to misinterpret the information he had received from someone who had scanned cable frequencies into a tv set. As I stated, he was asking a question about the NIT and then made up an incorrect solution based, not on the NIT but on the SDT.

The problem with this, and the reason for the tone of my reply was that the person who had spent time scanning and analysing the data saw MB's dismissal of their findings. Hardly encouraging for someone who has no interest in this forum, suffice to say they won't be helping out in future. Unfortunate, as the whole reason I asked for their help in the first instance was to help counter the inaccurate "TV scan" based information provided by MB with accurate information based on analysis of the NIT.

I've now been told the identity of the extra service added to the "Total Channels" count, again, it wasn't what MB suggested. Unfortunately, I've now been asked not to post the details on this forum.

Again, if and when this service is added to the regional networks, I won't be given clearance to post that information here. Unfortunate but it is what it is.. so, back to inaccurate speculation. :D

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Who has time to scan through 61356 rows of anything? what the hell is a NIT...thought they lived on kids heads :-)

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Network Information Table.

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hahaha thanks, Rich :D

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Nobody, that was the point. We developed a database with a front end to load VM's convoluted and heavily fragmented NIT.

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Gave virgin media a call and the new TiVo will be available for customers to order from the 6th December,

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interesting ! what is the price for this?

Im assuming the cliche 50 quid installation price or something. I'm tempted to try my luck.

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Its is £50 plus a installation and activation fee for a V6 box if you have either the Big House package or one of the other big packages Vince and £100 plus the other charges if you don't have those packages l think.

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So do we phone retentions on Tuesday 6th at 8am to order the V6

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They announced on facebook there is a £14.99 activation fee per box

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good to know

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What methods can this upgrade be ordered

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http://cableforum.co.uk/board/showth...02913&page=119

Please use the appropriate thread.

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Media Boy Sources has confirmed to us that VICELAND is now testing on Virgin Media with video and audio.

Info given on December 5th.

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Our Sources told us not to post all the "Raw" information month ago - that why we do not post any photos for.

We did not "dismissed the answer" we really did think Hidden 53 may have reappear after being removed - like BBC 3 did on Virgin Channel 106 - sorry but we put 2 and 2 together and came up with 5.:D

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Still time

The latest channels did launch was on December 18th in 2012.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...-channels.html

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For once MB l think you could be a tad optimistic there.:)

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All channels launches has been poor.

Not even one of them has been "must watch TV".

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But it didn't and why on earth would it reappear? You failed to understand the purpose of "Hidden 23" which was a placeholder on transport stream 23 whenever the transport stream fell dormant. It used to be a pop-up transport stream, only appearing when extra capacity was needed to carry services such as the BBC Olympics channels. Now that it carries normal on-going tv services, the transport stream won't have dormant periods and no longer needs to carry a "hidden" service.

And "Hidden 53"? really? there isn't a transport stream 53 to hide, there's 48; 1-45, 101, 102 & 104 plus any tests in the 300 range that may be operating in some regions.

I think maybe you put 2 and 2 together and come up with 5 a little too often. :p:

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We did mean Hidden 23. Sorry for miss up.

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Fox news isn't going to be on VM until at least first quarter of 2017 sources say.

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Ah, that'd be Sky Atlantic!

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My personally opinion of VM this year has been very poor. No *new channels* price increases etc. And l am sure there will be more in 2017.

I can never understand how the owners or directors, can sleep at night. With the way customers have been treated this year.

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Everyone getting a minimun £4 p/m price rise in April but you'll be getting £9.50 Arthur.

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tut tut shakes head

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Like we will ever get sky Atlantic, more chance of v6 having 4k material

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Well the upgrade lines open 9am will be interesting

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Crikey now a optimist rather then a pessimist it seems.;)

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Kix power showing on 738 as coming on the 11th December

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Well, if not Sky Atlantic, what exactly is this 'most watched TV' that we are missing on Virgin Media? I don't honestly think we are missing much!

Just Sky Atlantic. That is all.

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https://keepup.virginmedia.com/befirst

sign up at the above link to register interest in V6 TiVo

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Make sky cinema or sky cinema 4k Via red button

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Arthur is getting his own channel pricerise tv.

In serious news mtv trax to launch on vm in 2017.

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Wasn't this the channel that was broadcasting off the EPG on satellite? IIRC it was low resolution and intended for mobile phones.

Is it on Sky and what stuff does it show?

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Sky are not releasing this for other platforms at this stage.

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So finally a replacement for the Spotify app that was pulled off VM a while ago, as MTV Trax is a subscription music streaming service, albeit with a much smaller range of music than Spotify.

Would it be too much trouble for them to add the MTV Classic channel at the same time?

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Very strange, as Kix Power doesn't currently exist as a TV channel, it's just a temporary brand that Sony used before, and ee don't currently receive the nornal TV channel, Kix.

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Indeed, we are also missing stuff like AMC and ITV Encore but both their content and ratings are terrible.

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We still to see confirmed information on how long this channel will be on for.

As the Channel says "Available for a limited time".

Also Sky Cinema will relaunch Sky Cinema Star Wars from December 12th using Sky Cinema Sci-Fi and Horror EPG Channel number until after the Holidays.

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Virgin Media Ireland to axe UTV Ireland name for Be3 from January 9th.

http://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2016...channel-group/

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So much for sky saying they like to work with other platforms

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Think again.

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The Best of 2016.

01) The Biggest poster of the year on Cable Forum (NOT Media Boy HQ):

Winner is - denphone with 580 posts

02) Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):

Winner is - Universal Channel HD

03) Best new SD Channel launch of the year:

Winner is - Movie Mix

04) Best +1 Channel launch of the year:

Winner is - 5STAR +1

05) Best new HD Channel launch of the year:

Winners is - Sky Sports Mix HD

06) Best UK Channel of the year:

Winner is - ITV3

07) Best Internatiional Channel of the year:

Winner is - Rishtey Europe

08) Best LOCAL Channel of the year:

Winner is - NVTV

09) Best Radio Channel of the year:

Winner is - Heart

10) Best new brand of the year:

Winner is - Sky Cinema (Was Sky Movies until July 8th)

Well done to all the winners.

So merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone who viewed this thread.

Virgin Media year in review:

Channels we said Hello to:
-Dec. 6th: Kix Power
-Nov. 29th: 4Seven HD
-Nov. 8th: Made in Birmingham*
-Nov. 8th: Clubland TV (Non TiVo boxes)
-Oct. 19th: Made in Liverpool*
-Sep. 20th: Babenation
-Aug. 31st: Spike
-Aug, 31st: 5STAR +1
-Aug. 25th: Movie Mix
-Aug. 25th: Movies 4 Men
-Aug. 25th: POP
-Aug. 24th: Sky Sports Mix HD
-Aug. 24th: Sky Sports Mix
-Aug. 23rd: NDTV India
-Aug. 23rd: NDTV Spice
-Aug. 10th: My5
-Aug. 1st: Universal Channel HD
-Aug. 1st: BBC Olympics 1 - 8 HD Channels
-Aug. 1st: BBC Olympics 2 - 8 Channels
-Jul. 5th: TruTV
-Jun. 30th: QVC Beauty
-Jun. 30th: QVC Style
-Jun. 20th: BBC RB HD
-Jun. 20th: BBC RB 2 - 6 Channels
-Apr. 7th: hayu (Only on TiVo)
-Mar. 31st: BBC Three app (Only on TiVo)
-Feb. 29th: Heart Extra
-Feb. 25th: Virgin Media Previews (Channel 998)
-Jan. 14th: Bike TV
-Jan. 12th: VEVO (Only on TiVo)
-Jan. 12th: ClublandAkaChilledNow (Only on TiVo)

*Local TV Channels is on Virgin Channel 159 in some areas.

Channels on the move:
-Nov. 29th: Channel 4 HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 142 to Virgin UK Channel 141.
-Nov. 29th: Channel 4 +1 has moved from Virgin UK Channel 143 to Virgin UK Channel 142.
-Nov. 29th: 4Seven has moved from Virgin UK Channel 195 to Virgin UK Channel 143.
-Nov. 29th: I.D. has moved from Virgin UK Channel 253 to Virgin UK Channel 170.
-Nov. 29th: More4 HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 203 to Virgin UK Channel 195.
-Nov. 29th: I.D. +1 has moved from Virgin UK Channel 254 to Virgin UK Channel 171.
-Nov. 29th: DMAX has moved from Virgin UK Channel 170 to Virgin UK Channel 213.
-Nov. 29th: DMAX +1 has moved from Virgin UK Channel 171 to Virgin UK Channel 214.
-Aug. 31st: Virgin Media UK has moved 5USA +1 from Virgin UK Channel 154 to Virgin UK Channel 185.
-Aug. 15th: Virgin Media UK has moved PIN Protection Help from Virgin UK Channel 981 to Virgin UK Channel 985.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Gold from Virgin UK Channel 126 to Virgin UK Channel 124.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved W from Virgin UK Channel 124 to Virgin UK Channel 125.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Alibi from Virgin UK Channel 130 to Virgin UK Channel 126.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Dave from Virgin UK Channel 128 to Virgin UK Channel 127.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Drama from Virgin UK Channel 190 to Virgin UK Channel 128.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Really from Virgin UK Channel 283 to Virgin UK Channel 129.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Alibi +1 from Virgin UK Channel 131 to Virgin UK Channel 130.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved W +1 from Virgin UK Channel 125 to Virgin UK Channel 131.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved BBC Four HD from Virgin UK Channel 164 to Virgin UK Channel 163.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Gold +1 from Virgin UK Channel 127 to Virgin UK Channel 190.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Dave ja vu from Virgin UK Channel 129 to Virgin UK Channel 211.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports 1 HD from Virgin UK Channel 502 to Virgin UK Channel 501.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports 2 HD from Virgin UK Channel 503 to Virgin UK Channel 502.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports 3 HD from Virgin UK Channel 504 to Virgin UK Channel 503.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports 4 HD from Virgin UK Channel 505 to Virgin UK Channel 504.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports 5 HD from Virgin UK Channel 506 to Virgin UK Channel 505.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports HQ HD from Virgin UK Channel 501 to Virgin UK Channel 506.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports F1 HD from Virgin UK Channel 507 to Virgin UK Channel 508.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports 1 from Virgin UK Channel 512 to Virgin UK Channel 511.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports 2 from Virgin UK Channel 513 to Virgin UK Channel 512.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports 3 from Virgin UK Channel 514 to Virgin UK Channel 513.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports 4 from Virgin UK Channel 515 to Virgin UK Channel 514.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports 5 from Virgin UK Channel 516 to Virgin UK Channel 515.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports News HQ from Virgin UK Channel 511 to Virgin UK Channel 516.
-Jul. 26th: Virgin Media UK has moved Sky Sports F1 from Virgin UK Channel 517 to Virgin UK Channel 518.
-Feb. 25th: Virgin Media UK has moved PIN Protection Help from Virgin UK Channel 998 to Virgin UK Channel 997.

Channels rebrand (For Good):
-Nov. 8th: ClublandAkaChilledNow (Clubland TV, Channel AKA, Chilled TV and Now Music) has been rebrand as Clubland TV and added to non TiVo boxes.
-Nov. 1st: My Ex-Girlfriend PPV has been rebrand as XXX Brits PPV.
-Oct. 13th: Heart FM has been rebrand as Heart.
-Oct. 13th: Capital FM has been rebrand as Capital.
-Aug. 23rd: Virgin Media UK has rebrand BBC Olympics 1 as BBC RB 1.
-Aug, 10th: Channel 5 +24 has been rebrand as My5.
-Aug. 4th: BT Sport Europe HD has been rebrand as BT Sport 3 HD.
-Aug. 4th: BT Sport Europe has been rebrand as BT Sport 3.
-Aug. 1st: Virgin Media UK has rebrand BBC RB1 as BBC Olympics 1.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Premiere has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Premiere.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Premiere +1 has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Premiere +1.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Showcase has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Hits.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Greats has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Greats.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Disney has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Disney.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Family has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Family.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Action & Adventure has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Action & Adventure.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Comedy has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Comedy.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Crime & Thriller has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Drama & Romance has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Drama & Romance.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Select has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Select.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Premiere HD has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Premiere HD.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Showcase HD has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Hits HD.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Greats HD has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Greats HD.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Disney HD has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Disney HD.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Family HD has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Family HD.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Action & Adventure HD has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Action & Adventure HD.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Comedy HD has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Comedy HD.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Crime & Thriller HD has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller HD.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Drama & Romance HD has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Drama & Romance HD.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror HD has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror HD.
-Jul. 8th: Sky Movies Select HD has been rebrand as Sky Cinema Select HD.
-May. 25th: The Box Plus Network has rebrand Smash Hits as Box Hits.
-May. 25th: The Box Plus Network has rebrand Heat as Box Upfront.
-May. 12th: Virgin Media UK has rebrand BT Sport Freeview as BT Sport Showcase.
-Feb. 29th: Global Radio has rebrand LBC News as Heart Extra.
-Feb. 23rd: Virgin Media UK has rebrand Red Hot 18s Nightly as Xtreme Filth.
-Feb. 23rd: Virgin Media UK has rebrand Red Hot Mums Nightly as Red Hot.
-Feb. 23rd: Virgin Media UK has rebrand Red Hot Amateur Nightly as Viewers Wives.
-Feb. 15th: Watch has been rebrand as W.
-Feb. 15th: Watch +1 has been rebrand as W +1.
-Feb. 15th: Watch HD has been rebrand as W HD.
-Feb. 11th: 5* has been rebrand as 5STAR.
-Jan. 12th: Sony Entertainment Television has been rebrand as Sony Channel.

Channels we said Goodbye to:
-Nov. 5th: Big Centre TV (Birmingham areas only).
-Oct. 6th: Bay TV Liverpool (Liverpool areas only).
-Sep. 29th: UMP Movies
-Sep. 20th: XXX Mums
-Aug. 23rd: BBC Olympics 1 - 8 HD Channels
-Aug. 23rd: BBC Olympics 2 - 8 Channels
-Jul. 12th: BBC RB HD
-Jul. 12th: BBC RB 2 - 6 Channels
-Mar. 31st: BBC Three (TV Channel)
-Mar. 31st: BBC Three HD
-Jan. 12th: Virgin Music on Demand Takeover
-Jan. 12th: Virgin Music on Demand Hits
-Jan. 12th: Virgin Music on Demand Urban
-Jan. 12th: Virgin Music on Demand Rocks
-Jan. 12th: Virgin Music on Demand Dance
-Jan. 12th: Virgin Music on Demand Playlist

Final total of posters on all 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2016)' Thread this year:

As of December 6th at 11.40pm

Name - number of posts
01) denphone - 580
02) theone2k10 - 465
03) Media Boy - 447
04) 1andrew1 - 390
05) RichardCoulter - 371
06) OLD BOY - 280
07) andrewstevenson - 259
08) muppetman11 - 197
09) Ultimate.Conj - 152
10) passingbat - 147
11) jj20x - 120
12) Horizon - 102
12) vincerooney - 102
14) Mad Max - 91
15) spiderplant - 60
16) BenMcr - 55
17) Chad - 51
18) telegramsam - 49
19) Derekb108 - 42
20) Aguero9320 - 40
21) Arthurgray50@blu - 38
22) dodo1 - 35
23) devilincarnate - 33
23) nodrogd - 33
25) Bananaman_007 - 28
26) Anypermitedroute - 27
26) undertakereddie - 27
28) steveh - 26
29) DaMac - 25
30) nialli - 24
31) ozsat - 22
32) Tricky Trevor - 21
33) johnathome - 20
33) nicknewark - 20
35) Dave42 - 20
36) mike_gain - 19
36) blue666666 - 19
36) Stephen - 19
39) RobboEdin - 18
39) Frazz - 18
39) DJ-SWITCH - 18
42) heero_yuy - 17
43) jobbie8 - 16
44) heavyside - 15
45) johnasimmons - 14
46) Mobes - 13
46) 1701-e - 13
48) japitts - 10
49) harry_hitch - 9
49) Gavin-D - 9
51) Mr K - 8
51) pengedragon - 8
51) VirginMediaPhil - 8
51) sminkypinky - 8
51) Henkesghost - 8
51) Itshim - 8
57) Superblade7 - 7
57) gba93 - 7
59) warrenb - 6
59) MarkC1984 - 6
59) Hugh - 6
59) alwaysabear - 6
63) Bofrok - 5
64) figgyburn - 4
64) vm_tech - 4
64) paultrademark - 4
67) oliver1948uk - 3
67) toady - 3
67) bubblegun - 3
70) solitaire - 2

ALL POSTERS MUST HAVE POSTED IN ALL THREADS OF 'COMING SOON TO VIRGIN TV (2016)'.

Top posters of 2016 (Total took at 6th December at 23.40):

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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Fashion 1 was taken off Freesat two weeks ago and has now been taken off the Sky EPG and is showing a slate saying "this service is currently unavailable".

I think this is either on VM Ireland or the ex Smallworld area.

It looks to be closing so would at least help towards channel parity!

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Fashion One is not on Virgin Ireland but Fashion TV is.

Here is the list of channels that Virgin Media UK axe in old Smallworld areas and also channels only on Virgin Media Ireland right now.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/p...asting-on.html

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Thanks, I was getting confused between the two of them.

Not surprised it's closed, I doubt there's enough market for one, never mind two!

Last I heard was that Fashion TV was losing money, but is subsidised because it's primary purpose is to showcase new fashions for the industry.

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Wow my first post on this thread this year, it really was a slim year for new channels on VM! I genuinely started to believe that VM have got to the point where they have nearly all the quality channels they feel they need except the following,

SKY Atlantic
Small number of HD variant channels
More Ultra HD content

Please let me know if I am missing something,

Best
Mark

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Yes, I should have mentioned AMC, as that is a worthwhile channel, irrespective of the ratings. I honestly believe that not enough publicity is given to this channel, and many Sky viewers who can get it simply forget that it's there.

ITV Encore is still mainly showing repeats of ITV dramas, but it is a superior channel to CBS Drama, which is a bit of a disappointment.

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Your sanity? :p:
No i think you summed it all up apart from itv encore and AMC, i think 2017 will be more about on demand content and apps rather than channels.
Insight hd will launch (rumour) on vm in first quarter of 2017 this will be VMs first linear Ultra hd channel.
Also a big congrats to Den on him posting the most posts on this thread this year :)

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Well done to jj20x at the end of the Coming Soon Vol. 1 thread he has only posted SEVEN times.

As of last night he posted 120 times.

---------- Post added at 11:48 ---------- Previous post was at 11:44 ----------

You have posted on this thread 3 times since May 2nd.

But your user name did not appear on Vol. 1.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Why, do you know something we don't about Sky launching UHD content on Virgin Media soon?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Keep on dreaming nice dreams but no chance

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We at theone2k10 headquarters have heard rumours but for now that's all they are, will post more info as i get it subject to any dnp orders etc.

I think MB deserves a big shout out for his work on these threads and having the patience to keep track of how many posts people make on this thread.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Any hint of Front Runner TV coming to VM? Seem to be on all the other platforms. They just announced a regular British ice hockey highlights show and I quite fancy that.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

:clap:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Coming Soon to Virgin Media (2017) will launch in the last week of December only on Cable Forum.

We will reveal launch date later this month.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Great work MediaBoy and well done denphone for being top of the posts.

For those who say no channels launched this year but we still got price rises, I think the new channels listed by you including Universal HD, Spike, TruTV, Movie Mix, Movies 4 Men, Sky Sports Mix, 4SevenHD, Hayu and Vevo show it's not been a terrible year. The fact is aside from AMC and Sky Atlantic, we've got the best channels so there's very few more to add.

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Well done, MB...keep up the good work..

Let's hope for some UHD content for 2017 :-)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Of the missing FTA/FTV channels, Viceland looks to be on its way. Still no YourTV though.

Aren't there still one or two movie channels missing??

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The forum software does that, just click on the number of replies on the main page ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Not heard anything about this coming to VM.

It's a bit of an oddity this channel. It's available on Freesat, Freeview and Sky but doesn't always show the same thing on satellite and Freeview!

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Bah humbug you :p:

---------- Post added at 17:57 ---------- Previous post was at 17:55 ----------

It will arrive we think in time possibly early 2017 now,
frontrunner it seems is part of information tv going by their address at bottom of their website http://www.frontrunner.tv/

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Thank you RichardCoulter and theone2k10 for your replies. :)