Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I doubt that's true. Pretty sure we will keep it

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Are you getting confused with Sky Livingit HD?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Looks like something out of thunderbirds.:D

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maybe I am - never noticed the it on the end

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We will still get this channel. it's just getting a Sky branding that's all.

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I don't know about Sky Livingit HD... no news about that channel.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

thanks for the reply

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Guardian: Jeremy Hunt unveils plan for new national television channel.

The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, will today unveil plans for a new national television channel to help deliver his ambition for a network of local TV services.

Hunt will also investigate whether "must carry" obligations on BSkyB and Virgin Media are an "appropriate" measure to ensure the widest reach possible for the new channel.

Media Boy: Look like Virgin Media will need to move BBC 3 then...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...vision-channel

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I`ve never stopped calling it channel 5,don`t know about anyone else?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I've always called it "Channel 5".

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Sorry must have missed that, when did Channel 5 stopped being called Channel 5!!! Have always called it that, I must have been in a time warp!

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Here is more on Channel 5 rebranding over the years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)#Branding

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Channel 5 logo looks very American-like if you get where I'm coming from?
Looks pretty good though!

Oh, I've just noticed that with the Filmflex previews, in replacement of the "500 films at your fingertips" (was very annoying), there is now a new clip that says
"Sorry this channel is currently having difficulties", followed by the advertisement of the OD services.
I must say, this is pretty good and is less annoying than the Filmflex clip it had before.
:)

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Insider Confrim Channel One closing date.

-Channel One is available on channel 119 in the M pack until 6am on February 1st 2011.
-Channel One +1 is available on channel 120 in the M pack until 6am on February 1st 2011.
-Channel One Player will also be removed from Virgin On Demand from 6am on 1st February 2011.

There will be customer information TV slates played out for 14 days from February 1st advising customers that the channels are no longer available.

That time of posting Virgin Media are not able to offer a direct replacement for this channel.

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More info @ http://help.virginmedia.com/system/s...CUSTOMER_TYPE=

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Thanks for the update.

Ah well we lost:

Bravo
Bravo +1
Bravo 2
Bravo On Demand
Challenge Jackpot

from 1st Feb we will also lose:
ChannelOne
ChannelOne +1
ChannelOne On Demand

and we only have ITV1 +1 as a replacement. I think i can see people moving to Sky. And also getting left out of all the Sky channels plus HD we havent got.

I feel like getting Freesat+HD on my 19th birthday because I wont be able to keep paying for Virgin Media especially with the loss of channels. Plus there are alot of channels on Freesat that Virgin Media has NOT got which is shocking with it being the number one cable TV platform. :(

I just wish Sky could have a heart for once and that we ARE ALL HUMAN no matter what provider we are with and give everyone the channels because we only live once.

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Loss of channels and loss of content are different things.

It has been posted before that the expectation is for the popular programmes to be moved to Sky 2 and Sky 3, what may be lost is endless repeats of rubbish hardly anybody watches anyway.

So you may well not be losing programmes, just fewer channels carrying the most popular ones.

That said, getting Sky Atlantic (SD would be enough for content access) and Sky1+1 and Sky OD would be good replacements