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

I wonder what channels they are?

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

Well that link is only showing the 3 channels added and says nothing about losing 2 channels MB.

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

So we should cut kids channels ?, CBeebies is for pre school and CBBC for older children why should we just have one :confused:

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

Press ''comments'' on that link.

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

Exactly.

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But there is no mention of what they are.

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

I know - I do not even know about them closing.

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I'm stumped if I know what channels are closing :dozey:

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

Maybe someone has misread my review of 2011.

when I said Bravo and Bravo2 was close on January 1st.;)

They are the only ones I can think of.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/201...in-review.html

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

Well at the moment there is no proof whatever of any channels closing DF so maybe he posted it to stir things up.

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

At some point the balance of HD to SD channels will swing and there will be little incentive to continue to support SD variants of channels where there is a HD equivalent. To achieve that, everyone will either have to be fully HD-ready or have a means of down-scaling HD content for SD viewing equipment. That either means having a HD STB or the satellite or cable provider doing the down-scaling centrally. Maybe that's how it works for some channels now. I'd like to see it happen maybe some time in 2013 and definitely by 2015 but there are obstacles.

I feel sorry for DVB-T (FreeView) and DVB-S (particularly FreeSat) customers who have recently purchased equipment but did not opt for HD STBs as they may have to upgrade at a cost sooner than they expected.

Alternatively, the tail could wag the dog and we might be stuck with SD until the majority of people have upgraded and that could take years.

When digital TV was coming, I don't think enough emphasis was put on the fact that HD was rolling out too.

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

Probably :D

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I think the poster is confused with last January as MB says :)

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Again with the BBC and the licence fee! :(

I knew what you meant, Alan: better content on the channels that we already have and more channels on VM that are already available from other providers.

I agree that it's odd that the government are proposing these local channels at a time when the mainstream UK channels are struggling and local newspapers and radio stations are going under. We have Mix 96 as our local radio station in Aylesbury but the counterpart in High Wycombe, owned by the same group and formerly broadcasting on two frequencies, went under a few years back having made a loss year after year due to lack of advertising revenue.

Maybe it was because High Wycombe is in the catchment area of other stations that don't reach Aylesbury but it seemed odd that a major town like that couldn't support a local radio station but a town like Luton is expected to support a TV channel. If we are to have local channels they should be capable of operating self-sufficiently or perhaps with a small public service grant but not as satellites (non-orbiting :rolleyes:) of the BBC with their civil service mentality and employment terms. The BBC already has regional TV and radio to look after they don't need more responsibility or more funding.

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

Can Any Virgin worker tell me:

May I ask if any of you know if Sky have any plans to carry on broadcasting Sky Livingit +1 after January 24th 2012 as Sky are moving Sky Living +1 onto it Sky EPG Channel number from that date and I cant find info on where Sky Livingit +1 is moving to on Sky?

I have try ''Sky Livingit +1 may close'' and nothing.

Thanks for any info.

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I have this feeling it will close.

So they can use it for something else ie Sky Livingit HD or Sky 2 HD.

Remember Sky 2 is moving from 129 to 121 on the Sky EPG.

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

You are putting 2 and 2 together and making 5 it seems as nothing has happened yet.