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Good news will keep my fingers crossed:)

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Interesting it states premium OD as well could that be Movies ?

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Virgin announces that Sky Arts 1 HD and Sky Arts 2 HD will launch on its cable TV platform this month.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...to-virgin.html

From April 26

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

I am even more sceptical or is it worried that they aren't as interested in the UK market than I hoped they were. I just hope they don't pull out and we lose ESPNA.

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They won't pull out mate no chance.

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The press release does say the agreement included access to Sky programming over VM's tv on demand service, so that must be using the same format as all other vod shows.

The only special measures needed are integrating Sky's red button service onto cable, but you'd know more about that than me.:)

Considering the press release was from June last year, it sure is a long wait for the Sky stuff. But the addition of Sky Arts HD shows progress, finally!

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

Ah right, thanks :) Would have thought that it would have been announced with Sky Arts 1&2 HD though

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

Already announced http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35208046-post97.html

Nialli's blog beat Digitalspy to it :)

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Keep up-to-date on the latest news on upcoming channel launches and other important events across all platforms of Virgin TV network.

NOTE: I do not work for Virgin Media so all the information on this list is subject to change.

BOLD = New

Colours on my list are as followed:

Media Boy = New Info just added.
Media Boy = Virgin Media News.
Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: = It an Media Boy EXCLUSIVE and you can only see it on my Blog or on this thread.
Media Boy = Other Media news/Things.

=== Coming up on Virgin's Digital TV ===
=== April ===
8th. FX is available for free to all TV Size L customers on Virgin Channel 157 until May 8th.
18th-24th. Sky Sports red button interactive service will launch on Virgin Media sometime this week (Not on TiVo).
26th. Virgin Media to launch Sky Arts 1 HD on Virgin Channel ???.
26th. Virgin Media to launch Sky Arts 2 HD on Virgin Channel ???.

=== May ===
7th. Disney/ABC Television Group is to rebrand Playhouse Disney as Disney Junior on Virgin Channel 727.

=== June ===
No News...

=== July/August ===
Sky Sports red button interactive service will launch on Virgin Media's TiVo boxes.

=== July ===
No News...

=== August ===
No News...

=== September ===
No News...

=== October ===
No News...

=== November ===
No News...

=== December ===
No News...

=== 2012 ===
No News...

=== 2013 ===
-Channel 6 to launch on Virgin Media.
For the Latest news on the soon to launch Channel 6 see here - http://channel6uk.blogspot.com/

=== By 2015 ===
RTE Radio and WRN Radio will be axe in old Telewest areas or added to all areas of Virgin Media.

=== Unknown dates ===
-BBC iPlayer will offer subtitled content.
-Channel 4's ''4oD'' will offer HD content.
-Diva TV will be rebranded as Diva Universal on Virgin Channel 164.
-Ginx TV may launch on Virgin Media.
-UKTV on demand will launch.
-Virgin Media will cease all analogue television transmissions.
-Virgin Media will introduce an enhanced TV interface
-Zing may relaunch on Virgin Media.

=== The following channels are rumoured to be launching or in talks with Virgin Media (But still not confirm by Insiders) ===

-Al Jazeera
-Comedy Central Extra +1
-ITV2 HD
-ITV3 HD
-ITV4 HD
-Premier Sports
-Quest +1
-Rush HD
-Russia Today
-NDTV
-Pick TV +1
-Sky News HD
-Sky Sports News HD
-CBS Action
-CBS Drama
-CBS Reality +1
-Horror Channel +1
-BET
-BET +1
-Bio HD
-Crime & Investigation Network HD
-Disney Cinemagic HD
-Disney XD HD
-Eden HD
-Eden +1
-ESPN2 (May launch in 2011)
-ESPN America HD
-ESPN News (May launch in 2011)
-Good Food HD
-HISTORY HD
-KidsCo
-MGM HD
-Nat Geo Wild HD
-NickToons Replay
-Pop Girl
-Sky Atlantic
-Sky Atlantic HD
-Universal Channel HD
-Vintage TV
-Yesterday +1

=== Channels THAT still to appear in all areas ===
List was last updated on December 1st 2010.

NO. Channel Name
917. Radio: RTE Radio
920. Radio: WRN Europe

NOTE: Channels are only broadcasting in Ex-Telewest areas right now.

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Q: NOW THAT BSKYB HAS TOOK OVER VIRGIN MEDIA TELEVISION WILL ANY CHANNELS CLOSE ON VIRGIN TV?
A: Yes Sky has closed Bravo, Channel One and Challenge Jackpot down. But us Virgin Media viewers will see some channels moving about as we have now got Sky1 HD and both Sky Arts 1 HD and Sky Arts 2 HD is to launch on Virgin Media on April 26th.

==== Deals with broadcasters ===
When deals with broadcasters run out Virgin Media need to sign new one to keep that Channel on Virgin TV.

Here is an list of channel that Virgin may get when they old deal runs out with that broadcaster:

NOTE: To start broadcasting soon = That channel has still to start broadcasting on Sky, Freesat or Freeview.

=== TV and Radio Channels: ===
=== Own by AETN UK ===
Bio HD
Crime & Investigation Network HD
Crime & Investigation Network +1
HISTORY HD
HISTORY +1

=== Own by ABC Television Group ===
Disney Cinemagic HD
Disney Cinemagic +1
Disney Junior + (Soon to start broadcasting).
Disney XD HD
Playhouse Disney + (Soon to be rebranded as Disney Junior +)

=== Own by ARY Group ===
ARY News
QTV ARY

=== Own by BSkyB ===
Pick TV +1
Sky 3D
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic HD
Sky Movies Classic HD
Sky News HD
Sky Sports HD3
Sky Sports HD4
Sky Sports News HD

=== Own by CBS International and Chello Zone ===
CBS Action
CBS Drama
CBS Reality +1
Horror Channel +1

=== Own by Channel 4 Television Corporation ===
More 4 +1

=== Own by CSC Media Group ===
Bliss
Chart Show TV
Dance Nation TV
Flava
Kix!
NME TV
POP
Pop Girl
Pop Girl +1
Scuzz
The Vault
Tiny Pop +1
True Movies 2

=== Own by Discovery Networks Europe ===
Animal Planet +1
Discovery Home & Health +1
Discovery Knowledge +1
Discovery Science +1
DMAX +1
DMAX +2
Investigation Discovery
TLC (To start broadcast in the UK in 2011.)
Quest +1

=== Own by ESPN Inc. (The Walt Disney Company/Hearst Corporation) ===
ESPN2 (May launch in 2011)
ESPN America HD
ESPN News (May launch in 2011)

=== Own by GMG Radio ===
Real Radio

=== Own by Independent Media Corporation ===
AAG
GEO News
GEO UK

=== Own by ITV Digital Channels Ltd ===
ITV2 HD
ITV3 HD
ITV4 HD

=== Own by MGM Channel (UK) Limited (BSkyB and MGM) ===
MGM HD

=== Own by NBC Universal Global Networks ===
Diva TV +1
Universal Channel HD

=== Own by NBC Universal, Corus Entertainment, Cookie Jar Group ===
Kids Co (Soon to start broadcasting.)

=== Own by NGC Europe Limited ===
FX +1
Nat Wild HD

=== Own by Rainbow Media ===
Rush HD
Sundance Channel HD

=== Own by Scripps Networks Interactive (Run by Chello Zone) ===
Food Network
Food Network HD (Soon to start broadcasting).
Food Network +1

=== Own by Sony ===
NOTE: The following channels will become part of the ''ViewAsia'' package if Sony can sign an new deal Virgin Media:
ARY Digital^
B4U Movies^
Colors^
MAX^
SAB
Sahara One
SET Asia^

^ = On Virgin Media right now.

=== Own by STAR TV ===
STAR Gold
STAR One

=== Own by The Times Group ===
Zoom TV

=== Own by TIML Radio Limited ===
Absolute 90s

=== Own by Turner Broadcasting System Europe ===
Adult Swim Channel (Soon to start broadcasting).
TCM 2

=== Own by UKTV ===
Eden HD
Eden +1
Good Food HD
YeSTERDAY +1

=== Own by Viacom ===
BET
BET +1
Comedy Central Extra +1
MTV CLASSIC
MTV MUSIC
MTV +1
Nickelodeon HD
NickToons Replay

=== Own by Zee Entertainment Enterprises ===
ZEE Cafe
Zing

©copyright 2011 Media Boy 2006 - 2011. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

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

Thanks mb,Looks like another week of coming soons !!!!!!!!
Noticed on your list mb you do not have sony`s new tv channel (started on sky thurs) are there no plans to bring it to vm?

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

I forgot about the launch on Sony UK channel launch will be under ''Own by'' next week.

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

No probs matey and thanks for your usual great info ;)

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Only time will tell I guess but sky wont want to underestimate them that`s for sure. Mind you I always thought these bids were secret ones so sky wouldn`t know exactly what E.S.P.N were bidding anyway,would they? Wasn`t I.T.V digitals problems all due to them vastly over-bidding football rights?

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

ITV Digital's bid for Football League football was the straw that broke the camel's back. It was a rather big straw but they had many serious problems, none more so than it is quite likely that more people stole their services than actually paid for them!

They came up with the genuis idea of providing dirt cheap pre paid boxes that required no identification checks, people just slapped their own cards in them or merely pocketed a DTT receiver for the extra free channels. They eventually saw the error of their ways but maybe it was a bit late!

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

So is that right enough that Virgin are getting Sky Anytime? Would be a bit of a coup (is that how you spell it) if they did and it included movies.

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I hope so, that would be great!!!

The quote from the press release does state:

"Virgin Media will make available through its on-demand TV service a range of content from Sky's basic and premium channels"

We'll be treated to non-stop Ross Kemp and hopefully a selection of movies and sport.

I'm expecting this to arrive in just under 3 weeks along with the red button facility and SKY Arts 1 & 2 HD.

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l do not think we will get Sky anytime but it will be good to get the other 2 things mentioned.

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

No not Sky Anytime that is Sky's own online service , I believe they are getting OD content from Sky , but as of yet nobody's sure what.

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

I think that the only time that we would get SKY Anytime is if SKY took over VM.:D:D:D:D

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

LOL could be true :D

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I cant see it, would be like a snowballs chance in hell ( as that is where they would be going:erm: ):D:D:D:D

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

No chance.:D:D

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

I know I can't see DF happy working for the darkside LOL :D

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

:D:D DF will nave no worries where that is concerned unlesss he cares to jump ship.:shocked::shocked:

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Cheers for info.

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I know some will not be bothered about this, but I am absolutely delighted! The Sky Arts 1 and 2 HD was what I really wanted.

Thanks VM!!!

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

sky arts and no nat geo wild hd ? oh how marvelous....

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

We get two new channels and still there is unhappiness. This at least scotches the no new HD channels brigade.....

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

Not for long I fear
:no:

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

just a shame they are things only a handful of people will watch, certainly glad i avoided the cost increases

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

Most channels on cable are only watched by a small number of people..........

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

Indeed. I have the XL pack with 160 channels. I'll bet I don't regularly watch content on more than a dozen of them.

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

I am the same, unfortunately the channels I do watch are in the XL pack.

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

Plus we get all the (non-PPV) OD stuff for free!

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Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Sky Sports Red Button launch date revealed.

I can reveal that Virgin Media are set to launch the Red Button on Sky Sports for non-Tivo viewers on April 21st.

The Red Button for Sky Sports on TiVo will follow in July or August.

©copyright 2011 Media Boy 2006 - 2011. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

NOTE: Information was right at time of posting. Dates may change.

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

great news thanks MB just got to wait for one for my tivo too now

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

Is Virgin bringing out a new EPG at some point? I remember a few years go seeing a new style epg online with like boxes across the tv screen with channel logos etc and it looked very cool, it said if they got the go ahead it would be out in 2011.

Has that EPG been scrapped now for this new tivo style? and will that be added to all newer boxes at some point?

thanks

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

If you are thinking about the red epg that was going about i think that they have used this for the TIVO epg.

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

New EPG is on TiVo, but there is talk of the V-HD getting the TV Guide from TiVo. Nothing further announced though.

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

That would seem a sensible option. :D

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http://hcc.techradar.com/blogs/team+...stage+09+06+09

that is the one i think

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

Same here,and the ones I do watch are also in the xl pack. There certainly seems to be alot of `fillers`

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

and V+HD customers get flicked off again as they are obsolete !!!

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

I know VM want to eventually get us all on TIVO but will they swap my V+ box at some point even if its OK?

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

Because they are too old and technically incompatible with TiVo, nothing more or less than that. Same applies for the SD V Boxes

The V HD box was designed to be upgradeable to TiVo if required as it was introduced after the TiVo agreement was signed

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

Not really. The V+HD isn't compatible with the new software. Upgrade incentives and promotions should follow to move the customer base off V+, but in the mean time it is fully supported by VM.

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

they are obsolete in my eyes, same box and same menus etc as the tv drive box that i had with telewest around 8 years ago, boxes are horribly slow,prone to freezing and failed recordings, just looking forward to gettin a tivo box which works properly :)

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

thats just a polite way to say obsolete !!!

regardless of the so called support there is nothing new happening to the platform in terms of new EPG, platform updates ect which means VM have all but washed their hands of the platform.

sure the new channels will come but other than that thats it. its hardly full support more like legacy support for an obsolete platform at best and the only reason VM will keep this limited legacy support is so they dont loose money to people refusing to pay a fortune to be move to the TiVo platform and VM having to subsidise the move.

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

Not true. Virgin are still working on updates to the existing platform where appropriate - for example the Sky Sports Red button services

But as the existing platform is extremely limited in what more it can do, you aren't going to see any major changes.

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

Yeah I thought that was the whole point of TiVo, the old Liberate platform is stretched as far as possible as it is?

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

That's possibly because the contract ends soon with Liberate doesn't it ?

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2009/...rate-contract/

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

It's all part of the same thing

Liberate is old tech, which means it's limited in what Virgin can do with it, so no iPlayer app etc

Which is why TiVo was selected for the new platform, which in turn means it can do new funky things the older boxes can't

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

Just a quick one Ben , on the TIVO thread someone sarcastically stated can't every box run iplayer , I think I'm right in saying here that my Sky+HD box can't run the iplayer app is that correct ?

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

Actually I have no idea. Theorectically the Sky+HD box could access iPlayer content as it can be connected to router (as is required when you have Sky BBI and Anytime+). However I don't know whether it could run a iPlayer Flash app like TiVo could, or whether Sky would need to get a specific app development for it's firmware platform

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

I see your point but VM have to move on , how many customers would VM lose if they kept V+ for years to come.

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I think it's Sky wanting it integrated in their platform so may not actually be incompatible

http://wotsat.techradar.com/news/sky...ewers-21-02-11

It's a big one up for TIVO anyway.

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

It's only obsolete insofar as it won't do the new 'connected' things. But all connected functionality requires new equipment if the current equipment is more than a year old.

My Panny BD35 Blueray player is obsolete from your perspective, because it can't get connected content like my Sony BD370 can. Panasonic have no plans to upgrade the BD35 to get connected content, they expect you to buy a new model if you want connected TV functionality.

The BD35 still plays bluerays though and does the job it was designed for; If I want the new stuff, I need new equipment. Same applies to PVRs.

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

I had hardly any issues with my Samsung V+ box apart from missing a few endings off ESPN , just the capacity wasn't great for recording HD.

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

Maybe not Flash specifically, but I'd suspect the Sky+HD box to be powerful enough to take an implementation of the iPlayer app from the BBC.

Problem is, Sky don't want this, they want an approach where they just drop the content into their existing infrastructure (not unlike the legacy iPlayer VM have), and the BBC Trust have decided that is a no-no moving forward as the BBC will be controlling the availability and syndication of the content (meaning providers can't just take Top Gear and Eastenders and bin what they deem to be "unpopular")

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

Yes but I believe that would involve Sky paying the BBC for it to be written

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

Agreed. Space is an issue, but everything else is fine.
I once had a problem where the box reset randomly and got stuck on a code (usually one of the ones that appear on boot). A simple unplug and plug in solved it.

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

Wow, I've never seen that before. Do you have anymore links related to it's development, I love reading into stuff like this. :o:

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Thanks for that, looks like a really clean UI. I wonder why VM chose not to take this EPG any further?

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

Or Sky dropping some sort of Flash player/HTML renderer into their code to access the existing publicly available apps.

Cable expansion?
 

Fujitsu unveils plans to bring fibre to 5 million homes and businesses in rural Britain


London, 13th April 2011 — Fujitsu, one of the world’s largest technology and communications companies, today announced plans to work in collaboration with Virgin Media, TalkTalk and Cisco to deliver next generation internet services to 5 million homes in rural Britain.

http://www.fujitsu.com/uk/news/pr/fs_20110413.html


I know the press release only talks about Broadband but with Virgin Media's collaboration, does this mean that they will also use this for TV services?

Good if they do! :)

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

It's not as simple as that.
The boxes have to have a chipset that is capable of running said player.

It's not like a PC where you have the processing grunt to do whatever you feel like, these are specialist chipsets with highly specialised instruction sets that do a limited amount of tasks extremely well, and that's about it. Everything they do is hardware accelerated, whereas a PC you can just do it in software.

If the chipset the boxes run don't support flash then no amount of code dropping will bring them flash support.

---------- Post added at 12:54 ---------- Previous post was at 12:47 ----------

You know schemes like this actually annoy me.

Why the hell does rural Britain need FTTH, and why the hell should rural Britain end up with subsidised internet access that is FAR greater than what city dwellers will get?

Sure bring them decent access in line with what most cities can get, but FTTH capable of 1gbps? Give me a break.

I doubt most urban areas will see FTTH for a long long time. Hey maybe when the countryside has it the government can throw some money at catching the cities up with the rural areas!

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

I wouldn't say my Cisco STB does anything extremely well.

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

I'm aware of that, but do you know what exactly is inside the Sky+HD box?

The original TiVo took everyone by surprise by what it was capable of doing.

And they wouldn't necessarily need Flash support. There is already a BigScreen implementation of iPlayer that doesn't use Flash - the interface is HTML and the video is h.264 - that could easily distribute one of the many formats the BBC have on the backend in storage for each video asset - I'd suspect the box will have the decoder to play one of them.

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

Getting HTML on there is almost as bad too, the thing with modern HTML interpreters/engines is that an amazing amount of work goes into them just to make them run at a decent speed with full compatibility on decent hardware. Something like a STB is going to have a hard time hitting what we have come to see as the norm without a lot of work and investment. To see my point give the PS3 browser a go.

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

I thought the original TiVo was basically a low powered PC running Linux?

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

It was. Still doesn't mean people weren't surprised by the functionality. The OS was Linux, the Tivo software was, and still is, proprietory.

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

What I was getting at is that the TiVo boxes were (and still are) pretty powerful and could be changed to add functionality because the hardware could support it

Quite unlike a normal STB where the hardware is designed to do a specific job, so adding new functions requires a new box.

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

Yeah there is no point specing out a box with a powerful chipset if you don't need it, it just runs up costs (and as far as Sky goes) cuts into the profits you make from the box sale.

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

Plus you have to bear in mind there's multiple versions of the Sky HD box out there, all with different chipsets. Whilst some may be able to support it there's no guarantee all will.

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

Any more news on more channel launches in the future.

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

Plain and simple is not at the moment:)

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

Only info I have is Sky Arts HD to launch on April 26th.

No news on they Channel numbers but I think they will be as followed:

281. Sky Arts 1 (Was Channel 284)
282. Sky Arts 1 HD
284. Sky Arts 2 (Was Channel 285)
285. Sky Arts 2 HD

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

Cheers mb,Well at least 2 new hd channels.Personally not channels i will watch but im sure there are plenty out there that will,Got to say thou pretty poor offering seems we have been waiting so long hopefully more to follow

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Judging by previous posts that shouldn't take you too long;) not much happening it seems

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

Well its all about TiVo at the moment, it would be nice to have some new channels to encourage Sky users to switch, I cannot see many switching just for TiVo features alone.

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

I think something are in the wind.

I mean why do they not launch Sky Arts HD channel now why wait until April 26?

Back in December 18th 2000 Telewest launched:

Tara (an channel like Sky1 from Ireland)
B4U Movies
B4U Music
ITN News
The Money Channel
and 18 Radio Channels (BBC Radio 1, ITN News Radio, WRN Radio, RTE Radio plus more)

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

Heres what's coming soon

Contention issues at 6pm on as more and more take TIVO and faster BB speeds LOL :D

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

WHY:confused:

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

Agreed it is strange for Vm to announce a launch date so far in advance.

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

Yes it would be nice to get some further hd and sd channels soon, Virgin just cannot rely on Tivo to get new customers.

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

Well people have been saying on here for ages that TIVO will have HD movie streaming services and many other internet reliant apps , so what about a scenario of houses with two TIVO boxes and 100mb internet connection , after 6pm kids downloading on peer2peer , someone using Lovefilm HD to watch a movie and other box watching YouTube , still think there will be no extra load on the network ?

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

Why would it be an issue. Virgin know what connections they install where so can make sure the network is built to match

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

As a VM XL BB subscriber I hope you are correct , however check the various BB forums and there are plenty who suffer on VM network peak time now. The TIVO modem has no Traffic management limitations on it also.

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

As I usually say in these situations, define "plenty". I reckon that barely 1% of VM's userbase are regular forum users. (Yes, 75k members of CF but not all posting in here, for example.)

Also, people who post to complain are a self-selecting group. If all those with no problems posted too, I wonder which would be the bigger group? ;)

Yes, VM have some problems in some areas and it would be stupid to suggest otherwise; which is why I never have. But are they as widespread as some people like to suggest? Only VM know for sure.

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Only time will tell ;)

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I just love these little rays of sunshine you bring to the forum :D

There you go Muppetman11, there's no need to worry! It's nice of you to be concerned though. :D

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Just making a valid point , how long has Ben worked on the VM network.

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Hi MB,
You could add NHK World to your list as it is launching soon on $ky and Freesat

Thanks

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It's already on Sky the HD version is launching soon :D

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As Morecambe and Wise sang famously bring me sunshine.

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So which one do we think Muppetman is --- Morecambe or Wise? :D

(Just kidding around MM, no offence meant)

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None taken mate :D

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But have you considered the reduced contention on VOD with TiVo iPlayer using the broadband connection instead?

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We're not worried MM... we are not expecting any significant problems. It's worth noting that we are also in the middle of a massive upgrade program, adding lots more bandwith for FUTURE services. ;)

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Good point SP ;)