Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

do you think as soon as they change the cards the doggy boxes will stop working ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

If the change is for introducing Nagra 3 encryption then yes just as they no longer work in Ireland.

For those who have dodgy boxes it's a matter of wait and see unless the change is confirmed.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

so in other words if th cards are changed there will be no working doggy boxes

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

loads of the boxes out there do not use cards

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

thats true, most of my friends dont have cards for theirs

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but the point is they no longer work in ireland

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Not necessarily, ATM only if the encryption is changed to Nagra 3 as it has not been cracked.

The dodgy boxes eg, Starview digivox etc need firmware to decrypt the signal. If the encryption cannot be cracked then no new firmware therefore 1 new doorstop.

I know about them, I've flashed them for others but I don't have one.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

nice one

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Virgin Media will be announcing its Third Quarter 2009 results on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 7am UK time.

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Sky Movies ''Free Weekend'' NOT on Virgin TV.

http://virgintvmediaboy.blogspot.com...on-virgin.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Hi Media Boy,

Just looked at your blog as quoted in your Sky Movies post...

What does "Due to an big baby call Sky." mean...?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Sky spat their dummy out!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

So everything recorded okay but did you have to read a book until all three had finished? In other words, when the first two programmes were over did that free up a tuner for live viewing or was only the last tuner available for that?

Have you noticed if your V+ box software has changed recently? I went into the blue engineering screens to check and my V- software has a build date of July but I suspect it was only installed last week.

Do the V+ (or Sky+) boxes have a Picture-in-Picture feature? For example, very often it would be nice to watch something during the ads. but still be able to see when your main programme is back on or catch the news headlines if another channel is running a bit late (like ITV2 which always seems to run over time).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I did not read a book.

I watch ''The Bill'' on my Freesat from Sky box, then I was on here looking at things. Then I reboot at 11.05pm when I know the Movie I was taping has ended.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

MB, before you close 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)' in the new year, would you be able to do a 'review of 2009' listing the changes we've seen this past year please? A big ask, I know but you da man! :tu:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Only V+ HD do that.

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I may do that - I will think about it.

But I will post the winners of ''The Best (2009)'' in December.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

So the live view tuner did not come back by itself, you had to reboot. Definitely an unintended feature then.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Yes, I demand it too. Demand demand demand.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

As a matter of interest MB, which V+ box do you have?

According to Wikipedia, the Scientific-Atlanta V+ box has four tuners (3 video, 1 data) but it doesn't specify what the Samsung V+ box has. There seems to be confusion as to whether the Sky+ boxes have two or three tuners but I guess they have three (2 video, 1 data). I presume that the data tuner is used for downloading the EPG and software updates. Broadband, where applicable, is most likely handled by seperate cable modem circuitry (which, in reality, has a tuner in it too).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I have not got one of the new boxes that are just out in the last year.

Sky + has got two tuners.
But you can only watch ''Live TV'' when you are taping an other channel but if you are taping two channels you cant use ''Live TV''.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

:p:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

viewasia and ary qtv apparently about to join vm

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

If you all keep asking like that, you'll end up with Eurosport HD On Demand - "Yesterday's Sports, Today!". Not exactly what you wan't. :(

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Virgin Media TV looks to broaden Bravo's appeal

I have just seen this over on media week and have wondered if this will be the next HD channel in the vmtv channels ?

http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/9467...Bravos-appeal/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

vm are very slow in introducing new channels]

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Yes that is why it says 2010 ! As they said that if they had the money they would have done it when they did virgin 1 .

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

that is the sole reason why sky has more customers

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

And here's me hoping that there might be more HD channels for Christmas! Maybe Christmas 2010!!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

it will be a merry one if they do introduce some

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It would be the sensible thing to do, Living has moved away from being targeted solely at female viewers and that has made it a much better channel, it would be hard to change Bravo without changing the core channel. Wasn't Bravo that channel that shows went to die on? They don't tend to show much old shows anymore. I hope it is not more reality crap and softcore porn.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Is there any none hd channels starting on virgin any time soon?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I heard a little rumour that towards the end of this month or next month a well known company is bringing out five new channels to air in the UK from the firm called 'ZONE' does anyone know if this is true.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Yes - CBS are rebranding the Zone channels.

More info available on my website - http://www.entertainment-iuk.com/200...16th-november/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Who told you this?

Give link.

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No news on new channels coming - yet.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

As always, the answer to your question can be found in Media Boy's post number one here which is updated weekly and now colour coded for easier reading. (Although the colour key isn't included, it's in a post from a few days ago.)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Hi Media Boy, I read the item about the ZONE channels on DS coming to the UK, and are being offered to various broadcastors.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Thanks but the first post is actually quite difficult for me to read which is why I asked. :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

So are we going to get all the CBS channels next month?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Virgin only goes after new channels when they deal is up with that broadcaster.

And I have been told that Zone/CBS has not any plans yet to redo their deal with Virgin.

So from November 16th we only get two CBS branded channels on Virgin.

NON Cable news:
If you have got an Freesat from Sky Box you can now view TMF on Channel 358.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

CBS/Zone Chello post CBS Reality new DOG online.

http://virgintvmediaboy.blogspot.com...y-new-dog.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Yes it's quite difficult for everyone to read because there's so much in it!

Hopefully Media Boy's new colour coding will help you. :)

Media Boy, maybe you can add the colour key to post one. :tu:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Actually it's the way the post is laid out and the colour he uses for various things that makes it a problem for me to read (to do with the way I see things before you ask).

Thanks for the help though

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Maybe mediaboy should have other post for things liek setenta fallout our make a blog for it and only post the link it and just post any new news in bold. and do the same for everything else so the only thing he changes are what has changed from the previous week

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

The idea of a 'sticky' post one which is updated weekly and contains the latest information was a good one.

Okay, you lose the history of changes but it's better than having the up-to-date news lost among the other discussions here.

It's up to Media Boy but any additional effort on his part is a lot to ask from us.

:) MB, can we please have a 3D version of post one? I still have the Virgin1 Chuck glasses! :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Good idea.

Setanta Sports UK fall out blog now launch at http://setantasportsuknews.blogspot.com/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I thought we were only getting CBS Reality.
Zone Horror is not part of the rebranding.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Could the lsit of tv broadcaster channels not on virgin not go to tis own blog? and only publish new changes in bold each week

Could only new matchs on vrign go on bold the rest remain on the blog?

Could the coming up on virgin not go on the virign blog? and only new stuff be put on here bolded? might make the list a bit smlaller and only new stuff is seens eaier :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I have not got any plans to launch any more blogs. I have removed all the news about Setanta Sports UK off my list (at my end) you will see that on Monday.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/pressr...p?cID=3&pID=83

Coming soon to Sky, so might be coming to Virgin Media if they sign a new deal.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

My list on Post one has today been updated.

Next update on Monday.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Non-Virgin News: Guardian - ITV to drop Big Ben from News at Ten titles.

http://tellychannelsnews.blogspot.co...from-news.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Surely, if a new TV channel comes out, it is up to the broadcastor ie VM to get it dealt with and put it on air to meet the customers choice, why wait until the deal runs out?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

arthur this has been explain in the past to you so why should someone explain it again?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

If they redo an deal just for an new channel that broadcaster let say Discovery can come in to Virgin and says to them ''We will let you have that new channel for £Xm extra.''

But if they wait until they deal is up Virgin can tell Discovery ''Here is £Ym extra for all your channels''.

That mean cost will stay down for Virgin Media and their viewers.

Look what happened with Sky Basic Channels!!!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Andy, can you remember that far back.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

MB, in post one you mention "Latest news on HD Channels" but I can't seem to find this in the forum. Can you post a link please or, better still, make it a link in post one?

Thanks!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It's half way down the page on post 1

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

D'oh! :doh: That's three times in two days I've misinterpreted the obvious as something more complicated.

Thanks Hux!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Although in fairness to myself where Media Boy says in post one the actual heading is so a search including the word 'news' would not have found it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

any news on the fa cup rights

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

looks at the new blog on mb post 1

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Two channels missing on Virgin Media's ''Total Channels''.

http://virgintvmediaboy.blogspot.com...in-medias.html

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This weeks list update now online - see it on page one.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

renamed channel VIVA starts @ 4pm

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Not really new just renamed TMF.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

This weeks list of Football games live on Virgin TV - now online.

http://footballonvirgintv.blogspot.c...s-week_26.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

any new channels

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

As far as I know no new channel is testing on Virgin Media.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Virgin plans Yorkshire smart card swap

Virgin Media has confirmed plans to start sending out new smart cards to its cable TV customers in parts of Yorkshire.

Letters have been sent out today by the firm to Virgin Media households in Leeds, Bradford, Harrogate and York informing them about planned upgrades to their service.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...swap.html.html

ps good news 4 me ;):)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Good news, should arrive this week then.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

ESPN America could be going widescreen on the 28th more here with screens of testing http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1149054

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

FA Cup update:
http://setantasportsuknews.blogspot....fa-cup-to.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

:rolleyes: So are we to deduce from this that people in the Yorkshire franchise areas are the biggest threat in terms of dodgy boxes and theft of services? :rolleyes:

I think they call that 'profiling' in the justice system.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It's not called profiling, it's called a trial area. It's not going to be limited to that area, it's going to be rolled out nationwide on an area by area basis.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Setanta Sports UK Fall out: BREAKING NEWS: ITV and FA.com to broadcast first two round of FA Cup.

http://setantasportsuknews.blogspot....cup-to-be.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Yes, agreed.

I did quote my post with :rolleyes: 'sarcasm' :rolleyes: marks ;).

My point was that the quote from the DS news item was misleading, suggesting that there was no nationwide rollout and that it was local to the Yorkshire area for no apparent specific reason (:rolleyes: other than Yorkshire people can't be trusted but surely that's the Welsh as in "welsh on a deal"? :rolleyes:).

Presumably the rollout will be on a head-end by head-end basis as each is upgraded to support NagraVision 3 (with NV1 backwards compatibility). One could further speculate that the rollout might be subdivided by franchise (ex-C&W, ex-NTL, ex-TW) and might also coincide with analogue switch-off at those head-ends but, then again, all of these things could be totally independent of each other.

I'm having trouble locating a historical schedule of the VM switch-off, listng areas already switched off and those yet to be done. Does anyone know where I can find one?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Try this:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/10...-schedule.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I'm down to 297 from 299 in an ex-C&W/ex-NTL area.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

298 here (ex-C&W)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

On February 1st 2010 Virgin Media will axe Analogue television services in Southampton.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Thanks, I might have known you'd know. As they used to say "Page The Oracle" and, Media Boy, you are the Oracle.

Actually, I seem to have seen that page before and fairly recently, so apologies if you posted it for me previously. I'm not sure why my search on the forum and using Google didn't find it, I had all the right keywords used in the title of the post.

Maybe spiderplant could keep that post updated and Media Boy could add a link to it in post one here.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

will the dodgy boxes go off coz of the smart cards

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Think you have asked that a few times now and i believe the answer is yes if they rely on a card for use, atleast i hope they go off. :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

wat if they rely on software

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I've no idea mate but i'm sure it won't be long until we find out. :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

most people use software

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Look your dodgy box will go off as the encryption virgin are changing to hasn't been cracked yet.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I hope dodgy boxes go off as I hate thinking im paying £80 for 20mb broadband and tv with sports n movies and someone else is getting the tv channels for free :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Can we stop going on about ''dodgy boxes'' on this thread.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

That's a decent price to be honest it costs my mother £67 without ESPN and £30 for the internet which is now cable 20MB (more reliable). Sorry about changing the discussion a little lol. Oh by the way that's with SKY not cable.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Q: If the genuine owner of my stolen ATM/Debit Card cancels it and has a new one issued, will I still be able to get CashBack at the till with it?
A: No. The old card is no good anymore.
Q: If I just put my hand over the counter and take the money directly from the till, bypassing the card, will that still work?
A: (Stunned silence)

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MB, much respect, but it's not a case of not discussing "dodgy boxes" but more of discouraging such behaviour. Just in the past week I have seen some good management of potential violations of protocol on the DS Forums and I remember someone's reply to one of my posts here being censored as it may have contained a link to a site condoning bypassing encryption on (specifically Nokia) satellite boxes.

Yes, this shouldn't become a huge debate in the thread but should aim to discourage the posting of such questions (repeatedly).

This thread is a discussion of both what's "Coming Soon ..." and what's "Going on Now ..." (and what shouldn't be).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Sorry, I only post announced information, not rumours. So far only analogue switch-offs up to November have been announced.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Instead of posting on the coming soon thread , why dont you try posting here instead as you will find out more info here and leave this thread for the coming soon news that MEDIA BOY posts is read correctly .

So that we do not have to read through all the dribble when there are good threads about this stuff on this site !

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/10...ous-dodgy.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Absolutely. No rumours. No speculations. "Just the facts, m'am". ;)

:rolleyes: So I guess that makes Media Boy a bare-faced liar and rumour monger. Who'd have thunk it. Just when you think you can rely on a source of information on the internet. :rolleyes:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I know you're being sarcastic but it is useful to know what is speculation and what is fact. Media Boy (afaik) deals in information and speculation from a number of sources. That doesn't make him any type of liar. I think it is apparent what is rumour and what is not. The problem arises when other forum users start treating the speculation as if were a promise from some official source.

There's nowt wrong with posting facts. There's nowt wrong with spreading rumours provided they're not presented as fact.

{pppsst whispers I heard it on good authority that Zing has a thing going with Maggy J} :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It's just happened, although they seem to be having issues with the widescreen switching signals at the moment.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

How can you tell if it's widescreen? It looks like the DOGs are in the wrong place, being nearer centre screen than normal. This would suggest a widescreen picture designed to also be viewed in non-widescreen but is there a more reliable way?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Think it tells you on the INFO screen for the programme but not sure.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

You can tell by the size and position of the graphics, the ESPN America sidebars on 4:3 content and the fact that everyone looks tall and skinny until you put your TV into wide mode.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I got my info from an viewer from Southampton (Polygon) area.

They have posted that info on Digital Spy Forums - here is an link: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1148927

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

;) I take back what I said MB. Given your new logo - you're a scare-faced liar! ;)

Well it sounds like it came from a reliable source, a letter from VM, albeit a via a third party. Still, it would be nice if we had an official schedule from VM. I know, I'll post a query on the VM newsgroup!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

looks like no new hd channels this year from quartaly results tv bit pasted below



In television, the use of our market leading video-on-demand (VOD) service continues to grow. Our customers made 66 million views each month on average during the quarter. We introduced six new High Definition (HD) channels in the quarter, including the exclusive HD launch of VMtv’s LIVING, one of the most watched digital channels in the UK, and plan to launch more next year to complement our existing linear and popular on-demand line-up.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I called virgin a few days ago and they said there four new HD channels going to launch before Christmas but they would not give me the names of the four channels, it makes me wonder if virgin are just talking crap.