Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I didn't realise it was the same for Sky customers.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Apologies if this has already been discussed, but there was a story in The Telegraph this week that caught my eye. It says that Liberty Global is considering opening it’s fibre network to other ISPs, including Sky (which has a fraught relationship with its current suppler, BT Openreach).
Story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...sider-opening/
This line caught my attention
Liberty Global might hope to gain reciprocal benefits in the supply of Sky Sports and other channels for Virgin Media’s cable TV service.
Before you punch the air screaming “Yes! Sky Atlantic and 4K channels!”, there’s a more cautious postscript:
“sources said there are fears that Sky may only be flirting to put pressure on Openreach, which is currently developing its pricing plans for full fibre in talks with Ofcom”

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Is there anywhere in the world where a cable operator leases bandwidth to a third party to provide broadband on its network?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

NTL used to do it.
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/artic...eal-aol/166066

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Being discussed in the news thread:

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...2#post35991042

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I do remember AOL and NTL having a deal, I just wonder if this became a thing anywhere in the world.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Ziggo in the Netherlands is being forced to open up its network. Articles here and here.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Ziggo and companies on the KPN network appear to account for 83% of the market share so the intervention appears to be on competition grounds.

I’d be interested to see if anyone willingly has such an arrangement.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Another set of MPEG4 switches incoming.C029 has a New Sans Nom, and I think it's the BBC Red Button Channel about to change.

On closer inspection all of the other channels on C029 have changed overnight.
So there's BBC1 (of some variety I'm not sure), BBC1 NI, BBC1 AD, BBC Alba, ABN TV, Vice, Crime+Inv +1, bbcalbahid (not totally sure what that is, maybe the off-air info screen for Alba), Clubland, Euronews, Sky Sports Main Event.

Also changed over is the whole of C030.
So MPEG4 switches have occurred also for: Live Events Channel, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Nick Jr Too, Jewellery Maker, Nick Junior, Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Mix, Nick +1, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon, Babes & Brazzers, Sky Events, Comedy Central +1.

I don't see any other obvious changes showing on Digital Bit Rate.

The channels listed above will NOT require adding to your Favourites again if they were previously on that list as there was no moving of multiplex/frequency that triggers Favourites being deselected.

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I've just noticed ETVS10 on C029, and I forgot to put that in the list above. And that's BBC Red Button, so RB has made the MPEG4 switch too. The New Sans Nom labelled channel is simply a duplicate stream (they have screen captures from Sounds Of The 80s, which identified them for me).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I only just got the chance to confirm the changes on my V6 box rather than based on Digital Bit Rate website information.

All the channels I tried on those two multiplexes/frequencies, of those I listed, are switched to MPEG4. EXCEPT the BBC Red Button 1 channel on 991. It's still showing as MPEG2 on my V6.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

An interesting post, although using DBR's arbitrary channel numbers isn't too helpful. The channel numbers simply refer to the frequencies used on Virgin's Manchester networks and different frequencies will be used in other areas. It would be more useful if you could use the TSID numbers which are consistent across all of Virgin's regions.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Useful to know, I didn't know, many thanks epsilon.

I mainly include the channel numbers so that any others who want to look at the DBR website themselves know which table of information I was looking at and refering to. And it helps them point out if I got it wrong and misinterpreted something.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

A fair comment but DBR also has a search by TSID so anyone wishing to look at the data could use that.


DBR listings can get quite messy when Virgin is actively updating the network, so it is easy to misinterpret the data.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Live Events Channel has not and WILL not go over to MPEG4 as Live Events Channel only broadcast on Channel 0 on V+ and V+ HD boxes but Virgin Media are axing them.

Other than that Thanks for info.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I'm still learning how to use the DBR website, thanks for the guidance. :)

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Very good point. I didn't even notice that it was only on the table once, let alone take on board what it was and how it is used.

That'll teach me to cut'n'paste. :D :dunce: