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Ah I see, thanks for that

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Late November List update.

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.

Colours on my list are as followed:

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

=== Coming up on Virgin's Digital TV ===
=== November ===
1st. Bio is free to all the L package viewers to until December 1st when it returns to the XL package on Virgin Channel 242.

=== December ===
1st. Virgin Media to launch BoxNation on Virgin Channel 546 today.
1st. Sky Movies Showcase and Sky Movies Showcase HD to be rebranded as Sky Movies Christmas and Sky Movies Christmas HD on Virgin Channels 403 and 433.
12th. Final list update of the year on this thread.
12th. Best of 2011 list of Winners names given out by Media Boy.

=== Early 2012 ===
M+ Viewers to get Sky Anytime on their package.

=== January 2012 ===
3rd. Sky Movies Christmas and Sky Movies Christmas HD to be rebranded as Sky Movies Showcase and Sky Movies Showcase HD on Virgin Channels 403 and 433.
4th. Xmas 24 will be rebranded as Movies 24 on Virgin Channel 419.
4th. Xmas 24 + will be rebranded as Movies 24 + on Virgin Channel 420.
4th. Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1 launches on Cable Forum.
24th. BSkyB to close Sky Living Loves today on Virgin Channel 159

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

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

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

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

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

=== July 2012 ===
19th. BBC Three will broadcast all day long until August 13th on Virgin Media Channel 106.

=== August 2012 ===
13th. BBC Three will go back to its 7pm starting time from today on Virgin Media Channel 106.

=== By September 2012 ===
Alibi HD to launch on Virgin Media on the XL Package. (Info from UKTV - http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=642)

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

=== October 2012 ===
24th. The UK and Ireland says goodbye to Analogue TV.

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

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

=== By 2013 ===
C21 Media web site has reported that Current TV may close on Virgin Channel 155.
Channel 5 + 1 may launch on Virgin TV.
The BBC may launch an BBC ONE HD Channel for viewers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on Virgin Channel 108.
The BBC to axe the BBC Red Button multi-screen on Virgin Media but one stream will carry on broadcasting (Like Freeview).
Also the BBC is to rebrand BBC HD as BBC TWO HD on Virgin Channel 187.

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

=== Unknown dates ===
-The BBC to axe BBC Radio 4 LW on Virgin Channel 911 ''in the long term''.
-Discovery to replace Travel and Living with TLC on Virgin Channel 275.
-Discovery may launch an 3D Channels if audience numbers are high on Virgin on Demand.
-UKTV on Demand may also launch on Virgin on Demand.
-MTVN HD will be rebranded as MTV Live HD on Virgin Channel 310.
-TCM to be rebranded on Virgin Channel 415.
-Channel 4's ''4oD'' will offer HD content.
-Diva TV will be rebranded as Diva Universal on Virgin Channel 164.
-Virgin Media will launch the Sky Sports red button on TiVo.

=== The following channels are rumoured to be launching or in talks with Virgin Media ===
List last updated on November 23rd 2011.

The following Channels are said to be testing on Virgin Media right now:
-Hidden 43 is testing on Virgin Channel 890 right now (Only in Virgin HQ).

Channel has been confirm as in talks with Virgin Media by my insiders:
-Sky Atlantic
-ITV2 HD
-ITV3 HD
-ITV4 HD

The following Channels are rumoured to be set to launch on Virgin Media soon (but not yet confirm by my Virgin Media insiders):
-Premier Sports (But are said to be in talks with Virgin.)
-Sony UK TV (But are said to be in talks with Virgin.)

=== 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.

====== Media Boy Information =====
Media Boy - Keep it real and FREE on Cable Forum.

=== Media Boy Extra info: ===
Media Boy Blog - For all things Virgin TV - http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/
See Virgin Media on ''twitter'' here - http://twitter.com/virginmedia
See latest news about Virgin on Demand via ''twitter'' here - http://twitter.com/vmondemand
See Nialli's blog on Virgin Media High Definition & TiVo Services here - http://vmhd.blogspot.com/
Latest news on Freeview - http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/10...ew-2011-a.html

=== Ask Media Boy ===
Last updated November 10th 2011.

Q: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT VIRGIN MEDIA FROM?
A: I get all my info from Virgin Media viewers and Web Sites (NOTE: When I used web sites I will post an link to that web site).

Q: WHY AM I NOT GETTING ''RTE RADIO'' OR ''WRN RADIO'' FOR?
A: RTE Radio and WRN Radio do not broadcast in Ex-ntl and Ex-Cable & Wireless areas - yet.

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 and is Closing Living Loves (Now know as Sky Living Loves) down in January 2012. But us Virgin Media viewers will see some channels moving about as we have now got Sky1 HD, Sky Arts 1 HD and Sky Arts 2 HD on our network.

Q: WHY DO YOU THINK DISCOVERY WILL AXE TRAVEL & LIVING FOR TLC TO LAUNCH IN THE UK AND IRELAND?
A: Since March 2010 Discovery has replace all the following versions of Discovery Travel & Living with TLC.

In Europe:
-Norway
-Poland
-Balkans (Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia and Bulgaria.)
-Hungary
-The Czech Republic

In Africa:
-South Africa

==== Deals with broadcasters ===
List last updated on October 2nd 2011.

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: Only Broadcasts who has got some Channels broadcasting on Virgin Media right appeared on this list. To start broadcasting soon = That channel has still to start broadcasting on Sky, Freesat or Freeview.

=== TV and Radio Channels: ===
=== Own by A+E Networks UK (Was AETN UK) ===
Bio HD
Crime & Investigation Network HD
Crime & Investigation Network +1
HISTORY HD
HISTORY +1

=== Own by ABC Television Group ===
Disney Channel HD
Disney Cinemagic HD
Disney Cinemagic +1
Disney Junior +
Disney XD HD

=== Own by ARY Group ===
ARY Qtv
ARY Oneworld
ARY Entertainment
ARY News

=== Own by BSkyB ===
Pick TV +1
Sky 3D
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic 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 3D (May launch if audience viewing numbers are high via on Demand.)
Discovery Home & Health +1
Discovery Knowledge +1
Discovery Science +1
DMAX +1
DMAX +2
Investigation Discovery
TLC (May replace Discovery Travel and Living.)
Quest +1

=== Own by E Entertainment UK Limited ===
Style (Soon to launch in the UK & Eire)

=== Own by ESPN Inc. (The Walt Disney Company/Hearst Corporation) ===
ESPN America HD

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

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

=== Own by NBC Universal Global Networks ===
Universal Channel HD

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

=== Own by Northern & Shell ===
Channel 5 +1 (Soon to start broadcasting)

=== 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 Sony Pictures Television ===
Sony Entertainment Television
Sony Entertainment Television +1

=== Own by STAR TV ===
STAR Desh (To launch in January 2012 in UK and Ireland.)

STAR Gold
STAR One (To be rebranded as STAR Desh in January 2012.)

=== Own by TIML Radio Limited ===
Absolute 00s
Absolute 60s
Absolute 70s
Absolute 90s

=== Own by Turner Broadcasting System Europe ===
Cartoon Network HD
TCM 2
Imagine...Dil Se

=== 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

Next update: December 12th - unless:
A) If Virgin are set to launch more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) on Virgin TV.
B) If Virgin are set to move more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) about on Virgin TV.
C) If Virgin are set to close or repackage more then TWO channels (TV or Radio ) on Virgin TV.

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

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BoxNation now on Virgin Media EPG.

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That is is goods news!

Bring on ITV 2/3/4 HD!

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Taken from the DS satellite forum:

Hi guys,

Just wanted to clarify what we're offering.

BoxNation is a brand new boxing channel that has exclusive rights to show some of the UK’s biggest fights, as well as showing classic fights and the latest boxing news.

As of December BoxNation will become a subscription only service, and will be available for just £10 a month. The date on which the subscription fee is introduced will depend on whether you are a Sky or Virgin Media subscriber, or you plan to watch the online service through the BoxNation website.

In the meantime, you can sign up to our mailing list to be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to a spectacular night of boxing at Wembley on Nov 5th. You’ll receive updates on upcoming fights and exclusive boxing news.

Visit boxnation.tv for more information.

Thanks,

BoxNation

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http://duncanblog.dailymail.co.uk/20...s-in-2012.html

Just saw this link and was wondering if any VM staff had any news of Formula 1 coverage from march next year

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Nope, nothing have been officially announced one way or the other

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The new channel will be included free of charge in Sky and Virgin Media packages.

So is that free for everyone or just Sky Sports subscribers?

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Haven't a clue. I wouldn't pay much attention to things like that until there are official announcements from Sky and/or VM

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The only thing I ever trust in the Daily Mail is the date.

If they are charging Freeview viewers then I guess everyone else would pay in someway so I would guess it would be free to Sky Sports subscribers on Sky and Virgin.

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I would not trust that :erm:

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Muppetman posted something about this new channel about 7 to 10 days ago, which I trashed for being no more than speculation. At least the new channel will not cost current SKY Sports customers anything extra.........for now!

I suppose this gives people the option to watch the races live without having to fork out for a full SKY subscription. F1 fans still aren't happy though.

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It was a rumour found on the DS forums , looks like it could now come to fruition ;) as I remember Chad you said the bloke was talking trash :D maybe he knew more than we all thought.

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How can they show a subscription channel on freeview unless people have the boxes that take the top up cards? That's going to cost a bit more than a tenner a month if you first have to upgrade your box.

I wonder if "included free on Sky and Virgin"means just that or if it really means "(if you already have the Sports package)". If so, I wonder if we Virgin customers will be able to subscribe to just the F1 channel for £10 a month, or if we will get stung for a full subscription.

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This is just an rumour like BenMcr says ''(Wait) until there are official announcements from Sky and/or VM''

Even Media Boy have not been told anything about this from my Insiders.

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I'm sure it would be free only to Sky Sports subscribers , like you say it will be interesting to see if VM/Sky customers have the option to take it as a standalone

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I hope we get the HD version as well.

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Come on - this is an BSkyB HD Channel we are talking about:)

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More likely VM Customers will get the SD for £10 a month, while Sky Customers get it free with Sky Sports and in HD with Red Button ;)

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You cynical person you.:D:D

As if nice sky would do that.:D

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And don't forget for the 1st time ever F1 in 3D!!!!!!!!!

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Except that's probably likely not to happen

Remember the format that F1 is filmed in is agreed by all the host broadcasters as they film the race in their country

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Ah yes I forgot :o: lol

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I think if either Sky or VM charge for this channel, they should boycott it, F1 l believe is the motor racing channel, and they are worth millions, so what do they need money for.

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Any new channel rumours?

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Go back a page, post #4502

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Here's the SKY announcement:

http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/...hes-F1-channel

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We better get Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports F1 HD!

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non shy hd customer will get the SD F1 channel "Sky Sports viewers without the Sky+ HD pack will receive a standard definition version."

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Oh I really don't know what to do now. I was contemplating subscribing to the sports package when they won the rights, and now it looks like they're actually going to have a good go at doing a proper job, which I can't say I was expecting. Is it worth £20 a month though...

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got this from HD Boy

They are answering questions on twitter

Quote:
@SkySportsF1 Can we get the channel in HD on Virgin Media?

Quote:
@mexos We're working on that at the moment, so not sure yet.

http://scribe.twitter.com/#!/SkySportsF1

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"We're not coming to Freeview."

There goes the idea of £10/month for freeview customers :(

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I still have a good ol' SD CRT TV and the quality of 5* and 5 USA on VM has been appalling of late. It's like watching NTSC on a very early slow LCD TV which hasn't been dusted for three years.

There's latency, pixelation and grainy, washed-out colour. What's going on with the bandwidth?

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Lets hope ITV 2/3/4 HD comes soon!

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your starting to sound more and more like HD Boy everyday :D (joking matey)

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Sympathetic, informative ...... not!

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Been much quieter lately on here don't you agree.

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indeed at has, he is inboxing me about the F1 channel at mo as well, i was away when he got suspened so no idea why he was suspended

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I am not keen on ITV2 HD, but i am more keen on ITV 3/4 HD (they show classic programmes in HD)

and anyway I was only suggesting a solution to the poor picture quality on ITV's SD channels!

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ITV 2 is best out of the 3 (2,3 and 4) IMO

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Yes a while back l had a few in my inbox from him.:(

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Sorry, it just that I am more keen on ITV programmes from the 60s, 70s and 80s rather than the 90s, 00s and 10s

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maybe he has got the message about his constant spamming etc so when he comes back it may stay quieter lol

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Maybe I'm being a dweeb, but surely none of this is filmed in HD anyway so is irrelevant ?

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Depends, some will be of a HD quality from the master copy. Look at "Friends" on Comedy Central HD :)

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I noticed that about a month ago... tell you what, really gives subscription TV value over the regular DVDs when you see shows from a few decades back recut to be HD 16:9 instead of SD 4:3.

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It's why I'm waiting to see the Star Trek Next Gen HD remaster - which I hope will appear on one of the Sky channels at somepoint

Although knowing our luck it will be Atlantic

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Even if it not in HD, it will look better because it can be upscaled.

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Seeing how good the screenshots look I think iw ill have to stump up the cash for the Bluray on this.

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Oh, I have a soft spot for TNG. About half the episodes were rubbish, but the great ones are among my favourite shows of all time. The Inner Light, Q Who?, Tapestry, Cause and Effect... that's good viewing. And knowing my luck, due to get the HD 16:9 treatment on a channel only for L and XL customers. :o:

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Indeed http://youtu.be/-DZEcKM33YY

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Has anyone heard if there are plans on getting the channel MGM on VM.

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No not at the moment Arthur.

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Yeah, when i think the broadcasts of the first series on CH4/E4 over the years where horrible, and in 4:3 to, the Comedy central HD remasters are mega, now i want them on Blu-ray. :)
:xmas:

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p.s. some of the only fools remasters look ace as well, pity we don't get gold in HD, maybe they could be broadcast on Watch sometime in the future.

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I've read others say that the older programmes were shot on film, so can now be shown in HD quality.

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Does depend on how it was filmed but often the res it was filmed in is much higher than hd
Which is why we have blu ray versions of terminator etc

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Robin of Sherwood looks amazing on Bluray, even though it was only filmed on 16mm film.

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Anything shot in 35mm is higher than HD resolution so once scanned in to a computer a 4K master is usually made.

This means that a 1080p copy can easily be made.

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Bingo!

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All of that having been said, I doubt that the quality of, for example, The Professionals or The Saint would be improved by upscaling to HD. They are pretty poor quality in SD as it is.

Overall, if I was looking for additional HD channels on VM, I would be inclined to forgo ITV 2/3/4 for now in favour of channels showing actual HD programming or films.

Regardless of one's viewing preference surely there is more to be gained by getting HD versions of some of the documentary channels than channels showing older, poor video and sound quality SD shows.

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The Saint was shot i think in panavision and i seem to remember when ITV was trialing HD broadcasts a few years ago it was programmes like the saint and space 1999 that they used and they looked pretty good.

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Thanks that's a useful piece of info.

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Not easily as you still need to do a lot of work, like cleaning up the old film and usually on very old stuff the SFX would need a lot of work to clean up or redo, so if the show required little or no FX then yes there a good chance that a HD transfer will be done.

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Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin are in talks with BSkyB for the Sky Sports F1 HD Channel.

My insider has confirmed to me today that Virgin Media are in talks with BSkyB for both Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports F1 HD to launch on Virgin TV from March 2012.

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

I was told last week that Virgin Media will be having ''Freeviews'' over the Christmas Holidays on Virgin TV starting December 1st.

99% of me thinks Magic TV will be one of them.

Hope to have an update on what channels that Virgin TV will give freeviews to next month by Wednesday Night.

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D'oh! :doh:

Of course, if you go back far enough, all of those ITC / ATV shows were 'filmed' at Elstree Studios rather than being videotaped and so, ironically, were High Definition whereas later videotaped shows were not.

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The question is MB what package will Sky Sports HD F1 be on and one suspects they will be on the top tier HD package.

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I think Sky want Sky Sports F1 HD to be free to them with Sky Sports HD in.

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Any news on the itv hd channels or is that a mo no for this year now.

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Someone posted a link to the VM website where VM said they were in talks a few days ago.

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i'm sure sky sports f1 hd will be a seperate channel or the sky sports hd package and that package would get a price increase.

there is no way it will be in xl and almost certainly won't get it in the sky sports package for the same price as sky will charge virgin a lot of money for it.

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I can't help thinking that Sky are unusually bending over backwards to give this channel to as many of their subscribers as possible with no subscription increase. All Sky Sports customers AND all hd customers must surely be a large majority of their subscriber base. An extra channel for then for nothing? I am clinging to the hope that they are contractually obliged to have this channel available to as many people as possible. To my mind, xl is as close to hd pack as Virgin gets. I live in hope!

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Or the Sky Premium HD £7 add-on?

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I can't continue to live in vain and unlikely hope if you post sensible comments like this. I'm off to bury my head in the sand...

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I was thinking just the same :)

---------- Post added at 17:00 ---------- Previous post was at 16:57 ----------

My thoughts exactly , sadly I also cant see it being included in XL however I hope im proven wrong.

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As of today no update has been given by my insiders on the missing ITV HD Channels launching on Virgin.

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If you think about it logically, if they are doing this due to the backlash and that they will be launching a PTV channel on terrestrial then they have to show it on a separate channel. If it does come to VM, which I am sure it will, then I would be certain if you subscribe to Sky Sports 1 and 2 you will get it. If there is no Freeview channel then its anyones guess.

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Thats good news, lets hope we get both SD and HD versions of that channel!

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For once, I AGREE !!

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Are you in this years top 40?

The Best of 2011 and the list of this years top 40 posters on all of the Coming soon thread will be given out on December 12th at 5pm.

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The spotify app has launched if you have a tivo and the premium account with spotify.:)

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just tried it works great well done VM :)

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seems to work for me even thou i dont have a premium account

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Spotify rollout on time. S'alright, but I'd rather have Grooveshark... better selection, and if there's something you like and can't see you can add it and then a few hours later stream it anywhere. Also no need for two damn accounts (with Spotify you must have a Spotify account; to get that you need a Facebook account.)

Just a HINT HINT HINT, Virgin Media. :D

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Grooveshark doesn't respect copyright laws and is currently being sued. Considering Virgin are/were a record label I doubt they'll be promoting a service that allow you to pirate music.

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Yep, I'm sure you're right. Why Grooveshark don't monetise the service I don't know.

It works great but why cant we register login via mytivoapps like all other apps

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You can register for any other app via mytivoapps - that's just for association. You have to have existing accounts

However for Spotify you can log in without having to do the association

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Due to the licensing of the Virgin brand by Virgin Group (Virgin Enterprises Limited) the connection between Virgin Media, Virgin Records (Virgin Music) a division of EMI, Virgin Atlantic Airways and the many other Virgin-branded companies can be about as loose as the connection between virgin and Britney Spears.

However, no self-respecting organisation, whether or not they ever had a connection with the music business, should or would condone music piracy.

Is it me or does the name Spotify, in the context of popular music, conjure up images of acne-ridden teens? :( Couldn't the Swedes have come up with a better name? :confused:

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Just to Note, EMI has been taken over by Universal Music (records) and Sony Music (publishing), so Virgin Records is now part of Universal Music

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You know, it's been written somewhere that for each listen of a track an artist gets a whooping £0.00006 or something like that, so in fact Spotify is almost as bad for artists as Grooveshark or any similar free service, with the added insult of looking like the artist gets a good deal just because it offers a paid-for "premium" service.

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That's the reason given for why some record labels (minor ones I believe) have withdrawn their tracks from spotify recently.

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Wasn't just Spotify - but that seems to go have lost in most of the reporting

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/...avelling/all/1

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

That's true; I assumed that zekeisaszekedoes was refering to all legit music services, and just using spotify as an example.

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True - I would have mentioned other streaming services that do it but I figured it would be off topic since there isn't a client for any other than Spotify on VMTV right now.

It is staggering how some slow to respond record companies finally get a grip on digital music, tout it as "the future of music" and promptly make a mess of monetizing it therefore making little to no money.

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

MB any idea what has launched as the total number of channels has gone up by 2 ?

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

Boxnation (as a placeholder channel) was launched on 24th November but as of today the number of channels is still 301

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...s_on_Virgin_TV

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

Down with downloading! :td: Bring back vinyl! :tu:

There were various claims made when CDs were launched about the price of recorded music coming down but in reality it went up. The original excuse was that a large proportion of the cost was the artists' royalties but in reality it was not. Maybe sometimes you are getting a few more tracks than you used to on a vinyl album but that varies.

I'm not sure how accurate this page is and I suspect that artists' fees are very variable but it has a couple of pie charts with a breakdown of roughly where the price of your CD goes.

I don't really do any music downloading although I have used the VM Music OD service but I guess that Spotify will be a very welcome service to many.

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

Been up at my Fathers today and after the place holder for boxnation was added it went from 381 to 382? Today it is now 384?

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Yes same here Devil.