Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

The channels are showing up on the web TV guide now (552 -554).

https://virgintvgo.virginmedia.com/en/tv-guide.html

No sign of any SD versions that BT have, & nothing yet on the V6 boxes.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

They are now on the V6 on 552-554.

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Checked the channel scans on all the euro satellites & no sign of these channels being uplinked. In fact the only mention of them elsewhere is on UPC cable in Poland & Ziggo in the Netherlands, which I assume will be line-fed as VM is. Probably a case of Sky wanting too much money to carry these channels for this short period. I remember the BBC not putting a Red Button HD channel on Sky a while ago for the same reason.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

SKY have confirmed on social media they will not be carrying the additional Eurosport channels. Being greeted by a murmur of discontent.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Not very nice of them failing to put their subscribers first. Glad to see that Virgin and BT have a different mindset.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

I'd say you have a point if it was the Olympics I'm Not sure there is the same interest in the Winter Olympics in the UK.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

I'm not that into sport at all, but I will be watching some of the winter olympics. I think this event will get quite a lot of interest, actually.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

I'm sure it will it's on the BBC.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

That may well be true, but those who do wish to watch will feel agrieved. Sky cannot afford to upset customers, as has been discussed at length on here.
Bit of a PR fail for me.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

It is, but there is a lot more coverage on Eurosport channels.

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I doubt interest is that high , I couldn't tell you anyone who's competing for us.:D

As I say if this was to happen in the Olympics now that would be a different story.

Clearly the spat between Discovery and Sky hasn't helped Sky viewers here.

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I shall definately be watching as its the only time we get to see some sports. My personal favourite is long track speed skating, they are incredible athletes.

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Don't get me wrong I watch the odd daytime event on the BBC from the Winter Olympics I'm just saying I don't think there is the viewing numbers the Summer Olympics gets with more UK competitors involved.

I actually think from Discoverys point of view it's a good move , now imagine could they catch some Premier League rights great for bartering with.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Agreed the Winter Games are not as popular as the summer games, but never the less, bad PR for SKY.

Sky are used to throwing there weight about perhaps they have met there match. The Eurosport brand has been steadily growing since the 90's and now has real muscle behind it, so it will be interesting to see where they take it in the future.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Do l detest sour grapes old boy.;):D

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No Den that was a response to OB's post regarding plenty viewing ;)

So long as Eddie the Eagles on one of the channels I can get. :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Eddie the Eagle a great folk hero, just like the boys from "Cool Runnings" Shame they have removed these characters from Sport.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

There are these competing at this year's games

Winter Olympics 2018: 'We're all goofballs' - meet Nigeria's bobsleigh team - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/42908172

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

FreeSports have announced they are launching FreeSports HD on 'Sky Platforms' this summer. They said "We are currently working on going HD on all our other platforms, one step at a time!"

https://twitter.com/FreeSportsUK/sta...77158583881728
https://twitter.com/FreeSportsUK/sta...78234523561984

They also tweeted out a link to a petition to get freesports on virgin media so they clearly have not signed a deal with virgin.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

I think Virgin should resist until the HD version is offered. PQ on standard definition, at least when I viewed it, was abysmal.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

No reason was given so unable to gauge what has happened or who is to blame.

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The sour grapes response would be to say "Well due to the time delay most of the live events run from midnight to roughly midday. I'm going to be too busy either sleeping or at work to waste my time watching adults messing about in the cold. Glad SKY didn't waste money on this. Shows an element of quality control. Hooray for common sense. " :p:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Any news on MTV classic coming back

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

None Sir.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

the resolution on freeview is 544x576i h264 at around 1.6Mbps for a wrestling show I recorded. I think football is around 1.9Mbps. Virgin media don't just broadcast the same feed, they take the raw uncompressed feeds then encode them themselves in whatever resolution and bitrates they wish so image quality wouldn't be a problem on virgin media.

If they launch a HD channel on freeview it wouldn't surprise me if they went HD-only as you already need Freeview HD to receive their dvb-t2 h264+he-aac sd channel so why pay for 2 freeview slots instead of 1.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

I wasn't aware of this. Do VM do the same thing across all channels?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Most HD channels yes. One of the reasons we have the additional Eurosport pop-up channels & Sky don't. The majority of the other feeds are Satellite fed (Astra 28.2E) & there is also the capability to pick up Freeview DTT signals from the Crystal Palace transmitter in London should it be needed.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

No, many channels are redistributed from satellite without re-encoding

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Well, well!

http://www.a516digital.com/2018/02/f...d-upgrade.html

FreeSports announces HD upgrade

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

They have previously said that they won't be launching in HD on the Freeview platform due to the 'prohibitive cost'.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

That's the downside, but maybe now they are offering HD , VM may go for it. At least, I hope so.

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No, but MTV OMG launches on Virgin Media on 1 March.

http://www.digitaltveurope.com/2018/...hannel-for-uk/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Personal preference but I honestly can't remember the last time I watched any of them.

I noticed it's also arriving on Sky can't wait !!!!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Watch this space - Virgin Channel 317 is free!

Talking about Virgin

Pirates of the Caribbean will have it own Sky Cinema Channel for an week starting on Saturday (Info from Radio Times)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Could you add this to your blog please MB? It's a petition to get VM to add Freesports:

https://www.change.org/p/add-the-fre...ex55%3Acontrol

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

To confirm something that was discussed on here earlier. I just received an email from VM offering a free upgrade from Tivo to V6.

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Interestingly when I signed up for the upgrade I'm offered a quick start self install, so I have to set it up myself. I guess they give me instructions on how to return or dispose of the Tivo.

I can still choose to have an engineer do it but at a cost of £40. So I guess this is how they are able to offer them for free now.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Although Eurosport 3, 4 and 5 are only available on V6 and TiVo boxes for Full House customers in HD, those on lower packs can watch them in SD on the Virgin TV Go app. Odd that the SD versions are not on V6 and TiVo boxes then!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Yes. You'll get returns packaging if they want it back.

They are also available on the V+ and V-HD boxes

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

I've ordered it, arrives on 19th so will update you on how I get on with the self install. Now the mad panic to watch everything I have recorded.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

I forgot they still existed.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

When my replacement V6 came this week, a note said not to return the old TiVo but to recycle it.
Follow the self install instructions carefully and there should be no problem. Make sure you ring the number provided before you start.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

The Virgin Media Store app is now on the older TiVo.

Has anyone else noticed this

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

All change for At The Races:

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discus...-channels/p114

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

MB HQ can reveal that the top up Eurosport Channels are also on Virgin Media Ireland.

420 - Eurosport 3 HD
421 - Eurosport 4 HD
422 - Eurosport 5 HD

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Why wait until 'Early 2019'?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Because while they still have the rights to Irish Racing until the end of 2018 they will need to replace those considerable lost rights with replacement content thus one suspects that is the main reason why it has been pushed back till early next year before they launch Sky Sports Racing..

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Any free link to that "The Times" story?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

I just refreshed it to get rid of the overlay.

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To give you more time to watch your recordings:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Thanks, I did wonder this. I've managed to get a fair bit watched over the last few days :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

[QUOTE=Media Boy;35936435]MB HQ can reveal that the top up Eurosport Channels are also on Virgin Media Ireland.

420 - Eurosport 3 HD
421 - Eurosport 4 HD
422 - Eurosport 5 HD




do we have them anywhere or are we getting them before the Olympics are over?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

[QUOTE=The Yank;35936527]Pretty sure it was mentioned earlier in thread that its only for the Olympics.
Chl 552,553,554

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

[QUOTE=alwaysabear;35936529]That is correct.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

[QUOTE=alwaysabear;35936529]many thanks Dave

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

[QUOTE=The Yank;35936542]Go Eagles!!

Sorry, off topic :angel:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

[QUOTE=Ultimate.Conj;35936543]
I've just seen this article, could be a sign of things to come

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...mazon-the-feed

"Virgin Media has struck its first deal with a US streaming service, partnering with Amazon to co-fund a $40m-plus (£29m) sci-fi series from a writer of the hit show The Walking Dead.

The 10-part series, called The Feed, is set in London in the near future, although filming is expected to take place in Manchester. It is based on a book by the first time author Nick Clark Windo."

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

I seen a earlier post about v6 boxes converted to mpeg4 mines still says mpeg2

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

[QUOTE=Ultimate.Conj;35936679]Yes, this was posted earlier. Things are looking up!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

[QUOTE=OLD BOY;35936746]Oops, sorry OB, I should have checked earlier posts. I'm way behind the new postings lol

Be interesting to see if this goes down well, will Virgin invest in more things like this?

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[QUOTE=Ultimate.Conj;35936748]No worries, UC, it can be difficult to keep up with everything going on!

Yes, I think we can expect more original content for VM. Don't expect a Virgin channel or anything like that, but think on demand and streaming services. That's where most if not all of our new content will come from.

You may have read that the ITV Encore channel, which is exclusive to Sky, is closing down in favour of a new on demand channel, which will be available on Virgin later this year. That is a sign of things to come, although it does appear that Sky Atlantic will finally arrive on our EPGs this year.

Hopefully, Amazon too will grace our Tivos and V6s soon!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

You can't be getting many HD channels then as these are no longer broadcast in MPEG2. Only the SD channels are still MPEG2.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

[QUOTE=OLD BOY;35936751]With Virgin/Amazon seemingly having a good relationship, I guess we are a lot closer than to having this arrive soon. Would be pretty cool.

Just a shame the HDR feature isn't yet enabled on the V6, because I'd still use the TV to access Netflix and Amazon for 4K HDR content...fingers crossed that an update is coming soon.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

We have been given information that Virgin Media UK are testing an new thing out right now.

More when we can reveal it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Limited pilot of new TiVo software:
http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...e/td-p/3649408

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: ABN to launch next week, But Virgin Media UK to axe Nollywood Movies.

Media Boy Sources has confirmed that ABN TV will launch on Thursday 22nd February 2018 on Virgin UK Channel 842.

But Nollywood Movies will be close on Virgin Media UK on that date - Nollywood Movies is on Virgin UK Channel 835.

©copyright 2018 Media Boy 2006 - 2018. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

OK, I'll bite and watch it. I haven't seen original content from a cable company since the days of Flextech, and that must have been 10 years ago.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

News to us.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Good to know that you don’t always have the inside track.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Here's a glimpse of the ABN channel, for those who are interested.


http://www.abntv.co/2017/09/05/somp-...her-gimmick-2/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

What can i say?.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

How much more garbage can these TV companies produce?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Talking of gargage, Babestation may be closing on VM when the contract expires as they seek to cut carriage costs and a new SD to HD service is rolled out:

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discus...hannels#latest

Can anyone remember when Babestation launched on VM?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Babestation launch on September 20th 2016.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...year.html#more

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Don't shoot the messenger! The number of traditional channels will start reducing soon enough. Sky Atlantic will probably be the last of the goodish ones we will get in the future, methinks!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

We think MTV CLASSIC will launch on Virgin Media UK.

We mean why oh why move MTV OMG to Virgin Media Channel 318 when it just an rebrand of VIVA?

MTV CLASSIC on Virgin Channel 317???

Over to you JJ20X.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Does it really matter? Will anyone actually die?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Nope.

But if we was Virgin we would put VIVA information screen on Channel 318 for two weeks, and put MTV LOVE (MTV OMG) on Channel 317. That all.

But this is Virgin we are talking about.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Message received. Going to bed as a result of boredom. Night night. :sleep:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Thanks.

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Oh please OB not that duff tune again...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Well, many people who read this thread are looking out for more and more channels. Someone has to say it like it is, because this is not where most of our new content will be coming from in the future.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

His last few comments suggest that this thread no longer meets his needs and is no longer for him.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

That's not what I said. What I was saying was that there won't be many more conventional channels coming soon. Eventually, it will be streaming and on demand services only.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Totally agree with that, you'd need to have serious blinkers on not to see what's happening.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

JJ20X is reporting on DS Forum that Virgin Media UK are testing an new STV +1 Channel for one of the following:

-Aberdeen,
-Dundee or
-Glasgow.

Sky has confirmed that Sky Cinema Greats will be rebrand as Sky Cinema Oscars from February 26th to March 11th.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

I thought you were going to bring us something a bit more exciting than that mate..........:td:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

You had that last week MM.;)

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Just to update (as I said I would). my V6 and new hub (not expecting a new hub) arrived - both installed with ease in about 30 minutes. Have to say really like it, so fast especially the on demand stuff. Only negative was losing all my series links, that took an age to redo (the ones I could find) especially having to create do a wishlists for ones I could not find.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

A bit late now, but are you aware of the ability to copy them over? Or does it not work for you?
https://help.virginmedia.com/system/...box-to-another

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Thanks didn't know that, would have been nice if they'd made that clear in the set up guide.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

It was in my set up guide last year.

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It appears I should have had two service guides sent with mine but neither were in the package I got. All I got was the installation guide.

Anyway thanks to this forum all my links are now copied over :)

So back on topic,

Any update on the possibility of Eurosport & Discovery 4K?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Has it recognised any Series Links that you had manually input, or have they been duplicated?

Hopefully you won't get any unnecessary duplicate recordings.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

I believe that these channels can be viewed in UHD in some other countries. I am hoping that we will get them later this year, but that's a hope, not a forecast.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Hello.

Testing 123:D

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May appear in April.

No real update in months.

Also Sky has confirmed that Sky Sports will go up by 50p to £28 pm in May.

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Make that TWO.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

All quiet on the Atlantic front I see!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

We are still in bleakest February MM.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

would not be surprised if it next year for that same time as BT gets it

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Yeah could be Dave.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Date of April to June given by sources*.

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Same sources say Sky Atlantic HD may launch in 2019*.

*But till we start seeing tests being reported this is still subject to change.

But talking of Sky we was watching Sky News last night and we saw BBC News on in the background.

Now we know where Sky get all the "Sky Sources" from.:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

I've just seen an article on What Hi-FI?

They are reporting that the Sky Q box is getting a HDR update any day soon.

Hopefully VM will follow suit and rollout this update for the V6 too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

There's no reason why this shouldn't happen. I'm surprised they've not done this already. Incredible to think that the techies were telling the world that Sky were not as up to speed with their Sky Q box as Virgin with their V6, and yet they've beaten Virgin to the post yet again.

Virgin Media really needs to move a bit quicker and give Sky a run for their money.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Virgin are introducing HDR compatibility for Netflix on its boxes aren’t they

I’m pretty sure the Sky HDR will be for it’s Sports broadcasts I’d imagine although I expect it will be introduced for On Demand as well at some stage.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Eventually! But hopefully, we will get some more sources of UHD content before long.