Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Sounds like normal daytime TV! Very disappointing.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

839 Islam channel closing from 5 June per 360 guide.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

My V6 box has confirmed that Islam Channel Urdu will close at Midnight on June 4th.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Again? Sheesh these channels close a lot.

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Does this mean you'll be adding ITV 2 as a favourite when it takes on all the compulsive viewing from ITV Be? :D
Nobody wants to miss the next episode of Real Housewives and the Menopause. ;)

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

After a long period where nothing much happened, this has now been added to all networks and, consequently, has had encryption added. It has also moved from internal channel 1890 to internal channels 70. Internal channels aren't visible on customer boxes, so this remains a mystery.
Further info:
https://ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Triller tv talking to VM to get their app on the 360.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Two channels to close next month on Virgin Media.

June:
9th > ITVBe +1 to close on June 9th at 6am.
12th > DAZN Women Football will close at midnight.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I don’t recall knowing ITVBe’s +1 was even on VM.

I noticed a couple of weeks ago that the U app was on V6. I knew it had been announced but thought it was further off. When did it get added? Couldn’t have been much before I noticed.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

It seems odd that Virgin spent last weekend promoting DAZN Women's Football by launching the FAST channel from channel 100 when its due to close so soon afterwards.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

If you look at name it become Greyhound racing.

When launch viewers can watch Greyhound racing via the RED button on Sky Sports Racing HD.

So you can watch the full card of Greyhound racing when Horse racing is on.

(The Red button Greyhound racing on Sky Sports Racing HD is on Sky right now.)

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Should follow Welsh government ,something I never thought I would say upto now and ban it all together

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

The name is still GreyHorse but not very important for a red button channel as it won't show on the EPG. Channel 70 is in the range used by red button channels, Sky Sports Active used 50-59 and TNT Sports use 65-69, 74 & 79. Other than those, the 2 digit range is mainly used for internal services, NVOD Adult/Sports channels etc. The 4 digit channel number series seems to be used for placeholder services for channels no longer broadcasting and for inactive pop-up channels. Info from UKCTVC.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Good spot. Second time that an app launched on TV360 with much fanfare, has subsequently been made available on V6 very much on the quiet. Not surprised.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Perhaps the intention is to use the feed for both greyhound & horse racing??

Grey Horse sounds more like the name of a pub!

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I suspect the main reason is because DAZN have lost the Women's Champions League to ESPN/Disney+ from next season

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Perhaps they will put the FIFA World Club Cup on there

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Maybe
Link

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

The what now ?

I thought this was the Intercontinental Cup under another name, but with all those mentioned matches, that seems unlikely.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

(ITVBe +1) Channel 319 UPDATE:

Virgin Media UK are now showing listing for ITV Quiz +1 on Virgin Channel 319.

But listing are now 7am on June 15th.

From June 9th at 6am to June 15th at 7am listings is saying ''Channel No Longer Available''.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

6PM Update: ITVBe +1 EPG has been updated again all listings after 6am on June 9th is now showing ''Channel No Longer Available'' on my V6 Box.

So god knows what is going to happen.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

All ITV Quiz programmes are already showing on existing channels, so don’t get too worried.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Maybe it will be a red button channel where we can watch people drink. Perhaps sponsored by Wetherspoons... God help us!

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Is Islam Channel Urdu still broadcasting on Virgin Channel 839?

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Nope, it has really gone this time.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

@RichardCoulter

Islam Channel Urdu is still broadcasting on SkyQ/Freesat HD.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

It's still broadcasting on my Stream box. It's not the first time VM has missed adding a closure slate on the platform.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

GreyHorse is the Red Button service accessed from Sky Sports Racing (#519)


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ITVBe+1 has closed on VirginMedia and Freeview.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

:D hahaha

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Indeed. As I said previously, red button services don't display their service name, so it doesn't really matter what Virgin calls them. I guess "Premier Greyhound Racing" would be a bit long for a service name (I haven't checked the character limit for service names).

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

i didn't even know sky sports racing had red button services!

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how is this stuff even found out by these forum posters. so if you red button sky racing you get to see greyhounds?

are greyhounds even racing after Wimbledon closed?

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Sky Sports pick up Greyhounds racing and put it via the red button on Sky Boxes last summer.

But it only launch on Virgin on Monday.

You can see racing at:

Brighton and Hove Stadium, Brighton and Hove
Central Park Stadium, Sittingbourne
Doncaster Stadium, Doncaster
Harlow Stadium, Harlow
Kinsley Stadium, Kinsley
Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton
Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle upon Tyne
Nottingham Stadium, Nottingham
Oxford Stadium, Oxford
Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
Pelaw Grange, Chester-le-Street
Perry Barr Stadium, Birmingham
Romford Stadium, London
Suffolk Downs, Mildenhall, Suffolk
Sunderland Stadium, Sunderland
Swindon Stadium, Swindon
Towcester Stadium, Towcester
Valley Stadium, Ystrad Mynach, Wales
Yarmouth Stadium, Great Yarmouth

Thornton Stadium, Thornton, Scotland

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Hate to break it to you old chap but there is a whole world North of London.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

::D:angel:

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

No entries for 5 days...

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

VM has replaced the Sky Max HD logo with the non HD version in both the TV Guide (V6) and TV Control app.

Are we about to see the channel downgraded to SD? ��

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

They did a logo change for Sky Max few months ago.

EPG says channel is still broadcasting in HD.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

No change on 360

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

im sure I've asked this before but in preparation for the new football season 25/26 are there any significant changes to football tv rights coming up?

i know the premier league have more games but there is no real difference except no more matches on amazon prime?

what about other leagues in europe? everything the same?

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I have not seen any new deals for European leagues to be broadcast on linear UK sports Channels.

I have both Germany and Spain deals to broadcast on Sky Sports and Premier Sports did come to end at the end of last season.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Germany/Austria and also German language for Switzerland - Sky renewed to 2028.

Spain - DAZN have to 2028.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I was talking about la liga and Bundesliga rights for the UK and Ireland.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Maybe Disney+ or AppleTV may want to bulster their football offering.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

hope la liga comes back to sky sports. it was a ridiculous decision to go away from sky in the first place and their matches have sunk in terms of ratings which has impacted the leagues reputation in this country

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Service support continues to be removed from TiVO 500 boxes. The latest round of "Your TV box need a free upgrade" emails state that the BBC iPlayer will no longer be supported on these boxes from 23rd July 2025.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Glad I got mine swapped when you could still have a V6. Still by far their best box.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Agreed.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Virgin Media UK has today launch two new FAST Movies Channels.

*450 > British Screen Classics
*451 > We do Movies

All channels listing are NOT on TiVo boxes.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

more FAST channels!

Do the channels on pluto differ from country to country do we know?

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Yes they do. Some same name services have different schedules and Pluto US has some really good channels not available here.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Probably unintentional Vince, but grouping those two lines together suggests you think all FAST channels have Pluto behind running them. I’m guessing you don’t think that and it’s just a possible interpretation that could be made by someone else (me in this case).

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Do you know if the same name FAST channels on different platforms in the UK ever have different schedules?

Where can people find these, I did a search and can't seem to find what's on after discovering that the films being shown aren't on the Virgin EPG (I remember them trying out putting them on the EPG, but TiVo/V6 tried to record some of the programmes but, of course, was only recording the slate)!

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

oh i thought all the FAST channels on virgin media were also on pluto tv?

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Not going to go through them all - but I don't see these VM Fast channels on Pluto TV in UK:
Red Bull TV
Trace Sport Stars
WeDoTV Movies

Some FAST channels on VM are from Rakuten TV - like Action. You'll see it loads the Rakuten app when you play the channel.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Nope. A mixture of providers.

I don’t use them myself, prefer a proper linear broadcast channel.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

since virgin media own the channel spaces couldn't they just run these channels as proper linear channels? like get the stream and broadcast it as a linear channel without the need to press red etc and with the same functionality as a linear channel.

i assume its to save money even though virgin media own everything their end?

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Yes, very different channels between countries, although some of the more popular "brands" are repeated across regions.

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Yes, they can have different schedules. I've seen, say, Rakuten channels on one platform carrying a completely different version or a time-shifted version of what is available on other platforms.
Recording the slate was a V6 bug, TV360 doesn't have the red button / slate.

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The Pluto ones aren't on the V6 EPG as Virgin didn't seem to manage to make the V6 work with the Pluto API. Ditto for Rakuten.

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They probably aren't licensed as broadcast linear channels?

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

These channels don't require a "cable & satellite" licence from OFCOM as a broadcast channel would. Also broadcast channels can be recorded, which will lead to the inevitable rights issues.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Although the trend is for them to have a "cable & satellite" licence.
This for example.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Hearst Networks UK has been given an OFCOM License to launch FAST Channel 'World War TV' on Virgin Media.

But it NOT testing in Virgin Media HQ at time of posting.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I've see it on other platforms - It is on Rakuten and Plex.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Tried one of the the Fast Channels as I thought it might appeal, 'British Screen Classics', showing British films. Indeed it does have some decent films but the same few going round and round. No info on the EPG to tell you what's on, can't record, can't pause, can't ff through ads, stream degrading to lower quality at times. If this is the 'future of tv', God help us.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I know World War TV is on other networks.

But to launch on Freeview, Freely, Freesat, Virgin Media or Sky they need an OFCOM License.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I can already get it on my VM box.

People not leaving in the dark ages already have access.


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Nearly all the FAST channels are like that - just the same content going round and round.

But then U& channels are the same.

Too many channels - too little content.

One of the best FAST channels I've seen in Universal Monsters - but after a couple of weeks you've seen it all.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Maybe it doesn't matter if its 'homes under the hammer', you want to watch 24/7 ( although if that's the case, I recommend The Samaritans instead.... ).

For films though, it's utterly useless/pointless, e.g. I'll watch the final half hour now and maybe try and catch the first hour when it comes back round, if I can time it right, and knew the non existent epg !

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Just how TV was back in the day...

Welcome to the 70s....
Our great streaming future

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

No, Mr K, the future is streamers. Streaming channels are just a cheap and nasty way of watching free to air TV. There’s a reason I said earlier that I didn’t think they had much of a future. You summed up why I think that very nicely.

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Don’t even try to watch a TV drama series!

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I don’t see streaming channels as the future. MB seems to be very interested in them, though!

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

This has now been fixed. Someone at VM must be listening!

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

That makes a change,any hope of sorting epg ,unless I am missing something, sizing subtitles would good as well:angel:

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

for once!

with the new football rights on sky sports are there going to be any new days for matches to be on or times?

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

All Sunday matches will be live so I'd imagine they'll use Extra for some of those.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

For thr first three weeks there are two live games at 2pm and only one at other times.

So Sky Sports Main Event or Sky Sports + could carry the second.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

thats a bit odd i'd have thought sky would have forced the second match to be at a ridiculous time late on sunday without a care in the world for people working the next day....

thats what they usually do...

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

With so many teams playing in Euro competitions there aren't enough crazy time slots even for sky..... ��. Sports extra is the way

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

The TV allocation for the first three weeks can be found at https://www.premierleague.com/en/mat...eek=1&month=07

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

should do more Monday night matches they usually stop once European games start.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

It is too much to expect overpaid athletes to play on a Monday night and another game either on the Saturday (two days before) or Wednesday (two clays after).

Once there are the midweek cop games happening - Leasue Cup and Europe - fixtures are hard to arrange on a Monday. You only left with a handful of clubs available and the fans of those will not want lots on Monday nights.

It is only in the lower leagues where players also have full time jobs where you are expected to play 2x90 minute games in three days (sometimes two days).

It is said players play too many games - but with a 26-man squad then over playing players is down to the clubs - not the fixtures.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

What about the fans that actually go to games? Sunday KO can be awkward enough but Monday night?

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Not a problem , a crowd can be CGI'd . They do it in Football Manager ok.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

It’s been a long time since fans going to matches was of more importance than the money from TV rights and betting.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

which is why i reckon the premier league are terrified of moving away from sky and doing their own app. They could potentially make more money but you could have people quitting after a few months and no secure money. the premier league love their guaranteed money!

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

plus sky know premier league football is absolutely vital for them

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I'm not sure whether it was already broadcasting in HD, but the channel name and logo for ITV Quiz (channel 119) has had the HD suffix added.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

''HD'' was added to ITV Quiz logo last Friday (July 11th).

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Oh good, that makes it so much better:rolleyes:

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

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Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I think you mean 2006 ;)

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I did think it was 2026 last night.:D

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

so i think this is right still

La Liga Premier Sports TBA until 2027-28
Ligue 1 Pass Live from 2024/25 to 2028/29
Bundesliga Sky Sports Live from 2025–26
Italy Serie A TNT 2 Live games per round until 2026-27
DAZN All games live until 2026-27
Eredivisie Triller TV Four matches per-week live on Triller TV+
Portugal Liga Portugal Triller TV Live on Triller TV+ until 2025-26

absolutely ridiculous how spread out the football tv rights are now. i'd love to know the ratings for La Liga being on bloody premier sports and i'd also be intrigued to know the ratings of ligue 1. I imagine it can be counted on one hand?

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Don't worry labour will ban them in the UK soon:shocked:

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

are you referring to the online safety act? as that was passed by the conservative government ;)

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

No I am referring to having any sort of competition , question how much football do you watch ,or do you just have a great number of multi screens. To watch at the same time :rolleyes:

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I know its old fashioned, but just go to the match? Who has the tv rights/ your subscriptions is then irrelevant, and you'll see it it in the highest definition possible ( eyesight permitting).
You will of course be supporting your nearest local team , at whatever level, so won't have to walk far...

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

It's what I do for my sins, home and away:D

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

£60 a ticket nowadays is quite a lot if you say a family of 4 that's £240 for just one match then add into the cost travel expenses, parking, food you could be looking at over £300.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

£6 at my local club. Far more entertaining than the Premiership too. It does involve switching the tv off and going outside the front door which is admittedly scary for a lot of the population.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I'm lazy and i dont like leaving my house because I dislike the majority of people out there. inside its me, my bed and my cat. i want as much football coverage on tv as possible to watch in the background

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I hate football ,but surely you can find something most of the time on sky

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

Advert now running on the V6 box saying:

"From 11th August, the U app will be the only way to watch U&Dave, U&Drama, U&W and U&Yesterday on demand.

You can discover shows using Search or launch the U app via your Catch Up or Apps Menu."

This joins BBC, ITV and Channel 4 which have already moved to app only Catch Up.

U&Alibi, U&Gold and U&Eden are not affected.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I go both home and away matches mate, also i go and see my local non league team too when my team aren't playing.

Re: Virgin TV (2025)
 

I wonder if U and Virgin Media has sign an new broadcasting deal?

The UKTV did relaunch on Virgin Media around early August when they fell out years ago.

Will U&Eden move to an higher EPG Channel number?