Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

SyFy re-brands to Sky Sci-Fi from 26th of July.
https://www.skygroup.sky/article/syf...fan-favourites

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

Here is the release

https://www.skygroup.sky/article/syf...fan-favourites

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

I was thinking about that late last night:

Time to do some housekeeping to your EPG Virgin!!!!

Entertainment:
100. - 103 as now.
104. Channel 4 HD (Not in Wales)
104. S4C HD (Wales only)
105. Channel 5 HD
106. E4 HD
107. BBC THREE HD
108. BBC FOUR HD (England and Northern Ireland only)
108. BBC Scotland HD (Scotland only)
108. Channel 4 HD (Wales only)
109. Sky Showcase HD
110. Sky Showcase
111. Sky Witness HD
112. Sky Witness
113. BBC FOUR HD (Scotland and Wales only)
113. ITV London (Local area only)
113. ITV Granada (Local area only)
113. ITV Central [West] (Local area only)
113. ITV Central [East] (Local area only)
113. ITV West (Local area only)
113. ITV South West (Local area only)
113. ITV Meridian [Thames Valley] (Local area only)
113. ITV Anglia [East] (Local area only)
113. ITV Tyne Tees (Local area only)
113. ITV Meridian [South Coast] (Local area only)
113. ITV Meridian [South East] (Local area only)
113. ITV Yorkshire [Calendar North] (Local area only)
113. ITV Yorkshire [Calendar South] (Local area only).
113. ITV Anglia [East] (Local area only)
113. ITV Border (Local area only)
113. UTV (Northern Ireland only)
114. ITV +1 (England and Wales only)
114. STV +1 (Scotland only)
114. UTV +1 (Northern Ireland only)
115. ITV2 HD
116. ITV2 +1
117. ITV3 HD
118. ITV4 HD
119. ITVBe HD
120. ITVBe +1 (England, Wales and Northern Ireland only)
120. BBC ALBA HD (Scotland only)
121. Sky Max HD
122. Sky Max
123. Sky Comedy HD
124. GOLD HD
125. W HD
126. Alibi HD
127. Dave HD
128. Quest HD
129. YESTERDAY
130. Drama
131. Eden HD
132. Comedy Central HD
133. Comedy Central +1
134. MTV HD
135. Sky Comedy
136. Sky Crime HD
137. Sky Crime
138. SYFY HD
139. SYFY
140. Sky Arts HD
141. Channel 4 +1
142. 4Seven HD
143. E4 +1
144. E4 Extra
145. More4
146. More4 +1
147. CBS Reality
148. CBS Justice
149. CBS Drama
150. 5ACTION HD
151. 5STAR
152. 5SELECT
153. 5 USA
154. Channel 5
155. Channel 5 +1
156. Sky History HD
157. BBC ALBA HD (England, Wales and Northern Ireland only)
158. BBC Scotland HD (England, Wales and Northern Ireland only)
158. ITV Be +1 (Scotland only)
159. For full list of Local channels on Virgin Media see - Local TV:
160. Sky History 2 HD
161. S4C HD
162. Sky Documentaries HD
163. Sky Documentaries
164. Sky Nature HD
165. Sky Nature
166. Really
167. TLC HD
168. ID
169. Quest Red
170. DMAX
171. Discovery Channel HD
172. Animal Planet HD
173. Discovery Science
174. ITV3 +1
175. ITV4 +1
176. Comedy Central
177. Comedy Central Extra
178. MTV
179. 5 USA +1
180. 5STAR +1
181. 5ACTION
182. GREAT! tv
183. W +1
184. Alibi +1
185. Dave ja vu
186. GOLD +1
187. CBS Reality +1
188. YESTERDAY +1
189. Pick
190. Challenge
191. Crime + Investigation HD
192. Crime + Investigation +1
193. Blaze
194. Discovery Turbo
195. Discovery History
196. Food Network
197. HGTV
198. YESTERDAY +1
199. Drama +1
200. TLC +1
201. ID +1
202. Quest +1
203. DMAX +1
204. Netfilx (Only on V6 Boxes).
205. Prime Video (Only on V6 Boxes).
206. Eden +1
207. Discovery Channel +1
208. Animal Planet +1
209. Discovery Science +1
210. Discovery Turbo +1
211. Discovery History +1
212. Food Network +1
213. HGTV +1
214. Nat Geo WILD HD
215. National Geographic HD
216. National Geographic +1
217. Together TV
218. Sky Replay
219. E! HD
220. E!
221. Sky Arts
222. Sky Witness +1
223. Sky Crime +1
224. Sky History +1
225. PBS America
226. Forces TV
227. Smithsonian Channel HD
228. Virgin TV Ultra HD (Only on V6 Boxes).
229. God Channel

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

Based on Digiguide, Looks like CBS Justice becomes Horror Channel from 30th June ,with the existing Horror Channel becoming Horror Xtra and starts broadcasting daily at 5pm and the +1 starting at 6pm

Forces TV closes on 30th June
https://twitter.com/Forces_TV/status...wY72h6qzA&s=19

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

Wasn't expecting Forces TV to close entirely, just on Freeview, but that's certainly how it reads.

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----> https://rxtvinfo.com/2022/forces-tv-is-closing

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

Sky Sports and Premier Sports to stop broadcasting MLS as Apple wins 10 year deal for MLS World rights.

https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2022...ext-ten-years/

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https://www.forces.net/forces-tv

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Thanks for info.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

If that actually happens it makes the recent EPG channel swap on Freeview seem rather odd.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

I bet this has to do with Paramount+'s imminent launch. No doubt they'll want to use the CBS brand and free up some shows for Paramount+.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

But here in UK Paramount only own 50% of CBS brand and Horror Channel.

AMC own the other 50%.

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Based on Digiguide,

It look like Horror Channel will be on Virgin Channel 192 from 30th June, with Horror Xtra broadcasting on Virgin Channel 148.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

You can access the UK service by downloading the international (non US) app , although It occasionally comes up with error messages

There is no CBS branding, not even a CBS logo on the small amount of Paramount owned CBS shows that are available on it.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

Media Boy UK views:

On the back of yesterday's news at Forces TV UK is set to close on June 30th I have been thinking that Talking Pictures may make a bid for Forces TV in a coming days to keep Forces TV on Sky, Freesat and Virgin with a later rebrand to Talking Entertainment that would keep Talking Pictures to broadcast Movies 24/7.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

Not convinced their finances are up to buying anything, they barely managed to stay on Freeview during the first year of Covid because many of their advertisers were for things greatly affected, like cruise holidays. It was pretty widely reported at the time, as I recall.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

Talking Pictures may pick up some of the rights to the old UK stuff - but can't see them going beyond that.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

MTV 90s becomes MTV Pride on 27th June. (I think it for a week - but TBC)

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

They won't, if they wanted to include shows they would just simply change talking pictures name, they don't have the finances to run another channel.