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Don't do yourself down, Den. There will always be those both brighter and dimmer than ourselves!

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It just on your package for two weeks starting March 21st.

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We have seen them on both V HD and V+ boxes - after 6pm.

No news on V boxes we have still to test it.

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Prolific North: Made in North Wales to launch next month on Virgin Media UK.

Made Television is to launch a dedicated service in North Wales on 26th April.

Made in North Wales, which will be available on Freeview 8 and Virgin 159, will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week,

https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2017...vice-in-april/

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Seems a bit improbable, given that there is no cable in North Wales.

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The BBC also says it will be on Virgin.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-39351953

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It must be true then ;)
Spiderplant, if you bring the fibre, I'll bring my wheelbarrow and a spade :D

In all seriousness, maybe it will appear in Wrexham when comes it online as part of Project Lightening - I'm guessing that's quite some way off yet though.

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We just found it on the Made Television web site:

https://www.madetelevision.tv/press/...e-north-wales/

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With all the money being thrown into these channels, that hardly anyone actually watches, perhaps they have acquired sufficient funding to expand the cable network into North Wales. :p:

Then again, they could just be joining the Fox News Channel on one of VM's internal networks, never to be seen by regular viewers...

I'm guessing the press office at Made Television are just duplicating the content of press releases issued for existing regions, without realising that cable hasn't yet reached North Wales.

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I wonder if these local channels have 'must carry' status or if they have to pay VM for carriage?

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I don't know the actual arrangement but would have thought that the That's TV channels would be carried if there was a 'must carry' status.

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True, also if it was free carriage they would all be on VM.

I can't imagine that these channels have a lot of money, so it must be relatively cheap though.

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As I understand it, Comux handles the distribution of all local tv stations, so if some are carried on VM and others aren't, I would assume that final decision rests with the local tv company or, more likely, its parent company.

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Just had an email from virgin giving me sky movies free from 8th April to 8th May. First time Ive ever had anything free from virgin.

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News to us.

We know that Virgin did offer Sky Sports channels free to some viewers so far in 2017.

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Always nice to keep some things as suprises ;)

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Just read the small print, yea it is free but I`ve got to cancel by the 30th April or it will continue at the normal rates. Still its nice to have it free for a month