Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
 

New Channel set to launch on Virgin Media?

Virgin Media UK has started to play about with "Live Events" old slot on CO01.

As of July 17th the DBR Video Capture picture is showing two Purple and Black lines but is still in MPEG2 Mode.

https://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.p...&sec=0&lang=en

Information as seen by Media Boy on July 17th at 21:05 (Some info maybe out of date).

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
 

I'm paying tenner less for the next year and a half so the offers are there

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
 

But Sky has posted the following on Sky Forum:

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
 

So my Disney+ just gets better and better, then... :D

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
 

Wait until the next price hike that's coming :p:

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I shall see out my current contract then I will cancel my virgin TV as it has devalued so much and is obviously going to get worse by the information being provided.
The money saved will be used to purchase several apps that will have the content I want.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
 

The BBC have the rights to two streams - one will be broadcast on either BBC One or BBC Two - the other on the single red button channel.

Eurosport have unlimited coverage, and will be showing additional streams both on broadcast and on their apps (Discovery and Eurosport apps), including some 4K content. Yet to see if Virgin Media have signed up to take the additional content - they didn't take the 4K content from Eurosport for the French Open tennis or the Wimbledon finals this year.

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I have a Discovery+ subscription taken out with the Sky 12 month free option.

An online chat with Discovery+ says all the Olypmics will be included to regular Entertainment subscribers so you don't need the new 'sport' add-on.

When I checked the Discovery+ app is offering me and providing me an identicle line-up to the Eurosport app.

I don't know if new Discovery+ customers will get all the sport too - but the chat team said they will get the Olypmic stuff.

There is an offer at present to get 12 months of the combined Discovery+ and Sport add-on for £29.95.

The extra content being made available on Sky (and hopefully VirginMedia) will be a best of current events selection - you'll need the app for the full selection.

UPDATE: Discovery+ sub (without sport) does give Eurosport 1 and 2 - but not the extra streams. They said the Olympics will be available though.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
 

Live Events info from last year has reappeared.

I was thinking Nick Jr. +1 was testing - oh well.

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I think a lot will be thinking like this.

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Could it be that new (to us) shopping channel?

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l can even trump that so they offers are definitely there if one tries hard enough.

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​There have also been murmers that UKTV are to add a pay option to UKTV Play for their pay channels, giving UKTV the option to dump their traditional outlets.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
 

No, as Media Boy and epsilon previously posted here, and later confirmed on DigitalBitRate by a name change, QVC Extra is taking one of the vacated Fox SD streams (the +1 to my recollection).

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I've done exactly the same with SKY.
Got Netflix for £4p/m for uhd (google it), prime £79 for year and Shudder for 99p for 3 months plenty of content there for me.

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I have seen that story early today

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...&postcount=202

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cheekyangus is right QVC Extra is using slot number 23 on CO01 using FOX +1 old slot.

Live Events was for older boxes for PPV being shown on Channel 0 but is still broadcasting using slot number 26 also on CO01.

Why did I think of Nick +1? Richard if you look that what is broadcasting on CO01 you will find out that other Nickelodeon UK branded channels are using slots on that stream.

Here is the CO01 stream (see link) - https://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.p...iste=1&lang=en