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Media Boy UK 05-06-2018 13:08

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 
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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35949303)
I wish I could just rearrange the EPG as I like, like I can do on Freeview, but I've long given up on that feature ever being available on cable. I actually like the +1s right next to the main channel.

This press the coloured button to access the HD version of a channel is rubbish too. The HD version should the be the default now and the SD variants get pushed out of the way.

We have posted our version of that new EPG on Media Boy Blog.

https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/20...ew-virgin.html

telegramsam 05-06-2018 13:25

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 
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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35949328)
We have posted our version of that new EPG on Media Boy Blog.

https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/20...ew-virgin.html

Hasn`t it been said previously simply add channals to your favourites in whatever order you like?

Media Boy UK 05-06-2018 13:37

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 
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Originally Posted by telegramsam (Post 35949332)
Hasn`t it been said previously simply add channals to your favourites in whatever order you like?

When Digital Cable started in my area - Telewest April 1999. They did allow you to do that (Sky One was on Channel 6 - with new channels being at the end of the EPG. One night we get 5 TV and Telewest started broadcasting 15 Radio Channels as well.

But Telewest drop that idea for On Demand.

Ofcom news update.

All channels own by Sony has been transferred to a new company who is now the legal licensee. The licensee is called Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited.

Also Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited has been given an new Licence to launch an channel called "Ben 10".

oxfordmark 05-06-2018 14:32

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 
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Originally Posted by telegramsam (Post 35949332)
Hasn`t it been said previously simply add channals to your favourites in whatever order you like?

I don't think that works?

Can you not do this on SkyQ?

Raider999 05-06-2018 15:27

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 
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Originally Posted by telegramsam (Post 35949332)
Hasn`t it been said previously simply add channals to your favourites in whatever order you like?


I thought they still appeared in numerical order, irrespective of which order you added them in - but I will give it a go.

As I thought - absolute rubbish, whatever order you add them in they appear in numeric order as I thought.

Horizon 05-06-2018 17:47

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....agree. I could re-arrange both the position of channels and their location on the Freeview EPG even on the first generation of Freeview stbs that I used to own, yet you still cannot do this on cable.:(

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35949340)
All channels own by Sony has been transferred to a new company who is now the legal licensee. The licensee is called Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited.

Ah, interesting.

As it goes, I was doing a bit of research into media related things last night and I was searching for Sony TV which game me Sony TV. The televisions made by Sony. I was half asleep and I should've searched for Sony Pictures.

I think the name change makes a lot of sense, as using the same brand for different things is a bad idea in my opinion and the Columbia brand is a well recognised one.

cheekyangus 05-06-2018 18:51

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 
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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35949375)
I think the name change makes a lot of sense, as using the same brand for different things is a bad idea in my opinion and the Columbia brand is a well recognised one.

Part of me (the old part) wishes they used Screen Gems :D

Chloé Palmas 06-06-2018 04:03

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 
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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35949375)
As it goes, I was doing a bit of research into media related things last night and I was searching for Sony TV which game me Sony TV. The televisions made by Sony. I was half asleep and I should've searched for Sony Pictures.

Yeah almost everything electronic in this house is made by Sony from TVs to phones, Tablets / playstations etc etc.

I only noticed like a couple weeks back that there is so many Sony based network(s) on the actual cable spectrum across the world that it left me stunned. Kind of cool that a few of them were fashion based.

Quote:

I think the name change makes a lot of sense, as using the same brand for different things is a bad idea in my opinion and the Columbia brand is a well recognised one.
Out of interest do those awful Asian / India based networks like Sony TV all fall under that or is that just co-incidental on the naming?

telegramsam 06-06-2018 12:58

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 
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Originally Posted by oxfordmark (Post 35949349)
I don't think that works?

Can you not do this on SkyQ?

Yes on Sky Q you can list all your channels in the favourites section of the tv guide in any order you choose.

Media Boy UK 06-06-2018 16:42

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 
We have just found out today that Music on Demand has been axe from V, V HD* and V+ HD boxes.

*We do not know if Music on Demand has been removed from V HD.

---------- Post added at 15:02 ---------- Previous post was at 14:59 ----------

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Originally Posted by Chloé Palmas (Post 35949444)
Out of interest do those awful Asian / India based networks like Sony TV all fall under that or is that just co-incidental on the naming?

The Sony Asian channels licensee is called Multi Screen Media (Sony Pictures Television).

---------- Post added at 16:40 ---------- Previous post was at 15:02 ----------

Can someone with Sky Cinema confirmed what the channel name is for Virgin Channel 411.

Our EPG says "Sky Select" but information online says that Sky Select is called Sky Classics until early July 2018.

Thanks for any help.

---------- Post added at 16:42 ---------- Previous post was at 16:40 ----------

Also an two channels was added to total channel last night (Was 478 NOW 480)

Raider999 06-06-2018 16:47

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 
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Originally Posted by telegramsam (Post 35949481)
Yes on Sky Q you can list all your channels in the favourites section of the tv guide in any order you choose.


SkyQ must have added favourites then, I am sure they were not available initially as it upset many customers.

muppetman11 06-06-2018 17:02

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 
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Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 35949501)
SkyQ must have added favourites then, I am sure they were not available initially as it upset many customers.

It was added a while back.

Raider999 06-06-2018 18:16

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35949503)
It was added a while back.


It was 1 of a number of sky features that went missing with skyq (due to the absurd decision not to base skyq on existing skydive features).

I left because of the features I liked going missing.

Chloé Palmas 07-06-2018 01:43

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 
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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35949492)
The Sony Asian channels licensee is called Multi Screen Media (Sony Pictures Television).

I wish that there was some way that I could get them to move it back to a standalone package...grrrrrr. (This way it just lumps in with all the main package and kicks the price up, for everyone who uses Sky to begin with!) :mad::mad::mad:

Is it premium or bundled on Virgin?

esdxc37 07-06-2018 13:31

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premium for the majority but there are a couple included in bundles.


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