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Woo hoo! Finally! After these many months of spec!:D:D

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NHK World did not launch on 1st May

I identified channel 625 on the 30th April at around 10:40pm.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

You knew he knew and didn't share it!!? ;)

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UKTV are launching a new Drama channel on Freeview. Is this likely to come to VM?

http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/05/uktv...l-on-july-8th/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Lets hope so but well we are still waiting for UKTV on demand stuff which was promised a while back.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.
 

Disclaimer that it's 'just for letting you know BT Sports is Coming Soon' now added

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And they'll probably try to cram it on the same transponder as all their other channels by lowering the bitrate still further. Watching UKTVs SD channels is like watching TV with a stocking over your head :mad:

...and no, I haven't tried it...

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Unless Virgin Media sign new deal for Drama - UKTV may ask Virgin to remove one or two of the +1 channels or even Blighty will close for Drama to launch on Virgin.

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Was not broadcast at 2.30am on April 30th on my V+ Box.

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Yes, I remember that. The God channel was an encrypted stand alone channel, but it was free to add it. I never saw the point of this and they did eventually just add it to all packages.

This used to be the same situation with S4C when Sky digital first started.

I wonder if reasons for this were that the old carriage agreements meant that VM and Sky charged the channels per viewer, or (in the case of S4C) that the channels had to initially pay extra to the programme rights holders for each person watching outside the intended area?

I also remember that when the God Channel started expanding into providing more channels on Sky, they had an odd "encryption" method that used a different system to NDS. The channels were watchable, but had no sound until the subs were paid!

The God channel even had their own digi box, where only "traditional family values" type channels could be received, not sure if this is still going though...

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It' been on my V+ since this time. It looks to be showing programmes, by not launching, do you mean it is/was showing a promo loop? :confused:

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Thanks for the update Ben, makes it nicer to know ;)

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Love the new NHK World in HD it is making me hungry, the are talking about Japanese food:)

Great to have Animal Planet in HD, well done VM:)

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/05/52.jpg

Really?

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That looks like some sort of an animals intestines :shocked:

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I was looking at their bread making with fruit fillings at 5:30pm tonight :)

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Rumoured, not promised :nono:

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A nice diplomatic answer as usual.;)