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In the main it has been fine, for me they are the best of a bad bunch.

BT's network can't even offer me any more than 16mb where I am, although only over a mile from the exchange and there are hundreds more houses further down the line than mine, having cable is a no brainer in this area of town.

The transition from Smallworld to Virgin was seamless, though if there was ever any issues their head office was in the next town along so if they had no engineers available you could pop over and get a replacement box or modem no hassle.

I knew the staff on first name terms as well.

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I have seen numerous sources state that Sky Replay is being dropped.

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My Sources say Sky Replay is staying.

Sky may ask Virgin Media to move some channels about on the EPG so base on Sky EPG the following may happen on Virgin from September 1st:

109. Sky Showcase HD
110. Sky Showcase
111. Sky Witness HD
112. Sky Witness
121. Sky Max HD
122. Sky Max
123. Sky Arts
135. Sky Comedy HD
136. Sky Comedy
137. Sky Crime HD
138. Sky Crime
139. SYFY HD
140. SYFY
156. Sky Arts HD
157. E! HD (?)
158. E! (?)
160. Sky Replay
164. Challenge
165. Pick
180. Sky Showcase +1 (?)
206. Sky Witness +1
207. Sky Crime +1
229. SYFY +1

270. Sky History HD
271. Sky History +1
272. Sky History 2 HD
277. Sky Documentaries HD
278. Sky Documentaries
279. Sky Nature HD
280. Sky Nature

419. Movies 24
420. Movies 24 +

All channels in red may change - still no been confirmed by Virgin Media or Sky.

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It's not listed in the press release

https://www.skygroup.sky/article/sky...se-and-sky-max

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Neither is Sky History 2.



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I wondered if they just listed EPG numbers which were changing - but Sky Atlantic is not moving.

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My Sources say "apart from Sky One no other channels are closing".

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Just out of interest, is this the same source that, last week, was claiming "Sky are going to stop providing their channels to other providers in the future", or is it a different source?

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What concerns me is whether Peacock will be coming to VM. If it does, it seems that it will be at a cost.

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I guess it would similar to adding the NOW app to Virgin. If Peacock carries Sky Atlantic content, there could be a conflict of interests.

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Other sources.

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Ok, thanks.

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Do you have an source for that BT Sport axe as broadcast channels story?

https://www.forumbox.co.uk/forum/thr...treaming-only/

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It was more of a request for comments than a story. See the original post on DS Forums for more info.

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I know that BT Sport deal with Virgin Media are always up before the Football Season starts - around this time of year.

2013 - launch deal: https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/20...ke-virgin.html

2015 - BT Sport 3/Red Button deal: https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/20...l-package.html

2018 - BT Sport UHD deal: https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/20...nel-to-be.html

2021?

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Hmmm! Interesting.

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But BT Sport SD Channels was axe on Virgin Media in December 2018: https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/20...t-sd.html#more