Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Liberty Global has said on Twitter to Media Boy Sources that "Horizon 4 UI on the V6 box" should be with us on Virgin Media UK by the end of the year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Very interesting if that is the case..

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Though it this was coming soon to virgin media not changes to video compression

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The changes in the past have been noticed whilst looking for new channels on the Digital Bit Rate website, and they were rare enough, until fairly recently, to just mention in passing.

Given they have increased greatly in recent weeks I take your point, that it is dragging this thread off-topic, and I have started a new topic thread to keep them separate.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Same here, don't really know anything about this compression stuff.....:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Further information on the Horizon 4 UI.

https://www.libertyglobal.com/libert...orm-horizon-4/

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Posted before but this is a better video.

https://vimeo.com/290850092

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It's been some time since this thread has been anything but unsubstantiated speculation.

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Well, I like the name of the Horizon UI..:), but I want to know, is, can I do on this things like reorder the channels where I want and on what number? Can I copy recordings off to hard disk etc etc

V6 with tivo is fast, but just doesn't cut the mustard for me. I had more flexibility with videoplus and VHS recordings than now, well, in some regards.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

If the new Horizon UI is installed on V6 boxes, the hard drives are already there for recordings. Hopefully, cloud recordings will also be available, and this would be very useful given the small number of recordings you can make on a V6 box with only 1MB capacity.

I was interested in the flexibility you were talking about in relation to Videoplus and VHS recordings. What were these additional flexibilities? The only one I can think of in relation to VHS tapes was the ability to keep recordings for as long as you liked (provided that you were happy to keep buying more blank tapes!) Personally, I was happy to ditch them - it was a right faff!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

ITV Hub is in apps and games now

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You know, I thought it was there before, but when I looked last week, they weren't there - they were only in the on demand section.

It would be nice if they were the full versions of the Hub, All4 and My5 in the apps section. Even nicer if they could bundle the ad-free versions with Netflix, Prime and Starzplay!

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Must be regional then, only showing STVPlayer here. Understandable, STV wouldn't want to go the effort of getting their app on VM if there was an option to use ITV app.

Still have the ITV Hub branded section in Catch-up though.

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I've just checked and none of the players (apart from the BBC i-Player) are showing here under Apps and Games. Maybe something is being rolled out in stages.

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Nothing on our boxes.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

That is odd. Try a network connection and reboot. Maybe it is slow to roll out

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

l have just done that and it is on there now.

Thanks.:tu:

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Yes, I have it too now after a reboot.

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Please could someone clarify what's changed?

Have the actual apps for ITV Hub, All4 and My5 been added to the Apps & Games section or have they just added links to VM's limited selection of Catch Up content from the networks?

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I'm rather curious myself.

I had to reboot for other reasons earlier today and I've still not got it, but being in a STV ITV region maybe I'm only meant to get the STV Player.

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Your like me you'll only get the STV player!

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Currently it's an additional app to the ITV Catch Up section.

But I'd think that's in part due to the fact that ITV Catch Up is shared between the TiVo / V6 boxes and the V HD box (except in STV areas)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

That sounds more like a shortcut icon (like in Windows on PCs) rather than an app. :p:

Thanks BenMcr

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

STV player is the actual app because it plays their adds though out the program your watching. Plus it uses their own Gui

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And the ITV app is the same overall design I believe.

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I quite like the STV app...except for the unfastforwardable ads...and the ad stacking if you want to get to a point further in to the particular show.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Thanks Ben.

Is it just the ITV Hub at the moment, no sign of All4 and My5? Are there plans to add these too?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Just ITV. No idea what is going to happen for the other catch up services.

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With Virgin moving so many channels to MPEG4, on top of the already existing free bandwidth available, I decided to have a look where the free space is being cleared and it’s almost everything up to 427 Mhz. This is either side of the existing broadband block.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Broadband is their flagship product. I suspect most of the benefits of the switch to MPEG4 (i.e. bandwidth) will go towards maintaining its advantage rather than more TV services.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

There's plenty of bandwidth for both, if required. The Vxx VOD frequencies have almost nothing on them broadcasting right now - obviously the V6 is changing the game in that respect.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

You decided to look where? Every headend has a different frequency plan for transport streams. What you see on an individual network almost certainly won't be the same in other regions.

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What data are you using to determine what is being broadcast on the VOD transport streams? Any scan will only show usage at a given point in time for a given location. Remember that VOD distribution is more similar to DOCSIS than it is to normal broadcast transport stream distribution. What you can see is usage in your local neighbourhood (or the neighbourhood local to wherever the data is scanned). It may not accurately show usage trends on the local network or on Virgin nationally.

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I’ve a DVB-C tuner.

Yes, each area has a different plan which is why I didn’t claim it was representative of the entire network. However space either side of the existing broadband frequencies is far more likely to be used for broadband than DVB-C TV services. Of course, you know this already.

I’ve no reason to believe my area to be special in any way so I’d guess the same principle is happening elsewhere.

Obviously it relies upon the data at a given point but from my own observations and the graphs on DBR show a downward trend with far more red than live active streams at any given point.

Now as you say it’s localised. So it could be the consequence of node splitting or the removal of old STBs which didn’t have iPlayer delivered over the internet. I’m not sure which catch up apps use which delivery method - I suppose I could test tomorrow by switching off my hub when I press play.

EDIT: If anyone got extremely bored and wanted to develop the frequency plan for their area it can be done, albeit in a time consuming way, with the technical menu of the V6. Channels will be grouped the same as on DBR, except regional variations, and it’ll report the frequency. The status page of your Superhub 3 will also tell you 24 of the broadband frequencies in use. Any “gaps” will be the cleared space or VOD.

If it’s a former Telewest area I suspect C001 on DBR is 115Mhz and rising at 8Mhz intervals until C080 at 747Mhz. So it does show where the gaps are too. I’d be interested to know what happens in 860Mhz areas as it was often proposed 860Mhz to 1Ghz (when the network was upgraded) would be better for DOCSIS 3.1 as it requires new kit anyway. The clearance makes more sense at the top than the bottom in these areas. That’s not to say they can’t swap it round later anyway.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Just checked and ITV content is also streamed over the internet to the V6. I’ve no idea the numbers but I’d guess both providers have the most hits in terms of catch up viewing. The combination of this and BBC would release some pressure on the capacity of the on demand frequencies.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Is the DVB-C tuner in a TV or a computer?

If you pay attention to the channel allocations on DBR you will see that the band of cleared frequencies, some of which are used for extra DOCSIS capacity (C037-C045) are not adjacent to the existing DOCSIS range (within the C004-C028 range). DBR uses Manchester data, so is a former Cable & Wireless network. I believe similar patterns exist across all former Cable and Wireless regions. As far as I know, some former Telewest regions use entirely different frequency ranges for DOCSIS, although most of the former Telewest regions do use a similar range for DOCSIS with the cleared capacity being adjacent to this range. There is no advantage to having such a wide band of adjacent frequencies. It is far too wide a range for all the channels to be bonded.


Fair enough for a guess but that isn't what is happening. A quick check of DBR channels would have proved that.

I would expect to see a lot of red. The Vxxx names are assigned randomly. The clear names will have been in use at the time of the most recent scan. The red names will have been in use on previous scans. Often fairly recent scans. The amount of red would only show a trend if the Vxxx names were static but they aren't.

That would be a very time consuming exercise. I've heard of Easter egg hunts but an Easter wild goose chase is a new one. :D

I believe that C001 is used for the first available channel above the FM band plus or minus the frequency offset used by Virgin in the local region. So your starting point is correct. The upper frequency differs between regions, with some going as high as 843Mhz. Maybe you should take a cautious approach and set the upper limit at 860MHz. That's only 94 frequencies for your Easter goose chasers to track.

Getting back on track, my point was that the trend you thought you saw might not be correct. The current MPEG4 conversions of SD channels makes sense as it is a more efficient use of the spectrum, maybe that's all it is.

Now the reason I asked if your DVB-C tuner is in a computer. If it is, you can use it to extract the frequency table from the NIT for multiple Virgin networks. It would probably only take a minute to complete the scan. But, if you prefer the labourious Easter goose chase, go for it! ;)


So, coming soon, more efficient usage of the spectrum.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Total Channels has gone up by 10 since last Monday (April 15th).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Done The broadband but not sure about the tv side.

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I don’t really know why you chose your 28th post on this forum to prove me fundamentally correct, but I should thank you I suppose. There was no need to go into extensive detail on it.

As for efficiency the only reason for doing this is to free up capacity. What for? Well there’s capacity for hundreds of channels that don’t exist. Or faster broadband. Again, you know this, so I fail to comprehend what’s so disagreeable of either of my posts it warrant your 27th and 28th intervention in fifteen years. You average less than two posts a year yet I get two in one 24 hour period. I’m honoured. :)

FYI my scan took about three minutes, but that’ll be a hardware issue.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Frequencies in Uddingston
[cleared space or VOD Between 115-138Mhz]
139000000 [Broadband]
147000000 [Broadband]
155000000 [Broadband]
163000000 [Broadband]
171000000 [Broadband]
179000000 [Broadband]
195000000 [Broadband]
211000000 [Broadband]
219000000 [Broadband]
227000000 [Broadband]
235000000 [Broadband]
243000000 [Broadband]
251000000 [Broadband]
259000000 [Broadband]
267000000 [Broadband]
275000000 [Broadband]
283000000 [Broadband]
291000000 [Broadband]
299000000 [Broadband]
307000000 [Broadband]
315000000 [Broadband]
323000000 [Broadband]
[cleared space or VOD Between 324-362Mhz]
363000000 [Broadband]
371000000 [Broadband]
379000000 [Broadband]
387000000 [Broadband]
395000000 [Broadband]
403000000 [Broadband]
411000000 [Broadband]
[cleared space or VOD Between 412-522Mhz]
523000000 [V6]
555000000 [V6]
[cleared space or VOD Between 556-570Mhz]
571000000 [V6]
579000000 [V6]
[cleared space or VOD Between 580-658Mhz]
659000000 [V6]

Feed found at 555Mhz for V6

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It would be really good, jfman, if you posted this stuff on the MPEG4 thread, because all this technical stuff is just either jibberish or completely irrelevant for most readers, and it does not affect the user experience.

Not a criticism at all, but just a friendly pointer on how these posts might be better categorised. ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It’s generally accepted that the “coming soon” thread isn’t actually a coming soon thread. Minor technical changes, wishlists, and rumour are all welcome.

I’ve fought that fight and lost before.

I’m also not sure lecturing me on categorising things better considering you have had threads closed for being fundamentally the same that linear TV is dying off. You should welcome my input into this thread that Virgin are making more space for broadband!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

No need to be hostile, jfman. You must understand that most people look at the 'coming soon' thread for changes that may be coming to Virgin Media subscribers.

There is a seperate thread dealing with the technical stuff that you are into, I am just suggesting that you stay on topic. That is all.

:Peace:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Surely this "Coming Soon" thread means just that! ie NEW or CHANGE of channels, service content, tv apps etc.
There needs to be a separate place for all this technical bandwidth and mpeg2/4 talk which is totally off subject and way over most peoples heads on this thread!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

In an ideal world yes, but the 2018 edition of the thread totalled 2900 posts most of which had nothing to do with channels or content “coming soon”.


Please post in the the appropriate sections of Cable Forum. They have been provided just for the purpose of helping members and visitors to find relevant information especially technical info.

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There was mention of the ITV Hub app (the actual app, not a Hub labelled folder tile/shortcut) being added the other day. I speculated at the time that because we have the STV Player app in Scotland we wouldn't be getting it. However it occurred to me there might be a flaw in my thinking.

That, glaringly obvious, flaw is ITV being more than one channel and STV Player not covering ITV2/ITV3/ITV4/ITVBe/CITV.

There is hardly likely to be a restricted version of the Hub app, only for Scotland on VM, just covering those channels, and I find it unlikely that ITV would want to keep having Folders on VM's systems when the rest of the UK on VM is getting it direct from them on the internet.

I can definitely see VM wanting all the catch-up services delivered via apps rather than them hosting them, it gives them less to deal with and passes the responsibility elsewhere. They can then then concentrate on delivering other on-demand content.

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The final series of Game of Thrones has now started on Sky Atlantic.

Whilst I don't care for it myself, it is undoubtedly an extremely popular series for them, possibly might even be the most popular on their platform.

In order to drive up their own subscriptions, I wonder if Sky are waiting until this series has ended before letting SA onto other platforms and that the end date for GOT will be when we finally see SA added to VM??

Anyone know when it ends?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

In about 6 weeks.

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I read that their are 13 episodes, so more like 12 weeks time.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

You read wrong. Season 8 is 6 episodes, no more.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Isn't there going to be a Game of Thrones spinoff ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Yes. One, maybe two. I think the one that has been given the go-ahead is a prequel series, set a long time before the current one.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

What has Game of Thrones got to do with “coming soon to Virgin Media”. There’s no indication it is.

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Attachment 27840

Yes. 6 episodes. My bad.

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It's because Richard was using the end of Game Of Thrones as a yardstick for Virgin Media getting Sky Atlantic. Many have reasoned that VM won't get SA until it's finished. The subsequent replies are simply answering his question and drifted off a little.

I vaguely recall the previous Sky Basics agreement being said to be up in May...so it's reasonable to think the replacement agreement, including Sky Atlantic, will come into place around the time Game Of Thrones finishes.

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Must say I was a little surprised (pleasantly so) as I originally thought series 8 was only 6 or 7 episodes.

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Exactly right, cheekyangus. I believe the existing deal expires at the end of the football season. I'd certainly expect an announcement on what the new deal comprises before the end of May.

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Yep, Sky said that Sky Atlantic would be offered to "all major platforms in 2019" as they seek to "monetise their assets" and as the final series of Game of Thrones ends about the same time as the VM carriage contract expires, I think if we are ever going to get SA, it will be then.

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Source?

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And entirely speculative.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

There ain't one...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Okay just to clarify, anyone can post any baseless nonsense, but I can’t post where Virgin are clearing frequencies for future use and speculate if it’s broadband or TV?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It probably did have proper source a long time ago, but these days the Sky Basics approximate due date has been said so often on here it's more of a collective remembrance.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It has consistently moved as a date. It equally has no meaning, as they could supersede any agreement at any point in the negotiations.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Nobody has said that, have they? However, it would be better if you posted that information in a more relevant thread.

Incidentally neither the end of the existing 5-year-deal between Virgin and Sky nor the prospect of getting SA are baseless.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Sky Atlantic bring included is.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

How do you make that out? Sky has already said that Sky Atlantic will be on all major TV platforms this year. As clues go, that is right between the eyes.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

“Major TV platforms” isn’t a clearly defined (nor legally defined) term. I’m quite sure I have pointed this out before. Either way it’s speculative if it’s coming soon or not, so I’d politely suggest you use another thread.

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So, what do you suggest it means then? as you seem to know pratically everything anyway!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

God, you are so argumentative! I think it is pretty obvious that Virgin Media is a major TV platform.

The 'Coming Soon' thread has always dealt in formal announcements, rumours and speculation and most of us wouldn't have it any other way.. If it only related to the former, the 2019 Coming Soon thread wouldn't even be a page long yet.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It doesn’t mean anything. It holds true whether the content is or isn’t on Virgin. If not it just means Sky don’t consider Virgin a major platform. Which isn’t legally enforceable in any way. It may look petty, but that costs nothing.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

This says that on 12/5/14, Sky and VM entered into a 'five year plus' carriage agreement. Usually this means 5 years, with an option to extend:

https://www.virginmedia.com/corporat...agreement.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

How about you leave the decisions on who posts where and what, to the team.

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I will.

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l am talking about Sky Atlantic Richard.

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I’d be as delighted as the next VM subscriber if SA arrived but there’s no indication from negotiations that it’s on the table. On BT subscribers will soon be able to subscribe to Now TV through BT. This also appears delayed was it not due in early 2019?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

In fact, there's no word at all on the negotiations. Don't expect to hear anything until it's a done deal.

As far as the BT deal is concerned, it's still early 2019.

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Or not, as was the case with UKTV and the infamous Sky Basics dispute in 2007! :erm:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The Sky Basics dispute was a very low point in relations between VM and Sky - things have changed very significantly since then, and Sky is also looking to monetise its assets.

UKTV was a different issue altogether. I can't see those channels lasting that much longer. Britbox will probably hasten their demise.

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You have been saying that for a eternity OB and still we wait...

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That does not mean they will monetise all their assets.

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You seem very overconfident in Britbox's future success as perhaps you need to be reminded of Project Kangaroo and then there was the BBC's ill fated BBC Store experiment which lasted exactly two years so who says Britbox is going to be the great success you hope it is going to be OB.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It is also worth pointing out that Sky is now under Comcast ownership , the American's are renowned for negotiating hard in these carriage agreements.

That's not me saying it won't happen but only on the terms Comcast are happy with.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Virgin Media to launch Amazon Prime app.

https://www.libertyglobal.com/wp-con...ith-Amazon.pdf

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...-video-1203961

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Well well well! That is a surprise. It seems odd its taken them that long to come to an "agreement" since its a win win for both sides? Amazon get into peoples living rooms easier and virgin get to brag about their apps and tivo box offering access to everything

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Project Kangaroo never got launched because of the competition authorities' worries. Worries that have been put into perspective now because of Netflix's popularity. PK was pretty much identical to BritBox, the only real difference is timing and market changes. They are so worried about overseas companies decimating the UK TV industry they are no longer worried about the lack of UK competition that them all cooperating for BritBox would mean.

And it is likely the rights to UK shows in the UK market will become exclusive to a combination of BritBox and the big UK broadcasters own services (ITV Hub, All4, iPlayer) so UK customers won't be watching them via likes of Netflix (unless they are co-productions). Disney withdrew rights for their content from Netflix, UK broadcasters will gradually likely do the same, except for international markets.

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Got it in one! ;)

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Blimey, you're on the ball today, Den, well done. That's another tick on my wish list!
Very good news for Virgin customers, well done to them!

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You exaggerate, Den. Some years ago, following a report in Broadcast, I said that I thought Sky Atlantic would be coming to Virgin, but unfortunately that report turned out to be untrue (or maybe there was a problem in the negotiations - maybe we will never know which it was).

It is also true that I have been saying since last year that I thought that SA would at last be coming to our screens, based on what Sky have already strongly intimated in their press release following the BT deal.

So the first time it didn't come about. Second time lucky.

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I was referring only to SA, not necessarily all their assets, although the report did indicate that they were carrying out a complete review.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Once all these movies are on their respective services things will be a right mess , I can see PPV becoming more popular as people get selective and choose the films they want.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Not over-confident, but there seem to be enough people around who like watching old material over and over, and Britbox promises to have plenty of that!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I do think sky atlantic will be "coming soon" due to the announcement sky made and the fact sky and virgin seem quite pally at the moment.

Another reason why i think it'll be coming soon? Sky Atlantic's big draw is "game of thrones". Yes there are other programmes on there which people like but the big draw for sky atlantic is the huge bandwagon for game of thrones which people are getting all worked up by.

Once thats done in a few weeks time what does sky atlantic really have as a blockbuster exclusive? Not that much and since they're producing their own dramas for sky atlantic now there doesnt seem to be too much point withholding it when its main attraction will have finished.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Assuming we get the channel, hopefully we will also get a good selection of on demand content from the channel. This will show you what we've been missing these last few years.

Incidentally, there are at least two sequals to GoT, so I think there will be enough to keep us amused for a while yet! Remember that SA is the exclusive home for HBO content in the UK at present.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Couple of years away i'd imagine and it seems game of thrones was the real draw for sky atlantic. i'd imagine the ratings would confirm this. It may just be a case of

"well the contract is up with virgin media and game of thrones was our big draw...may as well give them the channel now and get more money on advertising."

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

When did Premier Sports 2 HD start on VM?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I found it surprisingly difficult to find the date. A Media Boy blog post says 8th March and a VM reply to someone on Twitter, dated about 10 days later said words to effect of "only added recently".

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Confirmed with post #393 on this very thread...and I responded to it confirming it being listed on my EPG on post #397.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Thanks Angus, someone said it had only been added a month ago, so I just wanted to check :)

Television X itself went HD today on Sky, so we may see this added at some point.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

TVX-HD launched yesterday on Sky - replacing the PPN service which is no longer on Sky.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

A revamped Sky News channel could be coming to our screens at some point.

https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2019...-news-channel/

It makes sense to put the resources of Sky and NBC together, but it would be a mistake if they decided to have American news readers on Sky News. That wouldn't work for many people and that would surely lose them viewers in the UK.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

And there were some who were predicting the demise of Sky News.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I assume they mean the international Sky News channel that's available outside the UK.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

That's reassuring!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I think the question now is the relationship with Euronews NBC. Could Comcast/NBC exit Euronews to focus on Sky?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Seems odd as news channels tend to lose money. Vanity project??