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Oh dear the regular grumps of this thread won't be happy....

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UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round 1st Leg game of Lincoln Red Imps v Celtic will be shown live on BT Sport Europe HD on Tuesday night from 7pm.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35849263)

UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round 1st Leg game of Lincoln Red Imps v Celtic will be shown live on BT Sport Europe HD on Tuesday night from 7pm.

I`m so excited! BT Sport get all the big games!

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35849170)

It's not testing yet, does anybody know how long VM test channels off the EPG before launching them?

I think it's two weeks with Sky.

It up to when the deal with broadcasters starts.

Here more info: http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...-new.html#more

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35849249)

As of July 11th Spike TV is NOT testing on Virgin Media UK.

All channels testing are listed on our blog.

I didn't say which Thursday :p:

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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35849272)

I didn't say which Thursday :p:

Tuesdays are also high on the number of channels launches day.

We found bad days are Mondays and Sundays (5%).

We have seen some channels launch on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays (20%).

But about 75% of channels launches happen on Tuesdays and Thursdays

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Should be on BT Sport 2

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35849263)

UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round 1st Leg game of Lincoln Red Imps v Celtic will be shown live on BT Sport Europe HD on Tuesday night from 7pm.

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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35849272)

I didn't say which Thursday :p:

Hopefully the Spike tip is not from the same tipster who bought us AMC? :D

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Maybe they are blood relations.;)

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35849297)

Hopefully the Spike tip is not from the same tipster who bought us AMC? :D

It isn't thankfully i ignore anything that AMC twonk tells me.

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It makes sense Spike would want to launch before the weekend as they have a big Saturday night this week for MMA fans

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Virgin Media: Virgin Media to Acquire UTV Ireland.

Virgin Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Global, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with ITV plc to acquire UTV Ireland, the nation’s newest free-to-air commercial broadcaster, for a purchase price of €10 million. The agreement also includes a comprehensive 10 year output deal for Ireland for ITV produced programming. The purchase price is expected to be funded through existing liquidity.

http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...re-utv-ireland

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Originally Posted by Bananaman_007 (Post 35849348)

It makes sense Spike would want to launch before the weekend as they have a big Saturday night this week for MMA fans

90% Spike will not launch on Virgin Media UK this week.

As of 3pm today no new channels are testing.

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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35848869)

And, don't know if its been mentioned here or not, but Ch4 are launching a kids channel supposedly on all platforms soon and Sky are also bringing out a kids channel too, it already exists in on demand form.

Digital Spy Forum was reporting last week that Channel 4 Kids is now testing on Sky.

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Originally Posted by Aguero9320 (Post 35848848)

Let's hope VM are giving us some summertime presents. I do hope for the remaining Freeview channels and the Sony/CSC channels.

We have no seen any news about more Sony/CSC Channels set to launch any time soon on Virgin Media UK.

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35848711)

Bay TV Swansea has started broadcasting a promo on Freeview.

They will not be going onto satellite, but will this be coming to VM?

Are the other Bay TV channels eg Liverpool on cable?

Virgin Media do have Bay TV in Liverpool.

We have not been told of any tests for Bay TV Swansea on Virgin Media UK.

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35848770)

Season 6 of Justified started last night on Spike and the episode can be seen on Virgin catch-up.

Apparently, they've accidentally added shows from Spike before then swiftly realised and pulled them, so I suggest anyone interested acts fast.[/url]

Justified being added to Virgin Media UK mean nothing.

Virgin Media was broadcasting BBC ALBA on Virgin on Demand for about 24 months before BBC ALBA did launch on Virgin Media.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35849360)

Justified being added to Virgin Media UK mean nothing.

Virgin Media was broadcasting BBC ALBA on Virgin on Demand for about 24 months before BBC ALBA did launch on Virgin Media.

In fairness to Richard, Alba is a very small-audience PSB. Spike is a commercial channel with some pricey content which I don't think it would let VM have access to without a robust deal in place.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35849393)

In fairness to Richard, Alba is a very small-audience PSB. Spike is a commercial channel with some pricey content which I don't think it would let VM have access to without a robust deal in place.

Until we see an test appearing for Spike TV is all just rumours:

As of 3pm today.

-Arabic Hafla
-Fox News Channel
-NDTV India
-NDTV Spice
-That's Solent

Are all testing on Virgin Media UK.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35849397)

Until we see an test appearing for Spike TV is all just rumours:

As of 3pm today.

-Arabic Hafla
-Fox News Channel
-NDTV India
-NDTV Spice
-That's Solent

Are all testing on Virgin Media UK.

Agreed, does seem strange that Spike would launch straight away whilst every other channel has to test for weeks first.