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Agreed. I've let my entertainment pass lapse. There are some nice box sets, but they're readily available elsewhere (including, often, my local library). I didn't find myself watching enough on it.

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I was close to this a month or so ago, but was reigned in by Mrs M who didn't want to lose some of the channels, whilst I wasn't very keen on losing TiVo either. If the cost of watching sport spirals to the sort of money you predicted in the sports thread then I'll have to try convincing her again and consider one of the foreign streaming options.

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I'm in a similar position being that I have BT Infinity 2 I'm considering adding BT TV for £7 with a free YouView box however I'll wait until they iron out the recording of internet channels issue.

We already have a retail YouView box so this will be adequate for our other room plus we have Netflix and access to Amazon Prime.

Both VM and Sky are now starting to look really expensive , both suck you in with low introductory charges which increase and with the yearly increase factored in become ridiculous.

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yes we know the prices will only go one way up and up getting beyond a joke now mate

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Sure are,I already subscribe to both amazon prime and Netflix and thinking along the same lines,already dropped my tv service to rock bottom with vm (just to keep TiVo)

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Wish you could just take the sports channels and the free-to-air channels,no other subs required. Bet loads of others do too!

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We were told by the woman in the Phillipines, that our Tivo box was NOT HD and needed to be changed.

Its about time VM got there act together, as l am certain that they didn't have a clue of what l was talking about.

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Neither did the rest of us Arthur.......;)

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You can do, you can even have HD sports, I think it costs about £40 for sky sports HD with nothing else but FREEVIEW.

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I did this back in February, partly due to the Feb price increase, and partly due to my viewing sources having already become mainly via the internet (having to pay for BT Sport also niggled me).

Using Unblockus gives me access to all Netflix regions, Hulu (for US Network TV shows) and I also have a paid subscription to HBO Nordic. I did take advantage of the Amazon Prime £49 offer, though I've not watched much via Prime so far, but liking the free next day delivery.

Because I have a VM phone, it was cheaper to keep one Tivo with the basic Freeview channels than just have phone and BB, so that takes care of UK Freeview channels. I would have been happy to go without TV from VM and just use catchup via the web if there hadn't been the cost advantage of keeping a Tivo.

This setup works great for me.

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id rather virgin media closed the contact centres after 6pm and during the weekend. no point having them open with the foreign call centres. no offence but they dont seem to understand what im saying and dont seem trained in much at all.

Im yet to ever hear anyone say "i had a superb call to vm over the weekend. helpful staff. got a great deal"

it just damages vms reputation keeping them open...

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But wht annoyed me so much was the fact that. I kept saying 'are you there' she kept replying, yes, waiting for the system to come up.

You could clearly hear people in the background, talking in a language that l could not understand.

I wasn't rude, but its frustrating that you are trying to explain a problem, and they have no idea what l am saying.

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They've made it official now then, it's been working fine on my Kindle Fire the day after release, i sideloaded it.

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No it's £5.99 a month for the streaming video service.

The £79 a year is for amazon prime unlimited next day delivery for purchases which also includes the video service and a kindle service.

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Does amazon uk prime have anything good on it

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I take it that your Sky 50% discount has ended. Could you not now return to VM as a new customer again with the associated discounts?

Exactly. I refuse to deal with the idiots abroad and have been given a special number to call.

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Can you divulge this special number(Pretty Please)

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just started on Prime.

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It's only £7 a year more for the whole package then.

I took the £49 offer in February as i thought it was too good to turn down and it helps that i have a Kindle so get a free ebook a month.

I'd only rarely bought things off Amazon so didn't think i'd get much use out of the next day delivery but i've bought 2 things in the last month so i think i'm getting my moneys worth, i'm also watching a lot of series i missed first time around. Currently have 1 more season of Battlestar Galactica to watch.

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Remember this which happened on a Friday evening a couple of weeks ago? Imagine the uproar if customers couldn't even report it until Monday morning

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and I am sure they felt the same way

Is this Karl Pilkingtons number?

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Pretty good movies but it's the TV side of it I'm enjoying. The Borgias, Vikings, Black Sails, Copper and Extant would be my top picks however Hell on Wheels, Alcatraz, Blue Bloods and Hatfield and McCoys deserve a mention too.

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Chad, have you watched Ray Donovan yet?

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Some decent series there Chad.

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I have , gets my vote :tu:

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Quality program along with banshee ;)

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Not watched any of it. It looks like a show I could enjoy, but I really, really don't like the cast. For this reason alone I'm finding it difficult to even attempt.

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I'd love to, but when people have asked before I have been told not to give it out (there's only somebody there in office hours).

True, but getting through to a robot that can barely splutter a word of coherent English isn't much better. I see no reason why we can't have UK based call centres all the time (even if only for emergencies at certain points). On each occasion I am told that it's becase it's cheaper, but I don't believe it is after the loss of dissatisfied customers, pointless engineer callouts etc are factored in.

If they do feel the same way they should face a disciplinary hearing and/or a capability test for not understanding English.

Karl Pilkington indeed :D :D

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I am right in thinking that if I wanted to add movies on for a month, as I already have Sports and the SKY HD sub, it would only be an extra £7 for a month? Thinking of adding it on August 23, as relative coming down for birthday and then cancelling in September once the month is up.

If so, that would make an £81 bill £88?

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Yes, you're correct in that it should be just an extra £7.00.

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Give it a try bud, it's pretty good, not quite up there with Breaking Bad, but very watchable!

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I'll try and squeeze it in somewhere. I'm going on demand daft at the moment :D

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aye i suppose pal. must be another way though. even a uk skeleton staff for faults...

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its a great show. Out of interest who of the cast do you dislike?

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Or just hire a full UK staff. I doubt have having a 24 hour UK based customer service centre would cause VM (or any company) to go bankrupt.

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I've never been keen on Liev Schreiber who plays Ray Donovan. Interestingly enough however I do like his voice over work. He does most of the HBO sports documentaries including the 24/7 boxing series.

I simply can't stand Jon Voight or Elliott Gould. Never enjoyed watching them at all.

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i use amazon prime and as others have stated i paid a special price of £49,theres quite a few good programs on there including the walking dead series 1 and 2,i also order lots from amazon so a great deal for me,im too thinking about reducing size of tv package (on xl )i think the subscriptions now are getting beyond a joke,week after week you flick through channels thinking seen that seen that,another thing can anybody on this forum explain to me why gold is a subscription channel?,all the programs on it are old bbc programs and im quite sure ive paid for these once before with a television licence ,and to had insult to injury they put adverts in during the program which is just takes the you know what.

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Morning all happy monday. Let's hope it's a busy week on here! Though by sound of it'll be new content but with a monthly fee...

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Channel 990 launched this morning. With no additional fee. ;)

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Update from a Virgin Media source:

Sky Sports is increasing by £2 from 1st September, Movies and HD price not changing.

Those people with the season ticket offer or Big Kahuna and Big Daddy bundles are not affected by this increase.

Also Sky Sports has confirmed that Sky Sports 4 and Sky Sports 4 HD will become known as Sky Sports Ryder Cup and Sky Sports Ryder Cup HD on Virgin Channels 505 and 515 for two weeks from September 18th 2014.

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Good result for people on big kahuna and big daddy bundles and rightly so,Well done vm ;)

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DS Forums is reporting that Sky Sports 5 and Sky Sports 5 HD is now testing on Virgin Media.

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OK fair enough, i persnally love Ray Donovan as Liev Schreiber!!
other good shows walking dead, house of cards. Earlier seasons of Sons of Anarchy

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I have just been told by an Virgin source:

"The BBC is changing iplayer later in the year to include 30 day catch up."

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Smashing great news that. I couldn't be arsed with the hd charge

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According to the Radio Times back in April, this is due to happen this summer. :)
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-...-30-day-window

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Hi, staffs lad. Personally, I find more than enough to watch. You mention The Walking Dead, but that's already been on Fox, so I wonder if you are making the best use of your TIVO for recordings.

It makes sense to trawl through a TV magazine each week (I don't use the EPG for this purpose as it takes too long), and pick out the programmes that you are interested in. They do build up very quickly if you record everything of interest to you, but the middle of summertime isn't the best time to do this as there is a lot of junk on at this time of year.

You have to do your recordings every week, but you will be surprised how quickly they build up. Look at all the channels you have available to you, not just the main terrestrials.

I am still watching material that I recorded last autumn, and this will easily sustain me through the sterile summer months. Otherwise, I think you are paying for a facility that you are not using to its best advantage.

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I am watching things from last week in March on my V+ Box (when I can do so).

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Yes, MB and I did the same when I had the V+. However, now I have my TIVO with its huge capacity for recordings, I am able to record much more and as a result I am having the best viewing experience I have ever had.

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I 2nd that OB.

I dont really scroll through TV mags, but there is a website that I use to find out what's upcoming throughout the year. I find it useful when looking for a new series to watch or when one is due to return. It might not be for everyone, but I think it's worth a look. I have posted the link.

http://www.geektown.co.uk/uk-air-dates/

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Was that VM's Swansea Call Centre? :)

Will we be getting Sky Sports 5?

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If you have the Sky Sports subscription, then yes. If you pay for the HD, you will also get Sky Sports 5 HD :)

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That's not nice as I thought the call centre was in Cardiff :erm:

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There are offices in Cardiff and Newport, but the big call centre is in Swansea

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wa...centre-2028018

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I can see this part of the forum becoming really quite quiet, due to the fact that Virgin have done really well recently in regards to obtaining all the Sky sports channels in HD, all that's left for them now is to try and secure Atlantic, but imho that ain't going to happen anytime soon!

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aye they want Atlantic- but can't get it
Plenty of other channels to acquire which are on sky only- but don't want them

So yeah I think ur right pal !

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Yeah, there is very little now. A few HD variants and SA and Encore are all we are seriously missing now. If we get an Amazon Prime app as well, and if the next major TIVO update brings the faster menus, I can not see what VM can do to improve the TV side of things. They have done a very good job in recent years in my eyes.

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+1

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total agreed well said Harry :clap::clap::clap::clap:

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I agree mate :)

Part of me is being HD greedy, where I would like a HD variant of every channel that we have. Sky even has the HD version of the Food Network :D
I know not everyone feels the same, so its not really a big issue, as we do have the HD variant for nearly all of the major channels :D

Faster menus would be great, sometimes it can be a bit sluggish, but not enough to put me off.

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i still want fox news...big company, make comedy newsreports screaming of republican biased agendas...we get all the indian news channels why cant we get fox? or some equally amusing german or italian news channels. id like to sit in my bedroom rocking back and forth as a pretty german lady tells me something i cant understand.

yes im being picky. but my point is there are still a few gems sky customers have which we dont but vm seem to not be interested in pursuing. i wonder who or what influences these decisions?

but yes compared to 2012 the tv is massively improved

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haha that's class, Vince :D

These channels, like with my HD Greediness, VM may think in a financial sense they are not worth going after.

I'm just guessing because, of course, I know nothing of TV channels and costs :dunce: lol
Like you say, we are being picky...but we are allowed arent we? We are British after all.

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Yup. Remember not that long ago when our HD menu consisted of BBC HD and.... BBC HD.

VM have come a LONG way since then.

All we need is a quicker, dynamic EPG and forthem to sort out the ongoing BBCi issue and I'm a happy chappy...

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1.5 million Indians live in the UK, so it's a big market for VM. Far fewer Germans and Italians.

As for Fox News, there are a lot of foxes, but they don't tend to subscribe to cable. They probably use dustbin lids instead. :)

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Thanks for that link, really helpful especially as I now know I've missed the first episode of a new show I've been waiting for, Chicago PD.

I set a wishlist for it ages ago but put it as HD only, no way did I expect 5USA to pick it up seeing as Chicago Fire was so popular on Living. Hopefully it will be on 5OD and I can watch it tonight.

Thanks again

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Just been Comfirmed: ITV Will Be Lauching There new Channel ITVbe in October 2014 this year ITV Have announced. ITVbe Will Be The New UK Home for Towie and Real Housewives. ITVbe are also rumoured to be the New Home of Big Brother.

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Confirmed: ITV Be to launch on October 8th.

ITV Be launches 8th October 2014.

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They can keep all that garbage :td:

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+1 mate

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+2

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+3

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No probs mate, glad you found it useful.

I usually scroll through it a couple of times a month and set my Tivo to the programmes I think I will like. I think it's updated farily regularly too.

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+4

What does the BE stand for?

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Beauty Entertainment.:D

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Agree mate.

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could this channel become the most unwanted channel to arrive? (channel 5+24 must be pushing for a podium)

Does that also mean we actually then "regain" ITV2?

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what are they going to fill that up with? You've Been Framed?? :D

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Haha yeah it's good to be greedy as we keep VM on their toes. Why are all these channels on sky? Do channels have to buy places on sky but for cable VM have to buy channels to be on VM?

Must be a difference as sky have tons more channels than VM?

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I'm not sure how it works, Vince.

But I did notice that Sky have a lot more HD variants for channels that may not have a big audience, like the Food Network for example, that are nowhere to be seen on VM. Not sure the reasons behind it though....has to be money??

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The main reasons are that it works out cheaper per viewer to broadcast on satellite and that Sky cannot stop anyone who meets the required conditions from being added to their EPG, whereas VM can.

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Ah ok, cool. Thanks for the info.

Do you think it's more down to the broadcasters not wanting to pay, rather then VM stopping them from putting their HD variants on the EPG?

I wasn't sure if bandwidth for broadcasting the HD channels would have been a factor too, but I guess not.

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There is not much of a buzz about ITV Bee....

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Beehave yourself, I see what you did there :D

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Not an fan of them in the summer.

I just cant wait to see where ITV Be will bee on from launch on Virgin Media.

-Will it have an +1 hour channel?
-Will it have an HD Channel?
-Will ITV2 +1 close to make way for it to launch?
-Or will ITV2 +1 move channel numbers?

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+5

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I think the BE is supposed to stand for British Entertainment ;) I found it on Wikipedia lol

Not sure how the rubbish on there is supposed to be Entertainment....

"ITVBe will be mainly female-oriented and target a younger audience.[3]

It will be the new home of the ITV2 semi-reality show The Only Way Is Essex"

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And "The Only Way Is Essex" is another load of rubbish in my book.

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Definitely +1

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+2

I've never watched it and don't intend to start even with a new channel launch.

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Discovery's Quest to broadcast LIVE Football.

Quest is to broadcast live football in August.

August 2nd:
-Malaga VS Newcastle United - Schalke 04 Cup - KO: 2.30pm
-Schalke 04 VS West Ham United - Schalke 04 Cup - KO: 4.45pm

August 3rd:
-Malaga VS West Ham United - Schalke 04 Cup - KO: 2.30pm
-Schalke 04 VS Newcastle United - Schalke 04 Cup - KO: 4.45pm

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It depends on the channel involved. Some, such as the shopping channels, pay to be on VM, some are cost neutral, such as the the BBC channels and some are paid by VM to be on the system, such as Discovery.

Again, the reasons why particular HD variants are missing vary. The channel may be in a contractual agreement to be exclusive on one particular platform for a length of time, such as ITV Encore HD, the channel owner may be literally or effectively refusing to allow VM access due to unreasonable carriage costs charged eg Sky Atlantic HD or it may be that both parties cannot agree carriage terms for a whole variety of reasons (including financial viability) eg MUTV HD.

AFAIK, VM don't have any bandwidth constraints that are preventing them launching any new channels as they have been upgrading their network behind the scenes.

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July List update - July 22nd update.

Keep up-to-date on the latest news on upcoming channel launches and other important events across all platforms of Virgin TV.

NOTE: I DO NOT WORK FOR VIRGIN MEDIA SO ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS LIST IS STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Colours on my list are as followed:

Media Boy = New Info just added.
Media Boy = Virgin Media News and links.
Media Boy = Other Media news/Things.

=== Coming up on Virgin's Digital TV ===
=== Freeviews on Virgin Media ===
(Put start date here) (Put channel here) is having an freeview to all (Put package info here) package on Virgin Channel TBC right now until 6am on (Put end date here).

=== July ===
24th. The BBC to broadcast BBC Three from 9am to 4am for Commonwealth Games from today on Virgin Channel 106.
24th. The BBC to broadcast BBC Three HD from 9am to 4am for Commonwealth Games from today on Virgin Channel 163.

=== August ===
3rd. The BBC to cut hours of BBC Three back to 7pm from today on Virgin Channel 106.
3rd. The BBC to cut hours of BBC Three HD back to 7pm from today on Virgin Channel 163.
3rd. The BBC to close Red Button 0 stream for Commonwealth Games on Virgin Channel 990.
3rd. The BBC to close Red Button 2 stream for Commonwealth Games on Virgin Channel 992.
3rd. The BBC to close Red Button 3 stream for Commonwealth Games on Virgin Channel 993.
3rd. The BBC to close Red Button 4 stream for Commonwealth Games on Virgin Channel 994.
3rd. The BBC to close Red Button 5 stream for Commonwealth Games on Virgin Channel 995.
3rd. The BBC to close Red Button HD stream for Commonwealth Games on Virgin Channel 996.
12th. Sky Sports 5 to launch today on Virgin Channel 506 at 6pm.
12th. Sky Sports 5 HD to launch today on Virgin Channel 516 at 6pm.
16th. Sky Sports 1 will be free today on Virgin Channel 502 at 6am.
16th. Sky Sports 2 will be free today on Virgin Channel 503 at 6am.
16th. Sky Sports 3 will be free today on Virgin Channel 504 at 6am.
16th. Sky Sports 4 will be free today on Virgin Channel 505 at 6am.
16th. Sky Sports 5 will be free today on Virgin Channel 506 at 6am.
16th. Sky Sports F1 will be free today on Virgin Channel 507 at 6am.
16th. Sky Sports 1 HD may also be free today on Virgin Channel 512 at 6am.
16th. Sky Sports 2 HD may also be free today on Virgin Channel 513 at 6am.
16th. Sky Sports 3 HD may also be free today on Virgin Channel 514 at 6am.
16th. Sky Sports 4 HD may also be free today on Virgin Channel 515 at 6am.
16th. Sky Sports 5 HD may also be free today on Virgin Channel 516 at 6am.
16th. Sky Sports F1 HD may also be free today on Virgin Channel 517 at 6am.

=== September ===
18th. Sky Sports to rebrand Sky Sports 4 as Sky Sports Ryder Cup on Virgin Channel 505 today at 6am.
18th. Sky Sports to rebrand Sky Sports 4 HD as Sky Sports Ryder Cup HD on Virgin Channel 515 today at 6am.

=== October ===
2nd. Sky Sports to rebrand Sky Sports Ryder Cup as Sky Sports 4 on Virgin Channel 505 today at 6am.
2nd. Sky Sports to rebrand Sky Sports Ryder Cup HD as Sky Sports 4 HD on Virgin Channel 515 today at 6am.
8th. ITV has confirmed that ITV Be will launch today on Virgin Media.

=== November ===
No News...

=== December ===
No News...

=== January 2015 ===
No News...

=== February 2015 ===
No News...

=== March 2015 ===
No News...

=== April 2015 ===
No News...

=== May 2015 ===
No News...

=== June 2015 ===
No News...

=== July 2015 ===
No News...

=== August 2015 ===
No News...

=== Autumn 2015 ===
-The BBC may close BBC Three on Virgin Media subject to approved by the BBC Trust.
-The BBC may close BBC Three HD on Virgin Media subject to approved by the BBC Trust.
-The BBC launch BBC One +1 on Virgin Media subject to approved by the BBC Trust.
-The BBC may add an extra hour per day (to 8pm) to CBBC and CBBC HD on Virgin Media subject to approved by the BBC Trust.

=== September 2015 ===
No News...

=== October 2015 ===
No News...

=== November 2015 ===
No News...

=== December 2015 ===
No News...

=== Local TV on Virgin Media ===
-Local TV broadcaster Bay TV Liverpool hope to launch sometime in 2014 on Virgin Channel 159.
-Local TV broadcaster Made in Bristol hope to launch sometime in 2014 on Virgin Channel 159.
-Local TV broadcaster Made in Leeds hope to launch in Summer 2014 on Virgin Channel 159.
-Local TV broadcaster YourTV Blackpool & Preston hope to launch sometime in 2014 on Virgin Channel 159.
-Local TV broadcaster YourTV Manchester hope to launch in Summer 2014 on Virgin Channel 159.
-Local TV may launch on Virgin TV in some areas on Virgin Channel 159.

=== Unknown dates ===
-Media Boy HQ has been told that both Sky Sports News HD (On Virgin Channel 511) and Sky News HD (Channel TBC) will launch in early 2015 on Virgin Media.
-The BBC hope to launch English regional variants of its existing BBC One HD service as well as Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland editions of BBC Two HD - but still need to be approved by the BBC Trust.

=== May launch in 2014? ===
Last Updated July 22nd 2014.

Here is a list of channels that may launch in 2014 on Virgin Media.

The following is base on Information I have been given over the past two weeks by my sources (All info was right on April 22nd):

Note: Some Channels names was given out by other posters.

Own by A+E Networks UK (A+E Networks/British Sky Broadcasting):
-CI HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-HISTORY HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

Own by All Around the World Productions:
-Clubland TV

Own by British Sky Broadcasting:
-Pick +1*
-Sky1 +1 (Broadcasts in Smallworld areas right now).*
-Sky News HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now - DEAL SIGNS COMING SOON).*
-Sky Sports News HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now - DEAL SIGNS COMING SOON).*

Own by CSC Media Group:
-Bliss
-Chart Show TV
-Scuzz

Own by Disney-ABC Television Group:
-Disney Channel HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).**
-Disney Junior HD**
-Disney XD HD**

Own by ITV Digital Channels Ltd (ITV plc):
-ITV Be (Been confirmed by ITV as launching on October 8th 2014.)

Own by NGC-UK Partnership (National Geographic Society/Fox International Channels [21st Century Fox]):
-Nat Wild HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

Own by Sony Pictures Television:
-More>Movies
-Movies 4 Men (Broadcasts in Smallworld areas right now).
-Sony Movie Channel

Own by Universal Networks International:
-Universal Channel HD (Info from theone2k10)

Own by Viacom International Media Networks (Europe):
-MTV CLASSIC (Broadcasts in Smallworld and UPC Ireland areas right now).

Other Broadcasters:
-Movie Max (For On Demand or TiVo)?
-Pulse (Told by sources it some 'Tech Channel')

FOR LOCAL TV CHANNELS GO TO Local TV on Virgin Media FOR MORE INFORMATION...

*My sources thinks that Sky Channels will be added in one go.
**My sources says Spring 2014 launch.

Before you ask:

Q: WHEN WILL THEY LAUNCH?
A: No launch dates was given bar Disney HD Channels my sources say Spring 2014.

Q: WHY HAVE YOU PUT 'MAY' LAUNCH FOR?
A: The list I have posted today is just list of channels that may launch in 2014. Until I get info on the following:

-An launch date.
-Channel number and package news.

Q: WHAT IS 'PULSE'?
A: Media Boy HQ do not have any more info on Pulse at time of posting. My sources has only confirmed that it will be an TV Channel not Pulse Radio.

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=== Channels ONLY in Smallworld and UPC Ireland areas ===
List last updated on July 18th 2014.

ONLY TV CHANNELS THAT ONLY BROADCAST IN THE UK ON OTHER NETWORKS WILL APPEAR ON THIS PART OF THE LIST.

ALSO THE FOLLOWING LIST OF CHANNELS IS CURRENTLY BROADCASTING ON SMALLWORLD CABLE OR UPC IRELAND BUT NOT ON VIRGIN MEDIA:

Entertainment:
-Sky1 +1*
-MTV +1*

Documentaries:
-History HD**
-Nat Geo Wild HD**
-CI HD**

Lifestyle:
-Travel Channel +1*
-Food Network +1*
-Fashion TV**

Movies:
-Movies4Men*

Music:
-MTV Classic***
-Channel AKA*
-Now Music*

News:
-Sky News HD (DEAL SIGNS COMING SOON).**

Sports:
-Sky Sports News HD (DEAL SIGNS COMING SOON).**

Kids:
-Disney Channel HD**

Specialist:
-EWTN**

Radio:
-UCB Ireland**

*Only in Smallworld areas.
**Only in UPC Ireland areas.
***Only in both Smallworld and UPC Ireland areas.

©copyright 2014 Media Boy 2006 - 2014. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

==== Virgin Media's Deals with broadcasters ===
Full list now at: http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/p...adcasters.html

This part of list has now moved to my blog - follow link.

=== What is Media Boy on about??? ===
Here is what I mean when I post the following on Cable Forum:

Virgin Insiders - means just that.
'Do Not Post' order - means an Virgin insider has given me some info on things that set to happen but has told me not to reveal it right now.

=== Media Boy Extra info: ===
Liberty Global - http://www.lgi.com/
Media Boy Blog - For all things Virgin TV - http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/
Follow Virgin Media on ''twitter'' here - http://twitter.com/virginmedia
See Nialli's blog on Virgin Media High Definition & TiVo Services here - http://vmhd.blogspot.com/

=== Ask Media Boy ===
Last updated July 18th 2014.

Q: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT VIRGIN MEDIA FROM?
A: I get all my info from Virgin Media viewers, some Virgin Media workers (I called them Virgin Insiders) and Web Sites (NOTE: When I used web sites I will post an link to that web site).

Q: WHY HAVE YOU ADDED 'ONLY IN SMALLWORLD AREAS' AND 'ONLY IN UPC IRELAND AREAS' WHEN THIS THREAD IS FOR VIRGIN MEDIA?
A: Virgin Media, Smallworld and UPC Ireland are now ALL own by Liberty Global.

Q: WHEN WILL SKY SPORTS NEWS HD AND SKY NEWS HD LAUNCH?
A: Base on information Media Boy HQ has seen Sky Sports News HD and Sky News HD are not set to launch until early 2015.

Q: WHY AM I NOT GETTING ''SKY1 +1'' OR ''DISNEY CHANNEL HD'' FOR?
A: MTV CLASSIC and Disney Channel HD is only broadcasting in Smallworld and UPC Ireland areas right now.

==== See you later ===
List last updated on July 8th 2014.

Next update: TBC - unless:

A) If Virgin Media are set to launch more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) in Virgin TV areas.
B) If Virgin Media are set to move more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) about in Virgin TV areas.
C) If Virgin Media are set to close or repackage more then TWO channels (TV or Radio) in Virgin TV areas.

©copyright 2014 Media Boy 2006 - 2014. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 3
 

ITV have had to do some re-gigging since Encore launched and with the launch of BE coming. Looks like ITV2 is going to be more comedy focused with ITV 3 becoming more general. We are already seeing that with them showing Long Lost Family, Love Your Garden, Dickinson's Real Deal and the soap omnibus showings on ITV3 now.

I fully expect Big Brother to show up on ITV Be. Viacom have already said they are committed to upping the quality of shows on Channel5 and have given them a sizable budget to do so. The rights are up for grabs after the next celeb series and it has been proven that it can hold an audience of between 1-2 million for the non celb shows and 2-4million for the celeb ones. Any show getting that on ITV Be i am sure they would be extremely happy.

It will be interesting to see what ITV show on ITV2. The shows they have bought in Mom, Dads, TVOD, Viral Tap have all been quite poor

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 3
 

Will it have an +1 hour channel? - yes
-Will it have an HD Channel? - maybe
-Will ITV2 +1 close to make way for it to launch? - no
-Or will ITV2 +1 move channel numbers? - no

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 3
 

+6

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+3....utter tripe!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 3
 

On the subject of HD channels I`d love to see channels broadcasting +1`s in HD. If it happens what`s the betting they`d be on Sky only?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 3
 

Lets hope the channel comes to Virgin, my misses would rather have these sorts of programs than anything that Sky Atlantic would show :shocked:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 3
 

ITV Be has been confirmed by ITV as launching on Virgin Media on October 8th.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 3
 

Can we start a petition to not have this channel anything that would remove the only way is essex has got to get loads of support :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 3
 

Maybe nothing but Virgin Media is being followed on Twitter by TruTV - new channel from August 4th on Sky and Freeview.

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Will not happen - Virgin Media (LG) own about 7% of ITV now.;)

Maybe Discovery and LG will give ITV some All3Media shows now to full up ITV2 and ITV Be from October.