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That would not come as a surprise.

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That is for BT customers, BTtv customers are going to start paying £3.50pm for BTsports, other BT customers £5pm,SKY customers £21.99pm, as far as i'm aware VM are not affected yet.

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I know it's for BT customers, that's what it said in my message.

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Well excuse me for giving information.

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I read somewhere that BT bills were going up, but only by £1??

Guess that's to pay for their "free" Boxnation, a bit like VM and their "free" BB speed upgrades!

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Nothings free as the saying goes..

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Yes, you're right there Den. Even our "free" BT Sport isn't really free.

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Quest Red launches next Friday on channel 215 info from the TV magazine What's on TV

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Try £5 hence why i'm leaving i have no interst in boxing. That price is overall including the tv, btsports and bb rise.

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And here we have on this forum with some of our most venerable forum members saying channels are disappearing instead of new ones appearing.;):D

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Media Boy Sources has confirm that test has started for "QUEST RED" on Virgin Media UK. As of today just the name has appeared.

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Think this is the female version of Quest.

Ahhh right, looks like the £1 increase that I read about was just for the BT Sport side of things.

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According to TV & Satellite Week, the new Quest Red channel starts on Wednesday 15 (not Friday) on channel 215. Full schedules are provided.

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Sorry theone that was a misreading of your message by me.

Not sure what happened as I tried to post shortly after your reply.

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No worries mate i apologise too for being smarky about it.

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My diary confirms that it's still 2017, Den. ;)

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Well according to you and your wise predictions we are Eon's into the future.;)

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Not like you.............:D

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I can't recall ever seeing Virgin use the word "free" in relation to BT Sport.

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Companies will often use the expression "at no extra cost".

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No its never been free.

Its a standalone premium channel that happens to be included with TV XL or Full House as its now called.

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Sky customers pay 21.99?! Plus with sky sports being 27 odd quid to watch all football it's almost 50 quid?! I think we may be screwed when the BT contract expires...

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Well there will be plenty who will rise up and show their displeasure if they Virgin don't renew the BT Sport contract Vince.

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Beating theone2k10 to it! The plenty won't be the only thing that will "rise up" if BT and VM renew the BT Sport deal. :D

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Come on now Rooney needs the money for his hair transplant :p:

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That'll be £6pm plus your soul for BT Sports on vm top tv pack :p:

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Personally I would prefer not to have BT sport within top tier TV package. I would like to be allowed to choose which Company provides the content I want to watch and pay for accordingly.

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But will Discovery ask Virgin Media to drop - TLC+1, I.D.+1, Quest +1, DMAX +1, Discovery Channel +1, Animal Planet +1, Discovery Science +1, Discovery History +1 or Home & Health +1 - for Quest Red to launch?

We are set to miss Quest Red +1 from launch.

We also feel that Quest +1 will move to Freeview HD so that it old slot on Freeview and also it channel number 38 can be use for Quest Red*.

*Discovery has confirm no channels will be drop on Freeview.

https://twitter.com/QuestRedtv/statu...95030393552896

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S4C signs sub let deal with Sky Sports for Wales Football games.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wa...shown-12710672

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Digital TV Europe: Liberty Global ‘evaluating’ Amazon partnership.

Liberty Global is “evaluating” whether to offer Amazon’s video service, after striking a global deal last year to distribute Netflix through its set-top boxes, according to Eric Tveter.

http://www.digitaltveurope.net/67020...n-partnership/

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Come on Dave - the eventual price rise will be no-where near what we would have to pay for BT Sports separately. I know like me you like ESPN and I'm a big rugby fan as well. I already overpay VM and don't want to give them even more.

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Well according to some who jumped the gun last year ;) we were given the impression that it was coming soon anyway but alas that frenzied speculation proved not to be true..;)

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It could have been delayed by VM while the LG policy on all this was being sorted out. I think VM may well be ready to go when given the green light.

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I agree. It's on Tivo in the US and there were reports it was being tested here. It makes sense for LGI to do a global deal rather than a country-by-country one. That being said, they need to move soon or people will be tempted to watch an increasing amount of content directly on their smart TVs.

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It was delayed for technical reason which i did post on here about at the time MR i'm so correct.

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You have a very good point there M8:D

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;)

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That's a different scenario in the US; most Tivos are not tied to a provider; they're bought just as a PVR. Some cable companies (I think, though not sure) will provide a Tivo as an option.


Technically Amazon Prime video could be added to Tivo and V6, providing that functionality was added in one of the Tivo updates which I suspect it was.

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Oh dear more speculation awaits now PB.;):D

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Sorry, missed that, theone. Do you know what that technical reason was, and whether it would take an age to resolve?

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I can't see it not to have been added.

The US Premier was updated over a year ago to be able to stream Prime Video (Previously the Premier could only download purchased Amazon video, but not stream Prime video).

The Tivo has had several updates since then, and it would be strange not to have added that functionality in my view.

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It really depends on how much truth there is in the validity of the source PB.:)

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I still chuckle at the person who posted before BT Sport started to say we were definitely getting BT Sport and Sky Atlantic and then was never heard of again. Happy days! :)

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Doesn't sound like a technical issue at all.
http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2017/...ns-back-on-5g/

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No idea mate but given what was posted today the reason could of been no deal struck yet or they are waiting to see how stable the v6 is.
Hoping to have more news soon.

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I remember that lol ok i get a lot wrong due to mis-information but i still hang around and take the stick on the chin lol all part of the banter, some do go a tad to far or catch me on a off day lol.

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Well, at least he was half right!

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I'm not sure which source you are referring to? If Tivo had the Premier update, then it is indisputably technically possible.


Whether Amazon and LG have come to a deal, I don't have a clue. I have four devices that give me 1080p and 5.1, so it is not an issue for me. And I don't get why people are waiting for Amazon Prime to be added to Tivo, when there are inexpensive devices available that have been around for ages that provide both Amazon and Netflix, plus other services.

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They are both on most Smart TVs as well.
The PQ is better through the TV app too, specially the 4K content due to the lack of HDR on the V6 at the moment.

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Yes. It was his unusual approach though. He was called Bomber Harris or something. He posted the news very cryptically and convincingly as if he was a VM negotiator, and then was never heard from again! Happy days. :)

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l heard he was a close relation to you Andrew.;):D

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My previous post illustrates it's commercial negotiations that's currently holding Amazons arrival up rather than a technical issue.

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l quite agree MM as from what l have heard it has nothing to do with a technical issue.

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lol, if only, my predictions don't normally get a 50% success rate!

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Well the venerable three amigo's on here seem to have quite a good strike rate going by past history.;)

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Well, the thing is, if Amazon was on Tivo as well, one search would bring up everything on live TV, On Demand, Netflix and Amazon. Not only that, but you could use the series link + to get everything you want added from each of these services to 'My Shows'. That would be really something.

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A positive response from Amazon here on collaboration with cable companies. Also an interesting comment about sport, right at the end of the article.

http://www.digitaltveurope.net/67084...ith-operators/

Amazon ‘definitely open’ to video partnerships with operators

Speaking at Cable Congress in Brussels this morning, the managing director of Amazon Video said that while Amazon has not been as active at partnering up with pay TV operators as Netflix, it does speak to cable industry players and “Amazon is definitely open to those partnerships”.

Green said that Amazon has been primarily focused on improving its service for customers, but pointed out it had also worked with a “huge range” of device manufacturers and has also brought its own line of devices to market – such as its Amazon Fire TV devices.

The comments came a day after Liberty Global’s Central Europe CEO, Eric Tveter, said on the same Cable Congress stage that Liberty is currently “evaluating” whether to offer Amazon’s video offering, after striking a broad deal with Netflix last year.

Speaking on a panel today dedicated to the theme of over-the-top video, Green – who previously worked for BT TV and Virgin Media – denied that Amazon posed a direct threat to the traditional TV operator model.

He said that services like Amazon, Netflix and others “easily co-exist” with the cable and pay TV industry. “Compared to, if you like, traditional broadband, triple-play, quad-play businesses, this is not a zero-sum game.”

Green said that Amazon’s Prime Video Channels initiative in the US has seen it work with over 100 brands, helping them to deal with “that technology and marketing challenge” and allowing to them to “really focus on content”.

“We positively encourage brand-owners, content providers to go direct as well. There’s no notion that Amazon should be an exclusive route to market and indeed if you’re going direct, strategically you are typically investing a lot in the content,” he said.

“We work with people who have both models, but HBO is a great example. Their direct-to-consumer service – we offer it all over the Amazon channels in the US – we think it’s very complimentary. It supports their growth, it improves the marketing, makes sure they’re on every single platform, so there’s definitely room for growth and we encourage that.”

Discussing the future direction of the pay TV industry, Green said that channels – either linear or SVOD – are in essence brands that are starting to transcend the “old view of the world” of having a 24/7 linear channel with some VOD on the side.

“Really you are a provider of an edited selection of content under your brand, and that can be delivered both linear and on-demand in the best way for that particular customer. That’s a shift going on from the channel operators.”

Looking ahead, he added: “Almost talking about the OTT market I think is wrong. I think consumers now just think ‘there’s TV, there’s video, there’s movies’ and how they get that is just going to be increasingly transparent. It’s going to be less ‘am I with that provider or that provider’. They will have that freedom to pick and choose.

“I think a very interesting area in the end will be sport, which is traditionally an absolute bastion of cable or pay TV broadcast networks. If it wasn’t for sport, who knows. But that’s an interesting area for the next three to five years.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

The F1 UHD channel is now testing on satellite, does anyone know if we will be getting this on VM?

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I don't think we will be getting this initially, but hopefully that will change when LG take it over.

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...x/td-p/3312520.

http://www.a516digital.com/2017/01/f...7-sky-uhd.html

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Not in near future no.

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LGI are not taking over Formula 1. Formula 1 is part of another company, Liberty Media. http://www.libertymedia.com/companies/formula1.html

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No chance what so ever, virgin is not the provider if you want 4K included in your package, or virgin store or anything

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4k content is arriving on vm later this year via on demand content and pay content such as movies.
Eurosport also rumoured to be launching a 4k channel and they want it on bt, sky and vm.

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That's all good but what about 4k material but for what we already subscribe and pay for rather than virgin movie 4k, nerfliz

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I won't be changing my Tivo for a V6 until they have proper 4K channels. There is no point when I have Netflix,Amazon,Vimeo and You Tube on my smart tv.

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Apologies, my bad, but Liberty Media is controlled by John Malone, which is the point I was making. With his Liberty Global interests, presumably he would aim to resolve this content issue for Virgin Media and the other cable companies he owns.

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While they don't have 4k and the apps are available via other devices, it's way way much faster and big improvement on the older hardware

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There is a point, because it is so much faster and therefore less frustrating than the old Tivo, plus it has 6 tuners, which avoids those annoying programme clashes. And with tha ability to stream your recordings from one box to another, you've effectively got the equivalent of a 2TB box.

If all this does not bother you, then I guess only the UHD channels will change your decision. However, the UHD content is only a short way down the track, but don't expect to get the Sky or BT fare this year. Most of it, I suspect, will be through on demand, initially at least.

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The 4k on demand programming will be included in subs of xl or whatever it's called now and above.
4k ppv movies will range from £3.50 - £9.99 we presume the £9.99 will be movies still on cinema similar to what BT and SKY do occasionally.
Eurosport 4k when launched will be included in the XL pack.

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Same here.

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Thanks for the info...Think I read an article at the beginning of the year about Eurosport broadcasting the Winter Olympics for 2018. I guess they will want to showcase the 4K UHD for this.

4K on demand for VM would be great. Specially if they agree a deal with Sky. Blacklist in 4K (UHD) on demand would be pretty cool.

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You think 4K movies of titles that are still at the Cinema will cost £9.99? Really? The 4K HDR movies available on Amazon cost at least £18 and none of those are current movies.

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Are you talking to buy or rentals ?

Sky Store charge £6.99 to just rent UHD titles (non HDR) :shocked: I suppose to be fair they are new titles.

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Way overpriced IMO MM.

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Not something I'd ever pay Den although to be fair they are all to expensive , how much are movie rentals on Virgin ?

In my opinion the increases on rental charges were a way of encouraging people to buy the movie.

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They are to buy though and Amazon is a rip off anyway these days, the prices i gave are estimates for rental, slight difference.

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They are £4.49 plus on Virgin which is still expensive as l say wait a while and one can pick up a copy of a film for a few quid and its your own and you can watch it as many times as you want then.

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I may be wrong here, and please correct me if I am, I also have a TV which is capable of showing 4K content, it's also a smart TV such as yours Trevor, with Netflix, Amazon Prime etc etc, but the only way that I could view any 4K content would be through the new V6 box, is that correct? because the older TiVo isn't capable of showing 4K?

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Netflix in UHD and Amazon in UHD should work through the apps on your TV no need for another box.

What model is it ?

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Panasonic TX-50CX80 2B, it's a top set and capable of showing UHD, but I thought everything went through the TiVo whether it was an app or not?

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Nope go onto the smart TV side of the tv and if you have the UHD sub Netflix should work.

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Ok so it's streaming it via the WiFi connection?

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Streaming will be done via your panasonic device via wifi or ethernet depending how you're connected.
You don't need the v6 to use netflix etc on your panasonic box and if uhd is supported on your panasonic box and you're subscribed to the correct netflix pack then you'll get uhd content from netflix on your panasonic set top box.

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Hi mate, thx for the reply, I don't have a Panasonic set top box, all I have is the smart TV connected to my TiVo, my TV is connected to the internet via WiFi as I have already had several software updates on it.

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You'll still be fine mate netflix will work from your smart tv apps, i have a samsung smart tv i access the smart hub to use netflix etc, it'll be similar with panasonic you just access the apps on your tv via the panasonic smart menu/hub and you can use netflix and other apps via that no need to use v6 box.
Uhd will work fine if you're subscribed to the correct netflix tier which i think is the highest for Uhd, i personally am on the £7.99 one which is hd not uhd.

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Yes mate I already access Netflix via the app, it's so much quicker, I also use the YouTube app which we find brilliant for music etc. I am also paying £7.99 for the HD content from Netflix, but haven't seen an awful lot in UHD from them! I don't consider myself a complete noob lol, but wasn't sure how the apps on the TV were loading, i.e through the TiVo or WiFi, but thanks for the explanation, it kind of negates my need for a V6 to a certain extent.

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Netflix UHD requires the top subscription which allows you to stream on 4 simultaneous devices it costs £8.99.

https://recombu.com/digital/article/...-is-netflix-uk

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We pay for two additional boxes which are the basic SD grey vm boxes. Would the basic v HD boxes be the same price? I'm going to go on a rant today as the boxes we have are ancient

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You can't get V HD boxes any more - they were withdrawn from sale in September. Your choices are between TiVo or the V6 box.

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Hey Vince, I've got 4 boxes in total - 2 are multiroom -I ditched my V HD boxes for 2 V6s as part of my VIP pack and kept the Tivo 1GB and V+HD as multiroom boxes

I was told by VM that because I had the V+HD box the multiroom charge was £11.50 per box, that was £23 a month on multiroom costs. I've got rid of the V+HD box and swapped it for the Tivo 500GB. The multiroom price went down to £7.50 per box so saved myself a few quid too...happy days

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As MM just said mate you need the next tier up for UHD on netflix £8.99pm then you'll start seeing UHD content from netflix.

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Yes saw that, cheers bud............:)

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Cheers friend !

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Quest Red added on channel 215, as expected. The EPG suggests that the full service starts at 10am.

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Sky channel 0112 has been changed from Heart Extra to Heart 80s.

Has anything changed with regard to VM channel 921?

The EPG is apparently still showing 'Heart extr', but that means nothing as channel 545 is still listed as Motors TV!

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Quest Red placeholder has now been added on channel 215

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Yes, channel 921 is now carrying Heart 80s but the channel names haven't been updated. Presumably VM take the feed from Astra / Sky.

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Good to see no channels has been drop to carry Quest Red from launch.

Why did Virgin don't also carry Quest Red +1:confused:

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Thanks :)

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You got my head spinning with that sentence, MB lol :D

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They have red hot :p:

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Cost probably, although it could be added at a later date. Discovery has dropped the Quest +1 slot on Freeview, replacing it with a 3 hour placeholder channel, so maybe the time shift channels aren't a priority at the moment.

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On BBC Parliament right now is the debate about the Fox/Sky merger.

Edit: debate now over. The Sky takeover is being referred to Ofcom.