Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Is it for just the V6 or will normal TiVo boxes get the app also? :confused:

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l would say it will just be on the V6 set-top box John.

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Sound reasoning there, but maybe they just wanted to draw attention to the UHD. As Netflix is on both boxes, I would have expected Prime to appear on the TiVos as well, but maybe there is a technical reason why that isn't possible.

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Saving money by combining two news channels?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Assuming the information on the Wikipedia page is still accurate, NBC only own a minority stake in Euronews, so it's more likely they will sell their stake.

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ABN TV on channel 842 has closed on VM. However, there is audio over the closedown slate. Not sure if this is the audio for ABN or something else :confused:

Edit: It does sound like the channel audio.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

An HD version of 5Star will be launched on Virgin Media later this year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

yea I saw this by chance earlier on, I think someone has forgot the turn the audio feed off

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Where was that announced? Last time this seemed to be a thing, a month or so ago after a misinterpretation of DBR website data, it turned out to be a Catch-up stream.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Looks like someone's sorted it

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https://www.tvchannellists.com)

If you go to the Virgin Media page, it's listed there as 2019.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

New V.VIP pack with 500Mbps
Speed boost if you take out a mobile SIM
Extras to add to player pack
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...de-new-service

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

AIUI, anyone can edit this website like Wikipedia. Some things turn out to be correct, but others have been added as fact as a result of things like forum misinterpretation or rumour.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

We saw it closing down at midnight on Friday Night.

It was only on Virgin for 14 months - we think it was on an roll over deal (ABN or Virgin can bin deal anytime and give 28days notice).

But Virgin did move ABN over to MPEG4.

This is great news and long overdue! It will mean less hassle for me

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Hello everyone,
Sorry I've been really quiet, but I'm catching up now.

Amazon App was a great suprise. Really good news there

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Amazon App is a great addition, however what will the cost be? Free for XL and above would be a massive boost to suscriptions.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Are you a member of Amazon Prime?.

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I suspect it will not be available to subscribe via VM. BT offer the app but no subscription option.

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That doesn't mean that such an arrangement cannot be negotiated, though, as Sky has done for Netflix. If VM agreed to encourage new subscribers and get commission for that (or alternatively pay Amazon less per subscriber to advertise the service) then Amazon could be bundled with other SVOD services enabling VM to offer a bouquet of services for less cost. They could use that money perhaps to provide viewers with ITV Hub+ and All4+ so we could get catch up and other exclusives without having to negotiate those unskippable ads.

There's lots they could do to offer a good value for money streaming package for Full House, VIP and V VIP customers. It might even encourage more people onto the upper tiers.

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Seemed a pointless move to convert it to MPEG4!

IIRC, didn't this black channel replace a standalone black film channel called Nollywood? I think that Nollywood then became available to all customers on Mix and above.

Nollywood then closed down on Sky and VM. On VM ABN replaced it and on Sky it was replaced by the FTA channel 'Retro Movies'. It was though that this was just a placeholder to keep and sell on their EPG slot, but It's still broadcasting and they announced the other day that they will be joining Freesat within the next three months. Maybe they will join VM too??

Retro Movies is like a poor man's Talking Pictures TV :D

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And it was only done on April 15th.:confused:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Keep It Country TV is to change its name to Spotlight TV, to reflect that the channel is also featuring a lot of programmes that are not country oriented.

CEO Phil Mack has assured viewers on his weekly show that the core format will remain as country music, but the name change will reflect the fact that increasingly popular non country shows are also now also attracting large audiences to the channel.

Courtesy of nodrogd.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

So what does this have to do with Virgin TV???..let alone this thread?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I erroneously thought that KIC was on VM, you could have just pointed that out instead of trying to be clever. It's Total Country that's on VM.

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Apologies in retrospect, for any ill feeling.
BTW I do wish we had KIC on VM instead of TC, from what Ive seen, it has far more superior output for true country fans (myself included) than the rather more new music sound of TC which seems to have a 90s/00s vibe about it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Pop Power looks like it will be added to VM, as it's now showing as included in the Player and above: https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/bundles/player-bundle

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Thanks.

I don't understand why country music channels don't appear to be successful. One of the most requested channel returns is Country Music Television, yet it has now deviated from country music even in America.

And now Keep It Country is watering down it's offering to the extent that it's changing name! Incidentally, this has now been officially announced by the owner on Twitter.

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Cant remember if Virgin said all of the 'football' or 'sport' in one place?

I'm sure the Amazon App coming to VM is a major part of this after Amazon bought the rights to 20 matches a season from 2019-2022.

I honestly think it'll just be the app and we'll have to subscibe to it just like we do with the Netflix app.

These 20 matches on Amazon will be free for Prime members.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44396151

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I think with KIC it’s partially the old “all the eggs in one basket” syndrome. With Vintage TV not around anymore they are cashing in on the people that used to be the fans of that channel as well. Since Total County came along the tag line has changed to “Country music & more”, so the name change is a natural progression.
Nobody can say that country music is not a popular format here. Any gigs by US artists over here sell out within minutes of tickets going on sale. The Irish acts (that Total Country ignores) are also constantly on tour over here, so the market is buoyant. There is also Chris Country radio appearing on more and more DAB radio franchises all over the country.

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Which fans though? Vintage TV was very different at the end compared to when it started. Personally I preferred it at the start when it was all videos and they did eras way back until the 1920s. After they started doing 80s,90s and own content with new artist material it was a very different entity. I wish they'd created a Vintage TV 2 for the newer stuff, it was still worth doing (I love all eras of music) but they dumped the earlier eras to do it.

Anyways I'm getting way off topic, so I'll shut up now.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

They have said both in the past.

https://store.virginmedia.com/sport/index.html

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Vintage TV Music was recently awarded a licence to broadcast by Ofcom, so it's return is moving along. No idea if it will return to VM though.

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I think they've ruined all the music channels - certainly those I used to watch, such as VH-1.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Probably because not many people like country music:confused: it's 50 years out of date

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I like some of it, but there's no doubt that it's hugely popular.

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Much of its general image conveys it's all the same. But similar to Dance Music it has sub genres and crossovers with other genres e.g. bluegrass, which has a folk/blues/jazz vibe to it. Much of the more mainstream stuff now isn't like the mainstream stuff when I was much younger, you could almost say it wasn't Country and was only being labelled as such because of the accent of the singer.

I haven't actually properly seen Keep It Country (the Freeview TVs in the house tend to be locked to PSB channels most of the time), so I hope VM get its new incarnation of Spotlight TV. I'm curious how it has branched out from just Country.

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Following the decision to bring the HD sub regions to VM (& Sky), STV is to bring more relevant regional content to Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh.

Does VM operate in these areas?

Sky customers have been advised to reset series links, delete any planned recordings for STV and reset them. Is this the same for VM?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I don't watch STV for News (I ultimately get the Dundee region, as it's the nearest STV region to me), but I was under the impression VM had already regionalised in HD and that was why the SD version was replaced on 103 at the start of the year. The VM deal was done for regional version, and was announced, well before the Sky deal was annouced so the implementation was probably before too.

And yes, VM do operate in at least Dundee and Edinburgh, I believe Aberdeen was never cabled by NTL or Telewest so I doubt VM would need to carry that region of STV.

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Many thanks Angus :)

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No VM in Aberdeen, but they are in Dundee & Perth (Tayside region), as well as Edinburgh, Glasgow & Ayrshire.

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I just looked and (as I vaguely remembered) Atlantic Telecom was the cable company for Aberdeen. They went belly up in 2001 and I believe their cable assets weren't bought and are still there, getting increasingly out of date, under the streets of the area. I get the impression they were more of a phone and internet provider than TV in their later years. Maybe someone from the area with a greater knowledge can chip in.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1738232.stm
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...-was-sunk.html

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You'd think that VM or their predecessor in Scotland would have bought it cheaply. Even if it needed rewiring, all the ducts, rights of way etc would be in place and it would be cheaper and easier than extending their network to somewhere where cable had never been laid.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I've got a vague recollection (I can't find a source to back this up though) that their network used a very different type of technology. Couple that with the other UK cable companies mounting up debts at the time, and it probably didn't look a sound investment.

I believe one of the new companies laying fibre at the moment is doing so there, so there may be a consolidation opportunity at some point.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Amazon Prime may be arriving sooner than we thought on Virgin Media, according to this article. However, contrary to the claim that it launches today (the article is dated 2 May), it's not on our boxes yet.

I'd take this with caution as it's the only article I've seen on this to date, so they may have jumped the gun.

http://vodzilla.co/blog/vod-news/ama...-on-virgin-tv/

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The summer means the summer and last time l looked OB we are still in the spring.;)

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I know, which is why I said it could be launching earlier than we thought.

I have not seen any other reports that it is launching imminently, so I don't know where this reporter acquired the information.

Maybe it is just fake news!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

This.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Also in Fife, Angus, West Lothian, Falkirk, Mid Lothian, Renfrewshire, Dumbartonshire, Lanarkshire and now also extending into East Lothian (Musselburgh). Basically most of Central Scotland which is covered by STV Central West, STV Central East and STV Tayside & NE Fife

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Rumour.

We have seen up to date infomation on Amazon Prime - it will launch by 2020.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

So in other words it will launch in the next 8 months.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Within the next 8 months.

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Virgin Media UK DOA is Summer 2019.

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It like waiting on the Bus then two come at a same time.:D

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Yes they did state in their press release that it would launch in the Summer MB.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

We feel it may be like Brexit and launch later than Summer.

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I'm guessing it won't be the full Prime with the ability to carry channels that VM already carry?

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Well we shall see MB.

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DOA? I hope not!

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Does not DOA mean dead on arrival.;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I did mean date of arrival.:o:

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We don't know yet, but I imagine it will be the full Prime service. After all, we won't be getting a price reduction to view the stripped out part of it, so that wouldn't work really.

I don't think VM is too bothered about the overlaps, given that their channels are bundled with others at a discounted price. I shouldn't think there would be a great take up of any duplicated channels on Amazon.

Although some material competes with the VM Store, you get that now with some Netflix content.

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We are now starting to think Virgin Media UK's deal with Sky may not be up this summer due to Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Arena both launching in July 2017 in the UK.

July 2017 saw other Sky Sports branded channels being moved to other channel numbers.

https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/20...what.html#more

It look like Sky deal with Virgin Media UK may not be up for renewal until Summer of 2020 or 2021.

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That was just a reorganisation of the sports channels by Sky though, wasn't it? I don't think that would have impacted on the deal in this way. Any more than the Sky Living channel name changing to Sky Witness.

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But Sky did launch two new Sky Sports Channels (Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Arena) far as I know if Virgin Media UK has not signed an new deal with Sky their would not be allow to broadcast them on Virgin Media UK right now until their sign an new deal with it owner. All other Sky Sports Channels was rebranded from Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2 and so on.

Is Sky Sports Racing HD on Virgin Media?

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It seems someone is way off the mark with their predictions again.;)

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:nono:

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I think the problem is believing these companies sit around like I do and phone up Vodafone after 11 months.

If something comes up of interest I’m sure both parties would negotiate at any time which is why the month of renewal of the “Sky Basics” channels has moved since their return, and Sky Sports 3/4 HD arrived at a different point too. We don’t know what the contracts say about additional or successor channels so it’s pure conjecture.

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We agree on that point, jfman. I can't remember if the number of Sky Sports channels increased at the time, but if they did, a simple amendment clause would have been all that was required. After all, there was no additional charge for those channels.

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As for Sky Sports Racing if it’s from a contract dating back to Attheraces it’s probably a long (and uncontroversial) contract. I’m sure ATR was always available on all cable packages, at the end of the day the courses (and bookmakers) want exposure.

It’s probably virtually free and VM don’t feel the need to do anything in respect of HD.

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Looks like you were right - 5STAR HD has now been removed from the list of forthcoming changes on VM.

Shame, that would have been useful.

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They just changed the names of the full package of sky spirit channels though? If they had kept some channels from launching on virgin media then they would have lost fairly crucial money from virgin media customers and I believe sky sports is already a loss maker

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I don't think they would combine the Premium channels deal with the Sky Basics one. They might negotiate them at the same time, but they would keep them separate deals.

As for new channels amending the date, I don't think they would, unless the contract was within final year of the current contract expiring. They would have a bolt-on amendment either already written in or added on saying something like "by mutual agreement additional services can be added on the same terms".

Obviously all of the above is just my opinion.

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That sounds completely pausible, cheekyangus. Expect an announcement about Virgin's carriage deal with Sky fairly soon now.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Rumour: Zing, Living Foodz HD and &TV set to close?

Bizasia is reporting that ZEE TV owners is set to close Zing, Living Foodz and &TV in the UK.

With some shows set to move to Zee TV. Full story @

https://www.bizasialive.com/why-zee-...written-on-it/

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History HD is moving to Channel 270 from May 14th according to my V6 box.
Maybe History SD is going from VM ?

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Bound to be, that's the SD channel number, and there are no package availability differences to complicate things.

Wonder if Crime+Inv HD will be next, it is in similar situation.

Maybe we are on another wave of HD swap-outs. Channel 5 HD, 4Seven HD, Quest HD are obvious candidates.

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Just had a look, that HD Channel moves to Chanel 209, Lifetime HD moves to 208 so there is a round of changes planned that just popped up.

Quest HD, 5 HD, and 4 Seven HD say nothing at the moment.

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Looks like Lifetime going to 208, Crime to 209, History to 270 and History 2 to 273. So the SD’s closing.

Also found Crime +1 moving to 222

I guess Lifetime HD will retier to whatever pack the SD is in too

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Probably VM has renewed its deal with A&E Networks UK, the operator of those channels, which is why these swaps are happening.

For those that don't know, A&E UK has just undergone a "few" changes. The parent A&E (American) company is a joint venture between Disney and Hearst and that remains the case, but A&E UK was a joint venture between A&E and Sky.

To appease European regulators to get its takeover of Murdoch's companies cleared, Disney had to sell its stake in the European A&E channels, including the A&E UK ones and it sold its share to Hearst. Additionally, Sky has been taken over by Comcast, so these channels are now a joint venture between Comcast and Hearst, or something like that!:)

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I didn't know, but that's very interesting. Thanks, Horizon.

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Are you saying History 2 is doing an HD swap out too? If so that would mean a retier for that too. (As an aside I've always thought it strange H2 was available on more tiers than History.)

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What about 271 and 272?

History +1 on 271 maybe but it would be strange to leave 272 blank, are you sure History 2 is closing, or could it be there?

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Possible, but 272 has been blank for a while to my (limited) knowledge. Not much reason to change that, it's not like they need a number for a History 2 +1, because 274 could be freed up from an HD swap, and 275 is free already anyway if H2 wasn't swapped out.

History ,+1 and 2 would still be right next to each other on the EPG, and VM wouldn't put another channel from a rival in that slot so it wouldn't matter. Plus it would have the bonus that the number would be familiar already, customers prefer things not to change as they'd have to rememorise them.

It's quite possible VM have a Sky-style mass renumbering (i.e. what Sky did with +1 channels) in mind in a few months time. Why cause unnecessary hassle in the mean time? Multiple HD swaps will create spaces that make a large renumbering easier later on and waiting until the swaps are complete will annoy customers less.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Does the VM Freesports HD version carry 5.1 DD or 2.0 DD audio?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

It says English - Stereo on Freesports HD. Whereas the same information area on BBC1 HD says English - Dolby.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Thanks Angus, I asked on someone else's behalf, so i'll let them know :)

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My amp says PCM 2.0 so stereo

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Well I get a pop up on History 2 HD telling me it’s moving and my series links will be ok. Sure the teams at VM have it all in hand

I’ve set some up to test it on Lifetime SD and HD, Crime SD and HD, History SD and HD and History 2 SD and HD.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Good stuff. I only have Lifetime SD and History 2 SD on my tier so I put them on earlier to see if they had pop-up messages. Oddly they didn't, and you'd think they would as you'd be more likely to lose your Series Links if they were on a channel that was disappearing rather than moving.

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As an aside, I had Quest on earlier today and thought it interesting that on their adverts for their shows the channel numbers they use on ALL platforms is the HD version. With auto HD swaps on Sky and FreeSat HD-capable boxes it doesn't mean much on them, but Freeview and VM have the SD version on much more prominent numbers yet Quest chose only the HD numbers to promote. If Discovery are doing this it makes an HD swap on VM much more likely in my opinion.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Looks that way maybe Virgin will launch Blaze +1 soon.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

wtf is blaze +1???

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Blaze is basically old A&E Networks shows from its Pay TV channels. So a mix of old stuff from Crime+Inv, Lifetime, History and History 2 (or at least some of them).

VM already have Blaze, but not the +1.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Forgot my last post A&E do not have an Blaze +1 channel on Sky.

I did think they did due to them having one on Freeview but it only on air for about 14 hours per week.

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Similar for me, I didn't know it wasn't on Sky, I just saw +1 on Freeview and assumed +1 was on satellite. :dunce:

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We think the Virgin Media EPG may look like this soon.

Entertainment:
100. Virgin TV Highlights
101. BBC ONE / BBC ONE HD
102. BBC TWO HD
103. ITV / STV HD / UTV HD
104. Channel 4 HD
105. Channel 5 HD
106. E4 HD
107. BBC FOUR HD
108. BBC ONE London HD (England only)
108. BBC Scotland HD (Scotland only)
109. Sky One HD
110. Sky One +1?
111. Sky Witness HD
112. Sky Witness +1?
113. ITV HD (England and Wales only)
114. ITV +1 / STV +1 / UTV +1
115. ITV2 HD
116. ITV2 +1
117. ITV3 HD
118. ITV4 HD
119. ITVBe HD
120. ITVBe +1
121. Sky Two
122. Sky Arts HD
123. Pick
124. GOLD HD
125. W HD
126. Alibi HD
127. Dave HD
128. Really
129. YESTERDAY
130. Drama
131. Dave ja vu
132. Comedy Central HD
133. Comedy Central +1
134. MTV HD
135. SYFY HD
136. SYFY +1
137. Universal TV HD
138. Universal TV +1
139. Challenge
140. Pick +1?
141. Channel 4 +1
142. 4Seven HD
143. E4 +1
144. More4 HD
145. More4 +1?
146. CBS Drama?
147. CBS Reality
148. CBS Justice
149. horror channel
150. Channel 5 +1
151. 5STAR
152. 5SELECT
153. 5 USA
154. 5Spike
155. Paramount Network HD
156. E!
157. FOX HD
158. FOX+1
159. For full list of Local channels on Virgin Media see - Local TV:
160. Real Lives
161. BBC ALBA (Red Button for English audio on Live Sports)
162. BBC TWO England HD (Scotland only)
162. BBC Scotland HD (Outside Scotland)
163. S4C HD
164. TLC HD
165. TLC+1
166. I.D.
167. I.D.+1
168. Quest HD
169. Quest +1
170. Quest Red
171. Quest Red +1?
172. DMAX
173. DMAX +1
174. ITV3 +1
175. ITV4 +1
176. Challenge +1
177. Comedy Central Extra
178. MTV +1?
179. BET
180. 5 USA +1
181. 5STAR +1
182. True Entertainment
183. W +1
184. Alibi +1
185. Sony Crime Channel
187. GOLD +1
188. YouTube
189. YESTERDAY +1
190. CBS Reality +1
191. horror channel +1
192. Netfilx
193. Sky Arts HD
194. Real Lives +1
195. Lifetime HD
196. Crime + Investigation HD
197. hayu (Only on TiVo boxes.)
198. True Crime
199. Blaze
200. Your TV
201. Vice
202. True Entertainment +1
203. Crime + Investigation +1

Local TV:
The following channels are only in some areas:
159. London Live (In Croydon, Hersham, Hayes, Watford, Haringey, Seven Kings, Bromley and Lewisham areas only.)
159. Notts TV (In Nottingham areas only.)
159. Latest TV (In Brighton & Hove areas only.)
159. Sheffield Live TV (In Sheffield areas only.)
159. NVTV (In Belfast areas only).
159. Made in Bristol (In Bristol areas only).
159. Cardiff TV (In Cardiff areas only).
159. Leeds TV (In Leeds areas only).
159. Tyne and Wear TV (In Newcastle areas only).
159. Liverpool TV (In Liverpool areas only).
159. That's TV Norfolk (In Norwich areas only).
159. Birmingham TV (In Birmingham areas only).
159. That's TV Cambridge (In Cambridge areas only).
159. That's TV Swansea Bay (In Swansea areas only).
159. Teesside TV (In Middlesbrough areas only).
159. KMTV (In Kent areas only).
159. That's TV Humber (In Grimsby areas only).

Factual:
245. Eden HD
246. Eden +1
247. Discovery Channel HD
248. Discovery Channel +1
249. Animal Planet HD
250. Animal Planet +1
251. Discovery Science
252. Discovery Science +1
253. Discovery Turbo
255. Discovery History
256. Discovery History +1
257. Nat Geo WILD HD
258. National Geographic HD
259. National Geographic +1
260. Together
261. HISTORY HD
262. HISTORY +1
263. HISTORY 2 HD
264. PBS America
265. Forces TV
266. Love Nature HD
267. Smithsonian Channel HD

Lifestyle:
281. Good Food HD
282. Good Food +1
283. Home
284. Home +1
285. Home & Health
286. Home & Health +1
287. Discovery Shed
289. God Channel
290. Food Network
292. Travel Channel
294. Horse + Country

Music:
310. New Music on Demand
311. MTV MUSIC
312. MTV Live HD
313. MTV HITS
314. MTV BASE
315. Club MTV
316. MTV ROCKS
317. VH1
318. MTV OMG
321. Box Upfront
322. The Box
323. Box Hits
324. 4Music
325. Kiss
326. Magic
327. Kerrang
331. Vevo (Only on TiVo boxes.)
332. Clubland TV
333. NOW 80s
334. NOW 90s
335. Total Country

Movies:
400. Virgin Movies & Store
401. Sky Cinema Premiere HD
402. Sky Cinema Premiere +1
403. Sky Cinema Hits HD
404. Sky Cinema Greats HD
405. Sky Cinema Disney HD
406. Sky Cinema Family HD
407. Sky Cinema Action & Adventure HD
408. Sky Cinema Comedy HD
409. Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller HD
410. Sky Cinema Drama & Romance HD
411. Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror HD
412. Sky Cinema Select HD
416. TCM HD
417. TCM +1
420. Movies 24
421. Movies 24 +
424. True Movies
426. Sony Movie Channel
428. Movies 4 Men
432. Film4 HD
433. Film4 +1
436. Talking Pictures TV

Sport:
501. Sky Sports Main Event HD
502. Sky Sports Premier League HD
503. Sky Sports Football HD
504. Sky Sports Cricket HD
505. Sky Sports Golf HD
506. Sky Sports F1 HD
507. Sky Sports Action HD
508. Sky Sports Arena HD
509. Sky Sports News HD
510. Sky Sports Mix HD
511. Sky Sports Main Event
512. Sky Sports Premier League
513. Sky Sports Football
514. Sky Sports Cricket
515. Sky Sports Golf
516. Sky Sports F1
517. Sky Sports Action
518. Sky Sports Arena
519. Sky Sports News
520. Sky Sports Mix
521. Eurosport 1 HD
522. Eurosport 2 HD
524. MUTV HD
526. BT Sport 1 HD [BT Sport Extra Channels via Red Button]
527. BT Sport 2 HD [BT Sport Extra Channels via Red Button]
528. BT Sport 3 HD [BT Sport Extra Channels via Red Button]
529. BT Sport ESPN HD [BT Sport Extra Channels via Red Button]
530. BT Sports 4K UHD (Only on V6 Boxes).
532. Sky Sports Racing HD
534. Racing TV HD
536. Liverpool FC TV HD
538. Box Nation HD
541. Premier Sports 1 HD
542. Premier Sports 2 HD
543. FreeSports HD

News:
601. BBC NEWS HD
602. Sky News HD
604. BBC Parliament
606. CNN International HD
608. Bloomberg Television HD
610. CNBC HD
612. euronews
614. NDTV 24x7
616. Al Jazeera English
618. France 24 English HD
620. NHK World Japan

Kids:
700. Kids TV on Demand
701. CBBC Channel HD
702. CBeebies HD
703. Baby TV
704. Cartoon Network HD
705. Cartoon Network +1
706. Cartoonito
707. Disney XD HD
711. Nickelodeon HD
712. Nick +1
713. Nick Junior
715. Nick Jr Too
717. Nicktoons
719. Disney Channel HD
720. Disney Channel +1
721. Disney Junior
723. Boomerang HD
724. Boomerang +1
725. CITV
726. POP
728. Tiny Pop
732. ZooMoo HD

Shopping:
750. QVC
751. QVC Beauty
752. QVC Style
757. Ideal World
758. Create & Craft
761. Gems TV
762. Jewellery Maker
764. TJC

International:
801. Star Gold HD
802. Star Bharat
803. Star Plus HD
808. SONY TV HD
809. SONY MAX HD
810. SONY SAB
815. Zee TV HD
816. Zee Cinema HD
817. &TV
818. Living Foodz HD
819. Zing
822. B4U Movies
823. B4U Music
827. COLORS
828. Colors Rishtey
829. Colors Cineplex
830. NDTV Good Times
831. Al Jazeera Arabic
832. France 24 (French) HD
833. HUM EUROPE
834. NDTV India
835. NDTV Spice
836. Islam Channel English
837. Islam Channel Urdu
838. Brit Asia TV
839. MTV Beats
840. ABN TV

Regions and Audio Description:
Regions and Audio Description as now...

Radio:
Radio EPG as now...

Help and Information:
968. A Message For Parents

Adult:
969. Adult Previews
970. Television X Nightly
971. Babes & Brazzers TV Nightly
972. Adult Channel Nightly
973. XXX Brits Nightly
974. Xrated 40+ Nightly
975. Television X 2 Nightly
978. Television X
979. XXX Brits
980. Adult Channel
981. Babenation (Viewers need PIN number to view from 6am to 10pm.)

Help and Information:
985. A Message For Parents

Red Button Channels:
991. BBC Red Button 1

Welcome and Information:
997. Virgin TV For Newbies
998. Virgin TV Highlights

Ultra HD:
999. Virgin TV Ultra HD (Only on V6 Boxes).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

I very nearly did a list like that myself (though I wasn't planning on posting it). Interesting to see it written down.

MTV+1 ? Is there such a thing?
BBC2 HD England on 162? We already get the same BBC2 as England, have done since BBC Scotland channel launched.
Sky Arts HD is on 122 and 193 on your list.

I envisage VM doing a "+1 Section" in the 200s like Sky have now so I'd have moved up the Factual and Lifestyle sections after moving the +1s. I also reckon VM will then actively promote the Press Green (or was it Yellow, I never use it) for +1 option which is currently unpromoted, probably because it's a little hit'n'miss and a bit clunky (it's not very smooth, unlike the Press Blue for HD feature).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

MTV do have an MTV +1 over on Sky.

The list was make up by Media Boy HQ months ago (January 2019) before we know about the BBC SD Channels axe and A&E news this weekend.

We did not see Sky Arts HD and BBC Two HD in scotland was on our list two times until you told us.

---------- Post added at 23:33 ---------- Previous post was at 22:57 ----------

I really do not like the +1 hour idea of Sky's.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

You missed one on that list. Sky Atlantic HD. :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Forever the glorious optimist l see.;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Virgin can always put two Sky +1 branded channels at the end of list if that will known channel did launch on Virgin Media:zzz:.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

Given there's been rumours for a while that Sky2 will be shut, VM could always test Sky1+1 in the open and shift Atlantic onto the Sky2 space if they wanted launch disguised.

Given VM will be wanting to move HD only rather than have duplicates (which the changes to A&E Networks UK channels due to happen overnight reinforce), and the recently annouced TV Packs didn't have the HD versions listed for the Sky/Comcast owned channels, there's a reasonable chance Sky/Comcast channels will be next given Sky's due to make a new deal about now.

I think VM would therefore only get the HD version of Atlantic, if they get it, and they might get Sky1+1, replacing Sky2. I have no idea if Pick, Challenge, Sky News and Racing are part of that deal usually, but there's obviously a +1 and HD replacement/swaps to be done amongst them. Worst likely case, it remains as is on a shorter deal.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

All the AETN channels in SD have gone where there’s a HD. All my series links on the old SD have jumped to the HD and all the HD ones jumped to the new slot

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

The "We've made some changes" Channel Moved screen on the A&E HD channels old positions are going to confuse people. There is no mention of HD.

It just says "<Channel Name> is now on channel <Number>" rather than "<Channel Name HD> is now on channel <Number>" . The SD channels were on those channel numbers already, so that will confuse some.

On the other hand when you go to the newly swapped HD channel it has a "We've made some changes" pop-up message that does mention HD. And as it says "From 14th May..." it was clearly the one that higher tier customers saw in advance.

Customers on a package that had all the A&E channels clearly got prior on-screen notification, I never saw any on my lower package that has only Lifetime and History 2. Those on lower tiers are going to get a surprise today, I only know because of this forum. Unless it was a regional notification problem, that has happened before.

When I heard about the A&E swaps I was expecting a tile in the top of the EPG guide like with the BBC HD swaps and a pop-up on the SD channels. I had none of these things. I don't watch Lifetime, and rarely watch History 2, so it's not a problem for me personally, but it will be for some, who will be surprised if they had a similar lack of prior notification. Of course it could be a regional fault as I suggested earlier.

By the way, I can confirm the HD versions have moved down to their SD tiers as I haven't lost Lifetime or History 2. Just in case that wasn't clear from my above ramblings. ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 

That's not quite what's happened...

Lifetime HD is on 208
Crime + Investigation HD is on 222
Crime + Investigation +1 is on 224
HISTORY HD is on 270
HISTORY +1 is on 271
HISTORY 2 HD is on 273

209, 223, 274 and 299 are showing 'Channel Moved'.
221, 225, 272 and 275 are blank.