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Bit of a waste. Then again, I've never liked ITV's offerings - they've always been the worst of the terrestrial bunch.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Maybe when they hit the point where advertising revenue has declined to a level where subscription income would exceed FTA advertising income.

Maybe the name change is just to differentiate between ITV as a part of ITV Network Limited and the other channels, being ITV Digital Channels Ltd. Maybe they just did it to get everyone asking why they had changed the name and generate some free publicity...

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

ITV2 & 3 are the 6th & 7th biggest channels in the UK so I'd imagine they're doing pretty good from those two.

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I prefer ITV 3 and 4 to the main channel to be honest. Really struggling with the logo watching the match tonight though.

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I'm intrigued by what's happening with Virgin - that's a lot of channels dropping down to lower tiers. Either xl is to become essentially the hd pack or something else is going on but I'm not sure I can immediately figure out what that is. What I do know is that I'm almost,but not quite, at the stage where I can access all of my favorite channels in the lower tiers, so I expect Virgin have something planned to make xl more attractive. The lower tiers are becoming excellent value.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Indeed Andy something is definitely going on with regards to the positioning of the XL pack and l think the next few months will reveal everything.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

TCM HD on Channel 416
TCM2 on Channel 417
Cartoon Network HD on Channel 732

As reported on Digital Spy (http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...777311&page=27)

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

How about all HD move upto XL & all " non" drop down . I would then drop down . On 32" tv HD is pointless. Never us them :erm:

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (17/01/13):

NEW CHANNELS LAUNCHES:
-TCM HD has launch on the XL Package on Virgin Channel 416.
-TCM2 has launch on the M+, L and XL Packages on Virgin Channel 417.
-Cartoon Network HD has launch on the XL Package on Virgin Channel 732.

CHANNELS MOVING PACKAGES:
-TCM has move to the M+ Package on Virgin Channel 415.
-Film 4+1 has move to the M+ Package on Virgin Channel 430.
-Cartoon Network has move to the M+ Package on Virgin Channel 704.
-Boomerang has move to the M+ Package on Virgin Channel 730.
-Cartoon Network Too has move to the L Package on Virgin Channel 705.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

has sky 007 been rebranded as my tivo boxes is showing it has back to sky showcase

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (22/01/13):

-Sky Movies 007 has been rebranded as Sky Movies Showcase on Virgin Channel 403.
-Sky Movies 007 HD has been rebranded as Sky Movies Showcase HD on Virgin Channel 433.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (29/01/13):

-BBC One HD has stop broadcasting in Wales on Virgin Channel 108.
-BBC One Wales HD has launch on Virgin Channel 108 (Wales only).

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (31/01/13):

-SyFy +1 has moved from Virgin Channel 166 to Virgin Channel 136.
-Universal Channel has moved from Virgin Channel 162 to Virgin Channel 137.
-Universal Channel +1 has moved from Virgin Channel 163 to Virgin Channel 138.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Any good reason why ?

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Give it a couple of years and all will become clear ;)

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

But we already know that Virgin doesn't know what they're doing and just making it up as they go along =P

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Two years,that is quick.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

I am well known for my optimism :D:erm:

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (05/02/13):

MORE CHANNEL LAUNCHES.
-DMAX +1 has launch on Virgin Channel 171.
-Animal Planet +1 has launch on Virgin Channel 218.
-Discovery Science +1 has launch on Virgin Channel 220
-Discovery History +1 has launch on Virgin Channel 223
-Discovery Home & Health +1 has launch on Virgin Channel 276,
-Sony SAB has launch on Virgin Channel 807,
-ARY News has launch on Virgin Channel 819.

MORE CHANNEL RENUMBERED.
-DMAX has moved from Virgin Channel 172 to Virgin Channel 170.
-Quest has moved from Virgin Channel 179 to Virgin Channel 172.
-Discovery Channel has moved from Virgin Channel 212 to Virgin Channel 211.
-Discovery Channel HD has moved from Virgin Channel 214 to Virgin Channel 212.
-Animal Planet has moved from Virgin Channel 215 to Virgin Channel 216.
-Discovery History has moved from Virgin Channel 217 to Virgin Channel 222.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Wow thats loads!

Looks like all TVXL then.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (11/02/13):

SOME SKY MOVIES CHANNELS REBRANDED.
-Sky Movies Showcase has been rebranded as Sky Movies Oscars on Virgin Channel 403 to until February 25th.
-Sky Movies Modern Greats has been rebranded as Sky Movies 007 on Virgin Channel 410 until an later date.
-Sky Movies Showcase HD has been rebranded as Sky Movies Oscars HD on Virgin Channel 433 to until February 25th.
-Sky Movies Modern Greats HD has been rebranded as Sky Movies 007 HD on Virgin Channel 440 until an later date.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (12/02/13):

MORE CHANNEL LAUNCHES.
-Quest +1 has launch on Virgin Channel 173 on the XL Pack.
-Investigation Discovery (I.D.) has launch on Virgin Channel 214 on the M+ Pack.
-British Eurosport 2 HD has launch on Virgin Channel 526 on the XL Pack.

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As of Today (21/02/13):

-YouTube has launch on Virgin Channel 198.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Wait, what? There's a Youtube channel now?!

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

It's a 'press red' channel i.e. is there to highlight the app

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Ahhh right, got you. I was wondering about that, as I hadn't heard of anything and go ahead and try googling for "youtube tv channel" - it doesn't help!

TiVo only though, right?

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Yup

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As of Today (01/03/13):

-Sunrise Radio has been removed from Virgin Channel 974.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo real loss there.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

It has ceased broadcasting on Sky, so possibly a case of VM losing the feed if they took the feed from Sky. The EPG still displays the Sunrise Radio programmes rather than a message that the channel has closed. Has it been confirmed that Sunrise Radio has been permanently removed, or are VM just awaiting an alternative feed?

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Possible technical or financial difficulties according to this report: http://www.media247.co.uk/bizasia/su...d-from-sky-epg

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Insider told me 'Sunrise radio has ceased on VM due to the provider.'

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Yeah, the link I posted above suggests that technical or financial difficulties could be the cause.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (06/03/13):

-Style has launch on Virgin Channel 285.

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As of Today (14/03/13):

-ITV2 HD has launch on Virgin Channel 176.
-ITV3 HD has launch on Virgin Channel 177.
-ITV4 HD has launch on Virgin Channel 178.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Maybe now would be a good time to rethink the channel numbering.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Yes, a renumbering is definitely in order. We have HD channels all over the place, just look at SyFy and SyFy HD

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

I'm sure the're be a renumbering at some point. I hope that when it happens, they do what sky did and place the HD channels up front and let the SD variants drop down to the obscure high numbers.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (26/03/13):

-BBC HD has been rebranded as BBC Two HD on Virgin Channel 187.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Haven't changed the logo though.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

What logo? There's no logo on my screen

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

I think he means the TiVo's channel logo. They always take a while to update.

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Nor on mine either.

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I am not talking about the logo.

On non-TiVo boxes when you look up BBC HD on Channel 187 it now says BBC TWO HD.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

also on my tivo now

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (28/03/13):

CHANNELS CLOSE:
-Sky Movies Classics has close on Virgin Channel 411.
-Sky Movies Indies has close on Virgin Channel 412.
-Sky Movies Classics HD has close on Virgin Channel 441.
-Sky Movies Indies HD has close on Virgin Channel 442.
-Disney Cinemagic has close on Virgin Channel 728.

CHANNEL LAUNCHES:
-Sky Movies Disney has launch on Virgin Channel 407.
-Sky Movies Select has launch on Virgin Channel 412.
-Sky Movies Disney HD has launch on Virgin Channel 437.
-Sky Movies Select HD has launch on Virgin Channel 442.

CHANNELS REBRANDED:
-Sky Movies Modern Greats has been rebranded as Sky Movies Greats on Virgin Channel 410.
-Sky Movies Modern Greats HD has been rebranded as Sky Movies Greats HD on Virgin Channel 440.

CHANNELS ON THE MOVE:
-Sky Movies Crime & Thriller has move from Virgin Channel 407 to Virgin Channel 411.
-Sky Movies Crime & Thriller HD has move from Virgin Channel 437 to Virgin Channel 441.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (02/04/13):

CHANNEL LAUNCH:
-Vintage TV has launch on Virgin Channel 343.

CHANNEL ON THE MOVE:
-Al Jazeera Arabic has move from Virgin Channel 836 to Virgin Channel 831.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

I dont see why they can't just have the TiVo do it for you, have 101 default to BBC One HD if you have a HDTV and SD if you dont. Only problem would be the regional stuff but that shouldn't be an issue for too long.

But as a stop gap yeah, do what discovery have done and put the HD channel before the SD channel. Or even better, downscale the HD stuff with the hardware so you dont even need SD channels in the future.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Yeah I'm not sure why they don't do that now, especially on Sky where they're reaching the boxes limit for channel numbers.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Not sure how Sky do it, but I wouldn't want everything on BBC1 suddenly recording in HD! I would soon run out of recording space on my TIVO, and I've got a 1 TB box!

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

You'd need boxes that are much more technically advanced than they currently are to do that - meaning they'd be more expensive

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (04/04/13):

CHANNELS LAUNCHES:
-France 24 (English) has launch on Virgin Channel 624.
-France 24 (French) has launch on Virgin Channel 832.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Not really, they all have onboard hardware scalers (otherwise they would need a separate box for SD and the various specs of HDTV) so it's really just a case of making the software know what to do when it encounters a channel in a format it knows the TV can't support.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Suppose it depends on how you expect it to do it - if I remember correctly the V+ HD box could output HD in SD, but it would still record it in HD as it just records the channel feed.

What I meant was a box that would record HD in SD (going from OLD BOY's comment) depending on the settings.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of 30/3/2013
- Sky Arts 2 has been rebranded Sky Arts Rieu on Virgin channel 283 until 14th April
- Sky Arts 2 HD has been rebranded Sky Arts Rieu HD on Virgin channel 284 until 14th April

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (16/04/13):

CHANNELS REBRANDED:
-Crime & Investigation Network has been rebranded as CI on Virgin Channel 237.
-Sky Arts Rieu has been rebranded as Sky Arts 2 on Virgin Channel 283.
-Sky Arts Rieu HD has been rebranded as Sky Arts 2 HD on Virgin Channel 284.

CHANNEL LAUNCH:
-Create & Craft has launch on Virgin Channel 748.

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As of Today (23/04/13):

CHANNEL LAUNCH:
-Virgin Media Shorts 2013 has launch on Virgin Channel 399.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

:cleader::cleader:

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Virgin Media Shorts to be followed by Virgin Media Socks presumably...

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

One left and two rights l gather.:)

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As of Today (25/04/13):

CHANNEL MOVED:
-S4C has today moved to Virgin Channel 166 from Virgin Channel 167.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (26/04/13):

CHANNEL LAUNCHES:
-Zee Café has launch on Virgin Channel 811.*
-Zing has launch on Virgin Channel 813.*

*Channels to launch on May 1st.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Zing has his own channel :rofl:

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As of Today (30/04/13):

CHANNELS CLOSE:
-Discovery Real Time has close on Virgin Channel 271.
-Discovery Real Time +1 has close on Virgin Channel 272.
-Travel & Living has close on Virgin Channel 273.

CHANNEL LAUNCHES:
-TLC has launch on Virgin Channel 167.
-TLC HD has launch on Virgin Channel 168.
-TLC +1 has launch on Virgin Channel 169.
-ID +1 has launch on Virgin Channel 215.
-NHK World TV HD has launch on Virgin Channel 625 (Launches May 1st).

INFORMATION WAS RIGHT AT TIME OF POSTING.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (01/05/13):

CHANNEL LAUNCHES:
-NHK World TV HD has launch on Virgin Channel 625.
-Zee Café has launch on Virgin Channel 811.
-Zing has re-launch on Virgin Channel 813.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (02/05/13):

CHANNEL LAUNCH:
-Animal Planet HD has launch on Virgin Channel 217.

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As of Today (03/05/13):

CHANNEL REBRAND:
-Speed Auction has been rebranded as Bid Plus on Virgin Channel 746.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Military History is now H2 on 236.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Discovery Home & Health: moved to channel 271
Discovery Home & Health +1: moved to channel 272
Discovery Travel & Living: been removed from channel 273
Discovery Shed: moved to channel 273

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Thanks John for that update.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

When can we get EWTN on Virgin Media

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What's happening with Comedy Central +1 as MTV keep playing ads saying there moving there?

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Going to 181 tomorrow.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

That Comedy Cental HD new channel number.

Comedy Central +1 is moving to an unkown channel number*.

*I think it will be Channel 133 or 182.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Changes so far:

Comedy Central +1 has moved from 134 to 133
MTV has moved from 311 to 134
Comedy Central HD has moved from 133 to 181
Comedy Central Extra has moved from 185 to 182
MTV Live HD has moved from 310 to 311
MTV Hits has moved from 317 to 312
MTV Base has moved from 315 to 313
MTV Rocks has moved from 325 to 315
VH1 has moved from 320 to 316
VIVA has moved from 313 to 317

So a reshuffle with no extra channels added at this point. The lack of gaps in the new MTV channel range would appear to indicate that there are no plans to bring any of MTV's other channels to VM at the present time.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Also MTV Dance has moved from 319 to 314.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Says a lot about MTV when it's no longer part of the music channel group

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

MTV has been an Entertainment channel (as part of the Entertainment EPG on Astra) since the day Living was rebrand as Sky Living.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Thanks, actually it was one of the first in the sequence of the channel changes, I missed it from the copy / paste when I put them into channel number order.

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I'm surprised they didn't move VIVA into the entertainment section, it only has music content during off-peak hours.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Might be more moves to come...

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

I'd be surprised if they moved these channels onto a new number only to move again after a short period of time. The channels have to update their on screen channel numbers and publicity material every time these changes occur, so moving around the EPG does mean an increase in promotional costs for the channels involved.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

I meant moves by other channels, not the ones that moved this week, sorry I probably did not make myself clear :)

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

True, some areas of the EPG need tidying up.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (04/06/13):

CHANNEL REPACKAGE:
-B4U Music has been added to the M+, L and XL packages on Virgin Channel 816.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Tivo now has enchanced video stream that is already on V, V+ and freeview.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

I've not heard of this, what is it?

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Press red on BBC channels and see the extra option... just bringing Tivo the '301' stream as freeview users would call it.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Ah yes, that makes sense. Also explains why I'd never heard of it, I don't think I've ever used the red button!

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (06/06/13):

CHANNELS LAUNCHES:
-BBC Red Button 1 has been added to Virgin Channel 991.
-BBC Red Button HD has been added to Virgin Channel 994.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (10/06/13):

CHANNEL REBRAND:
-Zee Café has been rebranded as Lamhe on Virgin Channel 811.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

BBC Red Button stream placeholders on channels 992 and 993 have now been added.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (18/06/13):

CHANNELS LAUNCHES:
-Food Network has been added to Virgin Channel 287.
-Travel Channel has been added to Virgin Channel 288.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (24/06/13):

CHANNELS LAUNCHES:
-BBC Red Button 2 has been added to Virgin Channel 992.
-BBC Red Button 3 has been added to Virgin Channel 993.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

MTV HD has started on 183
BET has started on 184
MTV Music has started on 310
Nickelodeon HD has started on 713
The Jewellery Channel has started on 757

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Also MTV MUSIC has started on 310.

Exit: Sorry Jameseh.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Yeah I only spotted it on DS, rather than my box hence the late edit.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

:cleader::cleader:

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Nick HD is on 714 here

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

As of Today (01/07/13):

CHANNELS REBRANDED:
-Sky Movies Greats has been rebranded as Sky Movies 007 on Virgin Channel 410.
-Sky Movies Greats HD has been rebranded as Sky Movies 007 HD on Virgin Channel 440.
-Sky Sports 2 has been rebranded as Sky Sports Ashes on Virgin Channel 512.
-Sky Sports 2 HD has been rebranded as Sky Sports Ashes HD Virgin Channel 518.

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As of Today (05/07/13):

CHANNEL CLOSE:
-Blighty Greats has now close on Virgin Channel 206.