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Oh Max you are a pessimist.:D

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September List update - September 1st 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 = Local TV news, other Media news/Things.

From 2016 all UPC Ireland news will appear on this list.

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

=== Soon ===
-BT Sport Extra 1 will soon launch on Virgin Media.

=== September ===
1st. Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Greats as Sky Movies 80's today on Virgin Channel 403.
1st. Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Greats HD as Sky Movies 80's HD today on Virgin Channel 433.
1st. Sky Sports to rebrand Sky Sports Ashes as Sky Sports 2 today on Virgin Channel 513.
1st. Sky Sports to rebrand Sky Sports Ashes HD as Sky Sports 2 HD today on Virgin Channel 503.
13th. Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies 80's as Sky Movies Greats today on Virgin Channel 403.
13th. Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies 80's HD as Sky Movies Greats HD today on Virgin Channel 433.

=== October ===
Virgin Sources say that Lifetime HD is set to launch on Virgin Media sometime this month on Virgin Channel ???.

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

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

=== By 2016 ===
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies tbc1 as Sky Movies Aliens on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Sky Movies Aliens as Sky Movies tbc1 on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies tbc1 HD as Sky Movies Aliens HD on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Aliens HD as Sky Movies tbc1 HD on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies tbc2 as Sky Movies Gangsters on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Gangsters as Sky Movies tbc2 on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies tbc2 HD as Sky Movies Gangsters HD on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Gangsters HD as Sky Movies tbc2 HD on Virgin Channel 4??.

=== January 2016 ===
No News...

=== February 2016 ===
No News...

=== March 2016 ===
-The BBC may close BBC Three on Virgin Media subject to final approved by the BBC Trust.
-The BBC may close BBC Three HD on Virgin Media subject to final approved by the BBC Trust.
-The BBC may add two extra hours per day to CBBC and CBBC HD on Virgin Media subject to final approved by the BBC Trust.

=== April 2016 ===
No News...

=== May 2016 ===
No News...

=== June 2016 ===
No News...

=== July 2016 ===
No News...

=== August 2016 ===
No News...

=== September 2016 ===
No News...

=== October 2016 ===
No News...

=== November 2016 ===
No News...

=== December 2016 ===
No News...

=== Local TV on Virgin Media ===
-All the following Local TV broadcasters may launch by 2017 on Virgin Channel 159:

-YourTV Manchester
-YourTV Blackpool & Preston
-That’s Basingstoke
-That’s Surrey
-That's Solent
-That’s Reading
-That’s Salisbury
-That's Oxford

=== Unknown dates ===
-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.

=== Channels ONLY in UPC Ireland areas ===
List last updated on June 2nd 2015.

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 UPC IRELAND BUT NOT ON VIRGIN MEDIA:

Documentaries:
-History HD
-CI HD

Lifestyle:
-Fashion TV

Music:
-MTV Classic

Kids:
-Disney Channel HD

Specialist:
-EWTN

Radio:
-UCB Ireland

Channels only in UPC Ireland areas.

FOR LATEST NEWS ON UPC IRELAND SEE: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...iscussion.html

©copyright 2015 Media Boy 2006 - 2015. 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 Sources - 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 May 8th 2015.

Q: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT VIRGIN MEDIA FROM?
A: Media Boy HQ gets all info from Virgin Media viewers, some Virgin Media workers (I called them Virgin Sources) 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 UPC IRELAND AREAS' WHEN THIS THREAD IS FOR VIRGIN MEDIA?
A: Virgin Media and UPC Ireland are now both own by Liberty Global.

Q: WHY AM I NOT GETTING ''DISNEY CHANNEL HD'' FOR?
A: Disney Channel HD is only broadcasting in UPC Ireland areas right now.

==== See you later ===
List last updated on September 1st 2015.

Next update: TBC.

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 2015 Media Boy 2006 - 2015. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
 

I'm still waiting for the HD channel

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Fair point.;)

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Definite difference in quality on the newer stuff, Sporting Reds etc. and on the few live games I've seen. Worth the extra quid for me anyway.

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MB Views: Will Virgin Media Ireland mean new channel lineup?

On the back of last Friday news that UPC Ireland is soon set to be rebranded as Virgin Media Ireland we at Media Boy HQ thinks that Virgin Media will give UPC Ireland viewers the following new look EPG to stop ads saying MTV - Virgin 134 (UK and N. Ire) / 701 (Ireland):

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...land-mean.html

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Do you mean most channels will have the same channel number in both the UK and Ireland?

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Bar some BBC Channels and Channel 4 then yes.

Channel 5 do not broadcast in Ireland.

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Just found out that on 31 August, The Africa Channel were pleading for more time to "get back to normal". Looks like VM are having none of it as the channel was removed prior to this date.

To be fair on VM, this is the longest that I have known them to allow a dead air channel to remain on the EPG. I fear that this is the end.

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The channel was rubbish anyway.

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Just like the other 90% then Den...........:shocked:

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Yes there are quite a few channels that are rubbish but there is still some good series to be watched on TV if one looks MM.

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had some comedy soap operas den. I remember being very drunk one evening with friends and finding it hilarious

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Will miss Desmond's but unfortunately nothing else.

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I think the Sky Basic channels are the longest.

Stop broadcasting March 1st 2007: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/34237254-post12.html

Removed from EPG July 18th 2007: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/34353355-post86.html

Relaunch November 13th 2008.

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The Africa Channel stop broadcast around the 9th of June. And was removed from EPG on August 27th.

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AMC may not launch on Virgin for "Quite long time".

Media Boy Sources has told us today that both AMC and AMC HD may not launch on Virgin Media in quite long time, no time frame was mentioned.

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This is the interesting situation where your sources say not this year and theone's say definitely this year!

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:bump::bump::bump::bump::bump:

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No surprise there as BT are increasingly starting to behave like Sky.:(

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Not surprised really, BT will play their competitive advantage for all it is worth. Bit strange though that as XL TV has BT Sport which is how the AMC channel is linked, then why not part of XL? But that would be a wholesale agreement (correct?) rather than a specific purchase of the Sports package from BT as has to be done for Sky customers I believe.

After Sky Atlantic, another case of VM being blocked from new content or VM not prepared to accept BT terms in this case? Understand Amazon Prime will also have first rights for the repeat viewing of "Fear of the Walking Dead" for example, so it could be some time before VM is able to show some new series now on AMC. Not good for VM I have to say.

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But we do have another reliable poster theone saying AMC will come this year so let's not get too worried just yet. Both theone and MediaBoy sound convinced that their conflicting sources are correct!

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Probably because BT Sport is a well known channel and it's addition will help VM add/keep customers.

AMC, outside the realms of forums such as these, is hardly known of at all and therefore probably not worth VM paying extra for at this point in time.

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Just passing on info I know of for free (no need to pay me £36m for it):D

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Low blow - LVG knows what he's doing, I hope.

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We shall see.

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How are they? Like SKY BT are investing in content VM seem to like to just leech of SKY and BT for content, although VM seemingly got a good deal in the sale of their channels they really should of kept them as now they would have a strong bargaining chip, VM are getting left behind for content and do not seem to want to invest in it, there is loads of stuff that hasn't been picked up that VM could go for but they won't, they will wait until someone else gets the rights and then try to leech of them.
VM should just drop tv and stick to their strongest product broadband which they are investing in.
If VM don't want to pay the going rate then tough cheese they won't get the content.

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Just passing on info I know of.

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I know mate not having a pop at you :) in your defence i am still waiting for another source to confirm AMC is coming but the source who told me it is, is the same source who told me BT sport was going to be on VM and LifetimeHD and something before end of November.
I like you just pass on info i get told.

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l think you will find that Virgin will try to get us as much content as they can but when other companies start asking premium prices for mostly average content then they are right not to pay over the odds for the content even if it mean not getting it as customers are already paying over the odds for their TV subscriptions and will certainly not accept another fiver being added on to their bills that's for sure.

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VM remind me of my football team Wolves make a offer they know will never get accepted then say "we did try but they weren't willing to sell." :p:

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I doubt there would be any need to fuss over channel numbers.
After all ROI will have RTE1 on 101 and UK will have BBC1 on 101.
The kit is different- TiVo v Horizon.

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By heck you do seem very negative in your thoughts about Virgin Media my dear chap.:)

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I was talking yesterday about thing like MTV.

MTV is on Virgin Channel 134 but on UPC Ireland it on Channel 701.

When NTL took over Telewest the new NTLTelewest took the Telewest Channel lineup as Sky Sports 4 was way up on NTL Channel 930 (I think) but Telewest has it on Channel 516.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...p-06-09-a.html

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Nice to know there's two of us supporting The Wolves

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Seems about right :)

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FOX UK to launch YourTV on Freeview and Youview on October 1st.

https://twitter.com/mediaguardian/st...06872508899329

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When VM decided to sell their channels and rely on bought in content, many people were concerned.

In the USA, that would have proved to be a wise decision as all the TV networks are now starting to provide online access independent of a cable subscription.

In the UK, with BT acquiring AMC, we are seeing the opposite; a TV network tied into a specific TV provider.

But at least, the 'usual villain' associated with these things (Sky) is doing things right by providing independent access via Now TV. BT should do the same with AMC.

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I feel we will not see any more new channels launch this year due to Virgin Media are busy working on the UPC Ireland side of the network.

Bar Lifetime HD we feel the following UPC Ireland will soon launch in all areas of Virgin Media:

-History HD
-CI HD
(With Lifetime HD launching in all areas)
-MTV Classic
-Disney Channel HD

We think Virgin Media will drop:
-Fashion TV
-EWTN

We feel that UCB Ireland will only be in Virgin Media Ireland areas.

(All information listed is the views of Media Boy HQ.)

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I suppose we can look forward to mega-hits such as 'Britain's Dirtiest Toilets' and 'Bruce Forsythe - My Secret Life As A Spy'.

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Yes if VM want to compete with Sky and BT they need to play big. To be fair on BT I have been impressed on how far they have pushed into TV in such a short time, not just on the Sport side but the recent AMC deal as well.

Channels like Atlantic and AMC may show plenty of poor "fill-in" material, but they just need a few "star" series to make an effect. I am not a Game of Thrones fan but it is very popular. And for those zombie addicts (like me), Fear of the Walking Dead (even with mixed reviews in the USA) is a key attraction for AMC.

VM need to find routes into popular material or customers will just find other routes, like Now TV as you mention.

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a516Digital says That's Oxford is broadcasting on Virgin Media Channel 159 in the local area can anyone confirm?

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They are NOT on VM in Oxford!

They (That's Oxford) said they were and I told them they were not - they then changed their story to "we will be later in the year" - but didn't say which year.

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Thanks for update.

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That's irelelevant as they were. merging in the same country. Ireland has different priorities for the main channels so it wouldn't matter about having the same numbers for lower range channels.

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A new source has backed up MBs source that AMC isn't going to be on VM yet, i am still waiting for other sources to get back to me but so far 2 say it isn't coming to vm and 1 says it is.

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Although not a source l cannot see it coming anytime soon Sir.

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Den, you are the source! ;):)

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At the moment you're not missing much anyway i haven't watched AMC uk yet as i have a US login so get AMC usa which is where i watch fear the walking dead, rectify is on Netflix Canada too.

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:D

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UPDATE: YourTV may launch on Virgin Media.

Just seen this on FIC home page.

So still hope that YourTV may launch on Virgin Media as well as Freeview and Youview.

http://foxinternationalchannels.com/...inment-channel

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I take it probably no more of the usual suspects TV channel launches this year on VM :(

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Well spotted! :)
It would make a pleasant change if it did make it onto VM; recent FTA channel launches like Spike and TruTV have skipped cable.

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Nothing of interest on there for me.

Season One of Shark was a good though; seems kind of out of place among the rest of the content.

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New information from Virgin Sources.

We was thinking tonight about Lifetime HD launching in October so we ask our sources if it sister channels that broadcast right now on UPC Ireland will also appear when Lifetime HD launch.

We got the following back:

As of 8pm tonight our Virgin Sources are not aware of HISTORY HD or CI HD launching on Virgin Media anytime soon.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
 

no history HD that shame but nothing more than a expect from virgin sadly

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There's currently speculation that the owners of the National Geographic Channel are to launch a free version of their channel. It should be noted that, as yourtv will be showing some National Geographic Programming, some believe that they are one and the same channel. Nobody knows for sure yet.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=uk[/QUOTE]

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Another attempt to bring Irish programming to the UK is to be made.

Sky and RTE have just renewed their carriage agreement- the interesting bit for us is that they want to bring some Irish stations to the UK.

For rights reasons, I expect this to mean something along the lines of Tara TV as opposed to simulcasting RTE1 etc.

I would expect VM to pick up this channel if it were made available to them.

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Bid TV to relaunch under new owners.

A516Digital is reporting that Bid TV are now under new owners and will relaunch it TV Channel soon.

http://www.a516digital.com/2015/09/b...rom-ashes.html

We have also seen on Twitter that Screenshop is also set to relaunch in 2016.

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Well In September 2013, RTÉ did announced plans to launch the channel in the United Kingdom under the working title of RTÉ Ireland, as part of their five year strategic plan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT%C3%89_Ireland

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
 

whatever happened to that world box app? its comedy gold but nothing has been added for ages.

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Like most of its apps development its all been oh so slow.

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Yes it a shame I though this had legs and is a good USP in acquiring niche channel content but alas no good deals to be done/still in the pipeline

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The text of that article strongly suggests that they are indeed talking about 'YourTV'.

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Yes, more likely to watch some programming from that channel than 'Your TV'! Assuming, that is, that we get some of their peak time viewing and not just the daytime TV reality shows!

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I think MB mentioned yourtv earlier in the thread it is owned by FOX who also own nat geo, nat geo wild i think.

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Agreed! We need more good apps to be added to our Tivos. This should now be a priority for VM given the major change of pace (to dead slow) in respect of new TV channels.

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Yes, Richard is referring to the same channel in his post.

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Yes we did see post 849.

Talking about YourTV Ofcom has today given an new DTT channel licence to: YourTV and YourTV +1.

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No YourTV licence for Cable and Sky has been seen yet.

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radio...ndsat-main.htm

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I dont think the current Tivo can cope with the apps it already has. It is tempermental to say the least sluggish and buggy.

However with rumors of a new Tivo coming soon maybe that will iron out the bugs, I hope it does I like the Tivo but not its slugginess and lock ups.

I hope History HD arrives soon for Ice Road truckers. As lets be honest it no longer shows History programmes.

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Talking about World Box whatever happened to:

-EuroChannel
-BFM TV
-Ukraine Today
-CTC

Virgin Media says months ago that they was set to launch "At end of month".

But our TiVo source told us yesterday they are still to start.

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Yes hopefully we will hear something soon about a new TiVo dodgem as there have been widespread rumours for a while about it.

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How much was it to upgrade to the current Tivo when it came out?

£150 seems to ring a bell.

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November.

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News to us.

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l think it was a bit cheaper then that for existing customers.

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That DNP is about TiVo that all we can post as of September 4th.

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A change in November is more likely to be a software update than a new box.

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Another battle of the sources. ;)
But what did you mean by "dodgem", Den. Design? :)

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I've just looked at the Tivo thread from DS and this post from 2011, Tivo was released in 2010

LOL at the BiB

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Pretty sure it was still being tested in 2010 and wasn't made available to existing customers until 2011.

Fairly sure I paid £100 to upgrade in march/April 2011 (an offer that was only made to existing customers).

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Initially Tivo cost £150. Later VM reduced it to £99. After a lot of complaints from people who had taken it from launch and paid £150, VM refunded them £50 per Tivo.

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Yes, I laughed at that! But I confess to struggling to keep my recordings within the 500 hours limit!

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yes I remember the uproar at the time. I wasn't too bothered but was happy to take my £50. Just had it in my head I had to shell out £100 up front.

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I can't remember and took the info from here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiVo#United_Kingdom

It does say VM released it in DEC 2010 which i guess would make strategic sense, enabling people to get one and record all the repeats over christmas :)

Catchup services were in their infancy back then and i don't think all the terrestrial channels had them?

One of the links from that Wiki page says this, from DS

They must have decided it was too much?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
 

Nah lol i'm just guessing at November.

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It would be a strange decision to leave YourTV off Sky considering Mr Murdoch has an involvement in both.

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If I remember correctly, the Tivo's released in December 2010 went to VM employees only. Then in early 2011, selected customers were given a Tivo to trial, before the official release later in 2011 (April?). And initially, after the official release, only existing VM customers could get one. New customers signing up had to wait a while for a Tivo.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
 

All you have to say to yourself its coming soon.:)

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As i said i can't remember but it all depends on the accuracy of the wiki page. On there it says the 3rd tuner was activated, i remember a software update, rolling out from the 17th march 2011.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
 

That's right; I'd forgotten that --- it initially Tivo only 2 recordable tuners and an update enabled the third one..

I'm pretty sure that when I got mine, which was within a couple of weeks of the official launch to current customers, all three tuners were recordable.

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After further reading of old threads, different sub-forum, on DS you're right about the official release being April 2011.

Good memory :)

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If there is to be a new software update then maybe we will get the long awaited Opera app store which was supposed to launch after the last update a couple of years ago?

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Then again i never said which November. :D

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If i remember it wasn't that long ago, it was the 'plum HTML5' update last year.

I googled but didn't see anything official from VM?

EDIT

Official announcement

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...n/td-p/2390279

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It also had only one of the CPUS core being used until just before the April release.

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Good riddance. For all I know, I'm sure Virgin and Sky won't want rubbish like that given the content of channel. And a +1 makes it even worse! Right now, I'm feeling sorry for Freeview customers who will be suffering when these two channels launch.

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The one thing i love about Youview is you can hide the channels so they never show in the EPG or can't be watched until you unhide them.
My Samsung tv goes one better as it allows you to organise the channels in the order you want (it's a EU model not UK) also you can delete the channels too if you wish.
However given that both FOX and Nat geo are involved in yourview i think over time the content will greatly improve with possibly nature docs etc being on it and possibly some FOX shows if there.
QUEST was a pile of rubbish when it first launched look at it now it's a decent channel.
Keep in mind VM and SKY both have endless shopping channels and the awful ITVBE so anything could happen.

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Having just read this thread, I have a feeling that Talking Pictures TV might be coming to Virgin Media around the 15th of this month.

They originally stated that they were coming to Freeview, then this was withdrawn and replaced with a statement that said that they were coming to a new TV platform, but that they were unable to say which one.

They go on to say that it's "good news for those without Sky", so i'm speculating that if it isn't Freeview, they may have meant Virgin Media. In addition, the 15th is a Tuesday- VM usually add channels on Tuesday & Thursday mornings. They say "around" the 15th- launch dates are pretty fixed with Sky- but with VM start dates are often more vague.

Of course, it may simply mean that they have had their nuckles rapped by Freeview for announcing the news prematurely!

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2099240

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Or maybe it's going on FREESAT?

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It must be possible to manually tune it in already?

I must admit i was surprised when someone said a couple of weeks ago that it was coming to Freeview, the startup costs for that are very high, i didn't think it would happen.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
 

Yes maybe but you would need the transponder number (I think that's what it's called) to be able to do it,and then it may be encrypted.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
 

Just googled it's not encrypted

Talking Pictures TV is free to air so can be viewed by Freesat viewers if you switch to non-freesat mode, co-ordinates as follows:
Final Parameters (available from 06:00 on 25/06/15):
Frequency: 11671
Polarisation: Horizontal
Modulation: DVB-S QPSK
Symbol Rate: 22.0 MS/s
FEC: 5/6
Service ID: 50440

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
 

Is anyone really that interested in this channel ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
 

Could be so, many people use the terms for the two platforms interchangeably and often get them confused- even channel operators.

[QUOTE=johnathome;35796684I must admit i was surprised when someone said a couple of weeks ago that it was coming to Freeview, the startup costs for that are very high, i didn't think it would happen.[/QUOTE]

Well, I would imagine that both Freesat and Freeview would have cheaper carriage costs than VM.

Freeview is much cheaper for those going down the IPTV route with a Freeview EPG listing and the unused capacity on the HD mux must be going for a reasonable price.