Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I wonder if this means there will be a Uktv app or section as previously pressing the red button or having to search for shows was such a faff on!

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

It will take time to set up. Red button currently shows "Press < to go back to live TV."

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

As you say its coming soon..

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Well yes. I didn't mean immediately but eventually we might see that. I'm just glad the channels are back!

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

And that will please OB that is for sure..:D;)

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Glad I got my discount a couple of days ago

Just in time :D

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Fantastic news

They could only lose around £1m a week for so long[COLOR="Silver"]

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/loc...08/1.jpg:large

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Neither company will make it look like they backed down and will both likely say they won.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Virgin also stated.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/e...-37205881.html

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I am sure all those who obtained a discount when UKTV channels were removed will now do the honourable thing and ring virgin to remove that discount;);)

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I would do but I've just signed a new contract with them and I'm an honourable man

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I see Dave HD and Gold HD are now in the Mix package - does that mean there's no longer a need for Gold SD to be carried on the platform?
It's an interesting development as it could signify a strategy-change away from putting HD channels in Full House. Time will tell.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Another snippet here..

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a8...ficially-back/

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I cannot find Gold HD on the epg...

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

So we could get even more to watch. Plus we haven't heard anymore about the ITV deal yet and extra content.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

says it on 124 here http://www.virginmedia.com/shop/tv/t..._hb_UKTV_AUG18

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Not on ours currently Dave.

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here either but page says All of your favourite UKTV channels are coming back to your Virgin TV service over the next few days.

so Gold HD should get added to channel 124

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Its probably a technical delay..

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yes guess so Den

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Well VM took a big risk but by getting 5x times the on demand content plus GOLD HD and DAVE HD on Mix I think most people (including me who was seriously cosidering moving elsewhere) that VM have played this well.

It might show other broadcasters that VM are no pushover.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Well, I'm certainly pleased for those of you who watched these channels. It will make no difference to my personal viewing habits, though.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Probably neither. Mutually agreeable solution.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Indeed, it will. I'd love to see full details of the deal, though!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

we never see that OB

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

So glad you are pleased for all us plebeian's.;)

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

So why are you posting in this thread?

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I see no reason why anyone with Virgin TV can't post in this thread whether they watch the channels or not, after all it is a discussion forum.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

So if you don't watch any of the channels why bother discussing it?

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Well it is/was part of the package that people pay for, and the thread did have ITV in it too. :)

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Well l can only speak for our family and they are certainly pleased they are back on air.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Isn't this just taking the thread off topic?

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

124 is Gold SD, still cannot find Gold HD unless Gold HD is replacing Gold SD?

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Its Technical John.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

What would be nice is to see what the content is that is getting added, also I’d say that virgin took a big gamble but they stood there position and won, next year sky contract up for renewal

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Well I was watching goodnight sweetheart and I noticed a shine of nick lyndhurds face after running I never seen before and the red dress was even redder

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Full press release on Virgin Media's site:

http://www.virginmedia.com/corporate...virgin-tv.html

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

For those still not receiving the back on air UKTV bouquet of channels.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Just checked and Gold is now being shown on 124 with Gold+1 returning to 190.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

We're watching Good Food HD on 280. :)

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"Cable customers lost five free-to-air channels - Dave, Drama, Really and Yesterday - as well as the paid-for services Gold, Alibi, Eden, Good Food and W.

A Virgin Media spokesman said the paid-for channels, which took longer to restore for "technical reasons", would reappear over the next few days.

The new agreement increases the number of catch-up hours available, with customers on the top-tier Full House plan gaining access to "significantly more" boxsets, the company said.

It also adds access to HD versions of Dave and Gold for customers on the cheaper Virgin Mix plans"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45154707

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Same reason you have mods that don't have any virgin products . SAD people with boring life come to mind:p:

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

This forum does alot more than just cater for Cable users....

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Everything seems to be up and running my end. Why are they saying everything will be back monday? Seems everything is back already! Great news though. Classic Eastenders is on UKTV. Accompany that with classic coronation street on itv 3 and you have a wonderful combination of historic quality television. Much better than the dross both shows have these days

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Well this has all worked out very well ! New contract with an £18 discount and an extra £50 credit because of this ! :) Doubtless lots others got simlar too .

Well played VM :D :D

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Its better for them to cover all eventualities Vince.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Bang on, but be careful you may get the strap...…..;)

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I wonder whether UKTV will show some catch ups for episodes missed for new TV series like Harrow. Episode 1 was recorded and episodes 2 and 3 were missed. Episode 4 is showing on Sunday but the Series Link has yet to decide to record it.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Anyone who got a discount for the loss of these channels are quids in. Or will there be another twist? Do they take the discount back.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Checks Maggy’s IP. Yep it’s an internet connection from..... Virgin Media Broadband... :dozey:

Paul, me and others are also on VM. But being on the team doesn’t necessitate the requirement to be a VM customer.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

They won't be doing that..

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I don’t. :D

To be fair I did for some time, even after I moved off net, and I only left when they closed their off net ADSL service. If I moved back to a cabled area I’d rejoin in a flash. They’re worth it for the fast internet alone, quite apart from whatever TV they carry.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Good point Den. I assume the on demand/catch up tv stuff arrives on Monday? Haven't watched any of the channels which launched to replace the UKTV stuff. Saw Paramount tv is basically the gilmore girls tv and premier sports and free sports were .... well not particularly good.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I don't think it will have been quite that late as the new channel guide showed details of BBC Worldwide and the channels had to be technically added back to the system after being removed a few days after being hidden from domestic VM users.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Well I can keep my recordings indefinitely now! It will be interesting what extra OD content there is as sometimes you find a show you haven't seen without necessarily having recorded it

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Yes, it's interesting that VM now appear to be adding pay HD channels to packs below Full House. AIUI, the HD channels higher up the packs get a share of the subscription money. UKTV appear to have put this secondary to making their HD channels available to more customers.

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This is what Sky did when their channels came back for popular series that had already started. I'm not too worried about the eight series that I missed having gaps in them, it's not the sort of programming that has to be watched in chronological order and the V6 should pick up the missed episodes when they are repeated.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Looks like Dave SD and Gold SD will be disappearing, leaving only the HD versions. Which will be odd for those on Player, who seem to be getting Dave Ja Vu but not the non timeshift channel as a result..

https://twitter.com/virginmedia/stat...266934784?s=19

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I don't think that they'll be doing that either Den, AFAIK no discounts were specifically or contractually linked to the removal of the UKTV channels.

I've got £3 per month off, which i'll now accept in lieu of the inconvenience and annoyance that this incident caused.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Surely you must already have accepted Richard otherwise why would it still be available to you?

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I reluctantly accepted this abysmal sum in lieu of the missing UKTV channels. What i'm saying to those who think that the return of these channels should lead to the cancellation of discounts is that I now regard this as a gesture of goodwill for the inconvenience and annoyance caused by the incident and the appalling way that staff handled it.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Just as well VM are keen on written contracts confirming discounts :)

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

That's fair enough, I just wondered.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Nice to see you happy and positive at last, Mr K!

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I got very similar to Mr K, so good result......:D

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Seems it all worked out in the end. Glad to see all the parties came to their senses.

Was looking like VM had scored a bit of an own goal and now they come out of it smelling of roses.

Wonder how much these deals to keep customers happy has cost them though?

Like Mr K and others this has worked out pretty well for me personally.

I was on the Full House package with Sky Sports. Upgraded to VIP and saved myself £10 per month. Got a £50 credit to boot. Now got my UKTV channels back.

Just need VM to get Premier Sports incorporated into the VIP bundle and if they can add Sky Atlantic while they're at it..............

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I'm glad we didn't fork out for another way to view these channels. :)

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

UKTV channels have adverts ?

If so I would imagine their advertisers told them to get the viewers back or they would reduce what they pay for advertising.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I find that the staff at Virgin are always courteous when I have cause to contact them. Remember that those on 1st line support will only have briefing notes to rely upon and will not know the whole picture, I do hope that when you refer to "staff" you don't mean these people. In a perfect world the negotiations would have been concluded prior to the expiry of the contract and life would have gone on as normal. Regretfully we live in an imperfect world with UKTV and Virgin going eyeball to eyeball for 3 weeks has resulted in some channels not being available however all my recordings were still available to me to watch so as far I am concerned I have not been inconvenienced and it would have been churlish to demand a reduction in my monthly payment.

Getting £3 a month off seems hardly worth the effort.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I still want to know more about your disability that prevents you from watching "live" TV.


Please indulge me.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Gold and Dave will be the 1st channels on VM that are only available in HD, won't they?

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

No.

Bloomburg and France 24 are HD only as is ZooMoo and NKHworld

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Both SD and HD version of Dave are on the guide

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

The HD version of Dave is going where the SD one is now

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Thanks, I've never scrolled that far down the EPG

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Perhaps Richard is flagged on the system?

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Anyone know when the uktv on demand and Gold HD will appear

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I think I read most/all of the UKTV stuff will return by Monday

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I had hoped for rather more tbh, but they were playing hardball, and seemed reluctant to even give me that! I did actually ask for £7.99 a month off to pay for the extra subscription to TV Player to get the channels back. I don't regard it as "churlish" for those who asked for a discount, why should they pay the same price for a lesser product?

I posted in this thread about how I was all but called a liar when I said that I would be losing programmes that I was in the middle of recording and how I was falsely told that all UKTV programming from the missing channels were available for free via the UKTV VOD app. It took me four times to get it to sink in that the programming from the pay channels was not available on this app.

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The effects of my brain injury (cognitive brain function) means that I often have to 'skip back' to replay parts that I didn't understand or where I drifted off.

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I doubt it very much. My multiple business and personal accounts aren't even linked or cross referenced.

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As Ben says, there were channels before these that went HD only. I think in time all SD channels with an HD variant will be switched off. It makes sense to make better use of the bandwidth available as I imagine most customers now have an HD capable box.

Even those that haven't can still view the +1 SD channels where they exist, albeit an hour later!

The offer of a free V6 was the carrot and the gradual loss of channels will be the stick to get people to upgrade.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Yep as you say once those advertisers flex their wallets it can quickly change intransigent attitudes.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Not just the advertisers, the sales house too. in this case, Channel 4.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I don't think the SD versions of Dave and Gold will be closed on VM, they will just move to different EPG slots, otherwise all Player customers would lose access to these channels because the HD versions are for Mix customers and up.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I think the point that was being made was that it was not appropriate to ask for compensation simply because channels went missing if it didn't inconvenience you. Therefore, he didn't make a claim.

I didn't ask for compensation either simply because I very rarely find anything on these channels worth watching (either because of the nature of the content or because I saw it originally on the Beeb). So I wasn't inconvenienced sither.

I dare say you will always get some who will jump on the bandwagon when even one obscure channel they never watch goes missing, helping to put up prices for the rest of us.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

So you don't look for the best deal when buying anything.Gas/elec. Standard variable rate for you., Never use supermarket always local corner store. Highest price petrol you can find.Sorry if a deal is to be done only a. Fool won't try . Money is not a problem for me but if l can get a discount l will go for it !

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

I was talking about compensation, not deals. Yes, I am on the best deals I could get with VM, and with my energy supplier. I go to our cheapest local petrol station.

So I do have an eye for the best deal, but I would not claim compensation if I did not suffer a loss. That is just plain dishonest. That's my opinion.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

:clap::clap::clap:

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:tu:

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And that's the thing, Gold is one of my most watched channels. I just love things like Dinnerladies, Men Behaving Badly, The Royle Family amongst many others and I just didn't bother ringing up for a compensation because of the same reason of it being dishonest simply because for everything I like is on Netflix and I also have them on DVD.

For the person saying about petrol and getting the best deal, I use Shell V Power which is probably the most expensive.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Did they remove the channels that had replaced the UKTV channels?

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

No. They're still there

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Short term or longer?.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Just a thought - are those people who (temporarily) lost a few channels and claimed discounts now volunteering to pay extra because they've now got more channels than they originally had :confused:

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

No to me it’s classed as compensation for loss of services

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Anybody know best way to try and see episodes 2 and 3 of Harrow on Alibi? Managed to see episode 1 before the loss of UKTV and now its back can record/see episode 4 onwards, so have lost 2 episodes we would like to see? Checked on demand and catchup a few days ago and couldn't find anything so are there any alternatives?

UKTV/Virgin are saying on Twitter they are sorting out catch up over the coming days for missed shows. I want to watch this as well but didn’t even see the first one so hope they put that on as well.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Thanks, I'll see what comes up!

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Catch up and On Demand content will have to come from UKTV. VM can't conjure it up themselves.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Set up bookmarks for episodes 2 and 3 and they will appear in My Shows when they become available in Catch Up / On Demand.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

1) l think that retentions can see your viewing choice or are they very good at guess what channels you use.
2) l also think they can see your monthly bill(s) in my case .in my case £100's a month .Number of accounts paid from one source.

When I called I simply asked what the situation was with regard to cancelling.Given that I had just signed a new contract .With a great discount. Without saying anything else £10 per month extra discount for 18 months was offered . Are you saying l should offer to increase my payment ?

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Well what do you think !

Bit perplexed by those moaning about people trying to get the best deal and calling them 'dishonest'. Will they call VM dishonest if the next impending price is higher than inflation, as they have been in the last few years ?!

Think it's more to do with folks being peeved they didn't take the opportunity to get a good deal when VM were at a weak point. Don't worry VM will be clawing it back soon !

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

OK, but as long as you have a DVR STBm no worries. Which is what you get with everyone for the last 15 years so I would think that wouldn't be so much of an issue now. Good old technology.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

For a couple of weeks of so, and which are compensated by any loss being compensated through on demand (from Monday).

So much fuss over so little.

Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
 

Well l certainly ain't peeved.

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By stealth of course as a little bit here and a little bit there all adds up in the end Mr K.;)