Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

whats going on...whys it temporary?

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I presume this means that Channel 4 catch-up will not be available to TV only customers?

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Do you not have the Channel 4 app (previously ‘All4’)? That will contain all your catch up shows. As I understand it, even the basic VM package has that.

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TV only customers use the legacy Tivo which doesn't have the Channel 4 app. When similar changes were made to ITV on demand content, legacy Tivo boxes continued to list ITV content in their on demand sections. It remains to be seen whether or not this will be repeated for Channel 4 content.

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Thank you for clarifying that, epsilon. Those old boxes are becoming next to useless with time.

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I'll take my old Tivo over a 360 anyday :)

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From 28th this month Sky customers can get lionsgate+ free for 3 months, also ongoing there'll be a selection of shows free for SKY subscribers to watch even if they're not subscribed to lionsgate+, shows such as power book II the first season are included.
I don't know if the same will happen on VM as of yet though.

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Suggesting it's not do that well :erm:

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It was closed down In European countries e.g Germany and Italy , Starz/Lionsgate owned content (which doesn't include Outlander) to Amazon who launched MGM+

Some of ongoing Starz Originals Lionsgate own have been removed from the service aswell...

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It is literally on SKY mr know it all, stop acting like you know everything because it's getting tedious and annoying now.

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I think It was £2.99 per month for 24 months unless cancelled on Lionsgate+ website back in May, withdrawing from 7 major markets including Germany and Italy which are Sky territories doesn't really look good.

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My apoligies to you for my earlier reply to you i completely mis-understood what you was saying and i apologise for that.

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It won’t be much use to you if it doesn’t work any more.

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Virgin Media has got in a right muddle with their Personal Picks PDF...

https://www.virginmedia.com/content/..._August_23.pdf

They've got MTV HD listed as being on channel 280 for viewers with the Entertainment & Lifestyle package. 280 is MTV Music.

MTV HD should be listed on 134 in the Entertainment & Lifestyle package.

They have Dave HD listed in all the Entertainment picks but it's actually now available without paying for these. Similar with W HD - listed as being in the Entertainment & Drama pick, but again it isn't necessary to subscribe to that pick to receive it.

Sky Kids listed on channel 707 should be Sky Kids HD.

There may be more errors!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Just got a funny PM from a Source with a following:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

It’s probably just the new FAST channels.

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My Source has just confirmed that 14 FAST channels are launching tomorrow

They think it will be as listed on Advanced Television on July 28th.

https://advanced-television.com/2023...fast-channels/

If so here are they channel numbers:

*Inside Crime UK - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 220.
*Real Wild - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 221.
*Mystery TV - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 222.
*HauntTV - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 223.
*History Hit - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 224.
*Homes under the Hammer - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 230.
*Great British Menu - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 231.
*Tastemade - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 232.
*NextUp Live Comedy - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 242.
*The Chat Show Channel - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 243.
*Baywatch - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 244.
*Deal or no Deal USA - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 250.
*Fear Factor - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 251.
*Wipeout Xtra - is set to launch on Virgin UK Channel 252.

The will following by end of August base on my info:

-CSI will launch soon on Virgin UK Channel 215.
-Judge Judy - will launch soon on Virgin UK Channel 216.
-5 Cops - will launch soon on Virgin UK Channel 217.
-Wicked Tuna - will launch soon on Virgin UK Channel 225.
-Grace and Frankie - will launch soon on Virgin UK Channel 240.
-Anger Management - will launch soon on Virgin UK Channel 241.

All channels listed on this post will not launch on TiVo boxes.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Not launch on all TiVo boxes or just the original TiVo box and will launch on v6s?

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All Virgin TV customers according to press release
https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/vir...fast-channels/

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To stop some people getting mix up I will always say:

TiVo (Virgin will call it original TiVo)
V6

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you have to hit the red button to launch these...the info isn't on the EPG guide....this is one of the most pointless things ever haha

ok its actually quite quick but for the non specific channels the lack of epg means youre launching it just to see whats on

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The 360 auto loads the channels - but you still have to wait for the load to occur to see the programme details.

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I've got the 14 slates on my V6 and I can access the channels when I press red. Once you've loaded a channel you can't use the channel up/down buttons to switch, and have to exit then navigate to another and press red again. It's far too clunky on the V6. The quality of the content is probably the bigger issue.

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Base on reports on DS Forum:

Listings indicate CITV will close at 2100 on the evening of 1 September 2023.

(I would have pick August 31st to close CITV)

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Apparently, the 6 channels mentioned in your list, along with "The Lego Channel" were removed from Virgin's internal networks last night but the channel names weren't removed from the SDT. More of a roll back than progress so it will be interesting to see how this progresses.

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'The Lego Channel' seems to have been removed from Pluto - where it used to be.

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The press listings for 'CITV' were sent out last week and so list 'Channel no longer available' from 9pm on 1st September.

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Yes and unlike the other FAST channels wasn't actually added as a video slate. (per digitalbitrate.com). With FAST channels coming and going relatively frequently, adding them to other genres is going to be tricky.

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That news to me so thanks for heads up mate.

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I saw something about the other FAST channels have to have ofcom licenses and Virgin media are requesting those. The content may suggest PIN protection.

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As far as I can remember the EPG PIN option wasn't enabled for the FAST channels.

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Welcome to the glorious streaming future!

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They are not the streaming future. They are a flash in the pan.

I’d love to see the viewing figures when the dust settles.

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The problem is OB is you see the future but its not as you know it or thought it....;)

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Actually, everything is going to plan so far, even with the slower than expected broadband rollout. Anyway, let's not replay the arguments on here, just sit back and watch.

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https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2023/08/1.gif

Forbes disagree...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbest...h=34fbcad51c72

https://advanced-television.com/2023...20in%20revenue.

Flash in the pan?

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We’ll see, but I’ve yet to meet anyone who watches them. Maybe they will improve with better material and choice being offered over time, but that doesn’t alter my prediction about our main broadcast channels going streaming only. Of course, that is predicated by the expectation that industry drives this. If governments interfere, obviously things may change, but there is no sign of that yet.

Here comes another FAST Channel…

https://advanced-television.com/2023...-media-launch/

Comedy-on-demand streaming service NextUp has partnered with sports and entertainment programmer EXTREME to be available as a FAST channel on Virgin Media in the UK.

The linear ad-supported channel NextUp Live Comedy features its best stand-up comedy content including livestreams from the Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Festival throughout August, offering Virgin Media TV customers with TV 360, Stream or a V6 box access to hours of entertainment at no extra cost. NextUp is also working with EXTREME to launch its FAST channels on further platforms later in August.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

It's not 'another' one - NextUp is one of the fourteen added the other day.

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Thanks.

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Does your prediction about streaming include the streaming format mix - what mixture of linear/on-demand do you foresee?

50/50 (OD/linear). 75/25 (OD/linear), or ??/??

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“I’ve never met anyone”

The final haven of anecdotal evidence. TV ratings since the beginning of widespread digital TV would demonstrate the vast, vast majority of people don’t watch the vast, vast majority of it. Why? The market is saturated.

It’d be as pointless as saying “I’ve never met anyone who has watched” the vast majority of any of the content on any streaming provider. Why? The market is also saturated.

The question is who is running a sustainable business model.

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I think it is most likely that all the channels that each broadcaster owns will morph under the one banner - BBC, ITV, etc and all on demand. That would be the most straight forward thing for them to do and I have said so all along since 2015.

I don’t discount that they may offer a scheduled service at the time the changeover commences (ie the switch off of transmitter-broadcast TV) as a means of assisting the transition, but it is more likely, in my view, that they will grasp the opportunity to go for on demand only unless forced to do otherwise by the government.

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Well, I haven’t met anyone who has heard of FAST channels or know what I am talking about when I mention Pluto TV.

Yes, I’m sure that some people will watch FAST channels, particularly if they don’t subscribe to a streamer, and as long as the owners of the FAST channels make enough money from advertising, they will continue to operate. I guess they wouldn’t need that many people to view to make it worthwhile.

I don’t think the bigger broadcasters will see it that way, though.

None of us will know until it happens. I’m just expressing a point of view - one that I have held for early 10 years now. I accept that others may disagree.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Do you mean like Roku, Paramount's (CBS) Pluto, Fox's Tubi, Comcast's Xumo, or Amazon’s Freeview?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

But no doubt many will have heard of ITVX? They may not have heard of FAST channels - but ITVX has them.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

ITVX is fine, and is not a part of my debate

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Actually I was talking about the likes of BBC, ITV, Sky, etc, which you probably know I was talking about. Not the more obscure channels which more obsessive people on here are into.

Sorry to you. Hugh, it you need to burst that bubble you are into.

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I quote Are you stating that Amazon, Paramount/CBS, Fox, NBC/Universal, & Comcast aren’t some of the, to use your words, "biggest broadcasters"?

So you were talking about the likes of ITV, but when someone mentions ITVX’s FAST channels, they are "not part of your debate"?

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We are at cross purposes because we are conflating two different subjects - the FAST channels on one hand and the broadcasters like the Beeb and ITV on the other.

My point is simply that the myriad of traditional broadcast channels (ie those published in the TV magazines) are likely to present all their programmes under one banner in the future and would not be divided up into individual channels as now (ITV1,2,3,4) and so on.

The FAST channels are a relatively new phenomenon that tend to be subject related (eg Baywatch, Friends, etc). While I agree that these FAST channels will continue to exist if operators can make money out of them, I believe the main channels that we watch now will simply be streamed under one banner. That’s all I’m saying.

We are currently in a transitional period, but once the broadcasting is switched to online only there will be no point in carrying on with categorising programmes in that way. The big streamers of course categorise their offerings by programme type, eg new releases, dramas, etc and not by labels such as Netflix 1, Netflix 2, and so on.

So while for example you can still look up your programmes by channel at present, as you can on ITVX and the BBCi-Player, I don’t think the broadcasters will display their content in that way after the transmitters are no longer used for TV.

The FAST channels are likely to continue to exist for the foreseeable future.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Linear channels delivered over the internet then?

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TV magazines in which country? Maybe we could simplify that and just say the ones that people you know have heard of..

The ones we are seeing at the moment but there are thousands of them globally and not all of them are meant for bingeing on a single show.

So, put simply, it doesn't fit in with your vision of the path to 2035 so is doomed to failure?

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Hang on he might be onto something with this new definition. If “linear tv” relies upon the existence of TV magazines, and those go out of business, there’s no more linear TV. :rofl:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

What to watch in Ultra HD this August

https://www.virginmedia.com/virgin-t...tra-hd-channel

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I'm sure it's already been pointed out, but 8 of these 14 'new' FAST channels were actually already available on VM via the Pluto TV app:

- Inside Crime
- Mystery TV
- Homes Under The Hammer
- Great British Menu
- Fear Factor
- Wipeout
- Haunt TV
- Baywatch

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Flicked through the "new" fast channels and what a load of old crap.
Seems to me Virgin are just desperate to fill up space with any old rubbish especially with the loss of TCM.
Not really impressed with Pluto either as it seems to be all US programmes that I've never heard of.
Yes it's all free but ,as with 3d, rubbish is rubbish in whatever format.
To me Virgin needs some "proper" movie channels to replace TCM.
I remember years ago when 24hr tv was proposed and it was predicted that quality would suffer.
They were correct.

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I’m glad someone agrees with me on this. All the FAST channels I’ve looked at are low quality programmes with advertisements thrown in. The ads appear to be of better quality than the programmes themselves.

I maintain my view that they are a flash in the pan, although the fact that so many people are happy with watching dumbed down material is frankly worrying, so who knows?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Warner Bros Discovery new Virgin Media deal update:

My Sources has just told me that Warner Bros Discovery are not happy with the money being offered by Virgin Media that is on the table for the new deal to be signed and Warner Bros Discovery are ready to walk away.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Well if Discovery channels go it'll be back to Freeview when my contract runs out..

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Virgin media fleece you with the prices they charge, if they want to retain customers they need to keep the channel carriage deals they have and not replace them with crap

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I am very pleased with my deal, and at least in my experience, I find VM cheaper than Sky.

My only concern really is that we don’t have Apple+ and Discovery+ yer. I’m no longer worried about Sky Atlantic. They just don’t seem to be getting the shows these days, so I’m cancelling NOW (TV).

Look before you leap, Frazz.

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What's on Discovery plus that isn't on VM maxit package?

I reckon this is the usual business posturing . No need to make any decisions yet on suppliers.

The TNT sports deal is the big one for next year.

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Assuming it's about channel carriage alone and not Discovery+ and cost of including it into Virgin TV packages.

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To find out if they are cheaper people have to factor in what they're paying for the streaming services that are free on Sky & the cost of Now TV. In order to get Sky Atlantic (if you want these).

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3 of them have been renamed, given different EPG slots and added back to a couple of internal networks. The new names should be visible on digitalbitrate.com.

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At the moment with SKY stream i'm paying £30p/m for entertainment, netflix, discovery+, cinema, paramount+ and ad skipping, sometimes it pays to ask if there are any offers available.
Sport as most of you know i get via other methods not illegal but grey area.

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UPDATE - The following channels brands may close soon on Virgin MedIa if Warner Bros Discovery walk away:

*Really
*Quest
*TLC
*ID
*Quest Red
*DMAX
*Discovery Channel
*Animal Planet
*Discovery Science
*Discovery Turbo
*Discovery History
*Food Network
*HGTV
*Eurosport
*TNT Sports
*Cartoon Network
*Cartoonito
*Boomerang

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Wow what a price cut coming :rolleyes:

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Yes me too, I'm watching more and more programmes in streaming apps. Time to ditch VM

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Perhaps they should get rid all of the Discovery non sport channels and just pay for Discovery+ app to be included , although I am not sure if WBD would agree to that.

Cartoon Network went HD only in January and into lower TV packages with the SD version removed so can't see that going.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

I do watch a lot of Discovery and Eurosport/TNT sports so basically Freeview along with Prime and the diccovery+ app at £30 will be enough for me. It'll be less than I pay now but it depends on the Broadband.I'm on 500mbs but that could be really cut back as I don't download much
I'm on the monthly package now so I can leave anytime.
If Virgin do lose these channels then they have to actually drop prices.
I'll wait and see what happens. These new Fast channels have no appeal whatsover. It's junk tv.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

If Eurosport, TNT, and Quest go, then I probably will ditch VM and go back to Sky. And if Food Network goes with them, my wife will be in total agreement with that decision.

Or is this WBD and VM playing some sort of brinkmanship game?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

A lot more is coming, but for the moment, you get all the archived stuff and you sometimes get the box set whereas the TV channel gets you programmes a week at a time.

For me, a plus would be that it would be one step closer to getting Virgin Stream.

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What’s going to end up on Virgin Stream that isn’t going to be on a V6?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

That’s right. However, I think Sky Atlantic is a spent force now. At the end of my current knock down deal, I’m cancelling it because it’s no better than other Sky channels now, which are mainly junk.

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The point of it is, you won’t be paying for loads of channels you don’t want.

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You pay for content you don’t watch wherever you go. It’s a red herring.

If you really wanted to bin Virgin, you could. But don’t.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Not sure if this has been said but TNT Sports Ultimate is broadcasting in HDR right now, seems to be better than skys, though the logo is very bright

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When the UKTV channels were removed Virgin refused to cut subscription prices and started getting awkward when customers wanted to leave, so Ofcom had to get involved.

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Yes it was upgraded to HDR on 31st July, It was only SDR on Virgin when it was BT Sport...

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I'll bin what I don't want when I'm ready.

There is no red herring. While you are right about paying for content you don't watch, it's a matter of degree. There's plenty on the streamers I want to watch, but if I exhaust the stuff I want to see on one streamer I can cancel it and put my money into another with no contract to worry about. There is very little on the TV channels now that is not easily available elsewhere.

Virgin Stream comes very close to what I am looking for, but I want all the popular streamers such as AppleTV+ on there before I make a move with all content capable of being added to my Virgin watchlist.

I'm hoping that by the end of 2024, when I'm out of contract, I'll be able to make my move.

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2035?

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BT is dropping the AMC channel, i recall stating last year this was going to happen this year https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/bt-tv-...g-amc-channel/

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It wouldn't be hard to launch it on Amazon Prime Video channels and Apple TV channels via the Apple TV (not+ version) app at short notice.

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I think this is what will happen to start with then with apps for roku, firetvs, android etc rolling out.

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I wonder if they might tie up with an existing provider as oppose to launching a stand-alone service? Perhaps Now TV, Paramount + or Amazon Prime?

Either way, the demise of AMC UK is not unexpected. It's been on the cards ever since the BT Sport-EuroSport announcement.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

They will ditch the TV service and hand it over to sky and concentrate on Broadband.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Virgin crossed my mind as a launch partner in some way

AMC channel launched on Virgin Media Ireland in February, the social media pages stopped being updated a month later and BT subsequently stopped marketing the channel.

They did a deal with AMC Networks in some way but it wasn't announced.

AMC+ streaming bundle did launch a year ago with no app in Spain only available via some TV providers and Amazon Prime and Apple TV channels.
https://amcplus.es/conoce-amc/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Seen reports on X that AMC may move to AMC +.

Will AMC axe the following channels next?

*Legend
*CBS Reality
*RealityXtra
*HorrorXtra

I know their own by CBS AMC Networks UK Channels Partnership but I feel AMC runs the channels on Paramount Global behalf and has no say in the day to day running of channels.

If anyone can find links to say I am wrong - I apologize.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Doesn't look like the channels will be closing the channels anytime soon, a New content group was launched recently
[https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2023...s-uk-and-emea/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

AMC Networks have been in talks with SKY for quite awhile, so we may see a AMC+ service show up on SKYQ,Stream,Glass.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Looks like Sky sports arena changing to Tennis as the guide showing only Tennis from 28 August. Action being used for alternative courts though all courts will be on the red button.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Do they have enough content for a UK streaming service? The AMC channel was a bit light on the content front and it was effectively a value-added freebie, not a stand-alone offering.

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AMC+ would presumably content from Acorn TV (aswell as Shudder and Sundance Now) for 1 price which already exist in the UK

Also certain AMC content has been held back in the last year despite being renewed Interview With The Vampire and Mayfair Witches haven't appeared elsewhere, the lack of any news on The Walking: Dead City either.

AMC Studios programming until 2019/2020 was distributed by Entertainment One , that ended for new productions.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

I think the saturated market doesn’t help AMC if they go OTT… there’s a nice bench of shows there to build a modest SVOD service in the Lionsgate Plus mould but even if you pull in some of the Shudder & Acorn stuff into a theoretical AMC Plus service I still don’t know if it’s really enough to truly cut through in the U.K. market? Couldn’t say to be honest!

If they keep it cheap and perhaps like in Spain opt to have others carry it on their backends, it may be viable? (But given how often L+ seem to have promo deals across Prime and their own app it does beg the question how are they really doing!)

Maybe this may ignite the furore of the anti linear brigade but part of me thinks they should side-step the normal D2C approach and instead re-launch the linear channel (much bolstered however) with a strong VOD component and get it onto Sky, Now and Virgin instead… doesn’t stop you launching a Prime/Apple channel either but that way you get some marketing muscle behind you, a bit of financial certainty and a couple of partners who’ll benefit from a regular cadence of premium programming on their platforms?

Whatever they do, whether it’s D2C, linear, slate deals or selling shows the old fashioned way they have options so curious to see what they opt to do.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

AMC networks would most likely combine content from their CBS partnership channels aswell as AMC+, Shudder an d Sundance content.
AMC was light because AMC saw no value with it being on the smallest tv platform if AMC had been on VM and SKY then it may have been a different story.
Also as Timelord stated there is a bit of AMC content that hasn't been picked up yet too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Virgin Media's EPG has confirmed that ITV's CITV Channel will close at 9pm on September 1st.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Digital Bit Rates is reporting that Virgin Media UK are testing in Virgin Media HQ the following channels for the US Tennis open:

*Sky Sports Tennis HD 1 to Sky Sports Tennis HD 16

My sources say the extra Sky Sports Tennis HD Channels will appear on the EPG from 561.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

I don't think entirely rule out The Walking Dead spin offs being licensed to Disney+ UK perhaps they couldn’t because of contract with BT in the UK, I found out recently Tales Of The Walking Dead was licensed to Disney+ in Italy.

I will be suprised The Walking Dead: Dead City and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon don’t appear somewhere by end of the year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Disney+ are making cutbacks so TWD spinoffs might not be in their plans.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

It's hard to know exactly where they would end up if AMC+ doesn't launch in the UK.

AMC+ was supposed to launch in Central and Eastern Europe at the start of the year but doesn't appear to happened, Definitely won't be launching in Germany anytime soon.
https://www.4kfilme.de/the-walking-d...auf-magentatv/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

However with production halted on many shows they might want the option to buy especially with the pending price rises

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Happy September all. Anything on the horizon?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Wall to wall Christmas movies on channel 424 from the end of next week to really dispirit those of us who are not lovers of Christmas.
I did wonder since these now take up 5 months of space already whether VM would go to 11 months with a 1 month break for valentines:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Excitement before Christmas is probably around the Premier League auction - will DAZN win any matches? Plus what will happen to Viaplay UK? Otherwise, I expect things to be business as usual.