Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

This is a continuation of all the 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1, 2, 3 and 4' thread which you can find here:

VOL. 1 - http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...-2013-vol.html
VOL. 2 - http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...-2013-vol.html
VOL. 3 - http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...-2013-vol.html
VOL. 4 - http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...-2013-vol.html

1. The old thread has been closed, but will remain for information purposes;
2. I will collate all the information from my various sources and post an list update every month, indicating any changed items in bold text;

In addition to that I will be on hand to answer any questions that arise and to provide links to other sources of information as they come up.

Thank you

October List update - October 1st update.

Keep up-to-date on the latest news on upcoming channel launches and other important events across all platforms of Virgin TV network.

NOTE: I do not work for Virgin Media so all the information on this list is 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 = Other Media news/Things.

=== Coming up on Virgin's Digital TV ===
=== Rumour to be Launching very soon ===
The following channels may launch soon on Virgin Media:
-Some new channels will launch by Christmas 2013 (Rumour appeared on list 24/09/13).
-Disney XD HD (Rumour appeared on list 24/09/13).
-Sky News HD (Rumour appeared on list 13/09/13).
-Sky Sports News HD (Rumour appeared on list 13/09/13).
-Disney Channel HD (Rumour appeared on list 12/09/13).
-An new Movie Channel and Music channel may launch (Rumour appeared on list 06/09/13).
-CNN USA (Rumour appeared on list 29/08/13).
-CNN USA HD (Rumour appeared on list 29/08/13).
-CNN International HD (Rumour appeared on list 29/08/13).
-5Later (Rumour appeared on list 15/08/13).
-Sky Atlantic HD (Rumour appeared on list 17/07/13).
-Sky Atlantic (Rumour appeared on list 06/07/13).
-The Active Channel (Confirmed by Virgin on Facebook).

=== Freeviews on Virgin Media ===
Sep. 3rd. CBS Reality, Horror Channel, CBS Action, CBS Drama, CBS Reality +1 and Horror Channel +1 is having an freeview to all M+ and L packages on Virgin Channels 148, 149, 192, 197, 201 and 202 right now until October 3rd 2013.

=== October ===
1st. Virgin Media to put the cost of Sky Sports up.
1st. FOX + may launch on Virgin Channel 199.
1st. More4 HD will launch on Virgin Channel 203.
1st. Yesterday will move from Virgin Channel 203 to Virgin Channel 206.
1st. Yesterday +1 will move from Virgin Channel 204 to Virgin Channel 207.
3rd. Virgin Media to add CBS Reality to the M+ Package from today on Virgin Channel 148.
3rd. Virgin Media to add Horror Channel to the M+ Package from today on Virgin Channel 149.

=== November ===
26th. 'Seven' will be rebranded as Estuary TV on Virgin Channel 879 (Grimsby & Scunthorpe only).
Lifetime to launch on Virgin Media sometime this month.
Media Boy HQ has seen info that Virgin Media hope to launch Netflix in all areas on TiVo sometime this month.

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

=== By Christmas ===
Media Boy HQ has been told that SIX new channels will launch on Virgin Media by today.

=== By Early 2014 ===
The BBC to launch BBC News HD, BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD on Virgin Media.

=== January 2014 ===
No News...

=== February 2014 ===
No News...

=== March 2014 ===
6th. Local TV broadcaster London Live hope to launch on Virgin Channel 159 today.

=== April 2014 ===
No News...

=== May 2014 ===
No News...

=== June 2014 ===
No News...

=== July 2014 ===
No News...

=== August 2014 ===
No News...

=== September 2014 ===
No News...

=== October 2014 ===
No News...

=== November 2014 ===
No News...

=== December 2014 ===
No News...

=== Not Confirmed as coming ===
-(UPDATED September 13th) Broadcastnow is reporting that Virgin Media are in new talks with Sky to carry 'Sky Atlantic SD' plus more.
-HISTORY HD may launch soon on Virgin Media.
-Made in Leeds will launch on Virgin Media.

=== Unknown dates ===
-Local TV may launch on Virgin TV in some areas on Virgin Channel 159 (Starting in Late 2013).
-The BBC to axe BBC Radio 4 LW on Virgin Channel 911 ''in the long term''.
-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.
-Smooth fm (Smooth Radio) may get close or rebranded on Virgin Channel 916.

=== Channels ONLY in UPC Ireland areas ===
List last updated on October 1st 2013.

ONLY TV CHANNELS THAT ONLY BROADCAST IN THE UK WILL APPEAR ON THIS PART OF THE LIST OF MISSING CHANNELS NOT BROADCASTING IN VIRGIN MEDIA AREAS RIGHT NOW BUT IS BROADCASTING ON UPC IRELAND:

Documentaries:
-History HD
-Nat Geo Wild HD
-CI HD

News:
-Sky News HD

Movies:
-MGM HD

Sports:
-Sky Sports News HD

Lifestyle:
-Fashion TV

Kids:
-Disney Channel HD

Music:
-MTV Classic

Specialist:
-EWTN

Radio:
-UCB Ireland

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

=== Media Boy Extra info: ===
Liberty Global - http://www.lgi.com/
Media Boy Blog - For all things Virgin TV - http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/
See 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/

==== Virgin Media's Deals with broadcasters ===
This part has now move to link called 'Own by'.

==== See you later ===
List last updated on October 1st 2013.

Next update: TBA - unless:

A) If Virgin are set to launch more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) on Virgin TV.
B) If Virgin are set to move more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) about on Virgin TV.
C) If Virgin are set to close or repackage more then TWO channels (TV or Radio ) on Virgin TV.

Did I miss anything??? If I did tell me and it will appear on the next update.

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

ALL OF MY LINKS ARE UNDER THE LINE.

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Looking very exciting for the months running up to xmas!

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October 2013 update - October 1st updates.

Keep up-to-date on what broadcasters own and do not own.

NOTE: The post will be updated every time Virgin Media signs no deal with broadcasters or when an new channels is set to launch from that broadcaster.

==== Virgin Media's Deals with broadcasters ===
List last updated on October 1st 2013.

Welcome to the all new look of this part of the list.

When deals with broadcasters run out Virgin Media need to sign new one to keep that Channel on Virgin TV.
Here is an list of channel that Virgin may get when they old deal runs out with that broadcaster:
Also Radio channels are broadcasting on Digital Radio via Freesat, Freeview, Freesat from Sky, Sky or UPC Ireland.

NOTE: Shopping Channels NOW ADDED to this list and only Broadcasts who has got some Channels broadcasting on Virgin Media right now appeared on this list. To start broadcasting soon = That channel has still to start broadcasting on UPC Ireland, Sky, Freesat or Freeview.

=== TV and Radio Channels: ===
=== Own by A+E Networks UK (A+E Networks/British Sky Broadcasting) ===
-CI HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-CI +1
-HISTORY HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-Lifetime (Set to launch in late 2013 - Bio set to close to make way.)

=== Own by Active Channel Limited ===
-The Active Channel

=== Own by ARY Group ===
-ARY Qtv
-ARY Oneworld

=== Own by The BBC ===
-BBC Four HD (Channel soon to launch).
-BBC News HD (Channel soon to launch).
-BBC Three HD (Channel soon to launch).
-CBBC HD (Channel soon to launch).
-CBeebies HD (Channel soon to launch).

=== Own by British Sky Broadcasting ===
-Pick TV +1
-Sky1 +1
-Sky 3D
-Sky Atlantic (Rumour as set to launch on Virgin Media)
-Sky Atlantic +1
-Sky Atlantic HD (Rumour as set to launch on Virgin Media)
-Sky Bravo (Channel rumour to launch when Sky signed new broadcasting deal with Virgin Media - Maybe replace Sky2).
-Sky News HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-SkyPoker.com
-Sky Sports F1 HD
-Sky Sports 3 HD
-Sky Sports 4 HD
-Sky Sports News HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

=== Own by British Sky Broadcasting/Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation ===
-Sky News Arabia

=== Own by CBS Studios International/Chellomedia (Liberty Global) ===
-Reality TV

=== Own by Channel Four Television Corporation ===
-More 4 HD (Channel set to launch on Virgin Media on October 1st).

=== Own by CSC Media Group ===
-Bliss
-BuzMuzik
-Chart Show TV
-Chart Show TV Dance
-Flava
-Kix
-Kix Power (Soon to be rebranded as Kix +1).
-Kix +1 (Soon to start broadcasting).
-POP
-Pop Girl
-Scuzz
-The Vault
-Tiny Pop +1

=== Own by Discovery Networks Western Europe ===
-TLC +2

=== Own by Disney-ABC Television Group ===
-Disney Channel HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-Disney Junior +
-Disney Junior HD
-Disney XD HD

=== Own by Eternal Word Television Network ===
-EWTN TV (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-EWTN Radio Europe

=== Own by Fox International Channels (21st Century Fox) ===
-FOX + (Channel set to launch on Virgin Channel 199 soon)
-Fox News Channel

=== Own by Global Music Television (Global Radio) ===
-Capital FM TV
-Heart FM TV

=== Own by Ideal Shopping Direct plc ===
-Ideal Extra
-The Deal Channel

=== Own by ITV Digital Channels Ltd (ITV plc) and JML Direct Ltd ===
-The Store (Soon to start broadcasting).

=== Own by MGM Channel (UK) Ltd (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/British Sky Broadcasting) ===
-MGM HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

=== Own by Michel Adam Lisowski ===
-Fashion TV (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

=== Own by Moving Movies Ltd. (CSC Media Group) ===
-True Drama
-True Movies 2

=== Own by NGC-UK Partnership (National Geographic Society/Fox International Channels [21st Century Fox]) ===
-Nat Wild HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

=== Own by Nickelodeon UK (Viacom International Media Networks Europe/BSkyB) ===
-Nick Jr. +1

=== Own by Northern & Shell ===
-5Later (Soon to launch on Freeview).

=== Own by Paramount UK Partnership (Paramount British Pictures/British Sky Broadcasting) ===
-Comedy Central Extra +1

=== Own by Phoenix Television ===
-Phoenix CNE

=== Own by Premier Media ===
-Premier Sports

=== Own by QVC (Liberty Interactive Corporation - Liberty Media) ===
-QVC Beauty
-QVC Extra
-QVC Style

=== Own by Raidió Teilifís Éireann ===
-RTÉ 2fm (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-RTÉ Ireland (Channel soon to launch for viewers in England, Scotland and Wales).
-RTÉ lyric fm (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

=== Own by Real & Smooth Ltd (Global Radio) ===
-Real Radio Wales

=== Own by Scripps Networks Interactive ===
-Food Network +1

=== Own by Sony Pictures Television ===
-More>Movies
-More>Movies +1
-Movies 4 Men
-Movies 4 Men +1
-Sony Entertainment Television +1
-Sony Movie Channel
-Sony Movie Channel +1

=== Own by STAR TV (21st Century Fox) ===
-STAR Jalsha
-STAR Plus HD

=== Own by TIML Radio Limited ===
-Absolute 90s

=== Own by Travel Channel International Ltd. (Scripps Networks Interactive) ===
-Travel Channel + 1

=== Own by Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner) ===
-Test line

=== Own by United Christian Broadcasters ===
-UCB TV
-UCB Bible
-UCB Gospel
-UCB Inspiration
-UCB Ireland (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

=== Own by Universal Networks International ===
-E! HD
-Universal Channel HD

=== Own by Viacom ===
-BET: Black Ent Tv +1

=== Own by Viacom International Media Networks (Europe) ===
-MTV CLASSIC (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-MTV LIVE
-MTV +1

=== Own by Zee Entertainment Enterprises ===
-ZEE News

NOTE TO ALL: Virgin Media and UPC Ireland are now both own by Liberty Global.

=== Media Boy Extra info: ===
Liberty Global - http://www.lgi.com/
Media Boy Blog - For all things Virgin TV - http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/
See 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 September 6th 2013.

Q: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT VIRGIN MEDIA FROM?
A: I get all my info from Virgin Media viewers, some Virgin Media workers (I called them Virgin Insiders) 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 ''HISTORY HD'' OR ''DISNEY CHANNEL HD'' FOR?
A: HISTORY HD and Disney Channel HD is only broadcasting in UPC Ireland areas right now.

Q: WHAT HAPPENS TO RECORDINGS I'VE MADE FROM THE ESPN CHANNELS AFTER JULY 31ST?
A: Anything you’ve recorded from ESPN, ESPN HD (Before August 1st), ESPN America and ESPN Classic will be there to enjoy until 1 November 2013. After that, they’ll disappear.

==== See you later ===
List last updated on September 25th 2013.

Next update: October 1st.

Did I miss anything??? If I did tell me and it will appear on the next update.

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
 

here's to what should be a good month

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Yesterday now on 206

Yesterday +1 now on 207

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716 is now Nickjnrpeppa

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More4 HD now on 203

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nice to have another HD channel was hoping for a surprise with SSN HD too oh well hopefully next launch

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I have recently been thinking of downgrading to M+ from XL as there are only two film channels that I would miss, horror channel being one of them, so this is good news :)

I do think that channels that are FTA elsewhere should really be in M or M+. I could always rig up my ex sub Sky box to receive the channels, but being on the VM EPG is much more convenient and allows me to record programmes too.

Has anyone got any experience with rigging up a TiVo, a Sky box and the Freeview capabilities a digital TV. Is it difficult to do?

Before the Sky Basics dispute, Sky News had a better position on channel 601. As soon as the Sky channels were pulled, VM immediately put BBC News onto the more favourable EPG slot that Sky used to have.

When the Sky channels returned, Sky News had to return on EPG number 602.

As I said a few weeks ago, now that BBC News is to start in HD, I believe that Sky want to steal a march on the new BBC HD News channel. If Sky manage to get their HD News on VM before the BBC does, this means that they will be the first on air and hope to attract and retain viewers. They will also get the better EPG slot.

If Sky did not facilitate the addition of Sky News HD on VM, there is a very good chance that viewers of Sky News SD would defect to BBC News HD.

For the same reasons above, I also believe that there is a very real chance of Sky News HD coming to freeview and/or going FTA on satellite.

HDfootyman has recently seen Netflix being briefly tested on the VM website, so it looks like it's on It's way :)

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:tu:

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I see the MTV channels have had their logos tweaked, smaller too. MTV HD has no "HD" in its DOG. VH1 remains the same old logo.

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Right excellent news just got fox+ to launch and then we can start waiting for the sky hd channels!

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Here is hoping to a good month for VM

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@MB

In your second post, post #3, is the last question about ESPN (right at the bottom) still relevant?

*EDIT*

S'ok, just realised you have ESPN classic in there which would make it relevant i guess.

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don't hold your breath

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More4 HD a very good addition... :-)

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Rumour:

Virgin Media may rollout Netfix on TiVo boxes during October. Rumours also say Netfix may also appear on the XL Package.

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like the idea if it being in xl pack

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That is totally contrary to what was put on the website yesterday which a number of us saw. It said 6 months free which, in my opinion, seems far more likely.

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that would enhance the XL Pack big time

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That why I have put the post down as an rumour - re: may not happen.

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It could be that it's free for 6 months if you are not on the XL pack.

I think that adding Netflix to the XL pack would be brilliant and ensure that non-sports fans were given access to some good content that is of interest to them. A nice balance.

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Would make sense considering what HDFootyMan stumbled upon yesterday. It would be another real coup for VM if it is bundled in with XL. :)

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It could be, but that is not what was on the website yesterday. It specifically said 6 months free with XL (or whatever they are calling it today :) ) so the same kind of deal as with Spotify.

---------- Post added at 12:56 ---------- Previous post was at 12:55 ----------

Just for clarification is this based on insider information?

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Ah, right, I didn't realise that. Still, that could change (forever the optimist!).

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I absolutely agree it could change. I just really don't want people to get their hopes up too far. Let's have our speculation with a little dash of realism. Then we can all be happy.

(holds hands and starts a sing song...)

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I guess it that were to be the case it is to try and entice the remaining V+HD people to upgrade to Tivo

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Yep, I also think 6 months free Netflix is a good enticement for new customers. Especially as it's all built in to the TiVo.

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I suppose it's possible that VM is trying to establish the likely take up of Netflix in the trial area before trying to do a deal on XL.

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From an Virgin Viewer (Do not ask for name of that viewer - I will not tell).

---------- Post added at 13:10 ---------- Previous post was at 13:07 ----------

FOX + was set to launch last night.

I think FOX + will launch by end of October.

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It could well be, but one of the rumours I saw on here suggested Netflix could have channel 414 so as those with V+HD boxes could access it too. Time will tell soon enough though. :)

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Perhaps Netflix will be free for the first six months for XL customers.

This would give XL customers extra perceived value (people often tend to look at the 'free' headline news and not worry too much about the fact that it's time limited).

VM/Netflix may then hope that either due to customers finding the service invaluable and/or inertia, that they won't cancel when the service becomes chargeable.

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Well I'm a virgin viewer and I saw the website yesterday.

Are we really starting rumours based on " an Virgin Viewer" now?

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If Netflix comes free to XL i'll be happy as a pig in it :)

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I'm pretty sure that it will have an EPG number and will be a portal channel in the same way that Tiddlers TV will be.

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Is that even possible with a V+ box? I didn't think it was technically capable of streaming videos in this way directly from the internet.

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6 months free on XL would be immense as i'd probably have watched everything i'd have wanted in that time...

winning :)

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kind of incline to agree, similar to the Youtube channel having a channel number but V+HD cant access it, although saying that BBCi Player red button is technically doing the same but im sure someone more qualified than me can confirm this :)

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BBC iPlayer on the TiVo gets the streams from the BBC direct, on the other boxes it's from the Virgin servers.. sorry not technical but am sure thats how it works.

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I don't know how it will be done technically, but I imagine that it will be like TV Choice, where it will say 'subscribed' for XL customers for the first six months. After the free period the content will become unavailable until the appropriate fee is paid, or, perhaps the content will be offered on a PPV basis.

Does the online Netflix offering allow for standalone purchases for individual programmes/films??

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That's not at all how Netflix works unfortunately. Or the V+. So I'm afraid I agree with the others that say that Netflix will only be available through the TiVo.

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Despite what I've said above, VM may indeed go down the route of the the VM Youtube channel in another step to try to get customers to switch to TiVo. But, is this as important now that Horizon is on the horizon so to speak ?? :D

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Because VM are signed up to the Netflix CDN, as I understand it, VM have a direct link to Netflix content servers. Whether that would enable Netflix to be added to V+ I don't know. I guess it could be a lot of work if it is possible, and I doubt they would want to anyway, as Netflix would be another incentive for customers to move away from V+ to Tivo, which is VM's aim.

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excellent. aye i'm excited by getting fox+ launched and when seeing what comes next from your insiders!

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Bloody Hell, another volume? Time flies don't it when there is so much to speculate on. One of the first pages I visit each day.

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Top posters of 2013 - UPDATE.

As of October 1st 2013

1) denphone 1,342
2) Media Boy 1,096
3) Dave42 590
4) johnasimmons 560
5) howardmicks 558
6) nstokes 422
7) Chad 391
8) ocav 316
9) Jameseh 314
10) andy_m 296
11) vincerooney 267
12) passingbat 264
13) Doug P 246
14) OLD BOY 239
15) jj20x 232

Full list will be reveal in December - so keep calm and carry on posting.

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Wow, Dave42 posted 590 times to tell us that we will never get Sky Atlantic! ;) :D:D:D:D:D

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I have no idea, good sir. I am sure many more intelligent people will respond with the correct answer though.:)

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Dropped out for the first time in a while? Wonder why?

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:D:D:D

But is it now that LG have taken over? They will want to eventually migrate everyone onto their Horizon box, in part so that they don't have to pay licence fees to TiVo.

They may take the view that it is far easier and cheaper to wait until they are ready to implement Horizon in the UK and change boxes from eg a V+ to Horizon, than go the V+--> TiVo--> Horizon route.

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Your 21st out of 76.

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Nailed it.

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oi all my post not about SA :LOL: and still say we not get it

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Oh that would be excellent.

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A thinly disguised attempt just to say it again. ;)

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No one knows. But Tivo has been exceptionally successful for VM, so they may take the view to leave VM alone with regard to a set top box change.

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I'm not on the list! Maybe I do have a life after all ;)

Sorry could not resist

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You have a point, but my 246 posts do not take up too much time relative to everything else!

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If Netflix does come to TiVo, might activate that again and cancel LoveFilm completely. How easy is it to cancel LF permanently?

I need to get some more posts on here to make the top posters list. As long as I am in the top 100 posters for the year I will be happy.

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Tell them you want to cancel then cancel the direct debit with your bank as well either online or in branch that way they can't get any more money from you

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Go on media boy show as the full list I reckon that I have slipped to 70th:D

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Woohoo i finally made it on the list

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well done mr stokes mr dark side pest :LOL:

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I made number 4! :)

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Still 13th.... oh well lucky for some!

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Not bad for a young apprentice.:D

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I made number 74 most likely :D

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Where am i?????????

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Wow I'm in 5th spot ;)

---------- Post added at 20:30 ---------- Previous post was at 20:29 ----------

Wouldn't be a list without you on it bud ;)

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Your powers have become strong my apprentice.:D

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The vm new channels in 2013 list is gonna be bigger than the top posters of the year at this rate,now who would have ever thought that :)

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You had to be there mate, MB was too scared of being :sniper: ;):D

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As of October 1st 2013

18) Mad Max 194
28) MarkC1984 109
36) theone2k10 81*
37) mhatter67 73

*theone2k10 was the biggest mover (he wants up 29 places from 65)

To know your number - if you have posted on the 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013)' Vols all year pm me and I will let you know.

Let keep this thread for any new news.

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:sniper: :):)

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now who you shooting at John

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......the bigger picture to this is there are a lot of people with far too much time on their hands.

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:D:D

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I haven't a clue ;)

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I have been told tonight that the new BBC HD channels may launch by end of year.

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Great stuff!

Any news about Sky Sports F1HD and Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD?

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No updates.

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Media Boy I saw you saying you were considering changes to "coming soon" next year. Rather than be bound by dates, ie. changing every 3 months, what about changing when a certain number of pages are reached? That way if nothing is happening there'll be no need to start a new thread, even if that takes a few months.

Also, how good do you reckon your info is that Netflix will be in xl? I know you've said it's just a rumour.

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Noticed that iTV 2, 3 and 4 are broadcasting in dolby digital pretty sure this was not the case. Yet iTV still continues to broadcast in PCM.

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Thanks for your views.

Will think about it.

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20/80 will happen.

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It must be target practice, he's had a quiet period. :p:

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On this day (One off post):

-2003: NTL and Telewest both launch Sky Sports Xtra (Sky Sports 4) for the first time ever.

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I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that Netflix, will definitely be bundled with the XL package.

Why? Because it would be stupid of Virgin not to try and get this service in to its flagship package. And if they did try, it would be idiotic of Netflix to refuse to do a deal.

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I remember seeing Lovefilm (on Watchdog I think It was) and their agents had been lying about the terms and conditions for the first free month and the cancellation policy.

The programme also exposed Lovefilm as employing tactics to try to stop or delay customers from cancelling.

To be fair, this was at least a year ago, so things might have improved since.

I suspect that like, for example, ESPN, Netflix have worked out that it is more profitable and less exposed to customer churn to have a small cut of every XL fee, than to have a relatively small number of standalone subscribers.

Other benefits include better advertising revenue (if Netflix does have advertising) and income from customers (like myself) who would not think to subscribe to an online subscription service.

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Last time I cancelled from Lovefilm, I was on the phone to the agent for a good half hour trying patiently to cancel.

In the end, I had to tell him that my reasons for cancelling were nothing to do with him and put the phone down - most unlike me!

I still get letters and emails begging me to return at favourable rates

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This goes completely against what was on the Virgin website earlier in the week which said 6 months free when you sign up to XL.

The 6 months free offer also ties in with what happened with they Spotify deal.

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If that was to happen I think it would either require a price increase to XL that would push it beyond what people would readily pay or for Virgin to drop Virgin TVOD in place of Netflix. They've not shown a great deal of interest in being in the content business, so maybe the latter is the ultimate strategy?

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Remember, knowing it is "Dolby Digital" is only half the story. "Dolby Digital" audio is compressed and PER CHANNEL uses less bandwidth and is worse than PCM (uncompressed). What you need to know is whether they are using DD 2.0 (saving bandwidth) or DD 5.1 (full surround sound) or, rarely, something in between.

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Completely off topic but anyone playing gta online or fifa 14 on ps3 add kennedy201002 please. Thanks in advance.

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The trouble is we don't know how up to date that webpage was? Obviously someone in VM uploaded the wrong version of that page, and considering how easy it is to change text and images on websites, it may just have been a test page to make sure the formatting was correct.

It would be great if it was bundled into XL, but it makes more sense to offer an extended free trial and then subscription afterwards (like Spotify) I would be happier with that as I currently pay £9.99 for a Lovefilm subscription that I don't really use anymore. So I could swap to the cheaper Netflix.

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Netflix in xl is only rumours if it is included in xl on temporary bases it still included in xl,im sure we will find out more over the coming weeks

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The difference is, however, the 6 months free I saw was for new customers and so is importantly different to being included in XL. It was being offered free with XL.

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It's DD 2.0 :rolleyes:

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I just think it would make good business sense for Netflix to make a deal with Virgin.

For example, if Virgin offer to pay them around £1 a month for every XL subscription, that would get Netflix a guaranteed income of around £2M a month. To get that same amount without a deal for XL, they would have to get over 15% of Virgin's XL subscribers to sign up. Considering the fact that only 500,000 people across the whole of the UK have subscribed to their service over the past year, then expecting to get another 333,000, from a much smaller catchment area, seems far fetched. So 2 million new customers, albeit paying less than the normal price, is a very tempting offer, especially when you see that their current total number of subscribers in the UK is only 1.5 million. It would also get them in 1st, before Lovefilm, that's got to count for something as well. Virgin could even offer to restrict their service to their set-top boxes only, as part of any deal.

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Assume as Netflix is going to be on VM Lovefilm won't.... makes sense

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Judging by this press release from the BBC about the Doctor Who anniversary episode, any launch of the other HD channels could only be after 23rd November since the red button HD channel will still be in use until then.

"The free-to-air 3D coverage will be available to those with access to a 3D TV set and to the BBC’s HD Red Button service."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/wor...doctorwho.html