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DJ-SWITCH 10-01-2017 01:29

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sony movie channel just come on over a movie on mix movie was like, mmmm I was watching that

OLD BOY 10-01-2017 09:00

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Originally Posted by DJ-SWITCH (Post 35879866)
sony movie channel just come on over a movie on mix movie was like, mmmm I was watching that

Yes, it's annoying when that happens!

Never mind, I'm sure it will be repeated soon!

theone2k10 10-01-2017 14:18

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Sony kids app has appeared on bt youview i'd imagine it'll be on all youviews it has on demand stuff from kix, tiny pop etc.
Has this appeared on vm at all?

SonicMaster 10-01-2017 14:50

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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35879931)
Sony kids app has appeared on bt youview i'd imagine it'll be on all youviews it has on demand stuff from kix, tiny pop etc.
Has this appeared on vm at all?

Content from Sony's childrens channels has been available on Virgin Media in On Demand / Catch Up for some time, but not in a dedicated app, just like ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc.

trickytree 10-01-2017 15:38

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Originally Posted by DJ-SWITCH (Post 35879843)
Channel 738 Kix Power has a on screen message and epg says channel off air

The best thing Virgin have done in years.
No more Power Rangers. Thanks very much :D

Bananaman_007 10-01-2017 19:10

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Anybody else find it odd that when Kix Power closed it did not become Kix? Considering it looked like we were getting Kix to begin with i find this quite odd that it just closed.

heero_yuy 10-01-2017 19:11

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Originally Posted by Bananaman_007 (Post 35879990)
Anybody else find it odd that when Kix Power closed it did not become Kix? Considering it looked like we were getting Kix to begin with i find this quite odd that it just closed.

Somebody forgot to put a shilling in the meter?:D

denphone 10-01-2017 19:27

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35879991)
Somebody forgot to put a shilling in the meter?:D

You need 50p nowadays.:D

1andrew1 10-01-2017 19:56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35879931)
Sony kids app has appeared on bt youview i'd imagine it'll be on all youviews it has on demand stuff from kix, tiny pop etc.
Has this appeared on vm at all?

You imagine correctly, it's on all YouView devices. http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2017/...catch-youview/

Aguero9320 10-01-2017 22:25

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Originally Posted by Bananaman_007 (Post 35879990)
Anybody else find it odd that when Kix Power closed it did not become Kix? Considering it looked like we were getting Kix to begin with i find this quite odd that it just closed.

I'm quite willing to bet that Sony/CSC originally offered the full Kix channel (possibly a few others as well) to Virgin, but they refused because they were angered at Sony's asking price. :D :D

trickytree 11-01-2017 12:38

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So the Sky Cinema channels have swapped position but weirdly left the SD Premiere+1 in position 402 but put all the HD versions around it.

I hope that is an error they will correct as that is just stupid.

theone2k10 11-01-2017 13:39

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Originally Posted by trickytree (Post 35880080)
So the Sky Cinema channels have swapped position but weirdly left the SD Premiere+1 in position 402 but put all the HD versions around it.

I hope that is an error they will correct as that is just stupid.

On SKY premier+1 is on 302 with premierhd being on 301, then the other cinema hd from 303 upwards.
So most likely not a error on vm part.

jj20x 11-01-2017 13:49

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Originally Posted by trickytree (Post 35880080)
So the Sky Cinema channels have swapped position but weirdly left the SD Premiere+1 in position 402 but put all the HD versions around it.

I hope that is an error they will correct as that is just stupid.

Probably not an error, HD viewers on Sky have a similar situation. Basically the HD channels have priority but there isn't a SD Premiere+1 HD available to get priority.

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Originally Posted by Bananaman_007 (Post 35879990)
Anybody else find it odd that when Kix Power closed it did not become Kix? Considering it looked like we were getting Kix to begin with i find this quite odd that it just closed.

As it was added to a transport stream used for pop-up SD channels such as the BBC Olympics channels it wasn't altogether unexpected.

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Originally Posted by Aguero9320 (Post 35880011)
I'm quite willing to bet that Sony/CSC originally offered the full Kix channel (possibly a few others as well) to Virgin, but they refused because they were angered at Sony's asking price. :D :D

They are FTA channels and make their money from advertising. As they don't have any premium content to sell, they should be paying for carriage not asking for a payment.

RichardCoulter 12-01-2017 05:03

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Originally Posted by ongman (Post 35879848)
Programme information says "Watch out for the return of Kix Power later in the year"

Hmmm, so it mustn't have been a one off then...

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Originally Posted by SonicMaster (Post 35879862)
We'll be getting POP Max instead 9th Feb –30th March.

https://www.skymedia.co.uk/opportunities/pop-max-2017/

Will this be another pop up channel or is it simply a temporary rename of an existing channel?

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Originally Posted by DJ-SWITCH (Post 35879866)
sony movie channel just come on over a movie on mix movie was like, mmmm I was watching that

I'm surprised that they cut into a film to do this, I had assumed that it would simply be a case of renaming all the branding.

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Originally Posted by trickytree (Post 35880080)
So the Sky Cinema channels have swapped position but weirdly left the SD Premiere+1 in position 402 but put all the HD versions around it.

I hope that is an error they will correct as that is just stupid.

I think that it's better to have the option of a timeshift variant of the parent channel in SD than none at all when scrolling down in the HD section.

If possible, a duplicate entry in the SD section would be ideal.

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True Crime have added the VM logo to their branding, so are presumably joining soon:

http://cdn32.sptndigital.com/sites/u...-marqueev2.jpg

Media Boy UK 12-01-2017 14:24

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ITV confirmed you can buy ITV Box Office in the same way as Sky Sports Box Office - via Channel 0.

You can buy Eubank Jr VS QUINLAN from January 30th via your box - Price at £9.95* (Virgin Media UK Price TBC.)

*Price listed is ITV Box Office - Virgin Media UK Price may change.

http://www.itvboxoffice.co.uk/


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