General Virgin Media Ireland Discussion
 

This thread is for all thing Virgin Media Ireland:

-Virgin Media Ireland's TV 360 channel listing: https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/p/...60-lineup.html
-Virgin Media Ireland's Horizon channel listing: https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/p/...on-lineup.html


Here is the CONFIRMED Channels news for Virgin Media Ireland (For viewers of TV360 and Horizon):

June:
30th. Disney will close FOX HD tonight at midnight on Virgin Ireland Channel 126 (TV 360 Boxes only).
30th. Disney will close FOX HD tonight at midnight on Virgin Ireland Channel 126 (Horizon Boxes only).

July:
1st. Disney will close FOX +1 today at 1am on Virgin Ireland Channel 526 (TV 360 Boxes only).
1st. Disney will close FOX +1 today at 1am on Virgin Ireland Channel 166 (Horizon Boxes only).

TBC:
-Zee TV will close on Virgin Ireland Channel 808 (TV 360 Boxes only).
-Zee TV will close on Virgin Ireland Channel 808 (Horizon Boxes only).

2022:
-The BBC will relaunch BBC Three on Virgin Ireland Channel TBC (on both TV 360 & Horizon Boxes only).

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What’s the difference between a 360 box and a Horizon box, Media Boy?

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As far as I can see it some channel numbers.

On Virgin Media Ireland they the following on TV360 boxes:

115. Sky Witness HD
515. Sky Witness +1
715. Sky Witness

But on Horizon it:

124. Sky Witness
125. Sky Witness +1
144. Sky Witness HD

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The name. Horizon is the Operating System the TV360 runs on.

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That’s what I thought, in which case MB’s post doesn’t seem to make sense.

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Horizon 4 is the version that the 360 boxes run on - which is why the OS numbering is currently 4.xx

Virgin Media Ireland had earlier versions of Horizon which Virgin Media UK didn't.

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Oh, I see; thank you!

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If you look at the channels numbers on the Virgin Media Ireland's TV 360 box it make me think back to NTL old channels numbers way back before 2007 when the channel number was pick in the air.

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Liberty Global has put VM Ireland up for sale. It's been in and out of the UK group since the days of NTL. I'm guessing the new owner will need to rebrand, unless Virgin Group is able to licence the Virgin Media brand in Ireland, similar to how it does with Virgin Radio and Virgin Mobile in different markets.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/l...r-o2-2f3gr3z5f

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Interesting. I wonder why it wasn't included in the VM/O2 merger.

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Because it's an Irish company, separate from VM UK

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I've also since found out that O2 don't have a presence in the ROI.

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They used to but sold out to Three.

Vodafone might be interested on paper, but their combined home broadband market share is probably too high for the competition authorities to entertain. (Eir has 30%, Virgin Media Ireland 25%, Vodafone 19%, Sky 14%).

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VM Ireland to be sold by Liberty Global, Original and better story in The Times but a paywall so here is another link

https://advanced-television.com/2021...-ireland-sale/