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m419 · 26-06-2008, 18:35

I found an old TV quickstart guide issued by Cable London now Virgin Media/Telewest and these were the channels offered through Analogue:

01 Channel One
02 Sky Cinema
03 UK Gold
04 UK Living
05 Live TV
06 Sky News
07 CNN
10 Performance Channel
11 Sky One
12 Eurosport
13 Sky Premier
14 Sky Sports 1
15 Sky Sports 2
16 Sky Sports 3
17 SETA/Zee TV
19 Trouble/Bravo
20 Parliamentary Channel
21 Carlton Food Network/Carlton Select
22 Fox Kids
24 The Box
25 MTV
27 Cartoon Network/TNT
28 Challenge TV/TV Travel Shop
29 Nickelodeon/Paramount Comedy
30 Disney Channel
31 BBC1
32 BBC2
33 ITV
34 Channel 4
35 Channel 5
37 CNBC News
38 Tara TV
39 History Channel/Euronews/Adult channel/TV X
40 BBC News 24
42 Hellenic TV
43 RTL
44 Rai-Uno
45 TV5
46 Sci-Fi
47 TV Guide
48 Town FM
50 Front Row
51 Front Row
52 Front Row
53 Front Row
54 Front Row

Worst thing about analogue was that channels used to run in shift patterns,best thing about analogue was that it was complex and faster whn using things like the mini-guide ect....

I remember the shift pattern for Channel 19, Euronews would be on from very early in the morning till lunchtime, then Trouble would bounce onto the screen and then at 8pm Bravo would appear. They then put Euronews on Channel 39 so you had like 4 stations on one channel, History channel was only on 4pm till 8pm.

Furthermore, I dont understand why Sky News was cut off from Virgin Media, Sky News is a free to air non-subscription channel, Sky1 used to be but its not now which is why its gone. But I know Telewest has been willing to get shut of Sky News for a long time, around 1998/9 they looked closely at the underperforming channels and these were the ones they cut off:

Live TV
Channel One
TV Travel Shop
CNBC

Channel One was a news channel which was localised, it covered London and Merseyside, it was rather good in my opinion, unfortunetly, Cable and Wireless decided to pull the plug on the London channel and therefore the channel ceased as they were the largest franchise in London.

26-06-2008, 18:35	#4
m419 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Services: BT Broadband,BT Anytime calls,Sky entertainment extra HD,Vodafone pay monthly Posts: 1,512	Re: Virgin Media Cable Network - Milton Keynes I found an old TV quickstart guide issued by Cable London now Virgin Media/Telewest and these were the channels offered through Analogue: 01 Channel One 02 Sky Cinema 03 UK Gold 04 UK Living 05 Live TV 06 Sky News 07 CNN 10 Performance Channel 11 Sky One 12 Eurosport 13 Sky Premier 14 Sky Sports 1 15 Sky Sports 2 16 Sky Sports 3 17 SETA/Zee TV 19 Trouble/Bravo 20 Parliamentary Channel 21 Carlton Food Network/Carlton Select 22 Fox Kids 24 The Box 25 MTV 27 Cartoon Network/TNT 28 Challenge TV/TV Travel Shop 29 Nickelodeon/Paramount Comedy 30 Disney Channel 31 BBC1 32 BBC2 33 ITV 34 Channel 4 35 Channel 5 37 CNBC News 38 Tara TV 39 History Channel/Euronews/Adult channel/TV X 40 BBC News 24 42 Hellenic TV 43 RTL 44 Rai-Uno 45 TV5 46 Sci-Fi 47 TV Guide 48 Town FM 50 Front Row 51 Front Row 52 Front Row 53 Front Row 54 Front Row Worst thing about analogue was that channels used to run in shift patterns,best thing about analogue was that it was complex and faster whn using things like the mini-guide ect.... I remember the shift pattern for Channel 19, Euronews would be on from very early in the morning till lunchtime, then Trouble would bounce onto the screen and then at 8pm Bravo would appear. They then put Euronews on Channel 39 so you had like 4 stations on one channel, History channel was only on 4pm till 8pm. Furthermore, I dont understand why Sky News was cut off from Virgin Media, Sky News is a free to air non-subscription channel, Sky1 used to be but its not now which is why its gone. But I know Telewest has been willing to get shut of Sky News for a long time, around 1998/9 they looked closely at the underperforming channels and these were the ones they cut off: Live TV Channel One TV Travel Shop CNBC Channel One was a news channel which was localised, it covered London and Merseyside, it was rather good in my opinion, unfortunetly, Cable and Wireless decided to pull the plug on the London channel and therefore the channel ceased as they were the largest franchise in London.