Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
My annoyance about VM is that they will take channels off, but won't replaced them.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rillington
VM seems to have decided that launching new channels is not something they want to do which is why very few channels have appeared throughout its existance.
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If I may bring some facts to this thread... Left column are ntl channels at the time of the merger; right column is now.
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0 EPGPrevw 0 Live Events
101 BBC ONE 100 On Demand
102 BBC TWO 101 BBC ONE
103 ITV1 102 BBC TWO
104 Channel4 103 ITV1
105 five 104 Channel4
106 ondemand 105 Channel 5
107 Preview 106 BBC THREE
109 PPV Events2 107 BBC FOUR
110 PPV Events 108 BBC ONE HD
112 EsportUK 109 Sky Living
113 Blmberg 110 Sky Liv HD
114 QVC 111 Sky Liv+1
115 iBuy 112 Sky Livit
116 MTV2 113 ITV1 HD
117 ITV2 114 ITV1 +1
118 ITV3 115 ITV2
120 Channel ntl 116 ITV2 +1
121 Sky News 117 ITV3
122 ITV4 118 ITV4
124 CNBC 121 Sky1
125 BBC NEWS 122 Sky1 HD
126 BBCTHREE 123 Sky2
127 BBC FOUR 124 Watch
128 BBC Parl 125 Watch +1
140 Sky One 126 GOLD
144 E4 127 GOLD +1
145 E4+1 128 Dave
161 abc1 129 Dave ja vu
165 QuizCall 130 Alibi
166 More4 131 Alibi +1
167 More4+1 132 Comedy
170 E! 133 ComCen HD
171 UKTVGdns 134 Comedy+1
172 VH2 135 Syfy
173 MotorsTV 139 Challenge
174 Horror 140 Chall+1
175 EuroNews 142 4 HD
177 Gems.tv 143 C4 +1
178 Avago 144 E4
190 Hallmark 145 E4 HD
200 FR Gu 146 E4 +1
289 FX 147 More 4
300 UKTVGold 148 CBS Reality
304 Disc. RT 149 horror
305 UKTVDram 150 Chan 5 HD
307 Challenge 151 5*
308 Chllng+1 152 5* +1
400 P.Comedy 1 153 5 USA
401 Living TV 154 5 USA +1
402 Sci-Fi 155 CurrentTV
403 TCM 156 E!
404 men&moto 157 FX
405 LIVING2 158 FX HD
406 Bravo 159 SkyLivLove
407 UKTV Sty 160 Sky Livit+1
408 Bravo +1 162 Universal
410 MUTV 163 Universal+1
422 ExtremeSpt 164 DivaTV
423 Setanta1 165 Syfy HD
424 CelticTV 166 Syfy +1
425 RangrsTV 167 S4C
500 Disc Ch 172 DMAX
501 Disc +1 174 ITV3 +1
502 CNN 175 ITV4 +1
503 Animal P 179 Quest
504 History 180 Pick TV
505 Nat Geo 185 ComedyX
506 UKTV Doc 187 BBC HD
508 Civilisa 188 BBC Alba
509 Disc T&L 189 True Ent
510 Science 203 YeSTERDAY
511 Comm Chl 206 Blighty
598 CBBC Chl 208 Eden
599 CBeebies 212 Discovery
600 CartoonN 213 Disc +1
601 Nick 214 Disc.HD
603 Trouble 215 Animal Plt
604 MTV UK 217 DiscHist
605 VH1 UK 219 Disc Sci
606 The Box 221 Disc Turbo
607 UKTVHist 228 NG Wild
608 Nick Jr 230 Nat Geo
609 MTV Base 231 NatG +1
610 MTV Hits 232 Nat Geo HD
611 VH1 Clsc 233 Community
612 Jetix 234 HISTORY
613 Boomeran 236 Military
614 B'rang+ 237 Crime
615 BabyTV 242 Bio
633 Quiz 260 Good Food
634 iplay TV 261 Good Food+1
647 bid tv 265 Home
661 YES661 266 Home +1
697 Playhous 267 Really
698 Toon Dis 271 Disc RT
699 Disney + 272 DiscRT+1
700 Disney C 273 T Living
701 FILMFOUR 274 DiscShed
702 Sky Mov1 275 H Health
703 Sky Mov2 279 God Channel
704 Sky Cin1 281 Sky Arts1
705 Sky Mov3 282 SkyArts1HD
706 Sky Mov5 283 Sky Arts2
707 Sky Mov7 284 SkyArts2HD
709 Sky Mov4 300 V Music OD
710 Sky Mov6 310 MTVN HD
711 Sky Mov9 311 MTV
712 Sky Mov8 313 VIVA
713 Sky Cin2 315 MTV BASE
714 FILM4 +1 317 MTV HITS
715 FILM4 WE 319 MTV DANCE
719 Racing UK 320 VH1
721 SkySpts1 325 MTV ROCKS
722 SkySpts2 330 4Music
723 SkySpts3 335 The Box
730 GOD 336 Kiss
740 SET 337 Smash Hits
741 ZEE TV 338 Q
752 S4C 340 Magic
754 RTE One 342 Kerrang
755 RTE Two 400 Preview
760 PLAYBOY 401 SkyPrem
761 AdultPrv 402 SkyPrem+1
762 T.V.X 403 SkyShowcse
801 Adv.1 404 SkyComedy
802 Biograph 405 SkyAction
803 Teachers 406 SkyFamily
804 Disc.H&H 407 Sky Thrillr
805 Wings 408 SkyDraRom
806 NatGeo+1 409 SkySciFi
807 Hstory+1 410 SkyModern
808 UKTVFood 411 SkyClass
809 UKTV People 412 SkyIndie
810 UKTV ST+1 415 TCM
811 Esport 2 419 Movies 24
812 SkySptsN 420 Movies 24+
814 100% Babes 424 TrueMov1
815 Kiss 428 Film4
816 Magic 429 Film4 HD
817 SmashHit 430 Film4 +1
818 Q 431 SkyPremHD
819 Kerrang! 433 SkyShowHD
820 MTV Dnce 434 SkyComHD
825 Disc Kid 435 SkyActnHD
826 Jetix+1 436 SkyFamHD
827 NickRply 437 SkyThlrHD
828 Nicktoon 438 SkyDramHD
829 UKTVG2+1 439 SkyScFiHD
830 UKTV G2 440 SkyMGtsHD
831 RHClimax 442 SkyIndiHD
832 Xplicit 445 Cinemoi
835 SPICE 470 Adult Prev
836 RH 40+ 473 TVX PPN
837 RH Wives 475 PBTV PPN
838 Gay TV 477 Adult PPN
839 RhA-Girl 478 ExGF PPN
840 B4U Mov 480 UKS PPN
841 B4U Mus 481 Wives PPN
842 StarPlus 482 RHAMA PPN
843 StarNews 484 XplPPN
844 PCNE 490 TVX
845 TV5 495 Playboy
847 ARY 497 Adult Chan
848 Zee Cine 511 SkySpts1
849 Zee Mus 512 SkySpts2
853 S4C2 513 SkySpts3
855 IDEALWLD 514 SkySpts4
856 Pricedrp 515 SkySpNews
858 BBC R1 517 SkySptsHD1
859 1Xtra BBC 518 SkySptsHD2
860 BBC R2 521 Eurosport
861 BBC R3 522 EuroSp HD
862 BBC R4FM 523 EuroSp 3D
863 BBC5Live 525 Eurosport2
864 BBC 5LSX 527 Extreme
865 BBC 6Mus 528 MUTV
866 BBC 7 529 ESPN
867 BBCAsian 530 ESPN HD
868 BBC WS 531 ESPN Am
869 BBC Scot 533 ESPN Clas
870 BBCWales 534 attheraces
871 BBC Ulst 536 Racing UK
872 Primetme 544 LFCTV
873 Magic R 545 Motors TV
874 TheArrow 601 BBC News
875 UCB Euro 602 Sky News
876 Smooth FM 607 CNN
877 ClsscFM 609 Bloomberg
878 Q Radio 612 BBC Parl
879 CoreRdio 613 CNBC
880 Planet R 620 euronews
881 chill 701 CBBC
882 FUN Radio 702 CBeebies
883 Heart FM 703 Baby TV
884 TheHitsR 704 Cartoon
885 Century 705 CN Too
886 Prem Chr 706 Cartoonito
887 Galaxy 707 Disney XD
888 CapRad 708 DisneyXD+1
889 CapDsney 712 Nick
890 CptlGold 713 NickReplay
891 XFM 715 Nick Jnr
892 Virgin R 716 Nick Jr 2
893 Oneword 717 Nicktoons
894 R.Kiss 724 Disney
895 RKerrang 725 Disney+1
896 RSmshhts 727 Disney Jr
897 BBCCymru 728 DisneyCin
898 BBC RnG 730 Boomerang
899 talkSPORT 731 Boomerang+1
900 PremPlus 734 CITV
902 PrmPlus2 737 Tiny Pop
903 Toonami 740 QVC
904 UKTVGd+1 741 pricedrop
905 TDC 742 BDirect
906 Alpha Punj 745 bid tv
907 Thane 746 speed tv
908 Atr 747 Ideal World
909 RealityTV 755 Gems TV
910 The Hits 756 JewelleryM
911 TMF 802 Star News
913 UKTVB Id 803 Star Plus
914 F tn 805 SET Asia
917 NASN 806 MAX
918 DisneyCin 809 Zee TV
921 ClasFMTV 810 Zee Cine
922 LivTV+1 812 Zee Pun
923 StopShop 815 B4U Movies
924 speedauc 816 B4U Music
925 Channel 7 818 ARY
926 BBC1 Eng 825 TV5
927 BBC1 Sct 826 COLORS
928 BBC1 NI 851 BBC 1 AD
929 BBC1 Wal 852 BBC 2 AD
930 Sky Two 853 ITV AD
931 Sky Trvl 854 C4 AD
932 Sky TrvlX 855 Chan 5 AD
933 Bliss 856 S4C AD
934 Scuzz 861 BBC1 Eng
935 Flaunt 862 BBC1 Sco
936 P.Comedy 2 863 BBC1 NI
937 TAC 864 BBC1 Wal
950 SS Xtra 865 BBC2 Eng
951 BBC2 Eng 870 ITV1 Anglia
952 ITV1(AD) 871 ITV1 Mer
953 C4 (AD) 875 RTE One
980 Hustler TV UK 876 RTE Two
877 TG4
879 Channel7
901 BBC R1
902 BBC R2
903 BBC R3
904 BBC R4
905 BBC R5L
906 BBC WS
907 BBC R1X
908 BBC R5SX
909 BBC 6Mus
910 BBC R4 Ex
911 BBC 4LW
912 BBC Asian
914 UCB
915 Absolute
916 smooth fm
917 RTE Radio
918 Heart FM
919 LBC News
920 WRN
922 Classic FM
924 Planet Rock
927 talkSPORT
928 Magic Radio
930 BBC RScot
931 BBC RWales
932 BBC RUlster
934 BBC RGael
936 BBC RCymru
937 BBCLdn94.9
951 Absolute80s
952 AbClassR
958 Capital FM
959 Gold
963 Kiss FM
965 XFM
969 Choice FM
973 LBC 97.3
974 Sunrise
998 PIN Help
999 Virgin iD
I make that a net gain of 42 channels, and that's not counting the 14 Sky Sports Red Button streams. Ex-Telewest regions had fewer channels than ntl so have gained even more.