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Originally Posted by Media Boy
New Channels update:
Media Boy HQ has today seen an update on the channels that Virgin Media are testing - but as Monday we cant reveal what we have seen yet.
But one of the tests has been given an real name of one of the channels we was hoping for on Sunday.
Due to this we now think we know what is testing but will keep it close to our heart for now.
Also the information we posted on Sunday is out of date.
Media Boy HQ has seen FOUR updated since Monday.
The channel that will launch soon is one of the following:
-Nick Jr. +1
-Comedy Central Extra +1
-5* +1
-MTV CLASSIC (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-MTV LIVE
-MTV +1
-Spike TV (Channel to launch later this year on Freeview).
-History HD
-Nat Geo Wild HD
-CI HD
-Disney Channel HD
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I was told a while back (not long after Viacom bought Channel 5) that Viacom had approached VM and were keen to get 5* +1 back onto VM. This has taken much longer than I thought, so if I was a betting man i'd say that the negotiations were protracted by the inclusion of carriage negotiations for other Viacom owned channels.
At a guess i'd say that the channels will be 5* +1 (approached VM already about this), Spike TV (due to start around Easter time) and two other timeshift Viacom channels (going on the basis that Viacom appear to value +1 channels as one of the first things they did after buying Channel 5 was to get 5* +1 back on air).
However, we may see new parent music channels as they have had a large loss of viewers. Viacom will be keen to boost viewership with cable customers and VM will get them for a song as per my post earlier this year about music channels needing VM more than VM needs them.