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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)

Best of 2020
Here is the winners and review of 2020.

01) The Biggest poster of the year on Cable Forum (NOT Media Boy HQ):
Winner is - cheekyangus with 210 posts

02) New Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):
Winner is - MTV Classic (Did launch January 7th)

03) Best poster on Cable Forum with Information (Nominate by YOU):
Winner is - Legendkiller2k

04) Best new SD Channel launch of the year:
Winner is - COLORS HD (Did launch November 26th)

05) Best +1 Channel of the year:
Winner is - (Virgin Media did not launch an new +1 channel in 2020)

06) Best new HD or UHD Channel launch of the year:
Winners is - ITV Local HD (Did launch November 3rd)

07) Best UK Channel of the year:
Winner is - Forces TV

08) Best International Channel of the year:
Winner is - SONY SAB

09) Best LOCAL Channel of the year:
Winner is - S4C HD

10) Best Radio Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):
Winner is - BBC Radio 2

11) Best new brand of the year:
Winner is - Sky Replay (Was Sky Two until September 7th.)

Well done to all the winners.

So merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone who viewed this thread.


Virgin Media UK year in review:

Channels we said Hello to:
Oct. 21st: ITV London HD (ITV London area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Granada HD (ITV Granada area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Central (West) HD (ITV Central area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Central (East) HD (ITV Central area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Wales HD (In Wales only).
Oct. 21st: ITV West HD (ITV West area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV South West HD (ITV South West area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Meridian (Thames Valley) HD (ITV Meridian area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Anglia (East) HD (ITV Anglia area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Tyne Tees HD (ITV Tyne Tees area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Meridian (South Coast) HD (ITV Meridian area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Meridian (South East) HD (ITV Meridian area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Yorkshire (Calendar North) HD (ITV Yorkshire area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Yorkshire (Calendar South) HD (ITV Yorkshire area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Anglia (East) HD (ITV Anglia area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Border HD (ITV Border area only).
Oct. 21st: ITV Meridian (Thames Valley) HD.
Jul. 23rd: Sky Cinema Animation HD.
May 21st: Sky Documentaries HD.
May 21st: Sky Nature HD.
Jan. 27th: Sky Comedy.
Jan. 27th: Sky Comedy HD.
Jan. 17th: La Liga TV.
Jan. 7th: MTV Classic.

Channels on the move:
Nov. 3rd: ITV London HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV London area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Granada HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV Granada area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Central (West) HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV Central area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Central (East) HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV Central area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Wales HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (In Wales only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV West HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV West area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV South West HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV South West area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Meridian (Thames Valley) HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV Meridian area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Anglia (East) HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV Anglia area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Tyne Tees HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV Tyne Tees area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Meridian (South Coast) HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV Meridian area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Meridian (South East) HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV Meridian area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Yorkshire (Calendar North) HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV Yorkshire area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Yorkshire (Calendar South) HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV Yorkshire area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Anglia (East) HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV Anglia area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Border HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 113 to Virgin UK Channel 103 (ITV Border area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV London has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV London area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Granada has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV Granada area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Central (West) has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV Central area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Central (East) has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV Central area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Wales has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (In Wales only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV West has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV West area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV South West has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV South West area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Meridian (Thames Valley) has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV Meridian area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Anglia (East) has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV Anglia area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Tyne Tees has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV Tyne Tees area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Meridian (South Coast) has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV Meridian area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Meridian (South East) has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV Meridian area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Yorkshire (Calendar North) has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV Yorkshire area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Yorkshire (Calendar South) moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV Yorkshire area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Anglia (East) has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV Anglia area only).
Nov. 3rd: ITV Border has moved from Virgin UK Channel 103 to Virgin UK Channel 113 (ITV Border area only).
May 21st: Food Network has moved from Virgin UK Channel 278 to Virgin UK Channel 285.
May 21st: HGTV has moved from Virgin UK Channel 279 to Virgin UK Channel 286.
May 21st: Discovery Home & Health has moved from Virgin UK Channel 280 to Virgin UK Channel 287.
May 21st: Discovery Shed has moved from Virgin UK Channel 281 to Virgin UK Channel 288.
May 21st: Travel Channel has moved from Virgin UK Channel 282 to Virgin UK Channel 289.
May 21st: HGTV +1 has moved from Virgin UK Channel 283 to Virgin UK Channel 290.
May 21st: Discovery Home & Health +1 has moved from Virgin UK Channel 284 to Virgin UK Channel 291.
May 21st: God Channel has moved from Virgin UK Channel 287 to Virgin UK Channel 292.
May 21st: Horse & Country TV has moved from Virgin UK Channel 298 to Virgin UK Channel 293.
Jan 7th: Channel 5 HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 150 to Virgin UK Channel 105.
Jan 7th: Comedy Central HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 181 to Virgin UK Channel 132.
Jan 7th: MTV HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 183 to Virgin UK Channel 134.
Jan 7th: Paramount Network HD has moved from Virgin UK Channel 187 to Virgin UK Channel 150.
Jan 7th: Channel 5 has moved from Virgin UK Channel 105 to Virgin UK Channel 154.
Jan 7th: Comedy Central has moved from Virgin UK Channel 132 to Virgin UK Channel 181.
Jan 7th: MTV has moved from Virgin UK Channel 134 to Virgin UK Channel 183.
Jan 7th: Paramount Network has moved from Virgin UK Channel 188 to Virgin UK Channel 187.

Channels rebrand (For Good):
Nov. 26th: COLORS rebrand as COLORS HD.
Sep. 7th: Sky Two rebrand as Sky Replay.
Jul. 7th: Get Moving rebrand as Get Moving HD.
Jun. 11th: Sky Racing rebrand as Sky Racing HD.
May 21st: HISTORY HD rebrand as Sky History HD.
May 21st: HISTORY +1 rebrand as Sky History +1.
May 21st: HISTORY 2 HD rebrand as Sky History 2 HD
Feb. 11th: TJC rebrand as TJC HD.
Jan. 21st: Home rebrand as HGTV.
Jan. 21st: Home +1 rebrand as HGTV +1.

Channels we said Goodbye to:
Dec. 4th: Love Nature HD.
Dec. 2nd: HUM EUROPE.
Sep. 30th: Disney XD.
Sep. 30th: Disney Channel.
Sep. 30th: Disney Channel +1.
Sep. 30th: Disney Jr.
Aug. 27th: Travel Channel.
Jul. 31st: Sony Channel +1.
Jul. 22nd: Sky Cinema Premiere +1.
Jul. 20th: Vice TV.
Jul. 20th: Horse & Country TV.
Jul. 20th: Club MTV.
Jul. 20th: MTV ROCKS.
Jul. 20th: MTV OMG.
Jun. 9th: Sony Crime Channel.
Jun. 1st: Challenge +1.
Apr. 6th: Hayu app.
Apr. 3rd: France 24 [French] HD.
Jan. 27th: Universal Channel.
Jan. 27th: Universal Channel HD.
Jan. 27th: Universal Channel +1.
Jan. 15th: Brit Asia TV.
Jan. 8th: Box Upfront.
Jan. 7th: 5Spike.
Jan. 7th: VH1.
Jan. 6th: ZooMoo HD.

Who Posted on Changes to Virgin TV (2020)?

NO: > Poster name > Number of posts (As of 4.10pm on December 16th 2020).
01) cheekyangus - 210
02) Legendkiller2k - 115
03) Media Boy - 113
04) SonicMaster - 105
05) OLD BOY - 100
06) denphone - 81
07) ScottishSteve - 68
08) vincerooney - 56
09) ozsat - 51
09) RichardCoulter - 51
11) Mad Max - 40
12) Raider999 - 38
13) 1andrew1 - 34
14) muppetman11 - 30
15) jfman - 29
16) Aguero9320 - 27
17) BenMcr - 22
18) jobbie8 - 20
19) Tricky Trevor - 19
19) Phunkenstein - 19
19) Itshim - 19
19) nomadking - 19
23) newapollo - 17
24) fox35 - 16
25) Hugh - 15
25) Dave42 - 15
27) spiderplant - 14
28) nialli - 12
29) Ultimate.Conj - 11
29) 1701-e - 11
31) Frazz - 10
32) heavyside - 9
32) nodrogd - 9
34) Taf - 8
34) johnasimmons - 8
36) Horizon - 7
37) japitts - 6
37) paul0363 - 6
39) Inactive Digital - 5
39) Derekb108 - 5
39) Richardr - 5
39) oxfordmark - 5
43) Chad - 4
43) KingFry - 4
43) RobboEdin - 4
43) reddog - 4
43) RegularCapital - 4
43) ncfc1902 - 4
43) Huxie - 4
50) TMLeafs - 3
50) cupcakes aka dd - 3
50) Paul - 3
50) Chris James - 3
50) Ddonald2016 - 3
50) Mr K - 3
50) figgyburn - 3
50) Joedm45 - 3
50) carravetta - 3
59) gba93 - 2
59) trickytree - 2
59) alwaysabear - 2
59) trevrpb - 2
59) efw - 2
59) Barriescott - 2
59) JMcB - 2
59) Rob King - 2
59) Mobes - 2
59) trublue - 2
59) djs9750 - 2
59) Maggy - 2
59) djmagnifique - 2
59) Bofrok - 2
59) mot12 - 2
73) Khenryashley - 1
73) spankysmagicpian - 1
73) TheWatcher - 1
73) biddy - 1
73) DECKAS - 1
73) punkrock101 - 1
73) AdamDigital - 1
73 trueblood - 1
73) krismestry - 1
73) heero_yuy - 1
73) offmore - 1
73) Henkesghost - 1
73) savvychels - 1
73) locutus1974 - 1
73) seedybob - 1

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