Thread: General Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Old 13-03-2021, 01:00   #294
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)

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Originally Posted by ScottishSteve View Post
The 360 has had most of the HD swaps that you listed if applicable to your package and the SD channels completely removed.

Will be interesting to see where BBC 3 returns to number wise.

Why should they take a top 20 slot just because they are (re)launching a new channel.
Because PSB channels have OFCOM rules re: EPG prominence that came into effect January 2021. Certain ones need to be in the Top 8 positions, others in the Top 24, some in top positions for their Category e.g. News or Children's.

BBC3 is PSB, and (I think) the only PSB for that demographic of the population. BBC4 is supposedly going to be transititioned into being more of an archive channel, with it's first run content moving to BBC2.

---------- Post added 13-03-2021 at 00:00 ---------- Previous post was 12-03-2021 at 23:55 ----------

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Which is crazy, if the BBC decide to launch more channels others will have to be shunted further down.

IIRC Channel4 bid high to get the channel number for E4 when BBC 3 departed
And VM have left the old E4 channel number empty ever since. It has always seemed to me this suggested VM thought they may have to move it back, even if it was simply because a rival broadcaster outbid Channel 4 for 106 at some point in the future.
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