Thread: General Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Old 07-08-2021, 17:20   #1122
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)

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Originally Posted by cheekyangus View Post
Not impossible that the truth is actually halfway in-between. Discovery closing all SD and HD channels but with a UHD Discovery Channel and UHD Eurosport channel remaining as showcases of Factual and Sport. UHD being more efficiently supplied as a single broadcast rather than lots of UHD streams (and without the lag, so better for Live programming).
Media Boy Sources confirmed to me last Wednesday that Discovery is to axe linear channels by 2023 when Discovery deals are up with Virgin and Sky.

But reports on channellists.com some time ago says that an Eurosport Events Pay Per Views linear channel for Discovery live sports rights.
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