Thread: General Virgin TV (2024)
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Old 05-10-2024, 11:47   #858
RichardCoulter
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Re: Virgin TV (2024)

As Eden becomes free on other platforms on 16/10/24, let's hope that Virgin, whose customers still have to effectively pay for it, make it available on all packages from this date.

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Originally Posted by epsilon View Post
Overnight changes:
11 Kids channels start a free to view period for October.
The old Box Network channels and NGTV Good Times placeholders have been removed after protecting recordings for 93 days.
4 promotional rebrands / services reverting to their usual names following rebrands.

Further Info:
https://ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com
https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/virgin-media-o2-gives-tv-customers-access-to-hundreds-of-kids-shows-throughout-october-at-no-extra-cost-2/
The kids channels (and TNT Sports & the Asian channels) used to be included in the top basic channel pack.

Then they made them add ons that customers had to pay for in order to continue receiving them.

If they expect people to be grateful that they've added them back for 4 weeks I think they're deluded. Of course, those who were daft enough to pay to continue to receive these channels won't be getting a refund whilst everyone else gets them for free!

Looks to me like take up has been low, so they're sporadically adding these channels back in the hope that kids will exert pester power to get their parents to cough up the extra money to keep them.

Slyness and manipulation is what I see rather than a freebie given out of the goodness of their heart for half term as they're trying to make out.
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