Thread: General Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
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Old 14-02-2020, 01:07   #260
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)

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Originally Posted by cheekyangus View Post
Those talking about it possibly shutting down mean the UK version, not the original US channel.

NBC and Sky are both owned by Comcast these days.

The latest BARB ratings have the UK version with a 0.18 share (inc +1) , the top Sky entertainment channel is Sky One with a 0.88 share (inc +1).

Universal Channel (also a Sky/Comcast channel) had a 0.18 share in January 20th-26th week prior to being shut.

I watch SyFy UK regularly and hope it survives, but it's not a sure thing the UK channel will survive if they are willing to cull a similarly rating channel.

https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/...g-summary-new/
I think if you look at it in the context of Sky’s portfolio, both it and E! are fairly distinctive from the other channels - plus we are seeing some new shows on both (Temptation Island and the aforementioned Twilight Zone as well as a second run for Westworld) as well the shows being offered the same way (all episodes available) so there’s likely some life in both for now even as they align closer to the Sky portfolio.
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