General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by andy_m

Can't you subscribe to Sky Sports on Sky and then pay £5 to have them in HD? I thought they'd effectively split their HD charge between normal and premium TV.

You could take Entertainment at £21.50 add HD charge at £10.25 and Sky Sports £21.00 totalling £52.25

However as ocav has stated your now required to take Entertainment Extra+ to add sports in HD which adds up as follows Entertainment Extra+ £31.50 , Sky Sports £21 , Sports in HD £5.25 totalling £57.75.

[colin25]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

You could take Entertainment at £21.50 add HD charge at £10.25 and Sky Sports £21.00 totalling £52.25

However as ocav has stated your now required to take Entertainment Extra+ to add sports in HD which adds up as follows Entertainment Extra+ £31.50 , Sky Sports £21 , Sports in HD £5.25 totalling £57.75.

Sounds like a rip off

[coulsontom]

Originally Posted by robson689

I worked Sky out to be World HD, Unlimited Calls and Fibre Unlimited (40Mbit) to be £105.25 monthly. Including line rental it would be £119.75 a month so don't know where you get your prices from lol. Customer deals don't count either!! VM VIP is better value (120Mbit vs 40Mbit) for £5.96 cheaper a month.!!!!This is all from their website

You also quoted vm's price including line rental and sky's price not including line rental!! sneaky bugger i seen what you did there!! trying to make vm look a lot more expensive.

No I wasn't. That Sky price includes line rental but it's for Up to 20mb BB.

Sorry but those prices are up to 20mb BB. So yes Virgin's you get more (supposedly).

I know everyone is different. But for us tbh, there is no difference for us between up to 20mb and 100mb that we have now. We don't download just browse the web, and it's not noticeably different for just browsing.

Even YouTube videos on 100mb BB are notoriously slow to load on Virgin so there isn't much benefit. FOR US(before you heckle)

Originally Posted by andy_m

Can't you subscribe to Sky Sports on Sky and then pay £5 to have them in HD? I thought they'd effectively split their HD charge between normal and premium TV.

yes £5.25 but you have to take Entertainment extra +. there is entertainment, entertainment extra and plus.

They are in increments of £5.

So Sky entertainment with sports is £42.50, but to take HD you have to pay extra £10 for entertainment extra + plus £5.25 hd fee so it's £57.75

you may as well get Sky World for £65.75 if you're going to get that.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by robson689

I worked Sky out to be World HD, Unlimited Calls and Fibre Unlimited (40Mbit) to be £105.25 monthly. Including line rental it would be £119.75 a month so don't know where you get your prices from lol. Customer deals don't count either!! VM VIP is better value (120Mbit vs 40Mbit) for £5.96 cheaper a month.!!!!This is all from their website

You also quoted vm's price including line rental and sky's price not including line rental!! sneaky bugger i seen what you did there!! trying to make vm look a lot more expensive.

I have been reliably informed that SKY will be flooding the internet with 50% off for 12 month deals when BT launch their new look TV service and ESPN drops out of XL. My wifes cousin who works for SKY, and set us up on a 12 months 50% off contract, suggested up to 150,000 codes will be made available from July / August.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/92...l-back-on.html

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/92...ily-codes.html

I'll keep people posted when the deals are on. You'll be able to get SKY's top package for around £65.00 per month for a whole year, or around £75.00 to £80.00 if you take BT Sports on top of this. It's only a 12 month contract anyway so at the end you could return to Virgin and get a further 6 months half price from them too. 18 months of half price TV!

Just out of interest, if and when ESPN drops out of XL will customers be able to cancel their services under their terms and conditions due to their services being adversely effected?

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by colin25

Sounds like a rip off

It doesn't affect me as I've always had Sky World however those wanting sport in HD the cheapest way possible I'm sure will be rightly peeved.

[colin25]

Originally Posted by Chad

I have been reliably informed that SKY will be flooding the internet with 50% off for 12 month deals when BT launch their new look TV service and ESPN drops out of XL. My wifes cousin who works for SKY, and set us up on a 12 months 50% off contract, suggested up to 150,000 codes will be made available from July / August.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/92...l-back-on.html

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/92...ily-codes.html

I'll keep people posted when the deals are on. You'll be able to get SKY's top package for around £65.00 per month for a whole year, or around £75.00 to £80.00 if you take BT Sports on top of this. It's only a 12 month contract anyway so at the end you could return to Virgin and get a further 6 months half price from them too. 18 months of half price TV!

Just out of interest, if and when ESPN drops out of XL will customers be able to cancel their services under their terms and conditions due to their services being adversely effected?

Thanks Chad...keep me informed please.

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

It doesn't affect me as I've always had Sky World however those wanting sport in HD the cheapest way possible I'm sure will be rightly peeved.

But then those who don't want the sport channels can now get HD for half price?

[colin25]

Originally Posted by andy_m

But then those who don't want the sport channels can now get HD for half price?

Oh, never thought of that

[Media Boy UK]

Some new info on BT Sports.

I have seen an new ad poster today in my local high street for BT Sports and it confirmed that BT Sports will launch on August 1st*.

*No info on where BT Sport will broadcast was given.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Some new info on BT Sports.

I have seen an new ad poster today my local high street for BT Sports and it confirmed that BT Sports will launch on August 1st*.

*No info on where BT Sport will broadcast was given.

Yes l thought that as ESPN finish transmission's on the 31st of July.

[Aguero9320]

Originally Posted by denphone

Yes l thought that as ESPN finish transmission's on the 31st of July.

Yes! ESPN closes at 23:59 on July 31st, and BT Sport will take over its spot on the EPG at 00:00 on August 1st. OK!

[nstokes]

Anyone know what will happen to ESPN Amercia?

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Aguero9320

Yes! ESPN closes at 23:59 on July 31st, and BT Sport will take over its spot on the EPG at 00:00 on August 1st. OK!

6am on August 1st - I think as broadcasters work from 6am - 5.59am.

So we say 'happy new year' six hours early every year.

---------- Post added at 10:59 ---------- Previous post was at 10:56 ----------

Originally Posted by nstokes

Anyone know what will happen to ESPN Amercia?

No updates in months from BT - Hope to get more on Friday.

But I do know that BT will keep one ESPN branded channel on air.

ESPN Classic was not sold to BT so it will close sometime before August.

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

No updates in months from BT - Hope to get more on Friday.

But I do know that BT will keep one ESPN branded channel on air.

ESPN Classic was not sold to BT so it will close sometime before August.

I hope we do keep ESPN America/HD as i sometimes watch stuff on there. I will miss ESPN Classic

[Media Boy UK]

May List update - May 7th update.

Keep up-to-date on the latest news on upcoming channel launches and other important events across all platforms of Virgin TV network.

NOTE: I do not work for Virgin Media so all the information on this list is subject to change.

Colours on my list are as followed:

Media Boy = New Info just added.
Media Boy = Virgin Media News and links.
Media Boy = Other Media news/Things.

=== Coming up on Virgin's Digital TV ===
=== Rumour to be Launching very soon ===
-The Active Channel to launch on Virgin Media soon.

=== May ===
22nd. The Competition Commission will publish its final report today on the Global Radio & GMG Radio takeover.

=== June ===
No News...

=== By end of June ===
-Liberty Global hope to close the transaction of Virgin Media.

=== July ===
31st. ESPN will close on Virgin Channel 529 today.
31st. ESPN HD will close on Virgin Channel 530 today.
31st. ESPN America will close on Virgin Channel 531 today.
31st. ESPN to close ESPN Classic on Virgin Channel 533 by Today.

=== Summer ===
-FT.com says BT and Virgin Media are in talks over up to THREE BT Sports Channels launching on Virgin Media.

=== August ===
The following BT Sports channels launches has still to be confirmed by Virgin Media - Talks still ongoing:

1st. BT Sports 1 may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. BT Sports 1 HD may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. BT Sports 2 may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. BT Sports 2 HD may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. BT Sports 3 may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. BT Sports 3 HD may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. ESPN (Working name) may launch on Virgin Media today.
1st. ESPN HD (Working name) may launch on Virgin Media today.

=== September ===
No News...

=== October ===
No News...

=== November ===
-Made in Leeds will launch on Virgin Media sometime this month.

=== December ===
No News...

=== By 2015 ===
-RTE Radio and WRN Radio will be axe in old Telewest areas or added to all areas of Virgin Media.

=== Unknown dates ===
-'Seven' will be rebranded as Lincolnshire Living on Virgin Channel 879 (Grimsby & Scunthorpe only).
-I have been told that Virgin Media are in talks with Sky to carry 'Sky Atlantic SD', 'Sky News HD' and 'Sky Sports News HD' - no updates since August 2012.
-Local TV may launch on Virgin TV in some areas in Virgin Channels 600 mark (Starting in Late 2013).
-The BBC to axe BBC Radio 4 LW on Virgin Channel 911 ''in the long term''.
-Smooth fm (Smooth Radio) may get close or rebranded on Virgin Channel 916.
-Fashion One 'In talks with Virgin Media' - no updates in months.
-Sony Movies may launch soon on Virgin Media - no updates since August 2012.

=== Channels THAT still to appear in all areas ===
List was last updated on December 1st 2010.

NO. Channel Name
917. Radio: RTE Radio
920. Radio: WRN Europe

NOTE: Channels are only broadcasting in Ex-Telewest areas right now.

=== Media Boy Extra info: ===
Media Boy Blog - For all things Virgin TV - http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/
See Virgin Media on ''twitter'' here - http://twitter.com/virginmedia
See Nialli's blog on Virgin Media High Definition & TiVo Services here - http://vmhd.blogspot.com/

=== Ask Media Boy ===
Last updated May 6th 2013.

Q: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT VIRGIN MEDIA FROM?
A: I get all my info from Virgin Media viewers, some Virgin Media workers (I called them Virgin Insiders) and Web Sites (NOTE: When I used web sites I will post an link to that web site).

Q: WILL I NEED TO WATCH MY DISNEY CINEMAGIC PROGRAMMES ON MY V+ OR TIVO BOX BY MARCH 27TH?
A: No Virgin Media viewers have until June 28th to watch recorded Disney Cinemagic programmes.

Q: WHY AM I NOT GETTING ''RTE RADIO'' OR ''WRN RADIO'' FOR?
A: RTE Radio and WRN Radio do not broadcast in Ex-ntl and Ex-Cable & Wireless areas - yet.

==== Virgin Media's Deals with broadcasters ===
List last updated on May 6th 2013.

Welcome to the all new look of this part of the list.

When deals with broadcasters run out Virgin Media need to sign new one to keep that Channel on Virgin TV.
Here is an list of channel that Virgin may get when they old deal runs out with that broadcaster:
Also Radio channels are broadcasting on Digital Radio via Freesat, Freeview, Freesat from Sky or Sky.

NOTE: Shopping Channels are not on this list and only Broadcasts who has got some Channels broadcasting on Virgin Media right now appeared on this list. To start broadcasting soon = That channel has still to start broadcasting on Sky, Freesat or Freeview.

=== TV and Radio Channels: ===
=== Own by A+E Networks UK (A&E Television Networks/British Sky Broadcasting) ===
-Bio. +1
-CI HD
-CI +1
-HISTORY HD
-HISTORY +1
-Lifetime (May launch in 2013.)

=== Own by ARY Group ===
-ARY Qtv
-ARY Oneworld
-ARY Entertainment

=== Own by BET International Inc (Viacom) ===
-BET: Black Ent Tv
-BET: Black Ent Tv +1

=== Own by British Sky Broadcasting ===
-Pick TV +1
-Sky1 +1
-Sky 3D
-Sky Atlantic
-Sky Atlantic +1
-Sky Atlantic HD
-Sky News HD
-Sky Sports F1 HD
-Sky Sports 3 HD
-Sky Sports 4 HD
-Sky Sports News HD

=== Own by British Telecommunications Plc ===
-BT Sports 1 (To launch in UK and Ireland in Summer 2013.)
-BT Sports 1 HD (To launch in UK and Ireland in Summer 2013.)
-BT Sports 2 (To launch in UK and Ireland in Summer 2013.)
-BT Sports 2 HD (To launch in UK and Ireland in Summer 2013.)
-BT Sports 3 (ESPN rebrand?)
-BT Sports 3 HD (ESPN HD rebrand?)
-ESPN America HD (Will be owned by BT and maybe get rebrand as ESPN HD from August 1st 2013.)

=== Own by CBS Chellozone UK Channels Partnership ===
-CBS Reality +1
-Horror +1

=== Own by Channel Four Television Corporation ===
-More 4 HD

=== Own by CSC Media Group ===
-Bliss
-BuzMuzik
-Chart Show TV
-Chart Show TV Dance
-Flava
-Kix
-POP
-Pop Girl
-Pop Girl +1
-Scuzz
-The Vault
-Tiny Pop +1

=== Own by Disney-ABC Television Group ===
-Disney Channel HD
-Disney Junior +
-Disney Junior HD
-Disney XD HD

=== Own by Entertainment Networks (UK) Limited (Sony Pictures Television) ===
-More Than Movies
-More Than Movies +1
-Movies 4 Men
-Movies 4 Men +1

=== Own by ESPN Inc. (until July 31st 2013) ===
-ESPN America HD

=== Own by Fox International Channels (News Corporation) ===
-FOX +1

=== Own by Global Radio ===
-Capital FM TV
-Heart FM TV

=== Own by Moving Movies Ltd. (CSC Media Group) ===
-True Drama (Soon to start broadcasting).
-True Entertainment +1
-True Movies 2

=== Own by MTV Networks Europe ===
-MTV CLASSIC
-MTV HD
-MTV LIVE
-MTV MUSIC
-MTV +1

=== Own by Multi Screen Media (Sony Pictures Television) ===
-Sahara One

=== Own by NGC-UK Partnership (National Geographic Society/Fox International Channels) ===
-Nat Wild HD

=== Own by Nickelodeon UK (MTV Networks Europe/British Sky Broadcasting) ===
-Nickelodeon HD
-Nick Jr. +1

=== Own by Paramount UK Partnership (Paramount British Pictures/British Sky Broadcasting) ===
-Comedy Central Extra +1

=== Own by Premier Media ===
-Premier Sports
-Premier Sports Xtra

=== Own by RTE ===
-RTE 2fm
-RTE lyric fm
-RTE Radio 1 (Broadcasts in Ex-Telewest areas right now).
-RTE Radio na Gaeltachta

=== Own by Real & Smooth Ltd [Was GMG Radio] (Global Radio) ===
-Real Radio Wales
-Smooth 70s

=== Own by Scripps Networks Interactive ===
-Food Network
-Food Network +1
-Travel Channel
-Travel Channel +1

=== Own by Sony Pictures Television ===
-Sony Entertainment Television +1
-Sony Movie Channel
-Sony Movie Channel +1

=== Own by STAR TV (News Corporation) ===
-STAR Jalsha
-STAR Plus HD

=== Own by Sunrise Radio Group ===
-Kismat Radio
-Punjabi Radio

=== Own by TIML Radio Limited ===
-Absolute 90s

=== Own by UKTV ===
-Drama (To launch on July 8th 2013 on Freeview).

=== Own by United Christian Broadcasters ===
-UCB TV
-UCB Bible
-UCB Gospel
-UCB Inspiration
-UCB Ireland

=== Own by Universal Networks International ===
-E! HD
-Universal Channel HD

==== See you later ===
List last updated on May 7th 2013.

Next update: May 22nd - unless:

A) If Virgin are set to launch more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) on Virgin TV.
B) If Virgin are set to move more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) about on Virgin TV.
C) If Virgin are set to close or repackage more then TWO channels (TV or Radio ) on Virgin TV.

Did I miss anything??? If I did tell me and it will appear on the next update.

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THIS UPDATE WAS JUST FOR ME TO FIX SOME INFO AND TO CONFIRM THAT HOME AND HEALTH, HOME AND HEALTH +1 AND DISCOVERY SHED HAS TODAY BEEN RENUMBERED ON VIRGIN MEDIA NEXT UPDATE MAY 22ND - MAYBE SOONER...