General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2 - Page 45

RichardCoulter · 21-08-2015, 00:49

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Originally Posted by Aguero9320

BREAKING NEWS!!! BT Sport Freeview to launch at channel 548

Virgin Media Previews (channel 100) have announced that BT Showcase (a one-off events channel) is to launch at channel 548. Still no launch date in sight.

Thought it would be; seemed only logical. I believe that it's more problematic for cable companies to switch the encryption on and off too than it is for satellite.

I wasn't given a start date, but Andrew makes a good point about 'Fear The Walking Dead.

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Originally Posted by stuntmaster

Speaking of new channels the red button on BT Sport europe works and works well, the extra feeds are SD only though.

There are a few bugs:

1. Going to BTSP Europe HD, pressing red, then choosing the first feed which is what BTSP Europe is showing currently will then load the SD variant and not go back to the HD one.

2. The choose match screen says at the bottom "press sky/tv on your TiVo remote to exit this screen", obviously we don't have a sky button, we have a TV one though. so it should say home/tv instead.

So, it seems that VM remote controls are expected to have a Sky button now(!)

1andrew1 · 21-08-2015, 01:16

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

AMC is going to be on VM not long after launch, my source expected it end of this month but they got their dates mixed up.

That makes a lot of sense.

vincerooney · 21-08-2015, 16:36

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

AMC is going to be on VM not long after launch, my source expected it end of this month but they got their dates mixed up.

thats a confident answer!

Mad Max · 21-08-2015, 21:57

Tbh i suspect AMC will just show more dross and repeats!

theone2k10 · 21-08-2015, 22:12

Another channel launching on freeview that vm aren't getting is talking pictures. That is launching on freeview September 15th (ish) my sources have confirmed no news of it being on VM.
Talking pictures shows very old movies aka 50s 60s so a few of you movie fans might enjoy it, it is however available on freesat from SKY or can be manually tuned in on a freesat box etc.
http://talkingpicturestv.co.uk/

johnathome · 22-08-2015, 01:03

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

Another channel launching on freeview that vm aren't getting is talking pictures. That is launching on freeview September 15th (ish) my sources have confirmed no news of it being on VM.
Talking pictures shows very old movies aka 50s 60s so a few of you movie fans might enjoy it, it is however available on freesat from SKY or can be manually tuned in on a freesat box etc.
http://talkingpicturestv.co.uk/

Well that's interesting as i spoke to the guy who runs it and he said the Freeview costs were too much to launch, about half a million, so to hear this is coming to FV is a bit of a surprise TBH!

theone2k10 · 22-08-2015, 01:15

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Originally Posted by johnathome

Well that's interesting as i spoke to the guy who runs it and he said the Freeview costs were too much to launch, about half a million, so to hear this is coming to FV is a bit of a surprise TBH!

Bit more info on it now if you have a freeview hd box or tv you'll get it it will not be available on standard freeview boxes, the best way to know if you'll get it is if you are getting bbc4hd and motors tv you'll get talking pictures.

RichardCoulter · 22-08-2015, 01:40

Pencilled in to start on 15/9/15.

1andrew1 · 22-08-2015, 02:12

"Coming Soon"

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Q. Will Talking Pictures TV be available on Virgin? 28-05-2015
A. We have started talking to Virgin and will update you, in the meantime please write to Virgin yourselves if they are your provider and ask them to carry TPTV!

http://talkingpicturestv.co.uk/faqs/

nodrogd · 22-08-2015, 11:05

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

Bit more info on it now if you have a freeview hd box or tv you'll get it it will not be available on standard freeview boxes, the best way to know if you'll get it is if you are getting bbc4hd and motors tv you'll get talking pictures.

If thats the case, you will need a Freeview HD receiver AND be in range of a transmitter carrying the lower powered COM7 mux.

http://www.a516digital.com/2013/02/w...-channels.html

RichardCoulter · 22-08-2015, 11:23

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Originally Posted by nodrogd

If thats the case, you will need a Freeview HD receiver AND be in range of a transmitter carrying the lower powered COM7 mux.

http://www.a516digital.com/2013/02/w...-channels.html

That's right, that's the mux it's going on (less reach, but cheaper carriage.). I'm surprised they haven't gone the IPTV route.

Media Boy UK · 22-08-2015, 19:48

As of today BT SPORT FREE has started testing and is curently broadcasting the same feed as BT SPORT 1.

Media Boy UK · 24-08-2015, 12:34

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

As of today BT SPORT FREE has started testing and is curently broadcasting the same feed as BT SPORT 1.

Did I miss anything this weekend?

muppetman11 · 24-08-2015, 13:09

This week's United champions league qualifier will be shown on BT Showcase.

1andrew1 · 24-08-2015, 13:14

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Did I miss anything this weekend?

The bus?

Main news this weekend has been the potential sale of UTV to ITV and BT Sport striking a five-year deal with Cricket Australia including the next Ashes.