Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
07-12-2015, 18:57
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Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
Spike Television is yet another new channel that is not shown on Virgin media. Sky, BT, Freesat and Freeview have added to their lists of channels that can viewed so why not Virgin.
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07-12-2015, 19:13
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Re: Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
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Originally Posted by LostInTransit
Spike Television is yet another new channel that is not shown on Virgin media. Sky, BT, Freesat and Freeview have added to their lists of channels that can viewed so why not Virgin.
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The channel owner makes their own arrangements for appearing on satellite and Freeview (and all Freeview hybrid boxes).
That said, it is ridiculous that more and more channels are not being added to the Virgin Media EPG- particularly when the channels are available FTA elsewhere.
IMO, those paying for a service should not have to change to another platform to view these new additions.
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07-12-2015, 19:17
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Re: Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
Blame Virgin's amateurish and snail like negotiators.
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08-12-2015, 00:21
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Re: Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
Looks pretty crap to me anyway, all cops, cops, cops, cops, cops.............. 
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08-12-2015, 10:22
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Re: Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
Does very well in the ratings though - weekly reach of 1.44 million.
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08-12-2015, 10:26
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Re: Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
Quite a lot of viewers like watching cop shows....
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08-12-2015, 11:54
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Re: Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
Walking Dead moved to Spike on launch, obviously didn't get the viewing figures they expected, so it reappeared on 5 soon enough.
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08-12-2015, 13:30
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Re: Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
I think it shows Justified, Breaking Bad, and a few other shows that have done well on other channels in the past that people may have missed first time round.
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08-12-2015, 15:26
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Re: Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
The channel owner makes their own arrangements for appearing on satellite and Freeview (and all Freeview hybrid boxes).
That said, it is ridiculous that more and more channels are not being added to the Virgin Media EPG- particularly when the channels are available FTA elsewhere.
IMO, those paying for a service should not have to change to another platform to view these new additions.
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It is annoying, but of course you can watch it on Freeview with an aerial. This is what I do, and I use my DVD recorder to avoid the adverts.
As far as Spike is concerned, it is full of content that has already been shown on channels we do have access to (or is available on Netflix) so it is not a major issue IMHO.
Of course, those who don't subscribe to Netflix may not be so happy.
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08-12-2015, 22:15
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Re: Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
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Quite a lot of viewers like watching cop shows....
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To see if they are on the shows 
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08-12-2015, 22:36
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Re: Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
Seems to be quite a few channels on freeview that aren't on VM e.g.
Quest
Spike
RT
Moviemix
Movies4Men
TalkingPicturesTV
Fortunately I have access to both platforms, but am beginning to wonder whether I need VM at all.
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09-12-2015, 01:02
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Re: Spike Television Channel not on Virgin Media
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Originally Posted by Mr K
Seems to be quite a few channels on freeview that aren't on VM e.g.
Quest
Spike
RT
Moviemix
Movies4Men
TalkingPicturesTV
Fortunately I have access to both platforms, but am beginning to wonder whether I need VM at all.
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ive said it before but how we dont have freeview channels is pretty amateur like from virgin media.
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09-12-2015, 09:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr K
Seems to be quite a few channels on freeview that aren't on VM e.g.
Quest
Spike
RT
Moviemix
Movies4Men
TalkingPicturesTV
Fortunately I have access to both platforms, but am beginning to wonder whether I need VM at all.
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Quest is on VM ch 172 and even +1 on 173 but I understand the sentiment you are making
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