General Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2 - Page 164

denphone · 05-10-2016, 13:18

The old boy Vince will be happy...

Media Boy UK · 05-10-2016, 14:21

Sky Cinema to launch Tom Hanks Channel.

From Monday Sky Cinema Greats will become know as Sky Cinema Tom Hanks for an week.

-Sky Cinema Tom Hanks will be found on Virgin UK 404 and Virgin Ireland 307.
-Sky Cinema Tom Hanks HD will be found on Virgin UK 434 and Virgin Ireland 337.

OLD BOY · 05-10-2016, 14:44

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Originally Posted by denphone

And there was us thinking you are watching all your streaming services and was not interested in watching any linear channels OB.

I still watch them, Den, but through my recordings to avoid the ads and to watch them when I want to see them.

I won't be recording anything from Viceland if it comes unless they improve radically the quality of their material.

denphone · 05-10-2016, 14:54

Yes Viceland certainly has to improve considerably in the content it is showing that is for sure OB.

05-10-2016, 16:42

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Is Sony not broadcasting the same Movies on both channels - but not at the same time.

We read it somewhere months ago.

Possibly, but Sony tend to repeat content across their channels, so that isn't conclusive evidence of a future merger.

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Do you know if it been confirmed that True Movies 2 has been axe for good?

The listings feeds for both True Drama and True Movies 2 have disappeared rather than being replaced with listings for the +1 timeshifts. Sony sometimes uses +1 timeshifts as fillers before launching new services, so the space could be reserved for new services (or even reserved to bring more>movies / moviemix back to Sky). I wouldn't like to predict what will actually happen.

Media Boy UK · 05-10-2016, 16:46

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Originally Posted by jj20x

The listings feeds for both True Drama and True Movies 2 have disappeared rather than being replaced with listings for the +1 timeshifts. Sony sometimes uses +1 timeshifts as fillers before launching new services, so the space could be reserved for new services (or even reserved to bring more>movies / moviemix back to Sky). I wouldn't like to predict what will actually happen.

We was only asking due to this wee bit on Wikipedia (Yes we know everyone can update this page).

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From 30 September 2016, the channel was temporarily renamed as a 1 hour timeshift of True Christmas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Movies_2

05-10-2016, 17:17

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

We was only asking due to this wee bit on Wikipedia (Yes we know everyone can update this page).

I had seen that too. Even though anyone can edit Wikipedia it is a vague "safe" statement with no source referenced. True Christmas +1 is a temporary rename as the channel is a temporary seasonal channel, it doesn't actually state that it will revert to True Movies 2 at some point. It remains to be seen whether or not True Movies 2 returns in January. At the moment, the lack of a listings feed suggests there may be further changes ahead.

Media Boy UK · 06-10-2016, 00:24

Virgin Media UK confirmed Channels temporarily available to all packages.

According to the latest Virgin Media UK Channel Guide...

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...nels.html#more

nodrogd · 06-10-2016, 08:06

Don't know whats going on this morning.
After being removed yesterday, the BBC3 placeholder has returned to 106

denphone · 06-10-2016, 08:22

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Originally Posted by nodrogd

Don't know whats going on this morning.
After being removed yesterday, the BBC3 placeholder has returned to 106

Certainly a bit strange that.

Media Boy UK · 06-10-2016, 12:07

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Originally Posted by nodrogd

Don't know whats going on this morning.
After being removed yesterday, the BBC3 placeholder has returned to 106

Also total channels has gone up by 1.

Plus the UMP Movies placeholder has today been removed from 830.

theone2k10 · 07-10-2016, 00:26

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Virgin Media UK confirmed Channels temporarily available to all packages.

According to the latest Virgin Media UK Channel Guide...

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...nels.html#more

Refering to t'he cbs and horror channels.
That's nice of vm giving everyone channels for free that are already avalable free of charge anyway.

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Originally Posted by nodrogd

Don't know whats going on this morning.
After being removed yesterday, the BBC3 placeholder has returned to 106

You're getting a new free channel however vm will rise prices by £4p/m

OLD BOY · 07-10-2016, 08:46

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Originally Posted by nodrogd

Don't know whats going on this morning.
After being removed yesterday, the BBC3 placeholder has returned to 106

You would think that channel 106 would connect with a red button directly to BBC3 via the BBC i-Player. At least that would encourage people to watch this material.

1andrew1 · 07-10-2016, 09:25

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

Refering to t'he cbs and horror channels.
That's nice of vm giving everyone channels for free that are already avalable free of charge anyway.

That's what I thought - the CBS suite of channels should be in all packs anyway. I appreciate that they've not always been on Freeview/Freesat but they have been for some time now so VM needs to reflect this.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

You would think that channel 106 would connect with a red button directly to BBC3 via the BBC i-Player. At least that would encourage people to watch this material.

Yes. But other platforms don't do this either. I would like to see 106 deeplinked to the BBC3 content on the iPlayer, not just iPlayer itself.

DaMac · 07-10-2016, 10:42

On Freesat BBC One HD moved from 108 to 106, maybe VM will move it also.