General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1.

[andy_m]

I take it the last bit is in relation to Animal Planet hd etc, rather than what Liberty Global plan next.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

[/COLOR]I will reveal what is set to happen sometime next week on Monday from 12pm.

Well lets hope for maybe one or two more channels perhaps.

[alwaysabear]

This is an interesting article about what liberty's future might be http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/44992b32-6...44feab49a.html
Involving the possible takeover of ITV.

[Media Boy UK]

Has anyone noted that Virgin has remove 56 channels from the Total Channels sometime since Tuesday?

I think it the 54 Summer Sports Channels from BBC and Channel 4 plus Eurosport 3D and an unknown channel.

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Originally Posted by denphone

Well lets hope for maybe one or two more channels perhaps.

Or Horror Channel to move to Channel 666?

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by andy_m

I take it the last bit is in relation to Animal Planet hd etc, rather than what Liberty Global plan next.

You won't see any changes from the Liberty deal for a long time - it won't even be approved for months. For now it's business as usual.

Originally Posted by Media Boy

I think it the 54 Summer Sports Channels from BBC and Channel 4 plus Eurosport 3D and an unknown channel.

Spot on.

[Horizon]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Has anyone noted that Virgin has remove 56 channels from the Total Channels sometime since Tuesday?

I think it the 54 Summer Sports Channels from BBC and Channel 4 plus Eurosport 3D and an unknown channel.

Yes, all gone from the channel index and about time several months after they finished!

But don't worry the transport streams are the same, vm haven't created them to remove them again. So there's plenty of room for dmax 2.5 etc.

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

You won't see any changes from the Liberty deal for a long time - it won't even be approved for months. For now it's business as usual..

I agree, except we might get a few channels which Liberty have an interest in, appear.

I wouldn't say no to the Outdoor Channel - I like rambling!

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

You won't see any changes from the Liberty deal for a long time - it won't even be approved for months. For now it's business as usual.

Media Boy posted a link to a story about Liberty's planned further acquisitions, and said he'd reveal what was happening on Monday in the same post. I just wanted to clarify that he was talking about two separate things.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Horizon

I agree, except we might get a few channels which Liberty have an interest in, appear.

That will only be two +1 channels - as far as I know from Horror Channel and CBS Reality.

EDIT:

And Food Network and Food Network +1.

[andy_m]

Not Food Network?

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by andy_m

Media Boy posted a link to a story about Liberty's planned further acquisitions, and said he'd reveal what was happening on Monday in the same post. I just wanted to clarify that he was talking about two separate things.

The news on Monday has nothing to do with the Virgin Media takeover.

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Originally Posted by andy_m

Not Food Network?

Oops I forgot about them.

[Horizon]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

That will only be two +1 channels - as far as I know from Horror Channel and CBS Reality.

EDIT:

And Food Network and Food Network +1.

Liberty's/John Malone's interests are far less now than they once were as he's battled Murdoch and others in the States. But Malone still owns a little "bit" of prettty much everything.

The Discovery channels deal was interesting timing....

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Horizon

The Discovery channels deal was interesting timing....

Also did you know that Discovery are set to own an wee bit of Eurosport.

Deal was also signed in the last few weeks for Eurosport 2 HD to launch soon - so Technix is reporting on DS Forum.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...take-eurosport

[denphone]

Originally Posted by andy_m

Not Food Network?

Food Network is not a bad channel for us Chef's.

[Media Boy UK]

Guardian: Planet Rock bought by Bauer Media.

When we was busy on the Virgin Media takeover this happened yesterday as well:

Bauer Media, a German-owned private company which is also homes to magazines including Grazia and Heat, confirmed the deal on Wednesday as predicted by MediaGuardian last month.

The loss-making digital radio station was put up for sale by its owner, millionaire entrepreneur and rock music fan Malcolm Bluemel last year.

Bauer bought the station for an undisclosed sum but the company is thought to have paid between £1m and £2m, with the sum likely to be closer to the former than the latter.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013...ck-bauer-media

[1701-e]

Originally Posted by Gadgie

Ah cheers for that, much appreciated, the Bose TV system costs around £349, I was just wondering if any of the cheaper ones were worth buying, thanks again.

I got a Philips sound bar from Tesco for £99 which is damm good. Have the TiVo straight into it.