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

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Also Virgin did remove 27 SD Channels* and 28 HD Channels* plus an unknown channel on Tuesday night from Total Channels.

*The extra Sports channels that The BBC and Channel 4 did broadcast over July to September 2012 plus Eurosport 3D.

So base on that Virgin Media look set to reuse them and launch more new channels over the coming months.

Indeed and l for one expect the raft of new channels to continue for some time yet.

Have SKY got 28 more HD channels over VM?

24 by my count (excluding Cinemagic, Eurosport 2 and Animal Planet).

[Henkesghost]

Originally Posted by Jameseh

24 by my count (excluding Cinemagic, Eurosport 2 and Animal Planet).

They've only got 2 more if you exclude another 22

Cinemagic's closing and we're getting the other two within the next fortnight so it would be unfair to include them.

But we still have Film4 HD exclusivity, it must be driving the customers in - in their droves.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Jameseh

Cinemagic's closing and we're getting the other two within the next fortnight so it would be unfair to include them.

But we still have Film4 HD exclusivity, it must be driving the customers in - in their droves.

Film 4 HD will arrive on Sky in the coming months.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Film 4 HD will arrive on Sky in the coming months.

l suspect there will be wild celebrations in the streets for the master and his minions.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by denphone

l suspect there will be wild celebrations in the streets for the master and his minions.

Hardly can't say I've ever watched it , I suspect some non Sky Movie subscribers will welcome it however.

[denphone]

Channel 4 wins television rights to cover two more Paralympics.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013...ts-paralympics

[eugene]

Thanks Media Boy, would like to see MTV Classics return along with MTV Music. A good time for new channels it seems.

Originally Posted by Top banana

It's something to do with content providers not wanting anyone to be able to record something and then give the content to someone else to watch via their PVC I think, whereas by storing in the cloud you will have content linked to your account so only you can access it.

In which case they could make a lockable snap out drive and provide VM techs with the key. The method was intended to be a quick fix to avoid losing recorded content when a box fails.

If anyone was that determined to share / swap drives they could just open up the box and remove it.

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

On VM boxes the card is used during recording, not playback (apart from Sky channels where it is used for both).

Yes, I did mean the Sky channels. Premium content providers would be more concerned about this unlikely form of programme sharing than most broadcasters.

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

I know, I was just pointing out making the drive removable doesn't help. In fact it makes your chances of losing content are slightly higher as there is more hardaware to go wrong (plus the risk of kids pulling out the drive and losing/dropping/smearing with marmite etc)

The point was to make it easier for a VM tech to transfer the drive from a faulty box to a replacement box. An alternative to taking the whole thing away resulting in lost recordings.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by jj20x

If anyone was that determined to share / swap drives they could just open up the box and remove it.

They could but they would be wasting their time. Every box has its own unique disc encryption keys.

Originally Posted by jj20x

Yes, I did mean the Sky channels. Premium content providers would be more concerned about this unlikely form of programme sharing than most broadcasters.

I expect most broadcasters would be concerned if disc cloning was possible. Sky's extra restriction is to prevent viewing after unsubscribing,

Originally Posted by jj20x

The point was to make it easier for a VM tech to transfer the drive from a faulty box to a replacement box. An alternative to taking the whole thing away resulting in lost recordings.

Not possible. See above.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media to add some new Channels - should launch on Tuesday.

I can now reveal that the following channels should launch on Tuesday on Virgin Media:

Channels to launch:
-Quest+1 to launch on Virgin Channel 173 on the M+, L and XL Packages.
-Investigation Discovery to launch on Virgin Channel 214 on the M+, L and XL Packages.
-British Eurosport 2 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 526 on the XL Package.

-No word yet on when Animal Planet HD will launch on Virgin Channel 217.

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

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

I have today seen info that Virgin Media will NOT launch Investigation Discovery on Virgin Channel 224 on Tuesday.

It will be on Virgin Channel 214.

NOTE: I was given this info on Thursday but I did not see it until Tonight.

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Originally Posted by Jameseh

24 by my count (excluding Cinemagic, Eurosport 2 and Animal Planet).

Only 23 in my eyes...

Sky unlikey to give anyone the HD Channels of Sky 3D, Sky Atlantic HD, Sky Sports 3 HD, Sky Sports 4 HD and Sky Sports F1 HD

So Virgin can go after (Bar British Eurosport 2 HD and Animal Planet HD):

Disney Cinemagic HD - NOT going to happen due to channel closing on March 28th.

01) Crime & Investigation Network HD
02) Disney Channel HD
03) Disney XD HD
04) E! HD
05) ESPN America HD
06) History HD
07) ITV2 HD
08) ITV3 HD
09) ITV4 HD
10) MGM HD
11) More4 HD
12) MTV HD
13) Nat Geo Wild HD
14) NHK World HD
15) Nickelodeon HD
16) RT (Russia Today) HD
17) RTÉ Two HD
18) Sky News HD
19) Sky Sports News HD
20) STAR Plus HD
21) Universal Channel HD

[OB81]

So where not really missing much then

[Lew]

There are a few on those list that I wouldn't complain if they suddenly showed up on the VM EPG, but the one I really want is ESPN America HD.