General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 2

[ncfc1902]

Sky Sports don't have the rights to the World Cup at all. All live games and highlights are on BBC and ITV.

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by InformationMedia

I wonder if any tv companies will fill the void left by ESPN Classic in the near future? Pitch International Ltd hold quite a few rights and produced plenty of programs for ESPN, Maybe there is a gap in the market for them to produce a TV channel in the near future.......

It was a quality channel ESPN classic no idea why they shut it down to be honest. The quality of the shows went down a bit near the end but still a lot of good stuff.

I'd imagine BT and sky would go for the programs but i can't see BT myself as they're more pre occupied with their live rights which is why they shut down espn classic.

Sky sports classic would be a great channel though. Does anyone know if sky sports keep the right to show all their old football matches from the early 90s or do they revert back to the premier league after the contract is up? Sky would have so much stuff from classic football matches etc. If they made a channel entirely for F1 surely sky sports classic is a possibility...it'll probably be $ly exclusive though

[Dave_Gosport]

So, I'm back from holiday... What have I missed?

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

It was a quality channel ESPN classic no idea why they shut it down to be honest.

ESPN's European TV operations shut down completely so that's why the three ESPN channels: ESPN Classic, ESPN America and ESPN UK closed. BT took up ESPN's rights and licensed the brand for a new ESPN channel.
With the popularity of services like YouTube, I think ESPN Classic also suffered from declining viewing figures.

[Ultimate.Conj]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Just been given an update by an Virgin Insider.

Cant reveal info but will say more when I can.

Afternoon all,

Hey MB - Is it news we are going to like?

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Dave_Gosport

So, I'm back from holiday... What have I missed?

Have long have you been away?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj

Afternoon all,

Hey MB - Is it news we are going to like?

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by blue666666

What's movie max never heard of it history hd and natgeo hd will be good for me

Found this in the Digital Spy dedicated forum for all things Virgin Media:

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1803564

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj

Afternoon all,

Hey MB - Is it news we are going to like?

lets all hope so

[Ultimate.Conj]

Originally Posted by denphone

Do you know something as well Den?

Spill the beans....I won't tell anyone

[theone2k10]

My source may of got some new information today about history hd, they are trying to confirm it before revealing it to me.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj

Do you know something as well Den?

Spill the beans....I won't tell anyone

l had a look into Chads reliable crystal ball last night and the portends are good.

[Ultimate.Conj]

Originally Posted by denphone

l had a look into Chads reliable crystal ball last night and the portends are good.

Do you think we are likely to see the views of Monaco in high definition?
Or is there something else on the horizon?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj

Do you think we are likely to see the views of Monaco in high definition?
Or is there something else on the horizon?

Perhaps the one after maybe.

[Ultimate.Conj]

Originally Posted by denphone

Perhaps the one after maybe.

That would make it the Canadian Grand Prix around 8th June...I guess that could be classed as "early summer", no?