General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4

[Gavin-D]

Smooth Christmas returns on November 15th and will end on December 27th

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

Smooth Christmas returns on November 15th and will end on December 27th

Yes, on the Digital One DAB MUX, replacing Smooth, but will this be added to Virgin Media?

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Where does this saved money come from?

I think MB is wearing his rose tinted spectacles. Apparently, when carriage contracts switch from 2 monthly payments to a single payment, 2 plus 2 now equals 3.

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

Smooth Christmas returns on November 15th and will end on December 27th

Happy days

[1701-e]

itvbe +1 and HD added here (120/179).... God help us all!

[nodrogd]

Originally Posted by jj20x

Yes, on the Digital One DAB MUX, replacing Smooth, but will this be added to Virgin Media?[COLOR="Silver"]

As Virgin pick up the Satellite feed of Smooth Radio's London output & not the dreadful Mono DAB feed, it's unlikely you will see this temporary service on Virgin. In many local DAB areas, Smooth replaced Gold with their 128Kbps stereo service, duplicating the existing output (with the exception of local ads & travel info) on the Digital One MUX.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by nodrogd

As Virgin pick up the Satellite feed of Smooth Radio's London output & not the dreadful Mono DAB feed, it's unlikely you will see this temporary service on Virgin. In many local DAB areas, Smooth replaced Gold with their 128Kbps stereo service, duplicating the existing output (with the exception of local ads & travel info) on the Digital One MUX.

I really think Global Radio may axe Gold Radio from Digital TV for Smooth Extra to launch in 2015.

Look like Global are running down Gold Radio - Been axe from AM in some parts of England.

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Originally Posted by 1701-e

itvbe +1 and HD added here (120/179).... God help us all!

Seen no confirmed launch date yet.

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Originally Posted by jj20x

I think MB is wearing his rose tinted spectacles. Apparently, when carriage contracts switch from 2 monthly payments to a single payment, 2 plus 2 now equals 3.

Where did the missing pay Sky Sports HD Channels come from in July?

An new carriage deal.

So you ever know with Virgin Media.

[alwaysabear]

Originally Posted by 1701-e

itvbe +1 and HD added here (120/179).... God help us all!

Thanks for the info, guess they must be starting soon if a slate is up.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by alwaysabear

Thanks for the info, guess they must be starting soon if a slate is up.

All I was told last month was "November".

[Arthurgray50@blu]

If l am not wrong True Movies 2 is on Smallworld Cable, so is there any idea when this channel will join VM.

I watch the True channels more than anything

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

If l am not wrong True Movies 2 is on Smallworld Cable, so is there any idea when this channel will join VM.

I watch the True channels more than anything

True Movies 2 is not on Smallworld.

Wikipedia says it on WightFibre.

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

Originally Posted by nodrogd

As Virgin pick up the Satellite feed of Smooth Radio's London output & not the dreadful Mono DAB feed, it's unlikely you will see this temporary service on Virgin. In many local DAB areas, Smooth replaced Gold with their 128Kbps stereo service, duplicating the existing output (with the exception of local ads & travel info) on the Digital One MUX.

I agree, and that was the largely the point of my comment. It is fairly common knowledge that Smooth Xmas will be returning to DAB, but this is the Coming Soon to Virgin TV thread, not Coming Soon to DAB.

Basically, I was questioning how relevant the information was to this thread.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Where did the missing pay Sky Sports HD Channels come from in July?

An new carriage deal.

So you ever know with Virgin Media.

Savings may or may not come from a new carriage deal, that would depend on the actual terms of the deal. You didn't actually specify a new deal, just "savings" which is probably why other posters are asking where these savings would come from. As far as Viacom is concerned, there has been a trend for new channels to replace existing channels on VM. At the moment, there is no evidence to suggest that this trend will change. Time will tell.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by jj20x

Savings may or may not come from a new carriage deal, that would depend on the actual terms of the deal. You didn't actually specify a new deal, just "savings" which is probably why other posters are asking where these savings would come from. As far as Viacom is concerned, there has been a trend for new channels to replace existing channels on VM. At the moment, there is no evidence to suggest that this trend will change. Time will tell.

Viacom buying Channel 5 and Sony buying CSC does not give VM any savings, VM will just continue paying what it did until the next negotiations. In the longer term, it may even result in extra costs for VM as it will be negotiating with two stronger companies as oppose to four less strong companies.

[Aguero9320]

I cannot believe we are all getting comical over a group of channels. This close to Christmas! However, I could be hypocritical and ask as to what is going on with new channels and whether or not Santa is going to give us VM customers new channels for Christmas!

[jtaylor06]

Originally Posted by Aguero9320

I cannot believe we are all getting comical over a group of channels. This close to Christmas! However, I could be hypocritical and ask as to what is going on with new channels and whether or not Santa is going to give us VM customers new channels for Christmas!

> Comic Sans MS
> "Comical"
I see what you did there

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Viacom buying Channel 5 and Sony buying CSC does not give VM any savings, VM will just continue paying what it did until the next negotiations.

Exactly why I suggested that MB was wearing his rose coloured spectacles. There's no indication that contracts will be renegotiated early simply because the ownership of certain broadcasters has changed.

In the longer term, it may even result in extra costs for VM as it will be negotiating with two stronger companies as oppose to four less strong companies.

Although considering that much of the content isn't what might generally be considered as "premium". Negotiations may lead to some of the channels not been carried on VM.