General : Changes to Virgin TV (2022)

[epsilon]

A bit of a surprise this morning for viewers with Tivo based boxes trying to tune in to BBC One HD on channel 108. As expected it moved to channel 101 overnight. Viewers with Tivo based boxes haven't had an official notification of the change and will notice the channel is no longer there and there isn't an information slate to explain what has happened. Hmmm! not everyone will have been following this news on forums and internet blogs.

[jonbxx]

Quite impressed that my Logitech Harmony remote automatically updated the shortcut for BBC1 HD overnight to handle this change. Good communication between Virgin and Logitech there!

[SonicMaster]

So we've got...

BBC ONE HD
BBC2 HD
BBC 4 HD

What next, BBCTHREE HD? ��

[heavyside]

Originally Posted by SonicMaster

So we've got...

BBC ONE HD
BBC2 HD
BBC 4 HD

What next, BBCTHREE HD? ��

Arriving 1st of February - apparently.

[nodrogd]

BBC3HD is likely to occupy 107, with BBC4HD moving to the now vacated 108.

Three temporary Eurosport channels are also appearing next week to offer additional coverage during the Winter Olympics.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by nodrogd

BBC3HD is likely to occupy 107, with BBC4HD moving to the now vacated 108.

Three temporary Eurosport channels are also appearing next week to offer additional coverage during the Winter Olympics.

BBC THREE HD will occupy Channel 107 in England and N. Ireland.
BBC FOUR HD will occupy Channel 108 in England and N. Ireland.

But

BBC FOUR HD will stay on Channel 107 in Scotland and Wales.
BBC THREE HD will occupy Channel 157 in Scotland and Wales.

[epsilon]

Originally Posted by SonicMaster

So we've got...

BBC ONE HD
BBC2 HD
BBC 4 HD

What next, BBCTHREE HD? ��

That would be fun but it's BBC 3 HD in the pre-launch config.

[SonicMaster]

Originally Posted by heavyside

Arriving 1st of February - apparently.

Yes, I was making a point about the lack of consistency in how VM titles them.

[epsilon]

Originally Posted by heavyside

Arriving 1st of February - apparently.

Or, as they have seemingly decided not to put an info slate on 108, it may be added sooner with the preview loop??

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by epsilon

Or, as they have seemingly decided not to put an info slate on 108, it may be added sooner with the preview loop??

I feel that next set of changes will not happen until Tuesday.

Virgin Media has posted a date on Virgin Media Forum.

If Virgin has not done this I feel a next set of changes may have happen as soon as tomorrow.

The Eurosport extra channels has still to appear on DBR.

[ScottishSteve]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

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The Eurosport extra channels has still to appear on DBR.

When I unplugged my 360 last week after getting SkyQ installed I plugged my cable connection into my TV and did a tune and the Eurosport extra channels came up then. It went up to Eurosport 9 HD

[Media Boy UK]

A wee bit of me was hoping Virgin would have moved BBC One SD England regions channels to Virgin Channel starting from number 866 but nothing happen. Oh well.

[epsilon]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

I feel that next set of changes will not happen until Tuesday.

Virgin Media has posted a date on Virgin Media Forum.

If Virgin has not done this I feel a next set of changes may have happen as soon as tomorrow.

The Eurosport extra channels has still to appear on DBR.

That's true but the announcement does seem to be somewhat dynamic. They've already altered it for the Scotland & Wales versions.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

A wee bit of me was hoping Virgin would have moved BBC One SD England regions channels to Virgin Channel starting from number 866 but nothing happen. Oh well.

870 onwards are reserved but that was a very optimistic hope.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by epsilon

A bit of a surprise this morning for viewers with Tivo based boxes trying to tune in to BBC One HD on channel 108. As expected it moved to channel 101 overnight. Viewers with Tivo based boxes haven't had an official notification of the change and will notice the channel is no longer there and there isn't an information slate to explain what has happened. Hmmm! not everyone will have been following this news on forums and internet blogs.

I have just been amending my series links from BBC1 Yorkshire HD to BBC1 AD as I want everything (apart from the local news) to record in SD.

This resulted in some double entries with one greyed out due to clashes.

- The old BBC1 Yorkshire SD channel was showing as being on Channel 180, which I selected and then deleted.

Further on in Planned Recordings:

- There was a double entry for the same programme on BBC4. One was on Channel 107 and the other for channel 180 again, which I again selected and then deleted..

On the EPG, 180 is neither BBC Four or BBC1 Yorkshire SD, but is Sky Replay??

[epsilon]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I have just been amending my series links from BBC1 Yorkshire HD to BBC1 AD as I want everything (apart from the local news) to record in SD.

This resulted in some double entries with one greyed out due to clashes.

- The old BBC1 Yorkshire SD channel was showing as being on Channel 180, which I selected and then deleted.

Further on in Planned Recordings:

- There was a double entry for the same programme on BBC4. One was on Channel 107 and the other for channel 180 again, which I again selected and then deleted..

On the EPG, 180 is neither BBC Four or BBC1 Yorkshire SD, but is Sky Replay??

All of the old BBC One SD channels were parked on EPG slot 1806 and hidden from the EPG. Legacy boxes can't display 4 digit channel numbers, so you only see the first 3 digits. Happy to help.