Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
10-07-2023, 12:06
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Originally Posted by Media Boy UK
My sources did reveal last Tuesday that Virgin Media has been offered CNN as part of WBD carriage renewal deal.
*Sources PM me on July 4th but only open it today.
Also WBD did sign a new Supply Deal With Sky in New Zealand yesterday.
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So does this mean that CNN will reappear on VM or are carriage renewal deals still ongoing?
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10-07-2023, 12:43
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
carriage renewal deals still ongoing.
Once signed Virgin may relaunch CNN.
Virgin may also get all or some of the Warner Bros. Discovery own channels:
*CNN International HD
*Discovery Turbo +1
*Food Network +1
*Quest Red +1
The following SD Channels may get axe by Virgin Media for the following HD Channels to launch:
*Boomerang HD
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10-07-2023, 12:50
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
I'd expect CNN to return
The only reason it got removed was because CNN+ subscription was due to launch , It only lasted a month , the Discovery management shut it down shortly after the merger completed.
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10-07-2023, 16:41
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Originally Posted by TimeLord2018
I'd expect CNN to return
The only reason it got removed was because CNN+ subscription was due to launch , It only lasted a month , the Discovery management shut it down shortly after the merger completed.
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That makes sense assuming negotiations for the WBD channels excluding TNT Sports are handled together. These negotiations could just be for the ex-Discovery suite of channels.
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10-07-2023, 17:15
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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That makes sense assuming negotiations for the WBD channels excluding TNT Sports are handled together. These negotiations could just be for the ex-Discovery suite of channels.
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I would think by now it would be all Ex-Warner Media and Ex-Discovery Inc going under Warner Bros. Discovery.
All I was told last week was "WBD are also in talks with Virgin over a renewal carriage deal."
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
That makes sense assuming negotiations for the WBD channels excluding TNT Sports are handled together. These negotiations could just be for the ex-Discovery suite of channels.
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TNT deal is not up until end of July 2025 - that is when BT Sport/TNT Sports deal is up with the English Premier League.
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10-07-2023, 17:51
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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11-07-2023, 01:00
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
Look like Virgin wants a early night - Channels was added before 11.52pm.
That's TV UK has launch on Virgin UK Channel 150.
That's 60s has launch on Virgin UK Channel 296.
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11-07-2023, 10:34
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Originally Posted by Media Boy UK
Look like Virgin wants a early night - Channels was added before 11.52pm.
That's TV UK has launch on Virgin UK Channel 150.
That's 60s has launch on Virgin UK Channel 296.
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Thanks for the heads-up. 
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11-07-2023, 17:32
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
According to the Virgin TV Control app, both That's TV (on 150) and That's 60s (on 296) are in HD. Can anyone verify that?
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11-07-2023, 19:05
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Originally Posted by SonicMaster
According to the Virgin TV Control app, both That's TV (on 150) and That's 60s (on 296) are in HD. Can anyone verify that?
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It doesn’t look HD to me - the picture on both is awful!
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11-07-2023, 19:39
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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According to the Virgin TV Control app, both That's TV (on 150) and That's 60s (on 296) are in HD. Can anyone verify that?
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They are in SD.. and not even full res. SD.
Last edited by epsilon; 11-07-2023 at 19:43.
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11-07-2023, 19:58
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
The picture is awful on Sky too - Freeview picture is much better but still SD.
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It doesn’t look HD to me - the picture on both is awful!
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11-07-2023, 21:18
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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It doesn’t look HD to me - the picture on both is awful!
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Not sure 'Till Death do us Part' or 'It ain't Half Hot Mum' , was made in HD 
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11-07-2023, 21:29
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Not sure 'Till Death do us Part' or 'It ain't Half Hot Mum' , was made in HD |
No it was not as HD was not even born when these series came along.
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11-07-2023, 21:46
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Not sure 'Till Death do us Part' or 'It ain't Half Hot Mum' , was made in HD |
None of the 1980s music videos look as bad as these did on any videos I’ve seen previously. The pictures were sub-standard SD.
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