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[TimeLord2018]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

i forgot about HBO Max. I assume it'll be free for sky customers or something like that and we'll have to pay for it as virgin media customers haha

what do you think will happen with TNT Sports mate?

Only ads version which is up to 6 mins of ads per hour.

No idea what happens to TNT Sports long term, apparently TNT Sports International comes under Warner Bros Streaming & Studios

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Paul

There is nothing official re Sky One, its just speculation.

Agreed. I have seen nothing that persuades me to believe that the Sky channels will be re-structured or have their names changed.

I thought initially that perhaps Sky Atlantic might change its name to reflect the fact that the new HBO material will be shown only on HBO Max, with Sky left only with the HBO material already available to them at the time of the new streamer’s launch in the UK. However, the latest on that from Sky is that SA will remain as it is, but bolstered by more Sky Originals.

In short, Sky is not restructuring its channel lineup at this time, but simply adding the HBO Max service as an integrated part of its entertainment packages.

[TimeLord2018]

Some of Sky Original Comedy on Sky Comedy that was originally on Sky One have had the exipry dates changed to 23rd February.

Also they are testing a pub/commercial of Sky Max, only Sky Sports channels and Sky Showcase, Don't need both doing the same thing.

The plan appears to be for Entertainment channels is downplay the brands

In newer shows On Demand already even in HD, there is no channel intro, just "Sky'

[vincerooney]

what does a pub/commercial of sky max mean? like no adverts?

[Media Boy UK]

The following channels will close soon on Virgin Media UK:

December 31st - 6am:
*MTV Live HD
*MTV Music
*Club MTV
*MTV 80s
*MTV 90s

January 1st - 6am:
*Pop
*High Street TV (Shopping channel)

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by Media Boy UK

The following channels will close soon on Virgin Media UK:

December 31st - 6am:
*MTV Live HD
*MTV Music
*Club MTV
*MTV 80s
*MTV 90s

January 1st - 6am:
*Pop
*High Street TV (Shopping channel)

More channels closing nothing coming...

so what content will HBO Max have from March? friends and big bang theory by the looks of it? anything else?

[TimeLord2018]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

More channels closing nothing coming...

so what content will HBO Max have from March? friends and big bang theory by the looks of it? anything else?

HBO content that is on Sky channels...including ones that originally launched on Sky e.g House Of The Dragon, The Last Of Us , Welcome To Derry, The Chair Company , Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, the DC Universe, New Line Cinema, Max Originals and Adult Swim

This is Germany and Italy, other than the launch date its basically the same.
https://press.wbd.com/us/media-relea...tent_entity=en

Sky rights to a lot of back catalogue exipre on 25th March e.g Game Of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire , True Detective 1-3 , The Wire, The Sopranos, Barry , Curb, Succession etc

HBO Max does acquire shows in other countries so will see what happens there.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by TimeLord2018

Some of Sky Original Comedy on Sky Comedy that was originally on Sky One have had the exipry dates changed to 23rd February.

Also they are testing a pub/commercial of Sky Max, only Sky Sports channels and Sky Showcase, Don't need both doing the same thing.

The plan appears to be for Entertainment channels is downplay the brands

In newer shows On Demand already even in HD, there is no channel intro, just "Sky'

Yes, this is what I have always thought, and after the change to IPTV, my view is that all BBC programmes will be categorised by content rather than channels, similarly for ITVX, 4 and 5. Channel names are redundant in a streaming only environment (FAST channels excepted).

[TimeLord2018]

Sky especially should drop channel branding

Evil and Fear The Walking Dead are added to Sky Max in the next couple of weeks and I don't anyone knows what that brand means either.

Does anyone care about the channel names anymore ?
Surely they just look for something, whatever channel its on, and watch it.

If we're looking for something in our house we generally refer to channel number, i.e. its on 105 or 402 etc.

[OLD BOY]

We just look it up by programme title.

[vincerooney]

one of the things i hate is the sky sports channels naming convention. "check out the football on....sky sports cricket"

[Media Boy UK]

Media Boy UK Best of and Virgin Media UK review of 2025:

01) The Biggest poster of the year on Cable Forum (NOT Media Boy UK):
Winner is - vincerooney - with 114 posts

02) Best new Channel launch of the year:
Winner is - Cruise 1st TV (Did launch January 5th)

03) Best Channel rebrand of the year:
Winner is - SONY SAB HD (Was SONY SAB)

04) Best channel Virgin Media drop to launch HD Channel of the year:
Winners is - Premier Sports Rugby HD (Did launch March 25th)

05) Best UK Channel of the year:
Winner is - U&GOLD

06) Best LOCAL Channel of the year:
Winner is - That's TV Local

07) Best new brand of the year:
Winner is - 5 HD (Was Channel 5 HD - REBRANDED March 12th)

Well done to all the winners.

So merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone who viewed a "Coming soon to Virgin TV" thread this year.

Virgin Media UK year in review:

Channels we said Hello to:
*Dec 8th: Classica
*Dec 8th: DJazz
*Sep. 2nd: CSI on Pluto TV^
*Jun 24th: British Screen Classics^
*Jun 24th: WedoTV Movies^
*Jun 9th: ITV Quiz HD
*May 1st: High Street TV Shop
*Apr 3rd: Rakuten TV Top Movies^
*Apr 3rd: Rakuten TV Action^
*Apr 2nd: That's Belfast (local area only)
*Apr 2nd: That's South Yorkshire (Local area only)
*Mar 25th: Premier Sports Rugby
*Mar 7th: Red Bull TV^
*Feb 28th: Wonder^
*Feb 28th: BBC One South HD (Brighton area only)
*Feb 28th: ITV1 Meridian HD (Brighton area only)
*Feb 4th: Hell's Kitchen^
*Feb 4th: Eggheads Love Pets^
*Jan 5th: Cruise1st TV

^FAST Channel.

Channels on the move:
*Mar 7th: TNT Sports 1 HD moved from Virgin UK Channel 527 to Virgin UK Channel 521.
*Mar 7th: TNT Sports 2 HD moved from Virgin UK Channel 528 to Virgin UK Channel 522.
*Mar 7th: TNT Sports 3 HD moved from Virgin UK Channel 529 to Virgin UK Channel 523.
*Mar 7th: TNT Sports 4 HD moved from Virgin UK Channel 530 to Virgin UK Channel 524.
*Mar 7th: TNT Sports UHD moved from Virgin UK Channel 531 to Virgin UK Channel 525.

Channels rebrand (For Good):
*Nov 11th: Virgin Media UK rebrand Great British Menu as Inside Outside^
*Oct 3rd: Virgin Media UK rebrand Gems TV as Gemporia.
*Sep 4th: Virgin Media UK rebrand GREAT! movies as GREAT! mystery
*Apr 14th: Virgin Media UK rebrand MTV Hits as Club MTV
*Mar 12th: Virgin Media UK rebrand Channel 5 HD as 5 HD
*Mar 12th: Virgin Media UK rebrand Channel 5 +1 as 5 +1
*Feb 4th: Virgin Media UK rebrand Baby TV as Baby TV HD
*Feb 4th: Virgin Media UK rebrand SONY SAB as SONY SAB HD
*Jan 21st: Virgin Media UK rebrand Love Drama as Love Pets^
*Jan 20th: Virgin Media UK rebrand London Live as London TV

^FAST Channels

Channels we say Goodbye to:
*Dec 12th: Pluto TV [Virgin Media V6 boxes only.]^
*Oct 30th: Sky Replay
*Sep 2nd: CSI: New York
*Aug 29th: Notts TV [Local area only - Not on TiVo boxes.]
*Jun 9th: ITVBe HD
*Jun 9th: ITVBe +1
*Jun 9th: DAZN Womens Football^
*Jun 5th: Islam Channel Urdu
*May 1st: NHK News World HD
*Apr 10th: Sky History +1
*Apr 2nd: NVTV
*Apr 2nd: Sheffield Live
*Mar 31st: TasteMade^
*Feb 28th: Real Life^
*Feb 28th: Eurosport 1 HD
*Feb 28th: Eurosport 2 HD
*Jan 28th: VEVO^

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