General : Virgin TV (2026)

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

So it is possible to search for individual programmes, but alternative showings have to be manually set up?

You just pick the one that applies and record it. I am talking about the search route, not the ‘press record’ from the guide route.

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Originally Posted by 1701-e

Not sure what your worry is.... I've just put EastEnders into search and I get options to record from BBC 1 BBC 2 and rte (Irish channel) . Search also gives me iPlayer option in results.

If I select record from BBC 1 and BBC 2, I get a warning about potential duplication but it accepts the requests.

It’s Richard’s worry, not mine! I see no problem at all with this.

[newapollo]

VM TV Users with V6, 360 and Stream/Flex boxes now have access to 2 additional Stingray music "channels" :- Greatest Hits UK and Total Hits UK via the Rakuten app (also available on most smart TV's, firesticks, rokus, ios and android devices).

I wouldn't be surprised if the 2 new music channels were added to the selection of F.A.S.T channels in the EPG on the horizon based set top boxes at some future point in time.


https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2026...across-europe/

[gunner45]

The question of FAST channels on the VM EPG deserves its own thread (for nerds like me). Although VM could add far more than the 40 it has, the decision to keep it limited is to both stop the EPG from becoming cluttered and to only do so when there is sufficient value, like curated quality of a carefully selected range of subjects from a few trusted providers. And FAST channels form part of multi-layer IPTV integration for some providers, e.g. VM also hosts on demand and the app for Rakuten TV. To me this makes far more sense than the hundreds of FAST channels on Samsung TV Plus and LG Channels where it's exhausting trying to find something to watch.

Back to the Stingray channels: I think they are very likely to appear on the EPG as Stingray is a trusted partner which already supplies VM with multiple FAST channels. VM will always find space for on its EPG for someone like Stingray.