General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

January List update - NOW with the latest news on 'Busy January'.

=== Busy January News (Rumours) ===
-Virgin Media will give some channels new EPG Channel numbers.

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

BACK LATER THIS WEEK...

UPDATE:

The renumbering of some Channels that broadcast on Virgin WILL NOT HAPPEN this Week.

That is set to happen in 'Late January'.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Chad

It's good to see Virgin adding some new channels. My Dad will be chuffed, he watches TCM all the time. Will TCM 2 go into the M+ package also?

Yes TCM has always been one of the favourite channels in our household.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by denphone

Yes TCM has always been one of the favourite channels in our household.

TCM HD and Film4 HD in the XL package certainly makes it more attractive to movie fans. If you can't afford SKY Movies, having access to 2 dedicated HD movie channels in your package is great value.

[Media Boy UK]

That Lance Armstrong interview will be shown on Friday Night from 8pm on Discovery HD (Also in SD)

Where Can I watch Discovery?

-Discovery Channel SD is on Virgin Channel 212,
-Discovery Channel HD is on Virgin Channel 214.

[grahamf]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

That Lance Armstrong interview will be shown on Friday Night from 8pm on Discovery HD (Also in SD)

Where Can I watch Discovery?

-Discovery Channel SD is on Virgin Channel 212,
-Discovery Channel HD is on Virgin Channel 214.

they are also showing it live at 2am as per the below link.

http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/off-the-...iew_64095.html

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by Chad

TCM HD and Film4 HD in the XL package certainly makes it more attractive to movie fans. If you can't afford SKY Movies, having access to 2 dedicated HD movie channels in your package is great value.

Yup, I can't justify spending the money required for Sky Movies when I could join Lovefilm/Blockbuster(!?)/Netflix for half the cost. I am really looking forward to seeing TCM movies in HD. In particular the rather underrated (in my eyes) Dark City.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by jj20x

But that only gives Sky user trolls an opportunity to say that the XL package is just a hidden charge for HD channels.

Who cares what they say? VM's total package is the best service for me by a long chalk. People should focus on total package requirements and equipment functionality rather than just isolate one aspect of a service to fight over. For someone else, Sky's overall package will be the best for them.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Who cares what they say? VM's total package is the best service for me by a long chalk. People should focus on total package requirements and equipment functionality rather than just isolate one aspect of a service to fight over. For someone else, Sky's overall package will be the best for them.

Summed up perfectly PB.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

Yup, I can't justify spending the money required for Sky Movies when I could join Lovefilm/Blockbuster(!?)/Netflix for half the cost. I am really looking forward to seeing TCM movies in HD. In particular the rather underrated (in my eyes) Dark City.

Aren't they heading into administration

Originally Posted by passingbat

Who cares what they say? VM's total package is the best service for me by a long chalk. People should focus on total package requirements and equipment functionality rather than just isolate one aspect of a service to fight over. For someone else, Sky's overall package will be the best for them.

I agree with that 100% , I also like hearing people on other platforms opinions and views on things , a forum would be a pretty boring place if everybody agreed and had the same thoughts.

Originally Posted by denphone

Summed up perfectly PB.

Yep couldn't agree more

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I also like hearing people on other platforms opinions and views on things , a forum would be a pretty boring place if everybody agreed and had the same thoughts.

Agreed. It's just a shame we get the 'Mine's bigger than yours' brigade polluting the discussion; i.e., the ones who wouldn't know a ballanced view if it smacked them over the head!

[Chad]

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

Yup, I can't justify spending the money required for Sky Movies when I could join Lovefilm/Blockbuster(!?)/Netflix for half the cost. I am really looking forward to seeing TCM movies in HD. In particular the rather underrated (in my eyes) Dark City.

Before joining SKY recently I didn't have SKY Movies. TiVo was a great tool for finding movies from various channels in HD. Channel 4 and Channel 5 over the weekend offer up some really good movies. Sy-fy HD also offered up the odd hidden gem. At one point I had around 90 HD movies stored on my TiVo box.

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Originally Posted by passingbat

Who cares what they say? VM's total package is the best service for me by a long chalk. People should focus on total package requirements and equipment functionality rather than just isolate one aspect of a service to fight over. For someone else, Sky's overall package will be the best for them.

Couldn't agree more.

Whilst I enjoy a wider range of channels with SKY I do miss TiVo and the broadband speeds from Virgin. Oh and paying £10.00 per month for ESPN ain't too much fun either but I do get ESPN America in HD.

[Safcftm21]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Agreed. It's just a shame we get the 'Mine's bigger than yours' brigade polluting the discussion; i.e., the ones who wouldn't know a ballanced view if it smacked them over the head!

I know how to have a balanced view and I can at least say I've seen both sides of the fence, how many people who worship all that VM do can say that? So I think my view is more balanced than most, head is not hurting.

[Media Boy UK]

'Freepass' is back on PickTV.

Pick TV is not having an 'Freepass Weekend' in 2013 just an 'Free' pass every Thursday night from 7pm to 11pm with:

24 Jan:
19:00 Modern Family s1 e1
19:30 Bradley Wiggins: A Year in Yellow
21:00 Elementary s1 e1
22:00 Game of Thrones s1 e1

31 Jan:
19:00 Modern Family s1 e2
19:30 Spy s1 e1
20:00 Touch s1 e1
21:00 Stella s1 e1
22:00 Game of Thrones s1 e2

7 Feb:
19:00 Modern Family s1 e3
19:30 Spy s1 e2
20:00 Touch s1 e2
21:00 Stella s1 e2
22:00 Game of Thrones s1 e3

14 Feb:
19:00 Treasure Island s1 e1
21:00 Stella s1 e3
22:00 The Borgias s1 e1

21 Feb:
19:00 Treasure Island s1 e2
21:00 An Idiot Abroad 2 s2 e1
22:00 The Borgias s1 e2

28 Feb:
19:00 The British s1 e1
20:00 Blue Bloods s1 e1
21:00 An Idiot Abroad 2 s2 e2
22:00 The Borgias s1 e3

7 Mar:
19:00 The British s1 e2
20:00 Blue Bloods s1 e23 (so it says on the website, but imdb says season 1 only has 22 episodes! Probably means s1 e2)
21:00 An Idiot Abroad 2 s2 e3
22:00 Boardwalk Empire s1 e1

14 Mar:
19:00 The British s1 e3
20:00 Smash s1 e1
21:00 Mount Pleasant s1 e1
22:00 Boardwalk Empire s1 e2

21 Mar:
19:00 Richard E Grant - Hotel Secrets s1 e1
20:00 Smash s1 e2
21:00 Mount Pleasant s1 e2
22:00 Boardwalk Empire s1 e3

28 Mar:
19:00 Richard E Grant - Hotel Secrets s1 e2
20:00 Smash s1 e3
21:00 Mount Pleasant s1 e3
22:00 Mad Dogs s1 e1

4 Apr:
19:00 Teen Wolf s1 e1
20:00 Bedlam s1 e1
21:00 Parkinson: Masterclass s1 e1
22:00 Mad Dogs s1 e2

11 Apr:
19:00 Teen Wolf s1 e2
20:00 Bedlam s1 e2
21:00 Parkinson: Masterclass s1 e2
22:00 A Young Dr's Notebook s1 e1.

Info thinks to DS Forum.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...php?p=63615259

Pick TV is on Virgin Channel 180.

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Aren't they heading into administration

I agree with that 100% , I also like hearing people on other platforms opinions and views on things , a forum would be a pretty boring place if everybody agreed and had the same thoughts.

Yep couldn't agree more

Indeed they are, but I am hoping someone will save them (hence the exclaimation mark and question mark) I have been resisting the urge to join an on-line rental shop because I like having a browse through the shops, in case I see something I had not seen in a long and had forgotten about. It's not quite the same online

[Chad]

Some good programming in that list Media Boy. Really good news for Virgin and Freeview customers that some Atlantic programming is being cascaded down.