General : Virgin TV (2024)

[epsilon]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Good point, they may well go off tomorrow.

And it has, along with a rebrand delayed from Sunday and 3 rebrands scheduled for Monday.
Further Info:
https://ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/

[vincerooney]

how many random sports streaming sites do we have now? premier sports is back. via sports exists still....i thought they were both the same old company just rebranding over and over?

[epsilon]

Overnight changes:
Some strange subscription pack code changes to some of the Sky Sports red button interactive services. Also to an inactive transport stream marker which is not actually linked to any active services.
All have had Sky Sports SD subs codes added, with some additional changes to encryption flags.

Seasonal rebrand with Sky Sports Action channels renamed Sky Sports NFL.
Further information:
https://ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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Originally Posted by vincerooney

how many random sports streaming sites do we have now? premier sports is back. via sports exists still....i thought they were both the same old company just rebranding over and over?

Viaplay withdrew from the UK and some other markets.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by epsilon

Overnight changes:
Some strange subscription pack code changes to some of the Sky Sports red button interactive services. Also to an inactive transport stream marker which is not actually linked to any active services.
All have had Sky Sports SD subs codes added, with some additional changes to encryption flags.

Seasonal rebrand with Sky Sports Action channels renamed Sky Sports NFL.
Further information:
https://ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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Viaplay withdrew from the UK and some other markets.

Sky have just switched off their Red Button services for Sky+ HD. If Virgin were using these as feeds, could this be why??

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Sky have just switched off their Red Button services for Sky+ HD.

Where have you got that from ?

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by epsilon

Overnight changes:
Some strange subscription pack code changes to some of the Sky Sports red button interactive services. Also to an inactive transport stream marker which is not actually linked to any active services.
All have had Sky Sports SD subs codes added, with some additional changes to encryption flags.

Seasonal rebrand with Sky Sports Action channels renamed Sky Sports NFL.
Further information:
https://ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

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Viaplay withdrew from the UK and some other markets.

I'm sure it was just a re-brand back to Premier Sports as Viaplay own Premier.

[TimeLord2018]

Originally Posted by epsilon

Viaplay withdrew from the UK and some other markets.

Although the Viaplay Nordic , European dramas and Documentaries are available via a new Amazon Prime Video channel.

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Originally Posted by Stephen

I'm sure it was just a re-brand back to Premier Sports as Viaplay own Premier.

Viaplay sold the UK Sports operations back to Premier Sports (SSBL Limited)
https://www.viaplaygroup.com/news/ne...siness-2217740

Reportedly much less than the £30m they paid to acquire Premier Sports UK in first place.

[epsilon]

Originally Posted by Stephen

I'm sure it was just a re-brand back to Premier Sports as Viaplay own Premier.

It wasn't ...and they don't. But, OK, if you are sure.

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Originally Posted by TimeLord2018

Although the Viaplay Nordic , European dramas and Documentaries are available via a new Amazon Prime Video channel.

Correct, but that is a wholesale arrangement rather than retail. Good to see that the content is available again though.

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Originally Posted by Paul

Where have you got that from ?

Presumably, he got it from Sky service monitoring reports on other forums / sites. I've seen similar comments on discussion groups.

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Originally Posted by epsilon

Overnight changes:
....
https://ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com

Updated slightly for "housekeeping" changes with info from monitoring reports.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by epsilon

It wasn't ...and they don't. But, OK, if you are sure.

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Yes Premier Sports bought the channels back from Viaplay who did own the channels at one point. It was still technically a rebrand.

Premier Sports, which continued to operate channels in the Republic of Ireland, will rebrand Viaplay Sports 1 and 2 under its own banner, while also releasing an “enhanced” streaming service. Viaplay subscribers will automatically be transferred to the new platform.3 Apr 2024

[epsilon]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Yes Premier Sports bought the channels back from Viaplay who did own the channels at one point. It was still technically a rebrand.

It was a change of ownership in the context of the original question about "the same old company just rebranding over and over?". In terms of what happened on Virgin TV, both for the changes to and from "Viaplay Sports" the services kept the same ID number. So in that context it was a rebrand, or as UKCTVC defined it at the time, a "relaunch". Rebranding in the ROI was a slightly different scenario, where Premier Sports continued to operate throughout in its own right, just as Setanta Sport continued to operate in the ROI when it went into administration in the UK.

[Media Boy UK]

CNN is back on Virgin but viewers will need to watch via Rakuten TV via Virgin on Demand on V6 Boxes.

[ozsat]

Rakuten app is on 360s.

Originally Posted by Media Boy UK

CNN is back on Virgin but viewers will need to watch via Rakuten TV via Virgin on Demand on V6 Boxes.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by ozsat

Rakuten app is on 360s.

It was not on V6 boxes around Mid July.

[SonicMaster]

I only spotted the Rakuten TV had been added to my V6 box yesterday. Funny they can add a new app that most probably don't really want, but they won't add Disney+ and Paramount+ and prefer to use those as a carrot to encourage people to do the 360 'upgrade'.

[MatthewEastaugh]

Originally Posted by Paul

Where have you got that from ?

https://rxtvinfo.com/2024/sky-discon...llite-service/

It is being reported on various sites.