Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
30-06-2020, 22:54
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
Apparently Travel Channel is closing as part of Discovery's new deal with Sky meaning they don't need to keep it running for contractual reasons anymore.
https://rxtvinfo.com/travel-channel-closes-down
Also in the OFCOM report on EPG accessibility a little nugget of information on Horizon OS.
Virgin Media has promised enhancements to its EPG as part of its new Horizon platform in the “second half of 2021”.
https://rxtvinfo.com/ofcom-mixed-ver...-accessibility
Last edited by cheekyangus; 01-07-2020 at 00:10.
Reason: Readability/typo correction.
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01-07-2020, 00:02
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
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blooming heck second half of 2021...hasnt it been "coming" for the last 3 years? whys it taking so long?!
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01-07-2020, 00:13
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blooming heck second half of 2021...hasnt it been "coming" for the last 3 years? whys it taking so long?!
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No. It's just been people speculating VM would adopt Liberty's system on their other networks, VM have never been particularly concrete and only said more definite things in last year and a bit.
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01-07-2020, 09:31
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
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That article is inaccurate.
Travel Channel has not 'closed down' - it has simply been removed from Sky.
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01-07-2020, 10:45
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
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That article is inaccurate.
Travel Channel has not 'closed down' - it has simply been removed from Sky.
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Probably contractual again, this time with VM. If it's not on Sky's EPG or Freesat's, it can't be long left in existence. The UK version that is.
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01-07-2020, 11:06
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
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Probably contractual again, this time with VM. If it's not on Sky's EPG or Freesat's, it can't be long left in existence. The UK version that is.
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Other TV channels like MTV Live, Love Nature and H&C broadcast on VM but not Sky, so its perfectly reasonable for Travel Channel to do so for as long as VM are happy to pay.
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01-07-2020, 14:06
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Other TV channels like MTV Live, Love Nature and H&C broadcast on VM but not Sky, so its perfectly reasonable for Travel Channel to do so for as long as VM are happy to pay.
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I agree. I wasn't suggesting VM don't have or aren't willing to have exclusive channels. Simply that maybe their current contract with Discovery is all that's keeping Travel Channel (UK) open now that Sky has a new contract that doesn't include it.
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01-07-2020, 15:45
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
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I agree. I wasn't suggesting VM don't have or aren't willing to have exclusive channels. Simply that maybe their current contract with Discovery is all that's keeping Travel Channel (UK) open now that Sky has a new contract that doesn't include it.
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That may well be the case. A shame that the article incorrectly says that it has closed down, like VM doesn't exist!
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01-07-2020, 15:59
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
It is in the satellite news section and does say "Travel Channel closes on Sky" 3-4 times. But no mention of VM.
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Originally Posted by SonicMaster
That may well be the case. A shame that the article incorrectly says that it has closed down, like VM doesn't exist!
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01-07-2020, 17:03
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It is in the satellite news section and does say "Travel Channel closes on Sky" 3-4 times. But no mention of VM.
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They have changed the article now, including the headline, as it was previously just the misleading and inaccurate 'Travel Channel closes down'.
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01-07-2020, 17:10
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
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That may well be the case. A shame that the article incorrectly says that it has closed down, like VM doesn't exist!
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If its gone on Sky its very much likely to go on other platforms at some point in the future.
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01-07-2020, 17:11
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
I think VM is the only platform left.
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If its gone on Sky its very much likely to go on other platforms at some point in the future.
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01-07-2020, 18:40
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
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If its gone on Sky its very much likely to go on other platforms at some point in the future.
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Someone has posted elsewhere that the Travel Channel will be removed from Virgin Media at the end of August. There is no source provided, but could very well be true.
I'm glad that Virgin Media has held on to MTV Live which was removed from Sky in 2016.
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03-07-2020, 15:58
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
Digital Bit Rate is reporting that Virgin Media are set to an new HD Channel for.....
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03-07-2020, 16:02
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2020)
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Digital Bit Rate is reporting that Virgin Media are set to an new HD Channel for.....
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