General : Changes to Virgin TV (2020)

[muppetman11]

Gangs of Lemur Island is looking good in HDR hopefully they'll add lots more HDR content including live Sport at some stage.

[SonicMaster]

Channel Guide PDFs updated with the new Sky channels and lifestyle numbers, none of the other mistakes have been corrected:

Desktop:
https://www.virginmedia.com/content/...May27_2020.pdf

Mobile:
https://www.virginmedia.com/content/...May27_2020.pdf

Personal Picks details also updated:

https://www.virginmedia.com/content/...s_May_2020.pdf

[carravetta]

Really impressed with Sky Documentaries

Some great documentaries to get my teeth into

[ScottishSteve]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Gangs of Lemur Island is looking good in HDR hopefully they'll add lots more HDR content including live Sport at some stage.

Where are you finding the HDR content?

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by ScottishSteve

Where are you finding the HDR content?

On SKYq not sure if vm have it yet.

[ScottishSteve]

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

On SKYq not sure if vm have it yet.

That was my thoughts as no Sky UHD content has arrived yet

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by ScottishSteve

Where are you finding the HDR content?

Apologies Steve yes on Sky Q although it could appear when Skys deal for UHD kicks in with Virgin.

[ScottishSteve]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Apologies Steve yes on Sky Q although it could appear when Skys deal for UHD kicks in with Virgin.

Thanks for confirming

I thought the day had finally arrived lol

[ScottishSteve]

According to the EPG Sony Crime Channel will be no longer available from 6am on Wed 10th June

Don’t know if it’s a mistake or not but it has had a history of closing down.

[cheekyangus]

Originally Posted by ScottishSteve

According to the EPG Sony Crime Channel will be no longer available from 6am on Wed 10th June

Don’t know if it’s a mistake or not but it has had a history of closing down.

No, but it has been basically showing the same two (?) shows for quite a while now, so they were probably either parking it until they could think of something else to do with it, or waiting until some contract ended.

It has been unlisted on the VM TV Edit guide for quite a while now, so maybe VM knew something and acted far too earlier.

Sky is the only other place it broadcasts these days, it's no longer on Freeview or Freesat.

[ScottishSteve]

Originally Posted by cheekyangus

No, but it has been basically showing the same two (?) shows for quite a while now, so they were probably either parking it until they could think of something else to do with it, or waiting until some contract ended.

It has been unlisted on the VM TV Edit guide for quite a while now, so maybe VM knew something and acted far too earlier.

Sky is the only other place it broadcasts these days, it's no longer on Freeview or Freesat.

Even with the movie channels from Sony who manufacture some of the best HD & UHD TV’s I can’t understand why none if their services have gone HD.

It’s so half hearted and downgrades the brand.

[cheekyangus]

The ancient ex-Sky box I just checked only has EPG data until the 4th June, so I can't confirm the Sony Crime Channel closure.

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Originally Posted by ScottishSteve

Even with the movie channels from Sony who manufacture some of the best HD & UHD TV’s I can’t understand why none if their services have gone HD.

It’s so half hearted and downgrades the brand.

Virtually all Sony's divisions work separately from one another. They keep suggesting they will work together better, but they tend to be short lived partnerships.

The remaining channels are all Free-To-Air, so I'd imagine they don't think the numbers (£) stack up yet. I wouldn't be surprised if most of their viewers are on Freeview and that platform doesn't have any readily accessible space for HD that isn't temporary (i.e. COM7 and COM8).

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Sony Channel +1 will probably move up the VM EPG if it's true.

[SonicMaster]

Despite reaching an agreement with Sky for the live Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature channels, it would appear that VM haven't got the Catch Up or Box Sets content for their On Demand service.

Sky and NOW TV includes hundreds of hours of documentaries and wildlife programmes, but there's nothing on VM so far.

[ozsat]

It is not a mistake. Their listings said the 9th June was their last day.

Originally Posted by ScottishSteve

According to the EPG Sony Crime Channel will be no longer available from 6am on Wed 10th June

Don’t know if it’s a mistake or not but it has had a history of closing down.

[fox35]

Originally Posted by SonicMaster

Despite reaching an agreement with Sky for the live Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature channels, it would appear that VM haven't got the Catch Up or Box Sets content for their On Demand service.

Sky and NOW TV includes hundreds of hours of documentaries and wildlife programmes, but there's nothing on VM so far.

I would much prefer we had the Catch Up/On Demand content over the live channels instead. Also, I wish we had the full Catch Up/On Demand versions of the apps for all the tv players instead of the fastly inferior trimmed down "edited" versions VM provide and cheekily charge us for them. Even the full content versions of the tv player apps are available on Freeview.
VM used to lead the way with its ingenious Catch Up and On Demand services years ago, sadly this service has become quite dire in comparison to the other providers. VM need to realise that live linear tv is becoming more obsolete now more than ever with the younger generations, who are the future subscribers and bill payers, and invest more in On Demand services if they are to survive.