25-07-2020, 13:18
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
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Originally Posted by Media Boy
One New Channel, But SIX Channels goes away.
July 23rd:
Sky Cinema Animation HD launches on Virgin UK Channel 412.
July 22nd:
Sky Cinema Premiere +1 closes on Virgin UK Channel 412.
July 20th:
Vice TV closes on Virgin UK Channel 219.
Horse & Country TV closes on Virgin UK Channel 293.
Club MTV closes on Virgin UK Channel 314.
MTV ROCKS closes on Virgin UK Channel 315.
MTV OMG closes on Virgin UK Channel 318.
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Don't think I will miss any of them
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25-07-2020, 18:10
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#1262
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
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Originally Posted by Raider999
Don't think I will miss any of them
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Totally agree with you, if they closed another 50 they certainly wouldn't be missed in this household.
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27-07-2020, 09:38
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#1263
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
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Originally Posted by Mad Max
Totally agree with you, if they closed another 50 they certainly wouldn't be missed in this household.
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I expect we will not be charged less for them, either. Thought I'd say it before Den did!
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27-07-2020, 10:23
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I expect we will not be charged less for them, either. Thought I'd say it before Den did!
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Mindreading is a great skill to acquire OB.
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27-07-2020, 14:18
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
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Originally Posted by denphone
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My crystal ball is legendary, Den...
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31-07-2020, 17:07
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
As of 28/07/20:
BBC One England is now known as BBC One London on Channel 861.
BBC Two England is now known as BBC Two on Channel 862.
As of 31/07/20:
Sony Channel +1 closes on Channel 220.
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01-08-2020, 14:18
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
Pick TV HD is now back to SD
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01-08-2020, 23:56
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
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Originally Posted by Media Boy
As of 28/07/20:
BBC One England is now known as BBC One London on Channel 861.
BBC Two England is now known as BBC Two on Channel 862.
As of 31/07/20:
Sony Channel +1 closes on Channel 220.
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i know the country is obsessed with london but any reason behind this change?
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02-08-2020, 00:42
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
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Originally Posted by vincerooney
i know the country is obsessed with london but any reason behind this change?
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I should imagine that when there is a local news or programme, a single region has to be picked for everywhere. Might as well be London. If you're in Scotland, what English region should it be? BBC1 for Scotland is already there on 101 and 108 and 862. Only England has that level of regionalisation.
Last edited by nomadking; 02-08-2020 at 00:49.
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02-08-2020, 02:24
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
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Originally Posted by nomadking
I should imagine that when there is a local news or programme, a single region has to be picked for everywhere. Might as well be London. If you're in Scotland, what English region should it be? BBC1 for Scotland is already there on 101 and 108 and 862. Only England has that level of regionalisation.
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id like to be able to see all the other regional channels to be honest. i get north west bbc but would like to see other regional broadcasts. bbc london would just be like the national news since the 6pm news is pretty much everything what happened in london anyway
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02-08-2020, 06:56
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
A constant source of irritation to those of us living in London is that the lunchtime local news is only broadcast in SD. If you are watching the national news in HD then it means changing channels to watch the news from the city. I know it's only a few button presses but as far as I am aware the other UK regions do not have to do this.
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02-08-2020, 07:21
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
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Originally Posted by heavyside
A constant source of irritation to those of us living in London is that the lunchtime local news is only broadcast in SD. If you are watching the national news in HD then it means changing channels to watch the news from the city. I know it's only a few button presses but as far as I am aware the other UK regions do not have to do this.
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We have exactly the same problem down here as its the main news in HD and then one has to swap channels for the regional news in SD.
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02-08-2020, 07:29
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
At least with local ITV News in HD it broadcasts something. EG Around here you get Meridian(south east) HD news in an Anglia region. SD version is Anglia news.
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02-08-2020, 09:42
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
My crystal ball is legendary, Den...
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You say crystal. Den says balls.
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02-08-2020, 12:04
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Re: Virgin Media Changelog
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Originally Posted by nomadking
At least with local ITV News in HD it broadcasts something. EG Around here you get Meridian(south east) HD news in an Anglia region. SD version is Anglia news.
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And this in itself leads to constant complaints. “Why am I getting the wrong region”, when people automatically go to the HD version instead of SD. Also there are more HD regions on satellite than cable, so people switching from Sky/Freesat also complain to Virgin & Freeview.
For instance Sky/Freesat customers get Anglia East HD in the whole Anglia region. So in the West part of the region you get Anglia West in SD but Anglia East in HD. On Cable & Freeview you get Meridian SE in HD in the whole region.
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Originally Posted by heavyside
A constant source of irritation to those of us living in London is that the lunchtime local news is only broadcast in SD. If you are watching the national news in HD then it means changing channels to watch the news from the city. I know it's only a few button presses but as far as I am aware the other UK regions do not have to do this.
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Yes, they do have to. There is no switching capability of the HD circuits on the BBC1 HD network in England. Scotland, Wales & NI are totally seperate feeds.
ITV has financed several additional HD feeds to provide opt outs & +1 loops, but only for main regions. The sub regions only have seperate SD feeds, & if sub region studios have been closed, as many have, then what you see on an SD sub region is usually recorded earlier & broadcast simultaneously to the live version on the HD channel.
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Originally Posted by vincerooney
id like to be able to see all the other regional channels to be honest. i get north west bbc but would like to see other regional broadcasts. bbc london would just be like the national news since the 6pm news is pretty much everything what happened in london anyway
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You can watch any region you want on iPlayer. If you go into the settings menu you can change the region to any one you want. I have set the region of the iPlayer on my V6 to BBC Cambridge as we are on the boundary of the Anglia West & London regions. When the local news comes on I then have a choice of London on 101 or Cambridge through the iPlayer.
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