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PPV3 says "for footie go to Setanta"

Setanta doing PPV?

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PPV Events 3 channel is removed from Virgin boxes.

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yes thats correct.

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No PPV Events 3 was moved to Virgin Channel 980 on Saturday

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what going 2 be on that channel and how come there keep moving it around

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have seen, whats it for tho do uno ? it just seems to be telling us what channel Setanta Sports 1 is on atm.

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It was completely removed from Ex ntl. I think in other areas that are not ex ntl virgin may use it as a preview channel of what events will be shown but you will have to order the main event through the ondemand menu as you normally do.

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its still here on Ex-Telewest ;)

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In the Now & Next listings on that PPV Events 3 channel on the weekend I noticed "Hatton vs [whoever he was fighting]" as an entry so I assume that's what it was being used for - for the channel 0 pay-per-view. Maybe it's a new thing they're trying out as there have been many people in the past who have had problems accessing pay-per-view events from channel 0.

Did anyone actually order the fight over the weekend? If so, did you have to tune to channel 0 to watch it or was there a message on channel 0 telling you to flick to that PPV Events 3 channel?

Also noticed over the weekend that channel 0's holding slide now actually advertises upcoming events on the slide, instead of just keeping the same old caption up all year round. Not sure if it still is advertising upcoming events but it certainly was over the weekend (just a static slide though).

I don't know why they have to have live PPV events on a linear channel - surely they can just deliver the event via On Demand like they do with everything else? Even back in the days of when you had to pick the time you wanted to watch a film - something like that could be used again for PPV events surely?

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Does anyone know if BBCs iplayer which is supposed to have a full launch on Monday will be on it's own channel?

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

The launch next week is just the launch of an iPlayer channel on the EPG.

It's not the full launch (ie. it won't be integrated in the On Demand menus yet).

That's coming later this summer.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

NME Radio Test Transmission has appeared today on Virgin Media Channel 975.

The Full launch will be on June 24th.

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Ive already got Nme Radio...

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Virgin Media owned channels are to broadcast in widescreen from tomorrow.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...idescreen.html

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From the 1st June Channel 999 HAS no longer has the help videos. They have been added to the VOD menu.

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Thanks TV Boy.

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New Channels added:

473. Television X (Ex-ntl only)
475. Playboy TV Nightly (Ex-ntl only)
477. The Adult Channel Nightly (Ex-ntl only)
478. Spice Extreme Nightly (Ex-ntl only)
480. Red Hot TV (Ex-ntl only)
484. Xplicit XXX Nightly (Ex-ntl only)
485. Gay TV Nightly (Ex-ntl only)

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They've always been in the VOD menu for me anyway (plus the rolling video on channel 999 which is no longer available - just a holding slide).

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Big Brother Live Stream now avaliable on E4 (144) by pressing the red button.

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Price Crash TV has now closed on Virgin Channel 758.

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Channels removed from Virgin TV
758. Price Crash

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Challenge Jackpot has now been added to Virgin Channel 154.

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As of the 1st of July.

The History Channel are now broadcasting 24 hours.

Also The History Channel +1 are also now broadcasting 24 hours on Ex-ntl.

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TV boy these type of posts for me are great . new Info & new info only

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any update on this TVBoy? cheers.

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fx added 2 tv choice on demand

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Yeah nothing been added to HD in fact more stuff has gone from HD..not fare.:mad:

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New channels launched today:

Ch 191 Hallmark Channel +1
Ch 193 Diva TV +1 (XL only)

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The Hits TV Channel has now been renamed 4Music on Virgin Channel 330.

The Hits name is still on The Hits Radio Channel.

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The Hits Radio isn't owned by Channel 4, so this will stay branded as The Hits Radio.

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I'm feeling in a pedantic mood (:D), so here it goes...

Why is TMF still called The Music Factory on the EPG? As far as I know, they haven't used that name in years?

Also 4 Music should really be labelled as 4Music on the EPG.

Oh, and Diva +1 should really be Diva TV +1 on the EPG.

;)

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Same with Hallmark. :o:

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Bio is now broadcasing from 6am - 3am on Virgin Channel 242 and Crime is also broadcasing 24 hours on Virgin Channel 237.

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I don't think this is the proper place for this, but when looking through the On Demand stuff (ex NTL) I had to laugh when I saw that there was CSI Top Ten - with only seven episodes in it.

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Over the weekend Virgin Media have moved E4 +1 into Size: M

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Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere.

I turned on Setanta Sports News on Ch 518, at 6am this morning, and noticed that it was now broadcasting in widescreen, with a new look!

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Watch launched on channel 124.

Watch +1 on 125.

Other channels moved.

GOLD on channel 126

GOLD +1 on channel 127

Dave on 128

Dave +1 on 129

Alibi on 130

Alibi +1 on 131

P.S. At the moment Watch & Watch +1 are displaying NO PROGRAMME INFORMATION on the EPG

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Also the following has been axe by Virgin Media.

204. UKTV History +1

209. UKTV Documentary +1

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so no extra channels really gain 2 lost 2, are there any more coming
this month , like sugested in other parts of the forum

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BBC 7 has been renamed BBC Radio 7 on Virgin Channel 910.

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Motors TV is now on Ex-Telewest on Virgin Channel 545.

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Virgin Media has moved or added channels to their lineup:

Moved:
Virgin Central has moved from Virgin Channel 119 to 118.
Virgin1 has moved from Virgin Channel 122 to 119.
Virgin1 + 1 has moved from Virgin Channel 123 to 120.
Men & Motors has moved from Virgin Channel 286 to 280.

New Channels added but will not start broadcasting until 6am on Thursday:
Sky1 has been added to Virgin Channel 121.
Sky2 has been added to Virgin Channel 122.
Sky3 has been added to Virgin Channel 123.
Sky Real Lives has been added to Virgin Channel 281.
Sky Real Lives 2 has been added to Virgin Channel 282.
Sky Arts 1 has been added to Virgin Channel 284.
Sky Arts 2 has been added to Virgin Channel 285.
Sky Sports News has been added to Virgin Channel 517.
Sky News has been added to Virgin Channel 602.

Package News:
Sky3, Sky Sports News and Sky News are in the M, L and XL Packages.
Sky1 and Sky2 are in the L and XL Packages.
Sky Real Lives, Sky Real Lives, Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 2 are in the XL Package.

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They have now started broadcasting.

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The History Channel has now been renamed HISTORY on Virgin Channel 234.

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Virgin has today work on their channel lineup

136. Bravo (Was 137.)
137. Bravo +1 (Was 138.)
138. Bravo 2 (Was 139.)
139. Challenge (Was 152.)
140. Challenge +1 (Was 153.)
141. Challenge Jackpot (Was 154.)
142. Channel 4 +1 (Was 143.)
143. E4 (Was 144.)
144. E4 +1 (Was 145.)
145. More4 (Was 142.)
159. Trouble (Was 140.)
160. Trouble +1 (Was 141.)
231. National Geographic +1 (New to Ex-Telewest)

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I'm not sure I agree with the new groupings (as well as those to come next week). They seem a bit haphazard the way they are mixed as well as the big gap between Bravo and Trouble which I thought they would keep together. I imagine that E! will move elsewhere at some point too.

Do they need the agreement of the channel owner to move it in the EPG?

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No they dnt, but i think they normally let them know

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As far as I know the EPG channel numbers are up to Virgin Media so they (Virgin) just need to tell the broadcaster the few weeks before hand so that broadcaster can tell all the TV Books (Like Radio Times and Whats on TV.) the new channel numbers for that week book.

On the other noted I think Virgin will move Living or Virgin1 so that all the ITV +1 channels and ITV HD can stay together.

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Well I think Discovery would be upset if they grouped DMAX in with the other Discovery channels rather than in with the entertainment channels where the target audience for DMAX hang out.

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Didn't anyone tell them that it's considered rude to use all capitals because it looks like you're shouting! :mad:

234 HISTORY
235 HISTORY+1

Maybe it's intended to grab your attention but I just find it distracting/annoying. Not that I don't have worse things to complain about but what was wrong with nice subtle 'History' and 'History+1'?

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It annoys me that it is 'Setanta Sports 1' but 'SetantaSports 2' one word

*pedant*

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Well on Ex-Telewest its:

''SetantaSports1'' and ''SetantaSports2''.

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Actually, to be pedantic, it's 'SetantaSports 1' and 'Setanta Sports 2', at least on my ex-NTL box!

Oh, there are so many of those with things like the spacing in '+1' variants etc. And, in On Demand (or is that OnDemand?), there were two entries for the exact same series ('Close to Home' I think) but with an extra space in one of them.

Now I have to spend the next hour checking my spelling and syntax before I post this. :(

Long live pedantry! :waving:

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google toolbar spellchecker lol I did not think you were meant to start a sentence with the word and. However I am awful and only bringing this to your attention for the sake of pedantry living forever ;)

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I knew someone would pick me up on that. Strictly speaking 'and' is a conjunction and does not belong at the beginning of a sentence. But (another conjunction), as I recall from school, exceptions are allowed, especially if the 'and' or 'but' is followed by a comma as mine are. This changes the emphasis. I did consider using 'also' but I wanted that emphasis. In the case of 'but', 'however' (or even 'although') would have been just as good.

I'm using Opera as my browser due to its very low resource requirements so I don't have the luxury of Google Toolbar.

With apologies for being very off topic! (Oh, no! A sentence started with a preposition. Will it never end?)

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Firefox built in checker with British dictionary helps me no end.

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Virgin Media has today moved the following channels:

148. Zone Reality (Was 146.)
149. Zone Horror (Was 170.)
150. Five US (Was 185.)
152. Fiver (Was 186.)
156. E! (Was 173.)
157. FX (Was 179.)
162. Hallmark Channel (Was 190.)
163. Hallmark Channel +1 (Was 191.)
164. Diva TV (Was 192.)
165. Diva TV +1 (Was 193.)
170. MTV R (Was 196.)
172. DMAX (Was 197.)

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S4C has moved too for those of us in Wales!

Could this be why my V+ box has rebooted itself automatically 3 times in the last 2 days whilst I was watching it?

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

Hmm! My V Box rebooted a couple of days ago but that has happened before so I wasn't overly concerned. Today, I powered it off for an hour and now it goes through the power-on diagnostics, gets to AP:53 then displays the last channel accessed (601 BBC News) and goes into standby (one LED lit). I've had this with my previous box which was replaced about two months ago when it ultimately failed completely. I used to be able to get it back by changing channel just before it went to sleep but I can't seem to get that to work with this newer box.

I shall persevere then call engineer!

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Deutsche Welle (Channel 830) and Deutsche Welle Radio (Channel 971) has today been axe by Virgin Media on their Ex-Telewest network.

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I noticed some changes to On Demand today.

When watching On Demand videos (I saw it on music videos anyway), if you press the OK/Select button you will now see the now/next bar is see-through whereas it was solid colour before like it normally is when viewing it on normal channels.

If you press the "i" button when watching On Demand videos, this is now also see-through.

Also, they seem to have got rid off the graphic at the bottom left when watching On Demand videos - ie. no more coloured forward/back etc - it's now just the programme clock with a little icon next to it.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

...well spotted. This applies to all VOD stuff.

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The following channels has today been renamed by Virgin Media:

EPG - Was - Now
273 - Discovery Travel & Living - Travel & Living
275 - Discovery Home & Health - Home & Health
926 - Fun Radio - FUN Kids

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Oh no! Is nothing sacred? Now Discovery are dumbing down. Will most of the other Discovery channels follow suit?

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:shrug:

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Virgin Media may need to rename the following channels very soon Info from Ofcom.

From - To - EPG Channel number
Bloomberg - Bloomberg Television - 609
The Box - Box - 335
CITV Channel - CITV - 734
Sci-Fi Channel - SCI FI - 135

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Update:

Virgin Media has now removed Deutsche Welle channels from their Ex-Telewest channel lineup.

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Hmm! It makes sense to drop the superfluous word 'Channel' although I don't see the need to drop the word 'The'. As for 'Bloomberg', the addition of the word 'Television' (wouldn't 'TV' have done?) must be to distinguish it from other Bloomberg services (radio, online, mobile perhaps?).

Remember the trend in expensive but pointless or even disastrous rebranding that went on a few years back (Hunt is on for world's worst rebranding)? More recently, government departments and agencies have been doing it too, in some cases, by adding the word 'and' (e.g. 'Maritime and Coast Guard Agency') presumably resulting in huge expenses in new signage, stationery etc. Why?

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How about renaming The Hallmark Channel which hasn't been called that for years (or at all)?

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Virgin Central has a new red button look. I like it!

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I take it you mean the transparent menu that pops up on the left hand side of the screen.

BTW, why have they changed the Play/Pause/Rewind/Fast Forwrd/Stop control in On Demand and iPlayer? I must admit, it does seem more responsive (faster) but the old one was more instructive (beginners could tell what keys had what functions). However, I guess it is fairly intuitive so it's not a great problem.

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New On Demand feature I've noticed today - in Music On Demand, if you go into Playlists there's now the ability to skip between songs when you play one using the "1" and "3" buttons on your remote.

Very handy.

Can't wait for the custom playlists feature to launch (if it ever does).

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Channel rename:
480. Red Hot has been renamed Red Hot 40+

New Channels added:
481. Red Hot Just 18
482. Red Hot Amateur

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Channel rename:
242. The Biography Channel has been rebrand Bio

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Channel rename:
812. Alpha ETC Punjabi has been rebrand Zee Punjabi (Ex-ntl only)

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Channel rename:
208. UKTV Documentary has been rebrand as Eden.

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NASN has been renamed ESPN America on Ch 533.

Zone Horror on Ch 149 is having a freeview this month for L pack customers.

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Trouble +1 on Ch 160 has closed and has been replaced by Living 2+1.

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Channel rename:
150. Five US has been rebrand Five USA

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Channel rename:
206. UKTV People has been rebrand Blighty

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Channel rename:
129. Dave + 1 has been rebrand Dave ja vu

ITV Net Player has launch on Virgin Media via catch-up on Demand*

*Virgin are adding ITV Net Player area by area.

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[QUOTE=Media Boy;34739339]Channel rename:
129. Dave + 1 has been rebrand Dave ja vu
[QUOTE]

Dear God! :rolleyes:

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

it is on now in the midlands

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Channel rename:
Discovery Real Time Extra has now been rebrand as ''Discovery Shed'' and is now also in widescreen on Virgin Channel 274.

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Channel remove:
159. Trouble

New Channels added:
159. Living +2

But:
203. Yesterday is now called YeSTERDAY

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Sci-Fi channel has been removed from the entire analogue service (along with Trouble)

Other channels have been removed at certain analogue headends

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Channels renames:
132. Paramount Comedy 1 has been rebrand Comedy Central*
133. Paramount Comedy 1 + 1 has been rebrand Comedy Central + 1
134. Paramount Comedy 2 has been rebrand Comedy Central Extra

* = Comedy Central is FREE to everyone until May 4th.

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Eurosport 2 (Channel 525) is now broadcasting in widescreen.

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About bloody time IMO! Seems Eurosport are finally coming with the times at last. :D

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Are Virgin Media testing an new channel for launch?

Virgin Media has removed ''PPV Event'' from Channel number 980*. But my ''Total Channels'' as stay the some as yesterday.

* = Channel was unavailable in some ex-ntl areas.

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Channels renames:
265. UKTV Style has been rebrand Home
266. UKTV Style + 1 has been rebrand Home + 1

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Who needs hd channels like FX or History when we have ... err... the above! :dozey: :rolleyes:

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Channel removed:
968. Premier Christian Radio has been removed

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now what was their reason behind that one?? :-(

But thanks for the update.

Re: Virgin Media Changelog
 

UKTV Gardens has now been rebrand as Really on Virgin Channel 267.

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Channels renames:
481. Red Hot Just 18 Nightly has been rebrand Viewers Wives Nightly

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The following has been removed from Virgin Media by Bauer Radio.

Channels removed:
929. Radio: Q
962. Radio: The Hits
964. Radio: Kerrang!
966. Radio: Smash Hits!

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According to AGB Nielson’s website, MTV One will be changing its name to MTV from the 1st July, and MTV One +1 will change it’s name to MTV +1 on the same date. MTV UK became MTV One back in July 2007. MTV One is available on Virgin Media and Sky.

http://www.entertainment-iuk.com/

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On Sunday June 21st the following Radio Channel was removed from Virgin TV:

Channels removed:
921. Radio: The Arrow

---------- Post added at 12:15 ---------- Previous post was at 10:40 ----------

Channels rename:
UKTV Food and UKTV Food has been rebrand as Good Food and Good Food on Virgin Channels 260 and 261.

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seems like there's more being removed these days than ever before.... oh and not much NEW being started! :confused: