Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

This is a continuation of the 'Changes to Virgin TV (2022)' thread which you can find here:

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...php?t=33710709

1. The old thread has been closed, but will remain for information purposes;
2. I will collate all the information from my various sources and post on Cable Forum;

In addition to that I will be on hand to answer any questions that arise and to provide links to other sources of information as they come up.

Thank you.

Here is the CONFIRMED Channels news for Virgin UK and N. Ireland TV:

January 2023:
2nd. Sky Cinema Greats HD to be rebranded as Sky Cinema British Icons HD
4th. Sky Sports Darts HD to be rebranded back to Sky Sports Arena HD
4th. Sky Sports Darts to be rebranded back to Sky Sports Arena
5th. BoXmas to be rebranded back to The Box
5th. GREAT! Movies Classics to be rebranded as GREAT! Movies Romance
5th. Smithsonian Channel to close today on Virgin Media UK
6th. Christmas24 to be rebranded back to Movies24
6th. Christmas24+ to be rebranded back to Movies24+

©Media Boy UK 2006 - 2023. A ''Doing it my way'' Production.

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Ah another thread for another year! Excellent.

I wonder then people on v6 tivo boxes will be forced to move onto the 360 software? Surely virgin media can't operate two different softwares for their boxes?

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VM ran two different box systems alongside each other for many, many years. Liberate and Tivo. This is no different. It's up to them if licensing money and customer response to losing recordings make it worthwhile the hassle.

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Having switched to the360 and managed to make the switch back to TiVo if they ditch the TiVo that'll be when I ditch virgin TV and phone and possibly broadband if I can get it cheaper from city fibre and make the switch to streaming services.

Will not be using the 360 powered boxes the software is hellish

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Would be interesting to know how long the TiVo license agreement has left to run.

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lets see what 2023 brings i have given up on getting sky sports UHD

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A very big price rise is what's coming soon to VM customers. Happy New Year and enjoy !

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Don't get your hopes up, a very quiet year is expected on all platforms.

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Then I'll be finally off for good!
Already prepared with my new in built Roku TV with Freeview Play and recordable usb device, new gen 4K Max Firestick and so just need to research and add my preferred other streaming apps when this current contract ends. How can they justify a very big price rise when energy and food bills are soaring? They should be slashing prices for loyalty and stopping churn.
Cable TV is not in the 90s/00s anymore.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

I preferred the Title 'Changes to Virgin TV' rather than coming soon.

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MTV Play is apparently closing on 28th February according to MTV Support
https://community.nowtv.com/t5/Conte.../594702#M21043

It wasn't mentioned in Virgin recent agreement with Paramount either.

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They justify by having their own bills to pay.

Of course we don't like price rises, but surely you understand their bills are also rising?

There is no such thing as loyalty. Loyalty isn't threatening to leave if they don't reduce prices.

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Indeed, I agree.
Also, I have never threatened but have always negotiated a good deal at the end of my contracts.
My point was that cable and satellite tv is not the same as it was 20 or so years ago, so overly high price hikes are not warranted any more unless streaming apps are included or more access to their content at the very least.

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VM has repeated the same lazy 'just change the date' approach to the January Channel Guides, neglecting to correct any of the errors. New year, same incompetent staff ��

https://www.virginmedia.com/virgin-t...-channel-guide

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its very odd isn't it? Content is king. Virgin Media without owning any tv content themselves are in a bit of a pickle potentially. People can realistically just have freeview, Netflix, amazon prime for delivery and now tv for sky sports.

what can virgin media offer? 700 live channels very few watch?

Streaming companies need reliable income streams. Virgin Media need to make deals with them.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Best thing i did was cut the cord, quite happy with my humax aura and nvidia shield although my isp do provide netgem tv at no extra cost as part of my broadband package.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

This.

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Virgin's business plan isn't to be the king of TV. Since before Liberty Global bought the company, the focus has been on broadband. But by providing TV alongside that, Virgin can also target consumers looking to bundle their services. The recent launch of Stream is another way of trying to protect their broadband customer base from exactly what you describe by aggregating content into one box and letting customers decide what and when they want to subscribe to, rather than have them switch to Now for their broadband and Sky Sports for example. Virgin has deals with the big streamers in place and more will hopefully follow but for Virgin the main aim is to be the broadband service that people use to stream content.

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Ive been thinking exacly the same Dave. It was only promised almost 4 years ago.

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What's Netgem TV like? Never heard of them.

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It ain't worth the £15 they charge imo as most of the channels are available via plex live tv anyway but you do get viaplay sport https://www.netgem.co.uk/

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Thanks- I didn't know that there was a charge, I had assumed it was a freebie with your broadband in a similar way to the free channels given to virgin broadband customers!

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You're technically paying for the viasport channels tbf, there are loads of niche channels on it but as i said most can be found on plex or rlaxx apps.
We do however enjoy wedo movies and thrillertv on it.
Also worth noting the netgem 4k box only has one tuner and you can only record via usb.
Also quite a few key apps are missing aka Netflix, nowtv most notable.
We have the humax aura too that box is a great box but is missing netflix and nowtv.
Netflix and now we watch via the shield anyway.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Virgin Media adds 80 fitness classes to TV service at no extra cost

Content from Nuffield Health, Fiit and Fit at Home is now available to Virgin Media TV customers, at no extra cost, so they can keep fit from the comfort of their own home

https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/vir...no-extra-cost/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

....don't want haha. Anything else please Virgin media....

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Any word on 4k/UHD channels coming. I know BBC iPlayer is still running the UHD in the settings options and that VM have a part time channel.

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No word.

I wish Virgin would get off their backside and launch more channels. I'm starting to think Virgin don't know the UK have more broadcasters than the big 7 (The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Paramount. Warner Bros Discovery, UKTV and Sky.).

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I am starting to watch That's Media Ltd own channels more over the last few months via Freeview.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

You mean listen...the picture quality is bloomin' appalling on their channels, both on DTT and Satellite. :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Grass is not always greener!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Agreed. I’ve got Sky Q and can confirm most channels outside Sky, PSBs and the US giants have awful audio and picture quality.

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Yes - Talking Pictures is an example of this.
Terrible on Sky but noticably better picture on Freeview and Virgin.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Heads up: Create and Craft may close by April on Virgin Media.

Base on info I saw online last year [link no longer online] Hochanda deal with Virgin Media is up this year (around March/April time).

Virgin's deal with Create & Craft was set to be up before April 2023 before Hochanda took them last year.

I have no idea on what may happen to ex-sister channel Ideal World via Virgin Media.

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It's very difficult for the smaller channels to be on Virgin due to the cost. Out of all the platforms, Virgin is the least cost effective, which is why so many are missing.

Shopping channels receive none of the subscription money, in fact they have to pay to be on the platform. To make it financially viable a minimum number of extra sales have to be generated by being on cable.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Hooray! The channel is an offence against anyone with a life ;)

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Seen a claim that Ideal World will be closing on Virgin on the 17th Do these two channels have any connection?

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Probably more a case of shopping channels not being able to compete with online only retailers which don't have the same overheads.

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The original Ideal World owners sold Create & Craft to Hochanda and later disposed of the Ideal World business to its new owners. Perhaps the new owners acquired the legacy contracts but don't want to renew them, that might explain the timing.

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:D

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How do know about it then ? :erm:

I've never ever heard of it, as I do have a life. ;)

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I have found out the claim was started on "Shopping Telly" on Tuesday. with a following post:

https://forum.shoppingtelly.com/thre...january.65413/

Watching IW right now - with no banner.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Wait there while I get the world’s smallest violin out for the shopping channels.

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Are you ordering it from Ideal World? ;)

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:D:D:D

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Would it be an "Ideal World" if there were no shopping channels ? :jk:

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According to VM, Yesterday+1 and Drama+1 are now available in HD on 217 and 226:

https://www.virginmedia.com/virgin-t...-channel-guide

It is, of course, yet another mistake. Only the main versions of these channels are available in HD on 129 and 130.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Next week Virgin Media changes:

Jan. 16th:
*Sky Cinema British Icons HD renames to Sky Cinema Greats HD
*Sky Cinema Twilight HD renames to ​Sky Cinema HD

Jan. 17th:
*BBC One Oxford HD closes in local area - sub region absorbed into BBC One South HD
*BBC One East W HD closes in local area - sub region absorbed into BBC One East (East) HD
*​BBC One East (East) HD changes name to BBC One East HD following the BBC One East (West) HD closure

Jan. 19th:
*​Sky Cinema Dystopia HD renames to Sky Sci-Fi and Horror HD

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

I may have missed this, but is Paramount + coming to Virgin?

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hopefully it be in first quarter of year

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Eurosport UHD now active on channel 523 for anyone interested in tennis.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Another slap in the face for Virgin TV customers:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Give it time.

Sky were relatively quick off the mark with integrating Netflix into their subscriptions, but VM finally got there sometime later. They may already be negotiating.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Sorry have I missed something , as far as I can tell netflix is not "free" you just pay in your bundle . If not how do you do it. :confused:

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Sorry have I missed something , as far as I can tell netflix is not "free" you just pay in your bundle . If not how do you do it. :confused: seeing more and more reasons to jump ship

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Probably more about Discovery +'s take-up levels than anything else.

Wouldn't rule out a similar deal with VM.

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Discovery+ takeup has been a disaster they are talking with vm, netgem, talktalk and some isps.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Sorry about double post , however the question is is netflix free ? As I pay separately would like to know

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Dingbat wasn't saying it is free. The point being made was that it can be added to packages and billed by Sky - it's called the Ultimate TV add on.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Also, VM top package 'Ultimate Volt bundle' includes Standard Netflix within the price

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Media Boy UK View:

BT and Warner Bros. Discovery did completed their transaction to form a joint sports venture on September 1st 2022. So far BT Sport and Eurosport UK has retain their separate brands.

Will we need to wait until August before we see them being brought together under a single brand?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Sorry don't read it like that, sky integrated in to package ( so costs no more) virgin is a bolt on i e cost s more . Looked at sky and it is in the lower packages at no extra cost , not saying that package costs more ,haven't checked but it is in all packages I looked at:dozey:

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Hopefully March , apparently MTV Play is getting discontinued at the end of February
https://community.nowtv.com/t5/Conte.../594702#M21043


I can see Apple TV+ getting added at some point, O2 priority are giving away 3 months Free which is available to anyone on Virgin Media O2 even without mobile.

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[/COLOR] Interestingly on Sports section on Discovery+ app on Sky it doesn't list Eurosport as channel brand as you would expect.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

I only says August due to:

*Sky did launch Sky Sports Football in July in 2017 (I think) - for a start of that season football.
*BT Sport launch all of their channels on August 1st over the years.
*Eurosport did launch Eurosport News on August 1st 1999.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

WBD has plenty of brands so I could see Eurosport and BT Sport being replaced by "Discovery Sport" and maybe "Discovery Sport Premium" for some of the former BT Sport channels in the future.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

I has been thinking that way too but with no channel closing.

With maybe Eurosport 1 becoming Discovery Sports Mix or even Quest Sport - and also launching on Freeview with WBD reusing Really or Quest +1 slots on Freeview for it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

They might market it as one package, but the customer still pays for it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Looking at your attachment, since when has Sky Signature been £15 a month ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

I'm on a retention deal ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Just open some PM from over the past weekend and a Media Boy source also told me a same thing - sent to me on Saturday.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...al_programming i wonder why the discovery + take up has been so slow

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Because the documentaries are not much good on the whole, with one or two exceptions, and it seems to be mainly reality TV. Things may change when it gets the dramas put on there with the recent merger with Warner Bros, but until that happens, I don’t think the take-up will be huge.

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Discovery+ has content from A&E, Lifetime etc. in North America. I've recently noticed content is arriving on Disney+ next month, just to expand its reach.

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Discovery Sports is most likely. I also wouldn't rule out a slot (Quest+1, maybe) being reused for a Freeview-exclusive channel to showcase WBD's sports portfolio.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

On the US side some is backash on all the WBDiscovery cancellations people don't want endless unscripted shows they want quality dramas etc.

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Shouldn't be a surprise for people as they know what the Discovery channel is.

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Discovery+ was a late contender in an increasingly crowded marketplace. WBD has a lot of work to do.

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Didn't say it cost less, however for me , virgin is well over a similar package on sky giving me a saving ( on list price) with Atlantic , discovery+ and Netflix . . :erm:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

It's what they are doing to HBOMAX that's the issue.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

I probably misunderstood your original question, I thought you were asking whether Netflix is free on Sky. I agree Virgin is expensive for TV and I pay less by not bundling all my services together. Virgin's Stream does seem better value then V6/360, though there are some big differences in functionality.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

No problem , thought you were saying that Netflix was not a bolt on but part of a package . Couldn't find it !!! And am I out of contact, so looking around .

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

As reported on January 12th Ideal World was rumoured to be set to close yesterday (Wednesday) - but it still broadcasting on Virgin Media.

If Virgin has signed a new deal with Ideal World will the following channels launch soon on Virgin Media?:

*Ideal Extra
*Ideal World HD (If channel do launch Virgin will drop it SD Channel)

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I have been told by a Virgin Media viewer on Twitter that Sky Kids content is starting appear on Virgin TV Go.

https://virgintvgo.virginmedia.com/e.../sky-kids.html

Source: Twitter/Martin.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

It's good to see the Sky Kids content starting to appear on VM.

With the closure of the Disney channels, the Kids Pack on VM was looking a little weak in terms on content (with just the TV channels and on demand content from WBD and Paramount) so this definitely helps to bolster it a bit.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

It's in the On Demand content on the TV boxes too, not just TV Go.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Some Sky Channels to move on Tuesday:

So far confirmed:

Sky Max HD will move from Virgin Channel 121 to Virgin Channel 111.
Sky Nature SD Channel may close.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Other than Freeview, is Virgin the only TV provider still airing Ideal World in SD?

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Looks like Sky might close their SD channels on Virgin before long. After the BBC switchover in satellite, I’d imagine Sky will follow VM in closing SD variants, too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

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https://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.p...ve=209&lang=en

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Virgin is getting top heavy with so many new UHD channels. ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Meaning that the top packs are devalued even more. I'm gradually getting back all the channels that I used to pay extra for, despite downgrading :D

The downside is that they will use more of the limited disc space available.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

More channel numbers are set to change on Tuesday on Virgin Media UK (Base on TiVo - At time of posting)

NOW:
106. E4
109. Sky Showcase HD
110. Sky Showcase
111. Sky Witness HD
112. Sky Witness
121. Sky Max HD
122. Sky Max
123. Sky Comedy HD
135. Sky Comedy
136. Sky Crime HD
137. Sky Crime
138. Sky Sci-Fi HD
139. Sky Sci-Fi
140. Sky Arts HD
143. 4Seven
145. E4 HD
146. E4 +1
147. More4
156. Pick
160. Challenge
163. E! HD
164. E!
165. Sky Arts
193. 4Seven HD
195. More 4 HD
196. More 4 +1
220. Sky Witness +1
221. Sky Crime +1
270. Sky History HD
271. Sky History +1
272. Sky History 2 HD
277. Sky Documentaries HD
278. Sky Documentaries
279. Sky Nature HD
280. Sky Nature
337. E4 Extra
428. Film4
429. Film4 HD
430. Film4 +1
519. Sky Sports News
520. Sky Sports Mix
603. Sky News

From Tuesday:
106. E4 HD (Not Confirmed)
109. Sky Showcase HD
110. Sky Witness HD (Not Confirmed)
111. Sky Max HD (Confirmed)
112. Sky Comedy HD (Confirmed)
121. Sky Crime HD (Confirmed)
122. Sky Sci-Fi HD (Confirmed)
123. Sky Arts HD (Not Confirmed)
135. tbc
136. tbc
137. tbc
138. tbc
139. tbc
140. tbc
143. 4Seven HD (Not Confirmed)
145. tbc
146. E4 +1
147. More4 HD (Confirmed)
156. tbc
160. E! HD (Confirmed)
163. tbc
164. tbc
165. tbc
180. tbc
193. tbc
195. tbc
196. tbc
220. tbc
221. tbc
270. tbc
271. tbc
272. tbc
277. Sky Documentaries HD
278. Sky Nature HD (Confirmed)
279. tbc
280. tbc
337. tbc
428. Film4 HD (Not Confirmed)
429. tbc
430. Film4 +1
519. Sky Sports News SD to close (Confirmed)
520. Sky Sports Mix SD to close (Not Confirmed)
603. Sky News SD to close (Not Confirmed)

Still news on new channels numbers for

*Pick
*Challenge
*Sky Replay
*Sky Witness +1
*Sky Crime +1
*4Seven HD
*More4 +1
*Sky History HD
*Sky History +1
*Sky History 2 HD
*E4 Extra


*Not yet confirmed.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Provisional EPG slots for the Sky Sports UHD channels:


532 SkySportsMainEventUHD (a catchy name for that one :D )

533 Sky Sports UHD 1

534 Sky Sports UHD 2


Only added to 1 internal network at the moment, so don't try to tune in just yet.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Should VM just merge the Documentaries and Lifestyle sections into General Entertainment now. Now SD variants are closing, there’s no better opportunity for them than the present. Sky and Freesat have already done it.

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Sky History Channels are down as may/may not move on Tuesday at time of posting Sky are set to give up their main Channels 135 to 140 slots on Virgin Media from Tuesday.

As E! HD is set to move to Channel 160* (where Challenge is right now).

*I would have think that E! would be moving to Channel 137 base on Sky EPG slots on Virgin right now.

Here is my own would be list in full:

135. Pick
136. Challenge
137. E! HD
138. Sky Replay
139. Sky Witness +1
140. Sky Crime +1

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Any tests yet for Pick HD and Sky Replay HD (Streaming on Sky Glass right now.) Plus Sky Kids Channel?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

E! Is now after Sky Replay on Sky EPG on 159, it got demoted again, I can see the channel closing at some point.

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Virgin Media EPG Changes - confirmed:

Two more channels set to move on Tuesday on Virgin Media:

Info thinks to James Robinson via Twitter.

*Comedy Central Extra to move from Channel 182 to Channel 154 (Where Channel 5 SD is right now.)
*Sky Sports Mix SD Channel to close on Channel 510.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Guessing Paramount SD channels are getting removed since they agreed a new carriage agreement with Paramount.

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Following channels need new EPG slots from Tuesday:
*Challenge

Following channels may move on Tuesday:
*E4 HD (on TiVo boxes) to channel 106.
*Pick
*Sky Replay
*5USA +1
*5STAR +1
*4Seven HD (on TiVo boxes) to channel 142.
*More4 +1
*Sky Witness +1
*Sky Crime +1
*Sky History HD
*Sky History +1
*Sky History 2 HD
*MTV 90s
*MTV 80s
*E4 +1 (Moving to Channel 144?)
*E4 Extra (To Channel 145?)
*Film4 HD (on TiVo boxes) to channel 428.
*Nick HD (on TiVo boxes) to channel 712.

Following channels may close on Tuesday:
*E4 SD
*MTV SD
*Comedy Central SD
*5ACTION SD
*Film4 SD
*Sky News SD
*Nickelodeon SD

Following channels will close on Tuesday - been confirmed:
*Sky Showcase
*Sky Witness
*Sky Max
*Sky Comedy
*Sky Crime
*Sky Sci-Fi
*Sky Arts
*More4
*Channel 5
*E!
*Sky Arts
*Sky Documentaries
*Sky Nature
*Sky Sports News
*Sky Sports Mix

All information on this post is right at time of posting.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Nice to see the epg is up to date ....... Not :shocked:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Nat Geo , Film4 , 4Seven ,TCM (WBD) , Cartoon Network (WBD), Nickelodeon, ITV2, 3 , 4 and Be are going HD only.

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discus...ls/p346#latest

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Just seen that post.

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Based on the information here, it seems the only SD variants not closing are Sky's premium sports channels.

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I'm also surprised VM aren't getting the likes of Boomerang HD, CNN HD, CNBC HD, Nick Jr. HD or the remaining Channel 5 HD channels.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

5Action is also going HD only

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Worth pointing out Yesterday HD and Drama HD didn't launch until months after the other UKTV channels went HD only in July.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Once the BBC SD channels close, do you think Sky Q will follow suit with closing SD variants too?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Sky have started to axe SD Channels on Sky Q since last summer.

*Some Sky Cinema Channels are HD only.
*Pick +1 and Syfy +1 was axe.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
 

Since switching to Sky Q, I noticed Sky’s EPG is cluttered with SD variants in the 800s. Closing these will save about 80+ spaces and Sky could move radio stations from 0101-0155 to 801-855.