General : Changes to Virgin TV (2021)

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by TimeLord2018

Now confirmed as happening on 19th of January
https://imgur.com/KhQVgUq

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

https://imgur.com/KhQVgUq Although imgur isn't most reliable but i'd say it's 90% happening.

Edit Timelord beat me to it lol.

If I was working for ViacomCBS I would have pick January 26th to "launch" 5Action as 5Action channel number on Freeview is set to move up by one as part of a January 26th Freeview changes to make room for BBC THREE.

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

If I was working for ViacomCBS I would have pick January 26th to "launch" 5Action as 5Action channel number on Freeview is set to move up by one as part of a January 26th Freeview changes to make room for BBC THREE.

A first qtr change in 2022 for a viacom channel has been in place since May last year we just didn't know which channel.
In honestly a lot of specualation at work thought it was going to being 5STAR that was changing.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Itshim

But it could still be have you reached double figures yet ?

I do not reveal figures on how many voted.

[Mythica]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

I do not reveal figures on how many voted.

Why? It's not the most secret thing in the world

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Mythica

Why? It's not the most secret thing in the world

Embrassment. clearly I feel it has not reached double digits. Come folks have YOU voted. I haven't

[cheekyangus]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

If I was working for ViacomCBS I would have pick January 26th to "launch" 5Action as 5Action channel number on Freeview is set to move up by one as part of a January 26th Freeview changes to make room for BBC THREE.

If they did that they'd likely get inundated (well, more than usual) with complaints wondering where Paramount went because the channel number change occurred simultaneously, no matter how much on-air promotion about the change they did prior. Sometimes doing two changes at the same time is a bad idea, not everyone understands changes and they just lash out and get angry. The 5Select transmission change on Freeview was just one change rather than two and didn't go down well with some, I read a fair few posts along the lines of "my dad loves the channel, what's happened?" in that instance.

Back to topic, well closer, will the HD version survive in the long run?

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Embrassment. clearly I feel it has not reached double digits. Come folks have YOU voted. I haven't

Ah the season of good will is present with you isnt it.

I think you've made about 4 posts now trying to attack someone who has done a nice little end of year award competition which has no bearing on you whatsoever if you dont want to get involved. For all the things in life currently you can get worked up and passionate about i dont think this is it. For someone who claims "Do I care what you think" you seem to really care about the end of year media boy awards which others may enjoy (i do)

Why bother typing on your phone or keyboard something which is just a bit nasty? Like what does it accomplish. Short answer nothing. So leave us to the things we like and you can just carry on with what you like I like you Itshim but these last few posts have just been rather nasty to be honest and i didnt expect that.

Now i'm going to post my hopes for 2022 for virgin media:

1) Disney plus
2) New software launching on the tivo v6 (blooming heck what happened to that)
3) UHD sky channels for those with UHD tvs (unlike me!)
4) Sky sports getting la liga back (this would involve premier sports liquidating i know...)
5) Fox news to launch a linear channel so i can laugh at them (yes ive been asking this for several years now and due to the fact theyve gone off sky its very unlikely but maybe theyll try and seize it the gap left by CNN
6) Some bizarre messaging app on tivo so you can see what other people are watching and message them (yeah this is an odd one)
7) Discounts and bonuses for virgin mobile customers like you get on virgin media/o2

Merry christmas all btw! I'm working the next two days but i've smashed my work tasks in by staying up late the last couple of nights so i'm just going to coast the next two days...

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

Ah the season of good will is present with you isnt it.

I think you've made about 4 posts now trying to attack someone who has done a nice little end of year award competition which has no bearing on you whatsoever if you dont want to get involved. For all the things in life currently you can get worked up and passionate about i dont think this is it. For someone who claims "Do I care what you think" you seem to really care about the end of year media boy awards which others may enjoy (i do)

Why bother typing on your phone or keyboard something which is just a bit nasty? Like what does it accomplish. Short answer nothing. So leave us to the things we like and you can just carry on with what you like I like you Itshim but these last few posts have just been rather nasty to be honest and i didnt expect that.

Now i'm going to post my hopes for 2022 for virgin media:

1) Disney plus
2) New software launching on the tivo v6 (blooming heck what happened to that)
3) UHD sky channels for those with UHD tvs (unlike me!)
4) Sky sports getting la liga back (this would involve premier sports liquidating i know...)
5) Fox news to launch a linear channel so i can laugh at them (yes ive been asking this for several years now and due to the fact theyve gone off sky its very unlikely but maybe theyll try and seize it the gap left by CNN
6) Some bizarre messaging app on tivo so you can see what other people are watching and message them (yeah this is an odd one)
7) Discounts and bonuses for virgin mobile customers like you get on virgin media/o2

Merry christmas all btw! I'm working the next two days but i've smashed my work tasks in by staying up late the last couple of nights so i'm just going to coast the next two days...

1) Disney plus - watch this space (not literally lol)
2) New software launching on the tivo v6 (blooming heck what happened to that) - no idea
3) UHD sky channels for those with UHD tvs (unlike me!) - in progress
4) Sky sports getting la liga back (this would involve premier sports liquidating i know...) - no chance as la liga tv has it
5) Fox news to launch a linear channel so i can laugh at them (yes ive been asking this for several years now and due to the fact theyve gone off sky its very unlikely but maybe theyll try and seize it the gap left by CNN - nope as foxnews is going streaming only
6) Some bizarre messaging app on tivo so you can see what other people are watching and message them (yeah this is an odd one) - nice idea.
7) Discounts and bonuses for virgin mobile customers like you get on virgin media/o2 - this is VM we're talking about

[OLD BOY]

We seem to have been 'watching this space' for Disney+ all year! We were led to believe it would appear in 2021 but I think that's unlikely now.

Unless, of course, it appears on Christmas Day with Discovery+ as a nice pressie from VM, ha ha.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

We seem to have been 'watching this space' for Disney+ all year! We were led to believe it would appear in 2021 but I think that's unlikely now.

Unless, of course, it appears on Christmas Day with Discovery+ as a nice pressie from VM, ha ha.

Welcome back, OLD BOY.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

7) Discounts and bonuses for virgin mobile customers like you get on virgin media/o2

We had that for over 2 years - it was called Oomph.

There are still discounts available within Virgin Mobile for having multiple plans - https://www.virginmedia.com/mobile/family-plan-benefits

And Virgin Mobile customers still the included social messaging that O2 customers don't

[cheekyangus]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

2) New software launching on the tivo v6 (blooming heck what happened to that)
3) UHD sky channels for those with UHD tvs (unlike me!)
4) Sky sports getting la liga back (this would involve premier sports liquidating i know...)
6) Some bizarre messaging app on tivo so you can see what other people are watching and message them (yeah this is an odd one)

2) They never said they were going to automatically update everyone on Tivo V6, updating to TV360 wipes recordings and features, massively bad PR move. You can choose to upgrade though.
3) Sky don't have full-time UHD channels themselves on their own Satellite, just Red Button. That said, VM don't even have that.
4) Premier Sports don't need to go belly up for Sky to get La Liga, sports contracts move broadcasters all the time.
6) There used to be a UK App Service that worked on tablets/mobiles where it would match you with people watching what you were watching so you chat with everyone else. It was for all TV platforms.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

Ah the season of good will is present with you isnt it.

4) Sky sports getting la liga back (this would involve premier sports liquidating i know...)
5) Fox news to launch a linear channel so i can laugh at them (yes ive been asking this for several years now and due to the fact theyve gone off sky its very unlikely but maybe theyll try and seize it the gap left by CNN.

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

4) Sky sports getting la liga back (this would involve premier sports liquidating i know...) - no chance as la liga tv has it
5) Fox news to launch a linear channel so i can laugh at them (yes ive been asking this for several years now and due to the fact theyve gone off sky its very unlikely but maybe theyll try and seize it the gap left by CNN - nope as foxnews is going streaming only

la liga UK rights are up in a summer of 2022 - Source Wikipedia.

In February 2019, it was announced that Premier Sports had secured La Liga rights in the UK & Ireland, showing 4 live matches per round from matchday 25 until the end of the 2018/2019 season. Premier Sports also broadcast weekly highlights, previews and magazine shows. Leading on from this, in September, Premier Sports confirmed that they had become exclusive UK rights-holders to La Liga, starting with matchday 4 of the 2019–20 season until the end of the 2021–22 season. They added that most matches would be put on the LaLigaTV channel, which would become available to all existing Premier Sports subscribers on the Premier Player from October, and on Sky by January 2020. One match per round would be broadcast live on sister free-to-air channel FreeSports.

Also is Fox News set to launch (in all but name) with a launch of Talk TV in early 2022.

https://rxtvinfo.com/2021/murdochs-n...talktv-channel

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

We seem to have been 'watching this space' for Disney+ all year! We were led to believe it would appear in 2021 but I think that's unlikely now.

Unless, of course, it appears on Christmas Day with Discovery+ as a nice pressie from VM, ha ha.

Never say Never - Sky Sports News HD and Sky News HD did launch on New Years day 2015 due to a deal signs in summer of 2014.

https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/20...nels.html#more

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

Ah the season of good will is present with you isnt it.

I think you've made about 4 posts now trying to attack someone who has done a nice little end of year award competition which has no bearing on you whatsoever if you dont want to get involved. For all the things in life currently you can get worked up and passionate about i dont think this is it. For someone who claims "Do I care what you think" you seem to really care about the end of year media boy awards which others may enjoy (i do)

Why bother typing on your phone or keyboard something which is just a bit nasty? Like what does it accomplish. Short answer nothing. So leave us to the things we like and you can just carry on with what you like I like you Itshim but these last few posts have just been rather nasty to be honest and i didnt expect t.

It was a simple question ,that he is unable/ unwilling to state how many vote is a reflection on the validity of the result . I am glad you enjoy it and all the thousands of others that do. Personally I find the whole exercise very sad exercise in self promotion. But enjoy nugget found !!!! Fox news possibly coming.

[TimeLord2018]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

We seem to have been 'watching this space' for Disney+ all year! We were led to believe it would appear in 2021 but I think that's unlikely now.

Unless, of course, it appears on Christmas Day with Discovery+ as a nice pressie from VM, ha ha.

Discovery+ on Sky is been given away for free again for another 12 months so doesn't look like it's doing well, I wouldn't subscribe but it is available on the Amazon Prime Video channels.